John Higgins was a professional Scottish snooker player for 19 years. He has won 19 titles, including the cup of champions and first ligue. His career also netted him a large fortune.
Higgins started his professional career as an amateur snooker player. He was an amateur snooker player who had won several tournaments before becoming a professional. Higgins began to win ranking tournaments once he became a professional. He was also the first participant to win three ranking tournaments in a single season.
Higgins' success continued in the 1994/95 season. He won two more ranking finals and one more tournament. He was then crowned World number 1. 1998 marked his first major title. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat him to the World Championship Finale in 2001. He had also reached a final in the Grand Prix. He was the World number one in the season.
Higgins defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan to win The Masters in 2006's final. He won the Welsh Open as well as the Scottish Masters. 2004 was his fourth British Open championship. In 2005, he reached the final of the European Championship. He was also a finalist at the Championship du monde. In 2011, he won the second World Championship. He was also a finalist for the Shanghai Masters and Chinese Open. In 2009, he reached the final of the International Open and the World Championship. He won the Ruhr Championship. He was also the World number one in 2009 season.
Higgins was also a finalist at a variety of non-ranking tournaments. He has also reached finals in a variety of pro-am tournaments. He was also the first to win three opening tournaments during a single season.
John Higgins made it to the final of eight World Championship tournaments over his career. He has also reached finals of two Masters tournaments - a UK Championships, a Welsh Open, as well as a Grand Prix tournament. He has been a runner-up 18 times.
Higgins' career wasn't without controversy. News of the World carried out an undercover investigation in May 2010 to find that John Higgins was involved with a match-fixing operation. David Douglas, former Metropolitan Police detective chief supervisor, was the head of the disciplinary committee that investigated these allegations. The investigation determined that Higgins didn't have any involvement in this scandal. Higgins was nevertheless suspended from professional competition for six month. Higgins was also fined PS75,000.
Higgins resumed his professional life in November 2010 after his suspension. He reached the final of the Ruhr Championship and the Shanghai Masters. He reached two other finals during the 2005/06 season. He finished the season fifth in the world. Mark Williams, a Welshman, replaced him as World number 1 In 2013, he was fifth in the world, but he dropped to 12th in the rankings in the next season.