John Higgins - Definition and Overview

John Higgins
Personal Information
Nickname	Wizard of Wishaw
Date of birth	May 18, 1975
Nationality	Scottish
Career
Professional	1992–current
2004/5 World Ranking	5
Best World Ranking	1 (2 years)
World Championship Best	Winner (1998)
Highest Break	147 (5 times)
Ranking Tournament Wins
World Championship	1998
Rothmans Grand Prix	1994, 1999
Sweater Shop International Open	1995, 1996
British Open	1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
German Open	1995, 1997
UK Championship	1998, 2000
China International	1998
Welsh Open	2000
Other Tournament Wins
European Open	1997
Benson & Hedges Masters	1999

John Higgins (born May 18, 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player.

Higgins turned professional in 1992. He won three ranking tournaments in the 1994/95 season. He won the World Championship in 1998, and reached the number one spot in the rankings the following season.

For a while, it seemed that Higgins would dominate snooker for several years, as Stephen Hendry had done throughout the 1990s, but fierce competition from other newcomers, notably Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Matthew Stevens, saw him knocked off the top spot after only two seasons.