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Jimmy White

Having suffered a serious drop in the rankings in the previous two seasons, White was unable to progress through the qualifiers to a ranking event venue in 2007/08.
His best two performances came in the 888.com World Snooker Championship as he beat Matthew Selt and Andrew Higginson to reach the final qualifying round, but he was unable to secure a trip to the Crucible as he went down 10-3 to Mark King.
The Londoner’s last major success came at the 2004 Daily Record Players Championship at the SECC in Glasgow.
To the delight of his millions of supporters around the world, White overturned Paul Hunter 9-7 to score his first ranking event title in 12 years. "I had to keep believing that I had it in my heart to win," he said. "It hasn’t sunk in yet because I’m used to getting beaten in finals!" he said.
White also reached the semi-finals of the Travis Perkins UK Championship and the Masters that season as well as the final of the European Open.
Father-of-five White has been a runner-up at the Crucible six times, including a heart-breaking 18-17 defeat to Stephen Hendry in his last appearance in the final in 1994.
Hendry, in fact, has beaten him four times in the final and came from 14-8 behind to triumph 18-14 in 1992. Steve Davis (1984) and John Parrott (1991) are the other two players to have denied White the crowning glory at Sheffield.
But his career boasts many highlights, including victory in the 1984 Masters and the 1992 UK Championship as well as a 147 break at the Crucible in 1992.
One of the most popular figures in the history of British Sport, White has brought joy to millions with his attacking brand of snooker and capacity to play astonishing shots using screw and side spin.
The Chelsea fan is a close friend of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.

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