Jimmy White

Jimmy is a great player who has been in the game for 20 years. He is one of the longest lasting snooker players and at 38 years of age has won 9 ranking event titles and has been in a large number of major finals during his career, many of which he has won. The competitions which he has entered in the last 20 years have earned him over 3 million pounds in prize money. He is one of the well-loved snooker players by the fans and is known as the ‘peoples champion’ and is remembered mainly for his defeats at the Embassy World Championship. He is yet to achieve his ambition of becoming World Champion at the World Championship but still believes he ...  Read the complete review

Six times an Embassy World Championship runner-up,no one has experienced more Crucible heartbreak than Jimmy White. So it says a great deal for his character that he keeps coming back for more. The ?Whirlwind? has been involved in some epic matches at Sheffield, notably when he lost 16-15 to Alex Higgins in the 1982 semi-finals and recorded a 13-12 victory over Stephen Hendry in the second round in 1988. The closest he has come to winning the game?s most glittering prize was in 1994 when he lost 18-17 to Hendry in the final. Everyone watching - including the holder - believed White would be champion until he failed to pot a black ...  Read the complete review