Ken Doherty
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| Personal Information | |
| Nicknames | Crafty Ken, Ken-do |
| Date of birth | September 17, 1969 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Career | |
| Professional | 1990–current |
| 2005/6 World Ranking | 11 |
| 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 | |
| Irish Masters | 1998 |
| 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 2000, he narrowly missed out on the maximum 147 break, when he missed the final black off its spot, in the 15th frame of the Benson & Hedges Masters final against Matthew Stevens.
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.
Recently, he started commentating on snooker matches in the BBC snooker coverage team, along with Steve Davis and John Parrott.pl:Ken Doherty (snookerzysta) de:Ken Doherty zh:肯·达赫蒂