Ken Doherty is an Irish retired professional snooker player from Ranelagh in Dublin, born in 1969, who also works as a commentator and pundit. He is the only world champion from the Republic of Ireland, winning the 1997 World Snooker Championship by beating Stephen Hendry 18 to 12 in the final and ending Hendry's run of 29 consecutive Crucible wins. He is the only player to have been world under-21, world amateur and world professional champion, and won six ranking titles, the first being the 1993 Welsh Open. He was runner-up at the World Championship in 1998 and 2003.
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Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969)
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won the first of his six ranking titles
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is an Irish retired professional snooker player
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having won the title in 1997
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