John Higgins

John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won the World Championship four times. He has also lost in the final four times.

John Higgins MBE

John Higgins at the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic
Born	(1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 49) Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sport country	Scottish
Professional	1992 - present
Highest ranking	1 (May 1998 - May 2000, May 2007 - May 2008, May - September 2010, December 2010 - May 2011)
Maximum breaks	12
Tournament wins
Ranking	31
Minor-ranking	3
World Champion	1998 2007 2009 2011

John Higgins 2013

In the modern snooker era only Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ray Reardon and Ronnie O'Sullivan have been world champion more often.

John Higgins started his professional career in 1992. He was banned in 2010 because of a betting scandal, but successfully returned to the World Snooker Tour afterwards.

Other websites

• John Higgins at snooker.org Archived 2016-01-18 at the Wayback Machine