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| BORN 2nd May 1962 BIRTHPLACE London, England TURNED PRO 1980 EARNINGS 00/01 £142,611 RANKING 11 HIGHEST RANKING 2 Achievements 1992 - UK Championship 1988 - Canadian Masters 1986, 1992 - Grand Prix 1987, 1992 - British Open 1992 - European Open 1987, 1991 - Classic 1984 - B&H Masters 1985, 1986 - B&H Irish Masters 1981 - Scottish Masters Biography The charismatic Jimmy White carries the mantle of being one of the most popular players the game has ever seen. Although now 39 years of age, he remains for many the perennial Peter Pan of snooker, the local London boy with the impish grin and precocious talent. Ever since his first world final appearance in 1984, he has been burdened with the tag of the greatest player never to win the world championship - and as the years go by seems less and less likely to shake it. He has been runner-up on six occasions in total. Aside from the world championship, White's record is phenomenal. He won his first major professional event in 1981 and can still compete with the very best in the game. In January 2000, he helped his English team to victory in the Nations Cup. Although he slipped out of the top 16 for the second time in May 2000, he was well placed on the provisional rankings. Last season he reached the final of the British Open and the semi-finals of the Grand Prix to boost his ranking, but was bitterly disappointed when he failed to qualify for The Crucible. It was White's father, Tommy, who first introduced Jimmy to the game when he was 11 years old. The youngster was hooked and school quickly went out of the window as he spent hour after hour on table. So quick was White to master the game, that within a year he had made his first century, and was hustling around the clubs of London. He won the British Under-16 title when he was 15, added the English Amateur title in 1979 and in Tasmania in 1980 he became the youngest-ever world amateur champion - a record which stood for many years - before turning professional. A gallant loser, White could have made the final of the world championship in 1982, but for an extraordinary performance by Alex Higgins in the last two frames of their semi-final. White was also on the receiving end of the only ever 147 in the B&H Masters when Canadian Kirk Stevens compiled the magical break in 1984. But he also many great successes in his past - and in his future too, if his fans get their way. White compiled the second ever maximum at The Crucible in 1992 during a golden spell when he came close to threatening Stephen Hendry at the top of the world rankings. He led Hendry 14-8 in the final of the world championship that year only to fall foul of a legendary Hendry comeback, and lost ten frames in a row to lose the final 18-14. Ever the sporting type, White's reaction to losing a fourth consecutive final at the Crucible was announce that Stephen Hendry was "beginning to annoy" him. Now back in the top 16 - and easily its oldest member - it remains to be seen how White will compete. Jimmy is married to Maureen, a childhood sweetheart and they have four daughters, Lauren, Ashley, Georgia and Breeze and in 1998 they added a son to the collection, Tommy Tiger, named in honour of Jim's dad, his ever-present supporter on the circuit. Other high profile supporters include Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, who can frequently be seen at venue watching Jimmy's matches. He is also a great supporter of Chelsea Football Club. |
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