World champion

[Maija]

JOHN HIGGINS - the 2007 (888.com) World Snooker Champion!



Congratulations!

[Skypigeon]

Fantastic, Fabulous, Wonderful!!! Congratulations John!!

[Marc]

Congrats to Higgi it was a tremendous performance from him the past 17 days, and maybe he should have won a few more world titles until now, but the competition has been very tough. He certainly deserves it this week thats for sure!

[Miss_S]

Congratulations,John!!!
Amazing performance, so deserved!

[snookersaint]

Great Result. To a top guy and a amazing Snooker Player .

[gensdon]

great performance, i always thought he would win another world title.

[Riba]

Congratulations to Higgi! Real World Champion!
This final was much better than previous (2005 and 2006) finals

[April madness]

Congratulations to John, played well all throughout the tournament, a well deserved win Great!

[Miss Walker]

Well done Higgo! Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaw! And what a match! Well deserved! I am very happy he's up there with the mutiple winners and in the number one spot, too

[RaNeN]

Great going! Well played John! Congratulations!

[dannyd0g]

Congratulations to the Wizard.

Totally deserved and worthy twice world champion.

[Erwan_BZH]

And once again, the Wizard of Wishaw worked his magic....

I'm really happy for john, it's well deserved!!!

Well done Johnny !!!





PS : can't wait seeing him at the Celtic Park again, cheering HIS world title with the Celtic's Scottish Title!!

CELTS RUUUUULE !!!!

[Ginger Freak]

And I add my congrats to The Wizard of Wishaw!

I always thought he was the greatest player (excluding White) never to be a multiple champion, now at last, he has that chip off his shoulder and I hope he goes on to be only the 8th player to win more than 2 (3rd at the Crucible)

[dannyd0g]

I hope he goes on to be only the 8th player to win more than 2 (5th at the Crucible)

So who apart from Davis and Hendry have won more than twice at the Crucible ?

The likes of Spencer and Reardon won all apart from one of their titles before the tournament was first hosted at The Crucible in 1977.

The Crucible
1977 John Spencer Cliff Thorburn 25–21 1976/77
1978 Ray Reardon Perrie Mans 25–18 1977/78
1979 Terry Griffiths Dennis Taylor 24–16 1978/79
1980 Cliff Thorburn Alex Higgins 18–16 1979/80
1981 Steve Davis Doug Mountjoy 18–12 1980/81
1982 Alex Higgins Ray Reardon 18–15 1981/82
1983 Steve Davis Cliff Thorburn 18–6 1982/83
1984 Steve Davis Jimmy White 18–16 1983/84
1985 Dennis Taylor Steve Davis 18–17 1984/85
1986 Joe Johnson Steve Davis 18–12 1985/86
1987 Steve Davis Joe Johnson 18–14 1986/87
1988 Steve Davis Terry Griffiths 18–11 1987/88
1989 Steve Davis John Parrott 18–3 1988/89
1990 Stephen Hendry[1] Jimmy White 18–12 1989/90
1991 John Parrott Jimmy White 18–11 1990/91
1992 Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 18–14 1991/92
1993 Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 18–5 1992/93
1994 Stephen Hendry Jimmy White 18–17 1993/94
1995 Stephen Hendry Nigel Bond 18–9 1994/95
1996 Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon 18–12 1995/96
1997 Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry 18–12 1996/97
1998 John Higgins Ken Doherty 18–12 1997/98
1999 Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 18–11 1998/99
2000 Mark Williams Matthew Stevens 18–16 1999/00
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 18–14 2000/01
2002 Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 18–17 2001/02
2003 Mark Williams Ken Doherty 18–16 2002/03
2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan Graeme Dott 18–8 2003/04
2005 Shaun Murphy Matthew Stevens 18–16 2004/05
2006 Graeme Dott Peter Ebdon 18–14[2] 2005/06
2007 John Higgins Mark Selby 18–13 2006/07

[Ginger Freak]

So who apart from Davis and Hendry have won more than twice at the Crucible ?

The likes of Spencer and Reardon won all apart from one of their titles before the tournament was first hosted at The Crucible in 1977.

Yeah you are right fella, I was too lazy to actually check out the stats first and tried to remember off the top of my head!