John Higgins is a Scottish professional snooker players who has won 19 titles both in the first ligue or cup of champions. His career has also led to a considerable fortune.
Higgins began his professional snooker playing as an amateur. Higgins had won many amateur tournaments before turning professional. Higgins started winning ranking tournaments after becoming a professional. He was also the first participant to win three ranking tournaments in a single season.
Higgins' success continued for the 1994/95 year. He won two more ranking tournaments and a ranking final. He was then crowned World number 1. 1998 was his first major title. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat him to the World Championship Finale in 2001. He was also in the Grand Prix final. He finished the season as the World number 1 for the first time.
Higgins was the one who batting Ronnie O'Sullivan at the final of The Masters during 2006. He won the Welsh Open as well as the Scottish Masters. His fourth British Open title was won in 2004. He reached the finals of the European Championship in 2005. He was also a finalist at the Championship du monde. In 2011, he was awarded his second World Championship. He was also a finalist in the Chinese Open and Shanghai Masters. In 2009, he reached both the final of the International Open or the World Championship. He was also the winner of the Ruhr Champion. He was World number one for the 2009 season.
Higgins has been a finalist in several non-ranking tournaments. He has also reached the final of a number of pro-am tournaments and variant finals. He was the first player ever to win three tournament openings in one season. He also became the first person to win a World Ranking title and reach the quarter-finals at a British Open tournament.
John Higgins is a professional who has reached the final of eight World Championship tournaments. He has also reached the finals of two Masters tournaments, a UK Championship, a Welsh Open and a Grand Prix tournament. He has been an 18-time runner-up.
Higgins' life was fraught with controversy. In May 2010, an undercover operation by News of the World alleged that John Higgins and his manager had fixed matches in a tournament. David Douglas, former Metropolitan Police chief superintendent, investigated the allegations. The investigation concluded that Higgins wasn't involved in the scandal. Nonetheless, Higgins was suspended from professional competition for six months. He was also fined PS75,000.
Higgins returned to work in November 2010 after being suspended. He reached the finals of the Ruhr Championship as well as the Shanghai Masters. He reached two other finals during the 2005/06 season. He was ranked fifth worldwide at the end of the season. Mark Williams of Wales replaced him as the World number one. He was ranked 5th in the world in 2013, but he dropped to 12th place in the rankings the year after that.