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He also took charge of one of the sport&#39;s fabled matches, the 1983 UK Championship final, in which Alex' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Jimmy White. CHILDHOOD 1962 Birth Born on May 2, 1962. TEENAGE 1978 16 Years Old The club was affectionately known as "Zans" and after Ted's death in 1978 it was handed down to his daughter. … Read More It was around this time that White met Tony Meo with whom he would compete in money matches in many venues. His natural aptitude for snooker, perhaps only bettered by Ronnie O'Sullivan led to a successful amateur career. Read Less 1979 17 Years Old After winning the English Amateur Championship in 1979, a year later he became the youngest ever winner of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, aged 18, a record since surpassed by Ian Preece and Hossein Vafaei.

… Read More With a host of major titles and achievements, including ten ranking tournaments, White's overall record ranks him well up the list of snooker's most successful players. The BBC describes him as a "legend". A left-hander, he reached the World Professional Championship Final on six occasions (1984, 1990â1994) but failed to win the sport's most prestigious title since his first attempt in 1981. Read Less 1980 18 Years Old … James Warren "Jimmy" White, (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player. Read Less Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a six times World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World Champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. … Read More White's non-world championship achievements include the UK Championship, the Masters and the Nations Cup.

A two times winner of both the World Cup and the British Open White was also the first left-handed player, and second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship.<br /><br /> White was born in Streathbourne Road, Tooting, London, England, and studied at Hillcroft Comprehensive (later renamed Ernest Bevin College). He never achieved academic success, as he was often truant from school from the age of eight or nine, spending more and more time at "Zans", Ted Zanoncelli's snooker hall. Read Less 1981 19 Years Old White established himself as a top professional in 1981. … Read More After losing 8â10 to eventual champion Steve Davis in the first round of World Championship, White went on to win his first professional titles â the Scottish Masters (defeating Cliff Thorburn in the final) and the Northern Ireland Classic (defeating Davis). Read Less TWENTIES 1982 - 1987 5 More Events 1982 20 Years Old The World Championship has provided the theatre for White's greatest disappointments.

In 1982, he led Alex Higgins 15â14 in their semi-final, was up 59â0 in the penultimate and was a and away from the final. … Read More After missing a red with the rest, however, he could only watch as Higgins compiled a frame-winning 69 break. Higgins won the deciding frame that followed to reach the final. Read Less Show Less In 1984 White won the Masters for the only time to date, beating Terry Griffiths 9â5 in the final. … Read More He followed this success by reaching his first World Championship final. Trailing Steve Davis 4â12 after the first two sessions, White responded by reducing the deficit to 15â16. He then made an aggressive clearance of 65 to take the score to 16â17, but was unable to build upon a 40-point lead in the following frame, and lost 16â18.

White did, however, become a World Doubles Champion later that year when he and Alex Higgins defeated Willie Thorne and Cliff Thorburn 10â2 in the final of the World Doubles Championship.<br /><br /> In 1986 White reached his second Masters final, but was defeated by Cliff Thorburn. Read Less White revealed that he went from taking cocaine to crack following his defeat by Steve Davis in the 1984 World Championship final. 1985 23 Years Old However he won the Classic and also retained the Irish Masters title he won in 1985. … Read More White won the Classic when he beat Thorburn in the final frame after needing a snooker. Later in the year he overcame veteran Rex Williams 10â6 to win his first Grand Prix title.

Read Less 1987 25 Years Old White's third ranking win â the 1987 British Open â helped him to end the 1986/1987 season as World number 2, behind Steve Davis who defeated him 16â11 in the semi-finals of the 1987 World Championship. … Read More Later that year White and Davis contested a memorable UK Championship final which Davis won 16â14. Read Less Show Less In 1988 he defeated John Campbell, Stephen Hendry and Tony Knowles to reach his fourth World Championship semi-final. … Read More He played Terry Griffiths and, trailing 11â13, lost a tied frame on a respotted black. Griffiths went on to reach the final courtesy of a 16â11 win. White did at least manage to consolidate his number-2 world ranking. Read Less However the 1988/1989 season was less successful, and White's ranking slipped.

1989 27 Years Old He trailed John Virgo 11â12 in the second-round of the 1989 World Championship and looked beaten when his opponent was on a break of 26 in the following frame. … Read More Virgo, however, called a foul on himself and White was able to win 13â12. The reprieve was short-lived as White was soundly beaten 7â13 by eventual finalist John Parrott in the quarter-finals. White avenged this defeat later in the year by beating Parrott 18â9 in the final of the invitational World Matchplay. Read Less Show Less In 1990, White recorded a 16â14 victory over Steve Davis in the semi-finals of the World Championship. … Read More It was Davis's first defeat in the event in four years. White subsequently lost his second World Championship final 12â18 to Stephen Hendry. Read Less White had a cameo role as himself (as the World Billiards Champion) in Stephen Chow's 1990 kung fu and billiards comedy film, Legend of the Dragon.

… Read More On the popular BBC game show Big Break, White was the first player to clear the table with 3 reds still remaining in the final part of the challenge (thus winning the top prize for the contestant he was playing for). He was introduced to the studio audience on each appearance with the song "Jimmy Jimmy" by the Undertones.<br /><br /> In the film Jack Said (a prequel to Jack Says) White played the part of Vic Lee, a dodgy snooker club owner, in his first major film role for British cinema.<br /><br /> White appeared in the 9th series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! He finished in third place on 4 December 2009, with Gino D'Acampo the eventual winner.<br /><br /> White has endorsed four computer games: Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker, Jimmy White's 2: Cueball, Jimmy White's Cueball World and Pool Paradise. These games have been released for numerous machines, from 8 bits up to second-generation consoles and mobile phones. In June 2007, he was contracted to the online billiard website Play89.

Read Less Show Less However White toiled for the remainder of the season, and his struggles continued at the 1993 World Championship. … Read More He did, however, manage to overcome Joe Swail, Doug Mountjoy and Dennis Taylor to reach the semi-finals. White lost the first five frames of his semi-final with James Wattana but, from 2â6, he won 12 successive frames en route to a 16â9 victory. However he proved no match for Stephen Hendry in the final, and Hendry's century break in his first visit to the table proved portentious as White was beaten 18â5 with a session to spare. Only John Parrott (in 1989) has suffered a heavier defeat in a World Championship final. White did, however, manage to end the season on a high-note when he beat Alan McManus to win the Matchroom League.

Read Less White endured a lacklustre campaign in the 1993/1994 season, but managed to reach the 1994 World Championship final for a fifth successive year, becoming only the second player after Steve Davis (1983â89) to achieve this. … Read More For the fourth time in five years, White's opponent in the final was Stephen Hendry and the defending champion opened up a 5â1 lead. White recovered well to lead 13â12 and made a break of 75 to take the match into a deciding frame. In the final frame, White was on a break of 29 and leading the frame by 37 points to 24 when he missed a straightforward black off its spot. Commentator Dennis Taylor memorably observed: "Dear me, that was just a little bit of tension". As it happened, Hendry cleared with a technically straightforward break of 58 to win the title. Gracious in defeat, White joked that Hendry was "beginning to annoy" him in the post-match interview.<br /><br /> White's form continued to decline the following season and he failed to reach a ranking final.

However his results on the table were greatly overshadowed, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer during the season. He was able to make a successful recovery after having his left testicle removed. Shortly after, White underwent further surgery to correct his bald spot. Read Less Show Less At the 1995 World Championship, White was involved in a controversial first-round match against South African Peter Francisco. … Read More From 2â2 White was able to pull away and win convincingly by 10 frames to 2. Shortly after it emerged that large sums of money had been placed on White to win the match by the eventual scoreline. The ensuing investigation found Francisco guilty of misconduct and banned him for five years. However no evidence was found against White, and he was completely cleared of any wrongdoing.<br /><br /> White put this controversy behind him and overcame David Roe and John Parrott to reach his tenth World Championship semi-final. In his match with Stephen Hendry, White could only watch as the defending champion made a 147 break to go 8â4 in front.

White recovered well to 7â8 and won three successive frames to reduce his arrears from 9â14 to 12â14. However Hendry proved too strong and ran out a 16â12 win. Read Less White's ranking slipped from 7th to 13th at the end of the 1995/1996 season and he was beaten 13â12 in a second-round encounter with Peter Ebdon in the 1996 World Championship. Show Less In the invitational 2002 Masters he beat Matthew Stevens 6â1 and came back from 2â5 behind to defeat O'Sullivan 6â5 in the quarter-finals. … Read More He similarly recovered from 2â5 down in his semi-final with Mark Williams but lost 5â6. Read Less He lost 3â13 in his second-round match with Matthew Stevens at the 2002 World Championship and issued an immediate apology after hitting the cue ball off the table in frustration when trailing 2â5.

White won only two ranking event matches in the 2002/2003 season but was able to maintain his top-16 ranking. Show Less His last ranking victory to date came in April 2004, when White defeated Shaun Murphy, John Parrott, Ian McCulloch, Peter Ebdon and Paul Hunter to win the Players Championship in Glasgow â his first ranking title in over 11 years. Victory in the 2004 World Championship could have given White the number-one ranking, but he was beaten 10â8 by qualifier Barry Pinches after leading 4â2. White's consistency diminished in the 2004/2005 season. … Read More Although his ranking rose to number 8 he was unable to reach the quarter-finals of any ranking event. Read Less Show Less However he made two more memorable comebacks in the 2005 Masters. … Read More White trailed Matthew Stevens 2â5 in the first-round and pulled back to 4â5 after needing two snookers in the ninth frame.

White went on to win 6â5 and beat Stevens's compatriot Mark Williams by the same score in the quarter-finals after trailing 4â5. But White was soundly beaten 6â1 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals. Read Less White fell out of the top-32 at the end of the 2005/2006 season and has not regained this status to date. Show Less Nonetheless, his consistency waned in the 2000s and a first-round defeat in the 2006 World Championship saw White drop out of the world's top 32 player rankings. He lost in the first round of the 2006 World Championship, although he did beat Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui and World Champion Graeme Dott to reach the final of the 2006 Premier League. In the 2006/2007 season he qualified for only one ranking event, the 2007 China Open. … Read More He had a walkover Stephen Lee, before he lost 1â5 against John Higgins. After the season he fell out of the top-48.

Read Less Show Less In the 2007/2008 season he won 7 of his 16 qualifying matches. He won 4 straight matches at the 2007 Grand Prix and finished in the third place of his group, thus not qualifying for the main draw. In November 2007, his father, Tommy White, died aged 88. With his daughter, Lauren Albert, White is a director of Jimmy White Ltd., which had a turnover of Â£180,359 in 2006. White has been a fan of Chelsea Football Club since 1972. In December 2012, Jimmy got engaged to Kelly Singh. Show Less He won one match at the 2008 Welsh Open and two matches at the 2008 World Championship. … Read More After the season he fell out of the top-64 and remained on the tour only via the one year list.

Read Less He began the 2008/2009 season by qualifying for the main draw of the 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy and the 2008 Shanghai Masters, but lost in the first round against Barry Hawkins 3â5 and Mark King 4â5 respectively. … Read More He won 4 of his next 7 qualifying matches (2 at the 2008 Grand Prix and at the 2008 UK Championship. Read Less Show Less In 2014 White almost lost his place on the professional World Snooker circuit as he finished the 2013/2014 season ranked World No 64. … Read More While White remained on the tour fellow veteran Steve Davis, however, lost his place, landing outside the top 64.<br /><br /> In March, 2016 Jimmy lost to Brian Robertson in a 1 frame exhibition match in Wallasey. Brian knocked in a 72 break to defeat the 6 time world snooker championship finalist.

Read Less In his autobiography, released in November 2014, it was revealed that White was addicted to crack cocaine during a three-month spell of his career. Snooker Masters Snooker Masters Snooker Masters 2245 Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player from Chigwell,Essex. One of the most successful players in the modern history of the sport, he is regarded by many observers of the game, including former world champion and commentator Dennis Taylor, as the most naturally gifted player in snooker history.Many critics and pundits, such as former professional player Neal Foulds, see him as the greatest snooker player of all time. O'Sullivan made his first century break at age 10 and his first maximum break at age 15.

He turned professional in 1992, at the age of 16, and soon earned the nickname "The Rocket" because of his rapid playing style.[8] His first major success came when he won the 1993 UK Championship at the age of 17 years and 358 days, making him the youngest player ever to win a professional ranking tournament, a record he still holds. He is also the youngest player ever to have won the Masters, having captured his first title in 1995 at the age of 19 years and 69 days. His record in Triple Crown events now stands at five World Championship, five Masters, and five UK Championship titles. His career total of 27 ranking titles places him third behind Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis, and his career earnings of over £8 million put him on second place after Hendry on snooker's all-time prize-money list. O'Sullivan has held the world number one ranking on multiple occasions, most recently during the 2009/2010 season. His other achievements include ten Premier League titles and winning the Nations Cup with England in 2000.

Known as a prolific break-builder, O'Sullivan holds the record for the most competitive century breaks, with 777.He also holds the record for the most ratified maximum breaks in professional competition (13) and for the fastest competitive maximum break (5 minutes 20 seconds). Lets know more about ​SNOOKER MASTERS! Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. He is the reigning World Snooker Champion.[4] Selby joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16,[1] having played on the UK Challenge Tour in 1998.[5] In 2007, he was runner-up to John Higgins at the World Snooker Championship.[6] After winning three Masters titles in 2008, 2010, and2013, the UK Championship in 2012, and the World Championship in 2014, he became the ninth player to win all of snooker's Triple Crown events at least once.

His other ranking titles include the Welsh Open in 2008 and the Shanghai Masters in 2011. Known as a tough competitor, Selby is also a prolific break-builder and has compiled more than 350 century breaks in his professional career. His nickname, "The Jester from Leicester", was given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare.[7] Selby is also a pool player, and is the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World Champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins.

White's non-world championship achievements include, the UK Championship the Masters the World Cup and Nations Cup, White was also the first left-handed player, and second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship. Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Bristol and former world number one. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first rankingtitle, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open. Following this success in China, he reached the final of the 2011 World Snooker Championship where he was defeated by John Higgins. He then went on to win the 2011 UK Championship where he defeated Mark Allen 10–8 in the final. In November 2012, Trump won the inaugural International Championship and in doing so became world number one, a position he held for five weeks. On 18 February 2013, he reclaimed the top spot.

In July 2014, Trump won his 4th ranking title at the Australian Goldfields Open after defeating Neil Robertson 9–5. Trump practices alongside Jack Lisowski and Liang Wenbo at the Grove Snooker Academy in Romford, Essex. As a prolific break-builder, Trump has compiled more than 300 century breaks during his career. Steve Davis, OBE (born 22 August 1957)[3] is an English former professional snooker player from Plumstead, London. Known for dominating the sport during the 1980s, when he won the World Championship six times and was ranked world number one for seven consecutive seasons, he is remembered particularly for contesting the 1985 World Championship final with Dennis Taylor, the black-ball conclusion of which attracted a record 18.5 million British viewers. He is widely regarded as one of snooker's most iconic figures, and is generally viewed by his peers as one of the greatest players of all time. Today, Davis combines his ongoing playing career with his role as a television analyst and commentator for the BBC's snooker coverage.

In addition to his six world titles, Davis's career achievements include three Masters and a record six UK Championship titles. He has won a total of 28 ranking events, second only to Stephen Hendry,[4] and has won over £5.5 million in prize money.[5] Davis has compiled more than 350 competitive century breaks,[2] including the first officially recognized (and first televised) maximum break in professional competition, in 1982. During the 1987/1988 season, he became the first player to complete snooker's Triple Crown by winning the UK Championship, Masters, and World Championship in the same season. His other accomplishments include winning the World Doubles Championship four times with Tony Meo and winning the World Team Classic/World Cup four times with England. Davis won his last world title in 1989, and captured his last major title when he won the 1997 Masters at the age of 39, but he has continued to play snooker at a high level into his 50s.

He reached the final of the 2005 UK Championship at the age of 48 and was still ranked inside the top 16 when he turned 50 during the 2007/2008 season. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Championship at the age of 52, making him the oldest quarter-finalist since Eddie Charlton in 1983.[6] He won the World Seniors Championship in 2013. Outside snooker, Davis has competed in pool tournaments, notably playing on Team Europe at the Mosconi Cup between 1994 and2004, helping the team win the event in 1995 and 2002. He is also noted for his participation in poker events, having reached the final stages of several televised tournaments. Since 1996 he has been a regular broadcaster with Phoenix FM and an expert in the progressive rock genres of Zeuhl, RIO and the canterbury scene. A keen amateur chess player, he has co-authored two chess books with grandmaster David Norwood and is a former president of the British Chess Federation.

He has also published several books on snooker, as well as three cookbooks. He has appeared on a number of popular British TV shows, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2013. He was made an MBE in 1988 and an OBE in 2001. Ronnie O'sullivan vs Jimmy White ( WAR ) part 1 - YouTube Ronnie O'sullivan vs Jimmy White ( WAR ) part 1 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 2, 2010 THOSE TWO GREAT PLAYERS FIGHTING A WAR THROUGH THIS GAME.quarter final but its feels like the finaly.. you will never see anything like that.. its long frames with more excitement as ever knew.. you will never regret watching this..

((( have fun all ENJOY ))) ______________________________________________________ Warren "Jimmy" White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the 6 finals he contested. White's extensive list of achievements, however, also include victory in the World Amateur Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters. He is also a former World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins and won the World/Nations Cup three times with England. In 1992, he became the first left-handed player, and second overall, to record a 147 maximum break at the World Championship. ______________________________________________________ Ronnie O'Sullivan (born December 5, 1975) is a professional snooker player. His fast play has earned him the official nickname The Rocket, with unofficial monikers including The Essex Exocet and The Magician.

He is considered by many of his peers and snooker fans as the most naturally-talented player in the history of the sport whose highest level of play is arguably unmatched in the history of the game of snooker. O'Sullivan started his career at an early age. He first achieved a century at the age of 10, scored a 147 maximum break when just 15, and turned professional at 16. He was the youngest ever winner of a ranking tournament when he won the 1993 UK Championship aged 17. In total, he has achieved a 147 break in professional competition 6 times during his career. As a naturally-talented but temperamental player, O'Sullivan comes from the same mould as Alex Higgins and Jimmy White. O'Sullivan's personal life has been well-documented. His father, Ronnie Sr, is serving a life sentence for murder, having been convicted of murdering the black bodyguard of Charlie Kray, brother of the Kray twins, when O'Sullivan was a teenager. This led to a harsher sentence as it was believed there was a racial element to the killing. The family have always denied both this and O'Sullivan's supposed guilt.

Considered a perfectionist, O'Sullivan is publicly highly self-critical—even in victory. He has suffered from depression and various addictions. His career has thus not been without difficulties. After winning the 1998 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters, he was stripped of his title after a drugs test found marijuana in his system. He also has an uneasy relationship with the press, with some of his comments considered ungracious. In 2004, O'Sullivan's father called 1970s master player and six times World Champion Ray Reardon and asked that he give O'Sullivan some advice. With Reardon's backing, O'Sullivan came into top form and claimed the 2004 World Snooker Championship, famously humiliating Stephen Hendry 17-4 in the semi-final with a virtuoso display. O'Sullivan is unique amongst the current ranks of top snooker professionals in that he can play with the cue in either his right or left hand—frequently alternating between the two within the same frame.

Whilst he lacks power in his left arm, the ambidextrous angle to his game has proved to be a boon, allowing him to more naturally take on shots which would otherwise require awkward cueing with rest or spider. When he first displayed this gift in the World Championships against Alain Robidoux, the Canadian accused him of disrespect. O'Sullivan responded that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right. He has subsequently commented several times that switching to his left hand helps him retain his focus and provides him with extra motivation, both of which have often been found wanting in his prodigious game. He holds the record for the fastest recorded maximum break, made whilst playing Mick Price in the World Snooker Championship on 21 April 1997; he completed the clearance in 5 minutes and 20 seconds — an average of one shot every 9 seconds. In fact, his six maximum breaks include the five fastest on record. Category Jimmy White, Snooker player • Biography & Facts Jimmy White Snooker player James Warren "Jimmy" White, MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player.

Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World Champion, 2010 World Seniors Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins .White's non-world championship achievements include, the UK Championship the Masters the World Cup and Nations Cup, White was also the first left-handed player, and second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship. Jimmy White (snooker player) : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Jimmy White (snooker player) Wikis Jimmy White (snooker player): Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics (Redirected to Jimmy White article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the snooker player. For other uses, see Jimmy White (disambiguation) .

Jimmy White Non-ranking 19 James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind", White is a multiple World Championship finalist, appearing in six World Championship finals without ever winning the title - although he won the 1980 amateur World Championship, prior to turning professional later that year. White is also a former World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins and won the World/Nations Cup three times with England. Contents 10 External links Early life White was born in Tooting , London , United Kingdom , and studied at Ernest Bevin College . He never achieved academic success, as he was often truant from school from the age of eight or nine, spending more and more time at Ted Zanicelli's snooker hall . It was around this time that he met Tony Meo with whom he would compete in money matches in many venues. [1] His natural aptitude for snooker led to a successful amateur career. After winning the English Amateur Championship in 1979, a year later he became the youngest-ever winner of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, aged 18.

Career With a host of major titles and achievements, including ten ranking tournaments, White's overall record ranks him well up the list of snooker's most successful players. The BBC describes him as a "legend". [2] A left-hander, he reached the World Professional Championship Final on six occasions (1984, 1990-1994) but failed to win the sport's most prestigious title since his first attempt in 1981. Nonetheless, his consistency waned in the 2000s and a first-round defeat in the 2006 World Championship saw White drop out of the world's top 32 player rankings . White's continued slide down the rankings saw him drop to 65th but he recovered slightly to move up to no. 56 for the 2009-10 professional tour. White is one of only six players to have completed a maximum break at the World Championship (1992). He has also compiled 253 competitive centuries during his career. Advertisements 1981 - 1991 The World Championship has provided the theatre for White's greatest disappointments.

In 1982, he led Alex Higgins 15-14 in their nip-and-tuck semi-final, was up 59-0 in the penultimate frame and a red and colour away from the final. However, he eventually succumbed to Higgins' fightback. In the 1984 final he trailed Steve Davis 12-4 at the end of the first day's play, made a determined comeback, yet eventually lost by a margin of only 18-16. 1992 - 2001 In 1992, he led Stephen Hendry 12-6 and then 14-8. After Hendry pulled back to 14-9, White needed to pot only one red to win both the 24th and 25th frames, obstacles he could not overcome. After the deficit was reduced further to 12-14, White went in-off when compiling a potentially frame-winning break. Hendry drew level at 14-14 without conceding a further point and won the closely contested 29th and 30th frames to lead 16-14.

Two century breaks completed Hendry's ten-frame winning streak and a remarkable 18-14 victory. White's defeat may be attributed to a combination of his own inability to secure crucial frames from winning positions, to an opponent who played his best snooker as White faltered, and, less importantly, to one or two instances of bad luck. White also reached the final in 1993 but found Hendry much too strong: his 5-18 defeat was the second heaviest reverse in a final in the modern era. However, arguably his best chance came in the 1994 final, his fifth consecutive and third in a row against Hendry, with the final session taking place on White's 32nd birthday. White trailed 1-5 early on but recovered well to lead 9-7 and 11-9. Hendry again surged clear 15-13 and 17-16 but a break of 75 from White took the match to a decider. In the final frame, White was on a break of 29 and leading the frame by 37 points to 24.

He then missed an easy black off its spot, after which commentator Dennis Taylor observed: "Dear me, that was just a little bit of tension". Had White potted the black , he would have been required to pot only three more reds (with blacks) to leave Hendry needing snookers to win. As it happened, Hendry cleared with a technically straightforward break of 58 to win the title. Gracious in defeat, White joked that Hendry was "beginning to annoy" him in the post-match interview. White became the first player to beat Hendry twice at the World Championship, when he added a 1998 first-round win (10-4 after leading 7-0 and 8-1) to his 13-12 second-round success over Hendry ten years earlier. The feat has since been matched by Matthew Stevens and Ronnie O'Sullivan . Recent years Rather than being deficient in any technical aspect of the game, for instance he is very proficient in using the rest, it is arguable that occasional moments of inconsistency or lack of concentration, particularly at critical points in a match, have cost White dearly. But for these, his record could have been even better.

His improvement in the 2003-04 season also highlighted how tough a player White could be when he adopted a more disciplined approach and reined in his array of shots. As a result of this White achieved his first ranking title since 1992, winning the Daily Record Players Championship 9–7 against his good friend, the late Paul Hunter . This succeeded in silencing his critics and brought to an end a 12-year drought of ranking wins. At the beginning of the 2009/10 season White reached the final of the World Series of Snooker in Killarney, his 1st final since 2004, eventually losing 5-1 to Shaun Murphy . Provisionally No. 47 for the season it has seen White have a surprising return of form. His 2nd tournament of the season was the Sangsom 6-red World Grand Prix in Bangkok Thailand. White won the tournament, putting an end to his drought of titles by winning his first since 2004. On his way to the final he beat Shaun Murphy, defending champion Ricky Walden , Mark King and Mark Williams , eventually beating Barry Hawkins in the final 8-6.

Only 1 month later in the Paul Hunter Classic he again reached the final, however this time lost to Shaun Murphy 4-0. Two months later on 18 October White reached the final of the World Series of Snooker in Prague, his fourth of the season. This time he was victorious, claiming his 2nd title of the season by defeating Graeme Dott 5-3. 17 December 2009 was confirmed that White received a wild card for the Wembley Masters . [3] White played against Mark King in the wild card round but lost the match 2-6. Jimmy secured his place on the Main Tour for another season with a 10-8 victory over Mark Boyle at the World Snooker Championship Qualifiers at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield . Tournament wins did not participate in the tournament Personal life In 1995 after a routine checkup with his doctor, White was diagnosed with testicular cancer after discovering a lump. He was operated on almost immediately and soon after given the all clear. [5] He married Maureen White, and they have five children, Lauren, Ashleigh, Georgia, Breeze and Tommy.

[6] He currently lives in Oxshott , Surrey . [7] Despite being best known for snooker, he is also a pool player. Along with Steve Davis and Alex Higgins, White was a member of Europe's victorious Mosconi Cup team of 1995, and won the deciding match against Lou Butera . [8] In the late 1990s, White's bull terrier , Splinter, was dognapped and held for ransom . Splinter became the first dog to have a colour poster on the front page of The Times . White paid the ransom and Splinter was returned to him. Splinter went on to live for another three years. [9] In 1999, he was awarded an MBE . Coincidentally, the three players to have beaten him in the world finals (Davis, 1984; Hendry, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994; Parrott, 1991) have also received an MBE.

[7] A keen poker player, he won the second Poker Million tournament , held in 2003, which also had Steve Davis at the final table. [10] He is also good friends with professional poker player Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott . In November 2007, his father, Tommy White, died aged 88. With his daughter Lauren Albert, White is a director of Jimmy White Ltd, which had a turnover of £180,359 in 2006. White has been a fan of Chelsea Football Club since 1972. [11] Filmography White had a cameo role as himself (as the World Billiards Champion) in Stephen Chow 's 1990 kung fu and billiards comedy film, Legend of the Dragon . On the popular BBC game show Big Break , White was the first player to clear the table with 3 reds still remaining in the final part of the challenge (thus winning the top prize for the contestant he was playing for). He was introduced to the studio audience on each appearance with the song " Jimmy Jimmy " by The Undertones .

In the film Jack Said (a prequel to Jack Says ) Jimmy played the part of Vic Lee, a dodgy snooker club owner, in his first major film role for British cinema . On 11 November 2009 it was officially announced by ITV that White would be appearing in the 9th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! to start on the 15th. [12] He finished in third place on 4 December 2009, with Gino D'Acampo winning. In popular culture Jimmy White has endorsed four computer games: Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker , Jimmy White's 2: Cueball, Jimmy White's Cueball World, and Pool Paradise. These computer and video games have been released for numerous machines, from 8 bits up to second-generation consoles and mobile phones, including the Atari ST , Commodore Amiga , Sega Genesis , Mega Drive , Game Boy Color , Sony PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , Dreamcast , Xbox , and PC platforms. In June 2007, he was contracted to the online billiard website Play89.

[8] Comedian Bill Hicks namechecked Jimmy White in some of his comedy routines about a trip to England, where whilst trying to find out more information about the L.A. riots in 1992, all there was on television was Jimmy White playing snooker. Hicks, so annoyed that White was always on the box, famously quipped, "Does the man not have a home to go to?". References Jimmy White | Celebrity Net Worth Celebrity Net Worth Submit a suggestion & help us add it! James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" due to his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals for which he ... Jimmy White Stats

Question: Which English snooker player is nicknamed ‘The Whirlwind’?
Answer: Jimmy White