John Higgins (snooker player)

John Higgins is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, born in 1975. He turned professional in 1992-93 together with Ronnie O Sullivan and Mark Williams, a trio known as the Class of 92. He has won 33 ranking titles, third on the all-time list, including four World Championships (1998, 2007, 2009 and 2011), three UK Championships and two Masters, and has been ranked world number one on four occasions. He made his 1,000th professional century at the 2024 English Open and has 13 maximum breaks. He was banned for six months in 2010 for failing to disclose a betting-rule invitation, though cleared of match-fixing, was appointed MBE in 2008 and entered the World Snooker Tour Hall of Fame in 2012.