Ken Doherty - Definition and Overview

Ken Doherty
Personal Information
Nicknames	Crafty Ken, Ken-do
Date of birth	September 17, 1969
Nationality	Irish
Career
Professional	1990–current
2004/5 World Ranking	7
Best World Ranking	3 (1997/98)
World Championship Best	Winner (1997)
Highest Break	143 (1997)
Ranking Tournament Wins
World Championship	1997
Regal Welsh Open	1993, 2001
Malta Grand Prix	2000
Thailand Masters	2001
Other Tournament Wins
Malta Grand Prix	1997

Ken Doherty (born September 17, 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player.

His game is more tactically based than that of most other players, whilst being able to make big breaks; this has led to commentators calling him Crafty Ken. In 2001, he narrowly missed out on the maximum 147 break.

Doherty became only the second player from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Championship, when he beat Stephen Hendry 18-12 in the 1997 final. He reached number three in the world rankings the following season.

Ken, who is married to Sarah, was nearly blinded in 2002 in a bizarre bathroom accident.