I remember this match vividly for the great snooker Hallett played in the first session and the way he fell apart in the second. Hendry showed tremendous character to come back but unusually for him he wasn't winning frames in one visit. Hallett scored 40/50 points in almost every frame and had chance after chance to win, but every time he got to frame ball he seemed to choke. Even at 8-8 he had good chances but by that time all the belief was gone. A real shame because in the first session he potted Hendry off the table and this should have been the biggest day of his career.
This is what Hendry's opposition consisted in the early 90's: chokers like White and Hallet, old farts from the 80's who were way past their peak, young pups like O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams, and only a few good players like Davis, Parrot and Doherty, Wattana. No wonder he won so much, it was one of the weakest eras in history. As soon as the trio of O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams entered their 20's and a few more good players like Hunter and Stevens came on, Hendry vanished from the winners circle. That says it all.
@@michaeltrumph121 Hendry won multiple world titles when the 'Class of 92' were in their twenties. Yes, the opposition was tougher and Hendry's game deteriorated in the early 00s but to say that the era in the early to mid 90s was a weak one is ridiculous. If you look at the statistics, the standard at the top of the game in the mid to late 90s, when Hendry was still in his prime, was very similar to now. There is more strength in depth on tour now, however.
@@ross8917 "multiple world titles" ??! Are u trippin' ?!???? He only won 1 world title, fuckin' 1 !!! And that was in 99. That's it. That's the only major title he won after they turned 20.
@@michaeltrumph121 No, I am not tripping, Mike. He also won the world title in 1996, when all three were in their twenties. In any case, O'Sullivan and Higgins were great players before their twentieth birthdays.
Unfortunately for poor Mike, the agony of the day did not end there. After returning home later that evening to find he'd been burgled, he referred to it as "the perfect end to the perfect day".
Hallett must have been disgusted, but imagine Ronnie watching his comeback to 8-8 in 1997 liverpool victoria fade away as stephen hit a 147 in the deciding frame. Hendry was the master of sickening his opponent just when they thought they had him beat. Never will Hendry be eclipsed for his utter dominance.
@@michaeltrumph121 Ronnie O'Sullivan lost the 1997 Masters Final to Steve Davis 10-8 after being 8-4 in front. He also lost the 2004 Masters final 10-9 to Paul Hunter after being 6-1 and 7-2 in front. He also lost the 2010 Masters final to Mark Selby having been 9-6 ahead.
@@ebojfmdboojoh4023 Ronnie did not have a 7-8 frames lead in neither of the examples you gave, and I was talking about a peak Ronnie, with his head screwed on. In this case, Hallet was just one frame away from victory with a huge lead. Ronnie has never lost from such a position. In the examples you gave, he still had to win 2-3 frames.
i watched this match & the 1 thing i can remember was John Virgo claiming that if Hendry could win the 1st 2 frames of the evening session, Virgo reckoned Hendry could win it. Was still an amazing comeback by Hendry. Possibly the greatest ever, along with winning 10 frames in a row to beat Jimmy White in the final of the 1994 WSC.
I remember this like it was yesterday. There I was, sitting with a beer, and I hit the play button on youtube, and the rest is history. I have a fucking hangover.
I thought Mike lost 10-9 after being 9-0 up. It shows you how memories can get distorted with time. Mike never truly recovered from this defeat and would never grace a major final again.
John Higgins choked recently against Neil Robertson in the Tour Championship final, after leading 8-3 and 9-4 went on to lose 10-9. That match is up there with this one, being one of the biggest chokes ever in a final. It's crazy that Higgins used to have one of the best bottles in the game, but now he chokes so many finals.
Poor Mike. Say what you will about him bottling it, you still have to give Stephen credit for potting the balls. The hallmark of a great player is never knowing when they're beaten. And Stephen, great player that he was, not only never knew when he was beaten, he also many a time quelled a comeback. The great champion that he was, he won from both predicaments, most famously, having led O'Sullivan 8-2, he lost 6 frames in a row, and on the deciding frame of the tournament, he knocked in a 147.
More of a case of Hallett losing it as opposed to Hendry winning it. The blue to get on the pink in frame 12 was a terrible shot, as mentioned - tentative and left himself needing the rest to play the pink which he ultimately missed gifting Hendry another frame.
Initially he said he just didn't want to go through all the travelling that they do nowadays but recently he said it was a mixture of not being able to get the practice required in and he began developing the yips later in his career so it's probably a combination of all things combined. He's made his money so I can't say I blame him if he doesn't feel like it.
He retired cause he wasn't good enough to win any titles, it's as simple as that. In fact, he never won any major title after the age of 30. That just goes to show how weak his opposition was in the early 90's.
that masters trophey looks better than the more modern one we have now , the crystal snooker ball trophey looks cool but that gold one looks more special , why did they change it?
Hendry dominated in a very weak era, that's why he couldn't win shit after he turned 30. And Selby is a boring grinder that only had 1 year at the top of the game. O'Sullivan has been the best player in the world by a country mile in the last 2 years.
@@dynamite25567 It just shows the difference in mental toughness between the two players though. Hendry would never have even entertained the rope thought if his opponent was coming back at him, let alone blurted it out loud. I'm sure Hendry was absolutely delighted when he heard Hallett say that.
No matter who you are and how well you play,one should not win when being 2-8 down. It is not possible to win 7 frames in a row without allowing any chances to your opponent
Hallett lost that match...and with the "Got a rope?" joke at 7-8...you could tell he was psychologically gone. If you watch full game link, you can see when Mike gets his cheque and bottle of fizzy, he almost loses it. I remember watching it at the time being totally gutted for the guy.
the difference is purely a mental one. hendry had a steely resolve that few players had in that he never thinks about defeat, just how to try and win the frame. bit by bit he tore away at Mikes lead in typical trademark fashion. some said he was a faceless machine at the table but who cares if it wins you 7 world titles.....
+Bogdan Nistor and when did your super ronnie ever win any of the triple crown tournaments five or six years consecutively? how many masters has he? how many world titles does he have? has he ever won the uk, worlds and masters in the same season?
brian marshall Ronnie has just as manny UK's and Masters as Hendry. Hendry only has 2 more world titles, that's it. And he won them against weak opposition in a weak era. Hendry himself admitted that.
+Bogdan Nistor how may years did it take stephen hendry to win these triple crownj titles after turning pro? 13 seasons ronnie 24 years and still not matched it number of years as pro and number 1 in the world? ronnie 24 yrs as pro and - 5 as number 1 stephen 26 years as pro -9 as number 1 ,incl 8 years in a row, ronnies best is 2 yrs in a row even less than mark selby who you think is scum years taken to reach number 1 ronnie 12years stephen hendry 5 years you never told me how many times ronnie won the triple crown? answer = never stephen hendry twice ronnie osullivan isnt even the best now nevermind when they were both at the top of the game in the late 90s tell me how many years do you think it will be before ronnie gets his 8th world title. ???? when did hendry or davis admit that they played in a weak era? when did they claim white doherty and williams were weak players? only you claim it was a weak era and if ronnie is so much better than steve davis or steohen hendry and everyone else you dismiss like mark selby then why have all three of these players spent more consecutive years as the world number 1 than your man ? how can ronnie be the best ever etc having spent the last three years looking up at selby who has won two of the last three world champs and all of the last three years as no 1 but ronnies still the best? cuckoo cuckoo you really are blinded and biased and the fact is till ronnies got 5 world titles in a row 8 world titles in all has had 8 consecutive years at no 1 in succession and wins many more ranking titles in total than davis or hendry even though davis and hendry played mostly in an era when there were 4/5/6 per season not 9 or 10 like now then hendrys the best ever. its just as likely john higgins gets more world titles than ronnie which would relegate your man to 4th all time. and as for thinking ronnies antics are proof of his character most of the uk think it shows hes a terrible loser has huge disrespect for the media, fellow players and sponsors who pay his wages and shows him to be the child he is who will never be the gentleman the sport is made for.
Players from the early 90's were weaker. The standard of the game in depth has risen after 2000. It's not just the standard of the lower ranked players, but also the standard of the top players, even though not by that much. A 2012-2014 Ronnie would demolish any version of himself from the early 90's. Hendry will always be a great, however he was not as good as his records suggest. I agree that you can only beat who's in front of you, but when those opponents are not that great, it's a lot easier to win titles. Had Hendry turned pro at the same time as Ronnie, Higgins and Williams, he wouldn't have the records he now has. Take a look at the rankings in the 94-95 season / Hendry's peak period. The top players were: 1. Hendry - some might think that this version of Hendry beats any other player in history, with the exception of Ronnie. I reckon a peak Selby, Robertson and Higgins would also beat Hendry, and that's cause their break-building is just as good and their safety and tactical play is far superior. 2. Steve Davis - this version of Steve (that Hendry had to beat in order to win his titles) stands little chance against Ronnie, Robertson, Selby, Higgins. He also loses 7 times out of 10 to Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen. He might stand a chance Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson - but he's the underdog against any of them. 3. Wattana - i reckon he has even little chance than Davis, since he's safety and tactical play is weaker. 4. Jimmy - at his very best, he's up there with the best of them in terms of potting balls. However, he was very weak mentally and his safety and tactical play means that 9 times out of 10 he'll loose to the likes of Ronnie, Higgins, Robertson, Selby. He loses 7/10 against Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen and he's pretty even with Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson. 5. Parrott. 6. McManus 7. Doherty I can't really see any of them winning more than 50% of the matches against Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson. They will probably loose most time against Ronnie, Higgins, Robertson, Selby, Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen 8.Darren Morgan - gets beat 8 times out of 10 by all of today's top pros. Doesn't stand a prayer against 2012-2014 Ronnie, Higgins, Selby, Robertson, Trump, Ding. 9. 19 year old Ronnie - on a great day, he might beat some top pros, but he loses everytime to the current version of himself, Selby, Robertson, Higgins. 10. Peter Ebdon - might beat some top pros, but he'll loose far more matches than he wins. 11. Nigel Bond 12 Joe Swail 13 David Roe They'll loose 90% of the matches against today's top pros. 14 Terry Griffiths 15 Willie Thorne 16 Tony Drago They don't stand a prayer of winning. They'd probably get whitewashed in some matches.
Not so much the greatest comeback, it was the worst collapse ever, 7-0 up in a best of 17 match! Hallett was so close to the finish line and he completly bottled it! He had a look of resignation throughout that second session. Hallett just made mistake after mistake. At 8-3 I knew Hendry was gonna win.
***** Fuck off... Even Ronnie's finished now, smashed by Bingham, head seems gone again who knows when the next world final Ronnie will be in or how many more he can win.
***** Ok so if hendry says Ronnie is the best ever then thats true then yeah... But when Ronnie admits hendry is the best it must mean something else? Didn't know you know so much...
***** hehehe you r just behavinng like a kid... "Mom i don't know ,my ronnie is best no matter what"..... my advice just type names of both in wikipedia and you'll see the difference in both of their achievments.... simple is that i never said that ronnie is bad player in fact he is in my top 5 list of all times but stephen is surely a greatest
"Mike Hallett really threw that Masters title away." - Greg Norman
I remember this match vividly for the great snooker Hallett played in the first session and the way he fell apart in the second. Hendry showed tremendous character to come back but unusually for him he wasn't winning frames in one visit. Hallett scored 40/50 points in almost every frame and had chance after chance to win, but every time he got to frame ball he seemed to choke. Even at 8-8 he had good chances but by that time all the belief was gone. A real shame because in the first session he potted Hendry off the table and this should have been the biggest day of his career.
This is what Hendry's opposition consisted in the early 90's: chokers like White and Hallet, old farts from the 80's who were way past their peak, young pups like O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams, and only a few good players like Davis, Parrot and Doherty, Wattana. No wonder he won so much, it was one of the weakest eras in history. As soon as the trio of O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams entered their 20's and a few more good players like Hunter and Stevens came on, Hendry vanished from the winners circle. That says it all.
@@michaeltrumph121 Hendry won multiple world titles when the 'Class of 92' were in their twenties. Yes, the opposition was tougher and Hendry's game deteriorated in the early 00s but to say that the era in the early to mid 90s was a weak one is ridiculous. If you look at the statistics, the standard at the top of the game in the mid to late 90s, when Hendry was still in his prime, was very similar to now. There is more strength in depth on tour now, however.
@@ross8917
"multiple world titles" ??!
Are u trippin' ?!????
He only won 1 world title, fuckin' 1 !!!
And that was in 99. That's it.
That's the only major title he won after they turned 20.
@@michaeltrumph121 No, I am not tripping, Mike. He also won the world title in 1996, when all three were in their twenties. In any case, O'Sullivan and Higgins were great players before their twentieth birthdays.
@@ross8917
They barely turned 20 in 1996.
And yes, they were still good players before they turned 20, but not in their primes yet.
Unfortunately for poor Mike, the agony of the day did not end there. After returning home later that evening to find he'd been burgled, he referred to it as "the perfect end to the perfect day".
Hallett must have been disgusted, but imagine Ronnie watching his comeback to 8-8 in 1997 liverpool victoria fade away as stephen hit a 147 in the deciding frame. Hendry was the master of sickening his opponent just when they thought they had him beat. Never will Hendry be eclipsed for his utter dominance.
I watched this as a 12 year old. Remember watching the first session on teletext. This, along with the final against white was his greatest comeback
Wrong, those are the 2 best examples of a chokefest. Hendry couldn't have done shit if he was up against someone like O'Sullivan, Higgins, Selby, etc.
@@michaeltrumph121 that's total bollocks
@@robertlangmuir86
That's a fact. They would have never lost with such a big lead, not in a million years.
@@michaeltrumph121 Ronnie O'Sullivan lost the 1997 Masters Final to Steve Davis 10-8 after being 8-4 in front. He also lost the 2004 Masters final 10-9 to Paul Hunter after being 6-1 and 7-2 in front. He also lost the 2010 Masters final to Mark Selby having been 9-6 ahead.
@@ebojfmdboojoh4023
Ronnie did not have a 7-8 frames lead in neither of the examples you gave, and I was talking about a peak Ronnie, with his head screwed on.
In this case, Hallet was just one frame away from victory with a huge lead. Ronnie has never lost from such a position. In the examples you gave, he still had to win 2-3 frames.
i have no worries calling this also one of the biggest collapses in history of sport itself
+151kbar151 Wow, twenty five years ago.
uhegbu
why not?
Between him and Jean van de Velde for the biggest collapse in the modern era for my (scant) money.
i watched this match & the 1 thing i can remember was John Virgo claiming that if Hendry could win the 1st 2 frames of the evening session, Virgo reckoned Hendry could win it.
Was still an amazing comeback by Hendry. Possibly the greatest ever, along with winning 10 frames in a row to beat Jimmy White in the final of the 1994 WSC.
i was in the UK when this was on,got me hooked on snooker,20 years later still love the game
thx very much for uploading this and the 98 final, 97 final, 2010 final, i have been looking for them for a long time :)
I remember this like it was yesterday. There I was, sitting with a beer, and I hit the play button on youtube, and the rest is history. I have a fucking hangover.
Best comback ever!!!
I thought Mike lost 10-9 after being 9-0 up. It shows you how memories can get distorted with time. Mike never truly recovered from this defeat and would never grace a major final again.
Yes same. I don't actually recall the Masters final ever being best of 17. How strange
He did win the 1991 Scottish Masters but his days as a top player were finished on this night at Wembley
@@ebojfmdboojoh4023 Best of 17 until 1995.
I did as well i was sure of it
9-0 up loosing 10-9 to hendry
Amazing how others thought exactly the same as me strange
Mike losing like that to Stephen AND having his house broken in to. Such bad, bad luck
Great nerve from the great stephen hendry... kept his nerve under huge pressure... won loads of close frames...
Mike Hallett bottled it big time, by the last two frames he was a bag of nerves
John Higgins choked recently against Neil Robertson in the Tour Championship final, after leading 8-3 and 9-4 went on to lose 10-9. That match is up there with this one, being one of the biggest chokes ever in a final. It's crazy that Higgins used to have one of the best bottles in the game, but now he chokes so many finals.
one of the greatest comebacks !
thanks for uploading .
asonishing comeback, best ive ever seen, go on stephen!!!!!
Wonder how many times hallet thinks about the two missed pinks
This was the year I was born :)
Brilliant pot by Henry on the brown in final frame to clinch the title
When it came to mental strength and holding your nerve under pressure Stephen Hendry was in a league of one all by himself
Mike Hallett is a very good player but he missed too many at the end and Stephen Hendry punished him every time.
Hendry didn't win this match, Hallet lost that's for sure and you are rigth, none of those you mentioned earlier could have lost the match
That magnificent trophy they showed at the start now sits on Hendry's mantelpiece
This would have certainly been another massive shock if Mike Hallett won this masters
Poor Mike. Say what you will about him bottling it, you still have to give Stephen credit for potting the balls. The hallmark of a great player is never knowing when they're beaten. And Stephen, great player that he was, not only never knew when he was beaten, he also many a time quelled a comeback. The great champion that he was, he won from both predicaments, most famously, having led O'Sullivan 8-2, he lost 6 frames in a row, and on the deciding frame of the tournament, he knocked in a 147.
This must be one of the biggest chokes of all time. Plenty of chances to win the match, and screwed them all up.
More of a case of Hallett losing it as opposed to Hendry winning it. The blue to get on the pink in frame 12 was a terrible shot, as mentioned - tentative and left himself needing the rest to play the pink which he ultimately missed gifting Hendry another frame.
That's the difference between a very good player and a champion. He didn't have the balls.
And that is why you put in loads of practice time in rest play. Never know when you're gonna need it for frame or match ball
Feel sorry for Halley, he got punished in every way but Stephen Hendry was a hero
watched this as a 10 year old, I detested Hendry, and this was just another bitter moment, I was gutted for Hallet.
Hallett was never the same player after that defeat.
Mike Hallett went in-off at a critical stage possibly in the last frame.
Stephen is legend I wish I can see him live matches but don't know why he retired so early even though old players are still playing .
Initially he said he just didn't want to go through all the travelling that they do nowadays but recently he said it was a mixture of not being able to get the practice required in and he began developing the yips later in his career so it's probably a combination of all things combined. He's made his money so I can't say I blame him if he doesn't feel like it.
He retired cause he wasn't good enough to win any titles, it's as simple as that.
In fact, he never won any major title after the age of 30. That just goes to show how weak his opposition was in the early 90's.
Fast forward to 2021!
that masters trophey looks better than the more modern one we have now , the crystal snooker ball trophey looks cool but that gold one looks more special , why did they change it?
They gave to Hendry to keep after he won it 5 in a row
Maybe the best comeback player in any sport
just think when the ref did this match he had no idea something like this would happen.
The meltdown of meltdowns, second place is Jimmy losing the '92 worlds from 14 - 8 up.
@Adam Oliver Hendry much better than both. 13-2 vs Hallet h2h. Won 15 matches in a row vs Jimmy
@Adam Oliver Yep I didn't say you weren't right about that. Won everything but the World Title
Stephen Hendry and now Mark Selby are just monsters on the table... Complete dominators
Hendry dominated in a very weak era, that's why he couldn't win shit after he turned 30.
And Selby is a boring grinder that only had 1 year at the top of the game. O'Sullivan has been the best player in the world by a country mile in the last 2 years.
@@michaeltrumph121 Hendry dominated when he had Davis, White, O'Sullivan, Parrott, J.Higgins and Doherty to contend with, certainly not weak.
Hallet talked himself into losing, with that anyone got a rope comment
It was 8-7 when he said that mind
Yes I know he was 8 2 up after missing the pink but he'd more or less resigned himself to losing despite still being in front in the match
@@dynamite25567 It just shows the difference in mental toughness between the two players though. Hendry would never have even entertained the rope thought if his opponent was coming back at him, let alone blurted it out loud. I'm sure Hendry was absolutely delighted when he heard Hallett say that.
he also found his home had been burgled haha what a shit day
Doves - Jetstream (Kingdom of Rust)
No matter who you are and how well you play,one should not win when being 2-8 down. It is not possible to win 7 frames in a row without allowing any chances to your opponent
His opposition was weak. That's why he couldn't win shit after the age of 30.
A już Hallett prowadził 7:0 i 8:2.
To co zrobił potem Hendry to mistrzostwo.
Poor guy! But he has only got himself to blame really!
House burgled? That isn’t nice.
Hallett lost that match...and with the "Got a rope?" joke at 7-8...you could tell he was psychologically gone. If you watch full game link, you can see when Mike gets his cheque and bottle of fizzy, he almost loses it. I remember watching it at the time being totally gutted for the guy.
Poor guys house was robbed during this match.
Stephen "the Phoenix" Hendry
Against such weak opposition, even I would be a Phoenix.
the difference is purely a mental one. hendry had a steely resolve that few players had in that he never thinks about defeat, just how to try and win the frame. bit by bit he tore away at Mikes lead in typical trademark fashion. some said he was a faceless machine at the table but who cares if it wins you 7 world titles.....
+Simon John Hinton he only won so much because he played in a weak era.
+Bogdan Nistor
and when did your super ronnie ever win any of the triple crown tournaments five or six years consecutively?
how many masters has he?
how many world titles does he have?
has he ever won the uk, worlds and masters in the same season?
brian marshall
Ronnie has just as manny UK's and Masters as Hendry.
Hendry only has 2 more world titles, that's it. And he won them against weak opposition in a weak era. Hendry himself admitted that.
+Bogdan Nistor
how may years did it take stephen hendry to win these triple crownj titles after turning pro?
13 seasons
ronnie 24 years and still not matched it
number of years as pro and number 1 in the world?
ronnie 24 yrs as pro and - 5 as number 1
stephen 26 years as pro -9 as number 1 ,incl 8 years in a row,
ronnies best is 2 yrs in a row even less than mark selby who you think is scum
years taken to reach number 1
ronnie 12years
stephen hendry 5 years
you never told me how many times ronnie won the triple crown?
answer = never
stephen hendry twice
ronnie osullivan isnt even the best now nevermind when they were both at the top of the game in the late 90s
tell me how many years do you think it will be before ronnie gets his 8th world title. ????
when did hendry or davis admit that they played in a weak era?
when did they claim white doherty and williams were weak players?
only you claim it was a weak era and if ronnie is so much better than steve davis or steohen hendry and everyone else you dismiss like mark selby then why have all three of these players spent more consecutive years as the world number 1 than your man ?
how can ronnie be the best ever etc having spent the last three years looking up at selby who has won two of the last three world champs and all of the last three years as no 1 but ronnies still the best? cuckoo cuckoo
you really are blinded and biased and the fact is till ronnies got 5 world titles in a row 8 world titles in all has had 8 consecutive years at no 1 in succession and wins many more ranking titles in total than davis or hendry even though davis and hendry played mostly in an era when there were 4/5/6 per season not 9 or 10 like now then hendrys the best ever.
its just as likely john higgins gets more world titles than ronnie which would relegate your man to 4th all time.
and as for thinking ronnies antics are proof of his character most of the uk think it shows hes a terrible loser has huge disrespect for the media, fellow players and sponsors who pay his wages and shows him to be the child he is who will never be the gentleman the sport is made for.
Players from the early 90's were weaker. The standard of the game in depth has risen after 2000.
It's not just the standard of the lower ranked players, but also the standard of the top players, even though not by that much. A 2012-2014 Ronnie would demolish any version of himself from the early 90's.
Hendry will always be a great, however he was not as good as his records suggest. I agree that you can only beat who's in front of you, but when those opponents are not that great, it's a lot easier to win titles.
Had Hendry turned pro at the same time as Ronnie, Higgins and Williams, he wouldn't have the records he now has.
Take a look at the rankings in the 94-95 season / Hendry's peak period.
The top players were:
1. Hendry - some might think that this version of Hendry beats any other player in history, with the exception of Ronnie. I reckon a peak Selby, Robertson and Higgins would also beat Hendry, and that's cause their break-building is just as good and their safety and tactical play is far superior.
2. Steve Davis - this version of Steve (that Hendry had to beat in order to win his titles) stands little chance against Ronnie, Robertson, Selby, Higgins. He also loses 7 times out of 10 to Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen. He might stand a chance Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson - but he's the underdog against any of them.
3. Wattana - i reckon he has even little chance than Davis, since he's safety and tactical play is weaker.
4. Jimmy - at his very best, he's up there with the best of them in terms of potting balls. However, he was very weak mentally and his safety and tactical play means that 9 times out of 10 he'll loose to the likes of Ronnie, Higgins, Robertson, Selby. He loses 7/10 against Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen and he's pretty even with Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson.
5. Parrott. 6. McManus 7. Doherty
I can't really see any of them winning more than 50% of the matches against Bingham, Carter, Perry, Maguire, Wilson. They will probably loose most time against Ronnie, Higgins, Robertson, Selby, Ding, Trump, Hawkins, Murphy, Marco Fu, M. Allen
8.Darren Morgan - gets beat 8 times out of 10 by all of today's top pros. Doesn't stand a prayer against 2012-2014 Ronnie, Higgins, Selby, Robertson, Trump, Ding.
9. 19 year old Ronnie - on a great day, he might beat some top pros, but he loses everytime to the current version of himself, Selby, Robertson, Higgins.
10. Peter Ebdon - might beat some top pros, but he'll loose far more matches than he wins.
11. Nigel Bond
12 Joe Swail
13 David Roe
They'll loose 90% of the matches against today's top pros.
14 Terry Griffiths
15 Willie Thorne
16 Tony Drago
They don't stand a prayer of winning. They'd probably get whitewashed in some matches.
The nugget that JOhn parrott referred to was Steve Davis
That's a good example of CHOKE.
Not so much the greatest comeback, it was the worst collapse ever, 7-0 up in a best of 17 match! Hallett was so close to the finish line and he completly bottled it! He had a look of resignation throughout that second session. Hallett just made mistake after mistake. At 8-3 I knew Hendry was gonna win.
If hed got the pink for 8 0 it probs wouldve been 9 0 how one or two shota can change a game is why i love snooker
Nerves of iron
this is how match fixing become a passion in snooker history, like jimmy white was drafting away from the world championship tittles.....
Good player Mike, but never really had that killer instinct to finish off a match .
Ronnie is the masters king now :)
stephen is looking a prince charming here,,actually he is king of snooker
***** Fuck off... Even Ronnie's finished now, smashed by Bingham, head seems gone again who knows when the next world final Ronnie will be in or how many more he can win.
***** Really? Coz actually it's Ronnie the one recently always claiming Hendry is the best in history...
***** Ok so if hendry says Ronnie is the best ever then thats true then yeah... But when Ronnie admits hendry is the best it must mean something else?
Didn't know you know so much...
Go and see some statistics of both players and you will get the answer....
***** hehehe you r just behavinng like a kid... "Mom i don't know ,my ronnie is best no matter what".....
my advice just type names of both in wikipedia and you'll see the difference in both of their achievments....
simple is that i never said that ronnie is bad player in fact he is in my top 5 list of all times but stephen is surely a greatest
@outdoorpooltable No no. I'm serious. Look on wikipedia if you don't believe me
Wow hallett must really hate the rest.
Really didn't like that pink ball did he. Think if he had slotted the pink for 8 0 he definitely would have won
poor mike couldn't use a rest for shit!
5:33 He's seen this weed......
If u watch it he blew it several times had quite a few chances
Not even a suggestion of match fixing! Strange
@LatinPercussion :)
the greatest collapse ever lol
how the fuck...?
hendry was good but i think the main reason he can win is coz hallet wasted many winning chances.
lol hallet threw the game away. Wasn't even a come back
Biggest bottle ever
Hendry did not win this hallet gave it away.
Yeah, we never heard of Hendry after this.
@@ally11488 you thinknhallet did not bottle this, cmon
@@James-dn6wy Would he have bottled it against any other player?
@@ally11488 no, im not a bottler.
@@James-dn6wy I don't know what that reply means, so I'll answer in an appropriate manner....
Aldi have reduced their chicken in the bag range.
great comeback but it was halett who threw it away!