As far as I recall, it was after this win that Ebdon started slowing down - as if paralysed by the possibility of playing badly and not living up to his world title. It's a shame: he was such a great player, with a deep knowledge and understanding of the game. Thank you for sharing this snooker gem, Walter147. You're right: it's one of the most underrated finals - which is a travesty. I was glued to the TV screen back in 2002 and just re-experienced the thrill thanks to you.
So he was not always a negative defensive player to try to stop the opponent rather than going for it after all. But he got the reputation of being a negative player trying to stop the opponent after the O'Sullivan match in 2005 where him using such tactics happened to be successful.
I'm really glad you said that because so many times, on hearing all the jokes and comments made about his play, I've thought to myself that I was sure he didn't play like that back in his earlier years. I assumed that I must have just misremembered.
@@Vortigan07 Without losing the last 3 frames at the end of day 1 in 1996 after Ebdon pulled back to 7-6 vs Hendry, Ebdon would have still been well in with a chance of becoming world champion then. There was very little in it other than that. And Ebdon went for his shots.
I remember watching this live, 17-16 Ebdon when Hendry missed that red and I immediately turned the TV off, convinced that it was over. Remember checking teletext the next day and saw it finished 18-17 and wondering how on earth Hendry managed to win that 34th frame.
The match Hendry still has nightmares about to this day. The beginning of the end for a legend and my favourite player. Respect due to Ebdon for the way he held himself together at the end.
For me, Stephen Hendry's game started to deteriorate from 97/98 onward and was never quite the tour de force after that. To his credit, he did achieve a record 7th world title in 1999, but his best years were sadly past him. At his peak, what a player he was. In some ways, the standard never really rose past Hendry's absolute best. He was able to create chances to pot an opening red with the white tight on the baulk cushion, he was deadly among the balls and deadly when under pressure, a total winning machine. Some of the greatest comebacks ever seen came at the hands of Stephen Hendry. It's funny how after 2 decades when Stephen Hendry was ruling the roost, memories start to fade at just how great a player he really was.
@@mrghiax, agree somewhat.Think the better level of opposition coming through could make it look like he was deteriorating.As in davis's case when hendry/parrot / came on scene, davis was still a top quality player but hendry and opposition in general was just a bit better to what he had faced before .Similar but probably moreso for hendry as had to deal with likes of williams/ higgins/ osullivan/ hunter /stevens/ ebdon/doherty/mcmanus/ and lee bursting on scene, all players that could beat stephen on the day.
Hendry had to peak earlier in the championship than be would normally have had to in the 1990's against Doherty and then O'Sullivan just to make it to the final, then when it got to the final having psyched himself up so much he didn't have it in him to fire on all cyllinders from the off. It was never going to be something like Hendry 6-2 or 7-1 after the first session. I would say that Ebdon played too well at the same time to allow Hendry to catch a flyer.. A first visit century clearance in the 35th to rescue the title wasn't in him either. But still, it went to the 35th.,
I was only 4 years old in May 2002 so I didn’t watch this match at the time and I have only started getting into snooker and love playing/watching it in the last three or four years. My first World final that I watched was Mark Williams vs John Higgins in 2018 when Mark won his third title 18-16. I cheered on Mark. I’ve also watched live Ronnie vs Kyren Wilson 2020, parts of the Selby vs Murphy final last year and all of Ronnie vs Trump. I love to watch the old finals including 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003.
I still can't believe to this day Hendry didn't win this match. He was by far the best player in the tournament that year. He still to this day holds the record for the most centuries made at a Worlds. Even Hendry said going into the final. There was no way he could see himself losing given the form he was in.
Hendry was the best player that year at the World Championships in 2002 my belief as to why he didn’t win is twofold- firstly his start at the beginning of the final was terrible going 4-0 down and to get back into the final must have taken a lot out of him and secondly so much was his belief that he would win he underestimated Ebdon and turned up with the mindset that all he had to do was turn up to the final.
Holding the centuries record doesn’t mean anything. Because a lesser player may win by having to play more frames thus giving more opportunity to get a century whereas a better player may win the matches in fewer frames. With stats it’s easy to be fooled but you need to always apply some logic and nuance
There's more to snooker than scoring. On any single day a guy like Ebdon is capable of going toe-to-toe in scoring and wallop Hendry into oblivion in the safety game to go with it. Surprising Ebdon didn't smack him around a bit more TBH given that during the match he actually outscored Hendry with 4 centuries each but 3 additional frames with 50+ breaks from Ebdon for 14 vs 11 throughout the match.
Brings back some memories of watching the match live..it was one of the most gripping finales I can remember. Hard to believe that Hendry never made the final again after this.
Colin M You must've watched thus again like me during this frustrating lockdown. Ebdon was largely misunderstood, slow and deliberate does not mean negative shot choice, I used to argue that about Thorburn and Mountjoy who, incidentally, took much longer than Ebdon but nobody complained as much. Unfortunately, Ebdon is a complex character and, despite his intelligence is prone to investing in crazy whims which culminated in his near bankruptcy a few years ago. Overall, I'd say Hendry has to be the greatest of the modern era despite what people say about O'Sullivan, the objective stats are there.
@@thomasgray9170 if you're talking "objective stats" O'Sullivan has stayed at the top for nearly 30 years (something Hendry couldn't do) and been at the top in multiple generations. He's won more of the Triple Crown Titles than any player. He's a record winner of both the Masters and the UK Championship. He's compiled more Century breaks than any other player . He is level with Hendry on ranking titles and only 3 behind on overall tournament wins, which I've no doubt he will overtake him on both. He took nearly a year off from any competitive Snooker and came back to retain the World Championship (something I doubt any other player could ever do). The results of 1 tournament played over 2 weeks, where the luck of the draw can help or hinder, does not determine a legacy, it is merely a component. My top 3 is, 1st, O'Sullivan, 2nd Davis, 3rd, Hendry.
@@SuperChalkster Obviously I disagree on Davis below Hendry. He's won more titles. He dominated in a way no player has imo. He won the Masters at 39, made the UK Final at 47 and the World Quarters at 53. He was able to maintain a hugely competitive level of snooker for nearly 40 years. Hendry just wasn't able/willing to fight for titles/compete once others started to overtake him.
@@kevoconnor145 if you meaning longevity then yes Davis would be higher then Hendry, But if its on talent and abilty then Hendry above Davis for the fact that Its wellknown that Hendry took the game to a higher standard from the Davis era. Not only did he break nearly all of Davis records but the standard was much higher, like 12 x 147s to Steve's what 1? centurys per frame ratio... pot percentages and so on. Davis was the best of all time but Hendry and O'Sulliavan have surpassed him, theres no shame in it, Davis was the no1, 40 years ago.
What I recall about the entire situation is that Peter Ebdon need a snooker in the semi-final and he was all but sunk , he obviously managed to achieve the snooker to eventually gain success of winning the World Championship.
The highest pressure possible even more than a 147 & remember Hendry saying after the final he never thought he'd bottle becoming world champion when he missed the blue in the deciding frame.
Although we have disagreements on TH-cam comments among various TH-cam snooker videos. Its safe to say we both view such a wide array of distinct snooker matches from the past time that most modern day fans couldn't be asked to watch or even have known about :)
A Hendry century in frame 35 was always highly unlikely and so it proved. It hasn't ever been done at such a point of a eotld chsmpionship final. There comes a point when you suddenly can't produce a century in the deciding frame of a big final on very first visit of framr to the table (except in frsme 35 of world championship final) any longer after several years of seemingly doing it automatic clockwork. Others improved more significantly than Hendry realistically could humanly speaking and those others had scope to do so, and that happened a few years before the 2002 world champion, Hendry stopped being able to consistently clear the table immediately in the deciding frame of big tournaments once things were no longer so consistently one sided in Hendry's favour. Hendry maxed out in terms of improving his game still further but also still remaining as far ahead of the rest of field and romping to a glut more of triple crown titles. He just couldn't remain invincible in the 1997 to 1999 period and well into the noughties and couldn't constantly totally destroy the fields of then in the same fashion he did vs the fields of 1990 to 1995 and that despite still improving. He did improve, but many more improved still further Reality was that Hendry wasn't going to make an immediate century first visit of the match on his way to romping Ebdon 7-1 in the opening session with 4 more big 100's, then go 11-2 up, then 14-2 of 13-3 up, then win by 4pm bank holiday monday, despite people suddenly claiming he's invincible again because he beat Doherty and O'Suliivan the 2 previous rounds. He just couldn't peak again in the final he had less in the tank than many assumed, there just wasn't another superb performance in him. He peaked too early but he had to or else he wouldn't have made it to the final. Steve Davis and Reardon never won 6+ world totles in a decade them gone on to win any more or a few more yet nobody said anything about them. Nobody in the modern professional era has had 2 or 3 sucessive decades of total domination and invinciblity, it was too difficult for Hendry to have the longevity at such a level he produced for a longer period than anybody else in snooker history (but at s lower level.of form) to see off all comers of all eras.
I really wanted hendo to win but ebdon was so under rated. I actually really like the way he plays although a lot dont. I love his passion, tenacity and sheer determination. I enjoy his tactical game too
Wow before I commented it was 147 comments As I was gonna say anyway is if Hendry won this he'd have been nicknamed "King Hendry The 8th" He even said himself that he was aiming for that and was sickened that he didn't win at least 8 world titles to earn that nickname FairPlay on quite an amazing career though, you did the game proud YOU ARE THE MAESTRO
Unpopular opinion: I have a short ass attention span but I don't mind Ebdon being slower. I love watching him play, I think his style is interesting. Most the time I don't notice the slower pace. I'm looking at the table thinking about what I would do and stuff like that. It was a great final and I think Ebdon is underrated.
@@Geena-tn1pt Hendry was making too many mistakes. He can only blame himself for not lifting 8th title. But Ebdon did not fluke himself to title. He participated in three finals, winning one of them, against the greatest snooker player in history.
This was anyones game going 17 each into the last frame. Just like the 1985 final but not finishing on the black! Stephen still the G.O.A.T. In my opinion and he could of won his 8th that day. Ebdon lucky. Like Dennis said of his 85 win; "snooker won tonight, it was anyones game and I was just lucky" The same for this last frame. Snooker won that night too! Great to watch again. 👍👏👌
Hi, I am curious who would have the full video by BBC of this final match between Stephen Hendry and Peter Ebdon? the orginal video has a poem read before the final match starting, to be precise right before Peter Ebdon steps in the arena. I'll be greatful if anyone can provide this full version of video.
Even though I missed the first half of Hendry’s career as I was wasn’t born until 1997 and didn’t get into snooker until long after he retired back in 2018, I admire him as a snooker player and enjoy watching his old matches whether he won or lost.
I was born in 1985 and lived through hendrys peak years. Guy was seriously insane when under pressure. Changed how snooker is played and arguably the greatest player ever although i think maybe ronnie edges it now in terms of greatest.
That was Willie Thorne... later sacked by the BBC for offensive language... the BBC changed, Willie didn’t; which is a shame because he was a good pundit/personality
Hendry missed an easy red when 14-12 up, that one shot probably made a lot of difference as Hendry had all the momentum and Ebdon came back after that but the deciding frame is the one Hendry must still have nightmares about now, he had two really good chances to make enough for his 8th world title and lost position twice and missed but the winning momentum he had in the 90s wasn’t there and that’s the difference in pressure situations when you haven’t won much for a while and then you’re so close, it’s harder to get it done. Albeit he was very unfortunate earlier in the final when Ebdon fluked a snooker on the green and Hendry very unluckily missed through the gap, you couldn’t do that again if you tried and Ebdon stole the frame, you could argue that was the difference. Defeats like this leave scars and Hendry at this point was about 85% of the player he’d been a few years earlier, albeit that was still good enough to do well and while he did win more tournaments after this it wasn’t many more and he won none of the triple crown events after 1999 albeit he was in two more UK finals and a masters final.
So happy for Peter. His daughter looks so happy for him. It must be very nerve wrenching playing on live TV & in front of a live audience. Remember, to get to this stage in the game, one has already won so many other games. Well done Peter.
The turning point came when Hendry was 14-12 ahead. Frame 27: Hendry misses an easy red into the corner pocket due to having too much cue overhanging. It was his own fault. Should have gone 15-12 up.
the year he won this, i was a student at queens university in belfast, instead of going to lectures i just went to the snooker room, bought reef (vodka and orange) and messed about for a laugh on the tables alone, while others secured their futures, anyway oneday peter ebdon walked in, just as id done the flukiest of fluky long pots, and when i saw him i thought jesus dont flinch, i potted the blue smashed into the pack and then the red after that and he asked if id had any success or was a budding professional but I had to admit to him it was pure luck the pots i made, i couldnt make a break of 20 til this day! Such a nice fellow
The turning point came in frame 30 when Hendry was in the balls. He thought the black was on its spot, hence why he thought the red would go when the black was resopotted. But it wasn’t on its spot & when the referee spotted it, the red didn’t pot. The red Hendry went for was out of sheer frustration. Should have played safe. Hendry played fantastic all throughout this championship & it’s hard to believe he didn’t win an 8th title. However, his safety play was not good enough. In this championship more so than any other, he relied heavily on potting everything. Great if they are all going in, but if they don’t do go in, you gift chances to your opponent.
The incident at 15-14 was certainly a turning point. I'm not convinced that he took that red on out of frustration - he has a history of taking on similarly difficult shots to keep a break going when out of position, and for most of this tournament it worked for him. In hindsight he took on one too many there, but it's easy to be wise after the event. I remember it being more of an issue later in his career when a much lower percentage of them were going in. I think an even bigger turning point was in Frame 12 when Ebdon he got a lucky snooker and then Hendry struggled for the next four frames, often cueing across long shots and missing them by a long way and going 6-11 down. Hendry has admitted that he underestimated Peter Ebdon - especially after playing so well against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-final, he just assumed he'd win, which might have contributed to him being psychologically affected by what happened at 6-5 (and possibly also at 15-14). I thought Ebdon was a worthy champion in 2002 and that he was quite entertaining to watch in that world championship despite being relatively slow (his pink at 16-14 against Matthew Stevens sticks out), but I get a strong impression that if Hendry had approached that final with the right mindset, he'd have won. His best was just that bit better than Ebdon's.
Great match, & Peter Ebdon's best ever match at the world championships. Sad how he let his doubts result in unnecessarily slow play in other matches. He needed to trust his ability a lot more, instead of looking for flaws that weren't there....
Never liked ebdon, never will. I used to be indifferent on Stephen, but I've come to believe that he truly is the greatest in the modern Era. I seemingly great guy, good commentator, spokesman, person. The best. I was a Ronnie fan since I started liking snooker. I still feel that his talent is once in a generation, but I see now that hendry is the best, but Ronnie is the greatest to ever play. Hendry was probably the best in terms of spokeman, ambassador, and overall what he brought to the sport. Ronnie is the greatest snooker player of all time. It's a nebulous distinction between the two, but not hard to comprehend if you really consider it.
Agreed, Hendry as a commentator is also remarkable alright. Objective, eminently knowledgable, employs terrific elocution in his sterling commentary. But it is his humility and reserve that truly elevate him, for me.
The most talented player ever is Ronnie. Hendry was my hero growing up, he changed the game for the best, he inspired ronnie to play better and because of that we have an even better game of snooker today. Ronnie will always be the GOAT, but Hendry is the BOAT.
At 3:04.24 in the decider, Ebdon fouled the green with the tip of his cue but (if he was aware of it) never owned up to it. The ref did not notice the foul and Hendry had to play from an arkward position. This may or may not have affected the outcome.
I think Hendry should not have conceded in the final frame. Play around a little. Just a possible 3 snookers were needed. He might have been able to put Ebdon in again 2 or 3 times after a snooker.
Nah, it was done. He needed 4 snookers and a miss can't be called in that situation, so he wouldn't have been able to put Ebdon back in the same position. Players are pretty good at escaping from snookers - to get four of them, you'd probably need to lay at least eight or nine to begin with. Just wasn't on.
amazing last few frames, I was gutted to see Hendy loss it but ebdon showed a lot of bottle after missing a few hangers. Could have been 8 world crowns
@@mancordo3151 , I can never understand why some people say Hendry 'should' have won this match, as if there was some kind of injustice or fluke about the result. He only made it to a final frame decider because Ebdon missed two opportunities to close it out in frame 34. In the decider, Hendry had a couple of half-chances and didn't take them - Ebdon did.
@@johnmccaughey2722 , yeah it would in fairness. I loved Hendry as a kid (I was 13 at the time of this final) and after he beat O'Sullivan in the semis I have to admit I kind of took it for granted that he was going to be too strong for Ebdon in the final. But looking back objectively, the right man did win.
@@Geena-tn1pt yeh he didnt look his usual self in this match. He looked nervous and stressed at times. His performance overall in this tournament was amazing. 16 centuries, a record that still stands to thus day.
It's a shame Ebdon for whatever reason decided to play ultra slow a few years after this. In the 90's he was quite quick. A worthy winner all the same. Showed a lot of bottle.
@@Geena-tn1pt Ebdon won it fair and square. He also reached 2 other world finals and won plenty of other stuff. Granted he's not the greatest ever (my vote would be Ronnie O'Sullivan) but unfair to dismiss him as the worst imo.
He played some of the best snooker of his career during the '02 WSC. That semifinal against Stevens was as memorable as the final. He must have had nerves of iron.
Not a massive fan of Ebdon but credit where it's due for holding it together. A lot of players would've crumbled in a final against a legend such as Hendry, See last years final as an example. Slow and boring but he had huge balls.
Did Hazel really say "most ferocious competitor in the game, Peter Ebdon"? lol what the actual fuck. Fucker's like a very slow virus, hardly ferocious. It's embarrassing that Hendry lost to that fucking tedious bastard.
Well, that would have been two snookers needed (57 behind, 51 left on). I get what you're saying, but it's just common parlance for any ball which puts your opponent at the snookers required stage to be called the frame or match winning ball. Not all that many frames are won from snookers required positions overall.
Don't forget, the "points available" is if every red was followed by a black, which was impossible on that table. Tbh, Ebdon had it won once he was 50+ ahead.
Maybe cause this is a snooker world championship with interesting players. It's a little part of snooker history right there. Quality stuff for a snooker fan imo. Slower, but still quality stuff.
Don't know how Hendry lost this, after years of retraining with a new cue, Hendry was in great form, but Ebdon kept his cool and done what was needed to win.
@@dannydoyle7040 Must have misread the year somewhere, thought it was 2000 bizzare glitch in the matrix, still a final he probably should have won...again 7 by then nothing to prove, the hate against Hendry is strange, like some can't stand he's the best, changed the game and dominated the 90s and won everythingin such a short timeframe, probably a feat never to be seen again as it has taken Osullivan a lot longer to do catch up and overtake in some records. Selby as Hendry said will be the most likely to break 7 worlds even if Osullivan does eventually win a 7th I doubt he will stick around much longer as he's got nothing to prove either apart from that. Some crazy Chinese guy will probably come along 12 years old and win a world championship lol
@@dannydoyle7040 He could have won 10 but his mentality has let him down...thats why Hendry is no.1 in my book what he done in the space of 10 years with nothing else to prove by 2000, took/takes Osullivan longer, so....
Once again the Hendry haters who don't understand snooker have reared their heads. Lets look at some facts. Ronnie only started winning with regularity when Hendry was on a downward spiral due to firstly breaking his cue, secondly not putting the same dedicated effort in and lastly getting the yips. Even way past his best Hendry somehow managed to get back to world number one and reach quite a lot of semis and finals. The truth is that once all the records have been broken it's job done. Whenever Hendry came up against Ronnie and both were on form Hendry triumphed and looked like the boss, that's because he was. 7 centuries in a match, a record, 16 in a tournament, a record, most world championship wins, most ranking wins, Ronnie hasn't surpassed any of these milestones yet, which Stephen attained in less than half the time that Ronnie has been playing, including 20 years overlapping Ronnie, John and Mark. No doubt Hendry being world number one for a record amount of time took its toll on Stephen too, he was that dominant. This defeat against Peter was a hard one to take after beating O Sullivan in the semi and for the third time at the crucible, but that was almost his final, just to prove a point, and boy did he prove it after Ronnies trash talk. The insults aimed at Ebdon are also wide of the mark, the guy is a gent and deserved the World title and won it in possibly the toughest world championships ever, not to mention the UK and other ranking titles, great player in the toughest era.
Hendry played in a weak era. Once the class of 92 started peaking, he went downhill. "Whenever Hendry came up against Ronnie and both were on form Hendry triumphed and looked like the boss" Is that why Ronnie humiliated him in 2004 and 2008 ? On the other hand, when Hendry beat Ronnie in 99 and 02, the matches were close. And btw, Ronnie wasn't at his peak back then. Peak Ronnie will beat peak Hendry every single time.
You obviously assumed that Hendry was at peak in those two matches at the worlds, he was miles off form. I said when both were at peak. You don’t have a clue.
@@ashleyalmond4463 I don't assume anything. I've been watching snooker since 1992. I saw peak Hendry live. Up until 2006, Hendry was still in good form, very close to peak form. O'Sullivan was simply better. Just as good a potter and breakbuilder as Hendry, but miles in front in terms of safety and tactical play.
@@harldoxborough2451 You are right, Hendry did revolutionize thr sport, but Ronnie took it to a new level. Ronnie is just as good a potter and breakbuilder (or even better) and vastly superior in terms of tactical and safety play. And on top of winning multiple titles, Ronnie is also a crowd pleaser/favorite, something Hendry never was.
Ebdon played well 👏here in this final but ruined his legacy with his time waisting and time waisting tactics that he and people like Selby use all the time,they should be challenged for it tbh.
whats mad is peter was a quite fast player in the ponytail years he just slowed and changed hid game to so slow and in my opinion it dident do his game any good he should of still played like he did when he was younger
Ebdon fouled when tried to pot the first red in the deciding frame. He hit the green ball with his cue and no one noticed .. strange he also didnt call it on himself
Hendry did no worse than most in the 2002 world championship final, performance wise in terms of a world championship final normally speaking where both players were usually involved in very scrappy affairs including multiple missed short range pots after 15 to 25 visits each to the table into frames frame after frame after frame. And even the players who lost in the final usually got congratulated anyway despite making numerous mistakes.
@@outlawtorn49-oy4oh Everybody else loses in a world chsmpionship final or 3 but nobody has ever made a ballyhoo about them losing more times than Hendry in the final, snd winning the final far fewer times than Hendry. Not even such a ballyhoo after Steve Dsvis either after lost to Tsylor in 1985 and Johnson in 1986, Tsylor and Johnson were the big storyx yet when Hendty lost to Doherty in 1997 and Ebdon in 2002 Hendry was the big story. When Davis never cleared the table in gis firdt visit to the tsble nobody said s thing sbout that yet whenever Hendry never did an immediste century in a frame he was spparently terrible performance in failing to make a clearance even though hsrdly anybody else apart from the occaional White was making century almost straight away at the time yet they were still doing alright even though being at the table umpteen times in the same frame before winning it. Hendry only lost twice in the world championship final including only losing in the deciding frame in 2002 you can hardly call that terrible. Hendry peaked too early and psyched himaelf up extra against O'Sullivan after O'Sullivsn's pre match comments. He had to peak too early though or he wouldn't have made it to the final. There wss just not another superb performance in Hendry, nor a 35th frame century first visit to the table to rsscue himself, incidentally there has never been a century in the 35th frame of a world chsmpionship final. It just wasn't in him that time in the final. Not even he could be in peak form every session for 3 rounds vs Doherty, O'Sullivan then Ebdon. It's not thet surprising thst Hendry came out flat in the first session rather than going 7-1 up with 3 or 4 centuries in that very first session then extending it to 14-2 and then 16-2 to 16-4 in the next 2 sessions. Everybody else loses. I tecsll Doherty the yesr after ir ess mentiomex about him going to the well one more time with little left in the tank after a similarly demsnding chsmpionship yey thet was alright and Doherty didn't even go the 35th frame in the final, yet apparently Hendry should have romped Ebdon with a session to spare with lille left in the tank.
He still does have supporters. His style has always been slow which is unpopular with some fans, but you can take nothing away from this man he has had a fantastic snooker career.
dom halligan Completely wrong if you actually watch Peter ebdon and get into his mindset of how he plays He’s a tremendous player calculating every shot to perfection. Peter Ebdon is the reason I fell in love with snooker
Ebdon was far from boring in 2002. That year's tournament was arguably the most exciting and dramatic ever, particularly in the semi finals and final - and Ebdon more than contributed to that with some of his play when his back was against the wall against Stevens and Hendry.
As far as I recall, it was after this win that Ebdon started slowing down - as if paralysed by the possibility of playing badly and not living up to his world title. It's a shame: he was such a great player, with a deep knowledge and understanding of the game.
Thank you for sharing this snooker gem, Walter147. You're right: it's one of the most underrated finals - which is a travesty. I was glued to the TV screen back in 2002 and just re-experienced the thrill thanks to you.
So he was not always a negative defensive player to try to stop the opponent rather than going for it after all.
But he got the reputation of being a negative player trying to stop the opponent after the O'Sullivan match in 2005 where him using such tactics happened to be successful.
I'm really glad you said that because so many times, on hearing all the jokes and comments made about his play, I've thought to myself that I was sure he didn't play like that back in his earlier years. I assumed that I must have just misremembered.
@@Vortigan07 Thanks so much for your feedback!
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Without losing the last 3 frames at the end of day 1 in 1996 after Ebdon pulled back to 7-6 vs Hendry, Ebdon would have still been well in with a chance of becoming world champion then. There was very little in it other than that. And Ebdon went for his shots.
A bloody awful bore to watch...from long before this match.
RIP Willie Thorne what a legend he was
Commentry has never been the same
Missed so much ❤
he was fored
Yeah it's improved.....
Can't beat boring one hit wonder Dennis
RIP yes but his commentary was boring and always repetitive
He used to repeat what the other commentator said and spoke a lot of crap
I remember watching this live, 17-16 Ebdon when Hendry missed that red and I immediately turned the TV off, convinced that it was over. Remember checking teletext the next day and saw it finished 18-17 and wondering how on earth Hendry managed to win that 34th frame.
You turned the TV off? Is that how folks followed sport back in the 2000s?
@@TheOriginalGankstar When you think it is over, yes.
The match Hendry still has nightmares about to this day. The beginning of the end for a legend and my favourite player. Respect due to Ebdon for the way he held himself together at the end.
What a mistake in last frame. He deserved 8th world champion title in my eyes on this day. Hendry is my favourite snooker player ever
For me, Stephen Hendry's game started to deteriorate from 97/98 onward and was never quite the tour de force after that. To his credit, he did achieve a record 7th world title in 1999, but his best years were sadly past him. At his peak, what a player he was. In some ways, the standard never really rose past Hendry's absolute best. He was able to create chances to pot an opening red with the white tight on the baulk cushion, he was deadly among the balls and deadly when under pressure, a total winning machine. Some of the greatest comebacks ever seen came at the hands of Stephen Hendry. It's funny how after 2 decades when Stephen Hendry was ruling the roost, memories start to fade at just how great a player he really was.
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Well said.
@@mrghiax, agree somewhat.Think the better level of opposition coming through could make it look like he was deteriorating.As in davis's case when hendry/parrot / came on scene, davis was still a top quality player but hendry and opposition in general was just a bit better to what he had faced before .Similar but probably moreso for hendry as had to deal with likes of williams/ higgins/ osullivan/ hunter /stevens/ ebdon/doherty/mcmanus/ and lee bursting on scene, all players that could beat stephen on the day.
Hendry had to peak earlier in the championship than be would normally have had to in the 1990's against Doherty and then O'Sullivan just to make it to the final, then when it got to the final having psyched himself up so much he didn't have it in him to fire on all cyllinders from the off. It was never going to be something like Hendry 6-2 or 7-1 after the first session. I would say that Ebdon played too well at the same time to allow Hendry to catch a flyer..
A first visit century clearance in the 35th to rescue the title wasn't in him either.
But still, it went to the 35th.,
I was only 4 years old in May 2002 so I didn’t watch this match at the time and I have only started getting into snooker and love playing/watching it in the last three or four years. My first World final that I watched was Mark Williams vs John Higgins in 2018 when Mark won his third title 18-16. I cheered on Mark. I’ve also watched live Ronnie vs Kyren Wilson 2020, parts of the Selby vs Murphy final last year and all of Ronnie vs Trump.
I love to watch the old finals including 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003.
Peter Ebdon's head looks like a 100-watt lightbulb in the thumbnail.
I think he smeared it with vasoline.
😂😂
@@seancyco9446 hahaha
Yes, he has an extraordinary Schedl!
Since the championship went to the crucible there have been 3 deciding frame finals 85 94 and 02 the referee John Williams was referee for all three
Great stat!
Interesting fact. 👍
John Williams retired from refereeing right after this final.
Hendry being involved in two of those finals.
X...
World Snooker Final ticket Application form:
1. You must have a cough
Or covid
It would all be redesignated as 'con vid' nowadays
I still can't believe to this day Hendry didn't win this match. He was by far the best player in the tournament that year. He still to this day holds the record for the most centuries made at a Worlds. Even Hendry said going into the final. There was no way he could see himself losing given the form he was in.
Mark Williams today just matched the (16) record of most centuries at the worlds. April 2022.
@@ExtremePainGames he didn’t win it either
Hendry was the best player that year at the World Championships in 2002 my belief as to why he didn’t win is twofold- firstly his start at the beginning of the final was terrible going 4-0 down and to get back into the final must have taken a lot out of him and secondly so much was his belief that he would win he underestimated Ebdon and turned up with the mindset that all he had to do was turn up to the final.
Holding the centuries record doesn’t mean anything. Because a lesser player may win by having to play more frames thus giving more opportunity to get a century whereas a better player may win the matches in fewer frames. With stats it’s easy to be fooled but you need to always apply some logic and nuance
There's more to snooker than scoring. On any single day a guy like Ebdon is capable of going toe-to-toe in scoring and wallop Hendry into oblivion in the safety game to go with it. Surprising Ebdon didn't smack him around a bit more TBH given that during the match he actually outscored Hendry with 4 centuries each but 3 additional frames with 50+ breaks from Ebdon for 14 vs 11 throughout the match.
Brings back some memories of watching the match live..it was one of the most gripping finales I can remember. Hard to believe that Hendry never made the final again after this.
Colin M You must've watched thus again like me during this frustrating lockdown. Ebdon was largely misunderstood, slow and deliberate does not mean negative shot choice, I used to argue that about Thorburn and Mountjoy who, incidentally, took much longer than Ebdon but nobody complained as much. Unfortunately, Ebdon is a complex character and, despite his intelligence is prone to investing in crazy whims which culminated in his near bankruptcy a few years ago. Overall, I'd say Hendry has to be the greatest of the modern era despite what people say about O'Sullivan, the objective stats are there.
@@thomasgray9170 if you're talking "objective stats" O'Sullivan has stayed at the top for nearly 30 years (something Hendry couldn't do) and been at the top in multiple generations. He's won more of the Triple Crown Titles than any player. He's a record winner of both the Masters and the UK Championship. He's compiled more Century breaks than any other player . He is level with Hendry on ranking titles and only 3 behind on overall tournament wins, which I've no doubt he will overtake him on both. He took nearly a year off from any competitive Snooker and came back to retain the World Championship (something I doubt any other player could ever do). The results of 1 tournament played over 2 weeks, where the luck of the draw can help or hinder, does not determine a legacy, it is merely a component. My top 3 is, 1st, O'Sullivan, 2nd Davis, 3rd, Hendry.
@@kevoconnor145 id put Hendry above Davis to be fair. But O'Sullivan has to be no1. when he is at his best he is unplayable.
@@SuperChalkster Obviously I disagree on Davis below Hendry. He's won more titles. He dominated in a way no player has imo. He won the Masters at 39, made the UK Final at 47 and the World Quarters at 53. He was able to maintain a hugely competitive level of snooker for nearly 40 years. Hendry just wasn't able/willing to fight for titles/compete once others started to overtake him.
@@kevoconnor145 if you meaning longevity then yes Davis would be higher then Hendry, But if its on talent and abilty then Hendry above Davis for the fact that Its wellknown that Hendry took the game to a higher standard from the Davis era. Not only did he break nearly all of Davis records but the standard was much higher, like 12 x 147s to Steve's what 1? centurys per frame ratio... pot percentages and so on. Davis was the best of all time but Hendry and O'Sulliavan have surpassed him, theres no shame in it, Davis was the no1, 40 years ago.
Just watched most of that thanks 🙏 guys
What I recall about the entire situation is that Peter Ebdon need a snooker in the semi-final and he was all but sunk , he obviously managed to achieve the snooker to eventually gain success of winning the World Championship.
The highest pressure possible even more than a 147 & remember Hendry saying after the final he never thought he'd bottle becoming world champion when he missed the blue in the deciding frame.
Although we have disagreements on TH-cam comments among various TH-cam snooker videos. Its safe to say we both view such a wide array of distinct snooker matches from the past time that most modern day fans couldn't be asked to watch or even have known about :)
A Hendry century in frame 35 was always highly unlikely and so it proved. It hasn't ever been done at such a point of a eotld chsmpionship final. There comes a point when you suddenly can't produce a century in the deciding frame of a big final on very first visit of framr to the table (except in frsme 35 of world championship final) any longer after several years of seemingly doing it automatic clockwork. Others improved more significantly than Hendry realistically could humanly speaking and those others had scope to do so, and that happened a few years before the 2002 world champion, Hendry stopped being able to consistently clear the table immediately in the deciding frame of big tournaments once things were no longer so consistently one sided in Hendry's favour.
Hendry maxed out in terms of improving his game still further but also still remaining as far ahead of the rest of field and romping to a glut more of triple crown titles. He just couldn't remain invincible in the 1997 to 1999 period and well into the noughties and couldn't constantly totally destroy the fields of then in the same fashion he did vs the fields of 1990 to 1995 and that despite still improving. He did improve, but many more improved still further
Reality was that Hendry wasn't going to make an immediate century first visit of the match on his way to romping Ebdon 7-1 in the opening session with 4 more big 100's, then go 11-2 up, then 14-2 of 13-3 up, then win by 4pm bank holiday monday, despite people suddenly claiming he's invincible again because he beat Doherty and O'Suliivan the 2 previous rounds. He just couldn't peak again in the final he had less in the tank than many assumed, there just wasn't another superb performance in him. He peaked too early but he had to or else he wouldn't have made it to the final.
Steve Davis and Reardon never won 6+ world totles in a decade them gone on to win any more or a few more yet nobody said anything about them. Nobody in the modern professional era has had 2 or 3 sucessive decades of total domination and invinciblity, it was too difficult for Hendry to have the longevity at such a level he produced for a longer period than anybody else in snooker history (but at s lower level.of form) to see off all comers of all eras.
2:14:06
Someone in the audience has thrown up his lungs.
coronavirus
I really wanted hendo to win but ebdon was so under rated. I actually really like the way he plays although a lot dont. I love his passion, tenacity and sheer determination. I enjoy his tactical game too
Hes boring and slow 🐌
Terrible really should have been warned ⚠️about it he was bad for it.gamesmanship I think it's called 🤔
Wow before I commented it was 147 comments
As I was gonna say anyway is if Hendry won this he'd have been nicknamed "King Hendry The 8th"
He even said himself that he was aiming for that and was sickened that he didn't win at least 8 world titles to earn that nickname
FairPlay on quite an amazing career though, you did the game proud
YOU ARE THE MAESTRO
I remember watching this , though it was a great exciting final
Still the last World Snooker Championship final to go the distance
Not likely to change today with Ronnie 12-5 up..
An absolutely exciting game of snooker from both players..
Unpopular opinion: I have a short ass attention span but I don't mind Ebdon being slower. I love watching him play, I think his style is interesting. Most the time I don't notice the slower pace. I'm looking at the table thinking about what I would do and stuff like that. It was a great final and I think Ebdon is underrated.
Well, he's retired now but yes, he definitely was a force and 2002 title was not a fluke.
@@Geena-tn1pt Hendry was making too many mistakes. He can only blame himself for not lifting 8th title. But Ebdon did not fluke himself to title. He participated in three finals, winning one of them, against the greatest snooker player in history.
Ebdon is terribly slow 🐌
@@mikegallagher3700 still gets to call himself world champion until he dies though
This was anyones game going 17 each into the last frame. Just like the 1985 final but not finishing on the black! Stephen still the G.O.A.T. In my opinion and he could of won his 8th that day. Ebdon lucky. Like Dennis said of his 85 win; "snooker won tonight, it was anyones game and I was just lucky" The same for this last frame. Snooker won that night too! Great to watch again. 👍👏👌
Hi, I am curious who would have the full video by BBC of this final match between Stephen Hendry and Peter Ebdon? the orginal video has a poem read before the final match starting, to be precise right before Peter Ebdon steps in the arena. I'll be greatful if anyone can provide this full version of video.
Even though I missed the first half of Hendry’s career as I was wasn’t born until 1997 and didn’t get into snooker until long after he retired back in 2018, I admire him as a snooker player and enjoy watching his old matches whether he won or lost.
I was born in 1985 and lived through hendrys peak years. Guy was seriously insane when under pressure. Changed how snooker is played and arguably the greatest player ever although i think maybe ronnie edges it now in terms of greatest.
Great match, fantastic sportsmanship, two great players .
Davis 1985, Hendry 2002 and Ronnie 2014. Nightmares WC finals.
"I always knew ladies and gentlemen, now it's official" 😂😂🐛 1:32:30 virgo commentary is mah fave
Wouldn't get away with that these days
That was Willie Thorne... later sacked by the BBC for offensive language... the BBC changed, Willie didn’t; which is a shame because he was a good pundit/personality
Virgo meant to say he would love sitting there playing with his wife
Never seen sportsman like Stephen hendery. Great sportsmanship always and he's the greatest player all time.
Just finished watching the final frame, chances missed by both players at the start.
Great sportsmanship by both players.
@@seancyco9446 yes. Ebdon also
Ronnie is
@@jb894 Sorry he was. Ronnie is. Agreed.
Nonsense he's a has been
Hendry missed an easy red when 14-12 up, that one shot probably made a lot of difference as Hendry had all the momentum and Ebdon came back after that but the deciding frame is the one Hendry must still have nightmares about now, he had two really good chances to make enough for his 8th world title and lost position twice and missed but the winning momentum he had in the 90s wasn’t there and that’s the difference in pressure situations when you haven’t won much for a while and then you’re so close, it’s harder to get it done. Albeit he was very unfortunate earlier in the final when Ebdon fluked a snooker on the green and Hendry very unluckily missed through the gap, you couldn’t do that again if you tried and Ebdon stole the frame, you could argue that was the difference. Defeats like this leave scars and Hendry at this point was about 85% of the player he’d been a few years earlier, albeit that was still good enough to do well and while he did win more tournaments after this it wasn’t many more and he won none of the triple crown events after 1999 albeit he was in two more UK finals and a masters final.
Thanks for the great summary
Ok mister albeit....
How did he loose 6-11 behind and then 14-12 up ! Heartbreaking for Hendry fans
Just before ebdon breaks in the decider someone says come on peter sounded exactly like Phil Taylor
Dylan Doyle Well spotted
Wayne Holnes I wonder if it's him sounded very like him
Yeah thats Taylor alright
Not everyone with a stoke accent is the same person
I hope Peter enjoys his retirement. 1 of my favourite players of all time.
liked his come on, the year before, but not shown anywhere
I enjoy watching ebdon as well
@@adamglasgow9268 so you guys enjoy watching one of the slowest player of all time?
@@stephen729 maybe they are very slow in their movements as well. Then i would understand... kind of...
He was good in spells but ruined it with his dreadfully slow play he should have been challenged for it tbh
Great venue, not easy to get to the finals, kudos to Ebdon.
Brilliant match, remember it well
So happy for Peter.
His daughter looks so happy for him.
It must be very nerve wrenching playing on live TV & in front of a live audience.
Remember, to get to this stage in the game, one has already won so many other games. Well done Peter.
70's videos quality!!
Great match
What’s the song called at the beginning? And don’t respond with the classic joke ‘darude sandstorm’.
Catch 22?
Nobody would have predicted this being Hendry's last final at the time.
he crashed fast
He was already past his best by 2002 - the Hendry of the mid 90's would have comfortably won this match.
The turning point came when Hendry was 14-12 ahead. Frame 27: Hendry misses an easy red into the corner pocket due to having too much cue overhanging. It was his own fault. Should have gone 15-12 up.
Even though I was supporting hendry to win ..ebdon still showed his respect to hemdry. .
well done ebdon to beat hendry in an wc final not many can say that!
Sikander Grt Khan well he and Doherty :)
people forget stephen beat ebdon in 1996 final to win his 6th world so its one each in world finals but to be fare hendry should of won this
the year he won this, i was a student at queens university in belfast, instead of going to lectures i just went to the snooker room, bought reef (vodka and orange) and messed about for a laugh on the tables alone, while others secured their futures, anyway oneday peter ebdon walked in, just as id done the flukiest of fluky long pots, and when i saw him i thought jesus dont flinch, i potted the blue smashed into the pack and then the red after that and he asked if id had any success or was a budding professional but I had to admit to him it was pure luck the pots i made, i couldnt make a break of 20 til this day! Such a nice fellow
I still think the final frame by Ebdon is the gutsiest thing I’ve ever seen on a snooker table (after bottling the frame before)
Ebdon walking in to derude sandstorm is the ultimate irony
As if Peter Ebdon beat Steven Hendry in his prime for the world championship 😂
Thanks for the memories ❤️
3:55 master shot 😁😁😁😁
Thanks!!
awesome great final ty :)
The turning point came in frame 30 when Hendry was in the balls. He thought the black was on its spot, hence why he thought the red would go when the black was resopotted. But it wasn’t on its spot & when the referee spotted it, the red didn’t pot. The red Hendry went for was out of sheer frustration. Should have played safe. Hendry played fantastic all throughout this championship & it’s hard to believe he didn’t win an 8th title. However, his safety play was not good enough. In this championship more so than any other, he relied heavily on potting everything. Great if they are all going in, but if they don’t do go in, you gift chances to your opponent.
The incident at 15-14 was certainly a turning point. I'm not convinced that he took that red on out of frustration - he has a history of taking on similarly difficult shots to keep a break going when out of position, and for most of this tournament it worked for him. In hindsight he took on one too many there, but it's easy to be wise after the event. I remember it being more of an issue later in his career when a much lower percentage of them were going in.
I think an even bigger turning point was in Frame 12 when Ebdon he got a lucky snooker and then Hendry struggled for the next four frames, often cueing across long shots and missing them by a long way and going 6-11 down. Hendry has admitted that he underestimated Peter Ebdon - especially after playing so well against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-final, he just assumed he'd win, which might have contributed to him being psychologically affected by what happened at 6-5 (and possibly also at 15-14).
I thought Ebdon was a worthy champion in 2002 and that he was quite entertaining to watch in that world championship despite being relatively slow (his pink at 16-14 against Matthew Stevens sticks out), but I get a strong impression that if Hendry had approached that final with the right mindset, he'd have won. His best was just that bit better than Ebdon's.
I remember staying up for this aged 13.
I got three chances and I didn’t take them , I deserve to lose - Stephen hendry . There’s only one fucking Stephen hendry .
Great match, & Peter Ebdon's best ever match at the world championships.
Sad how he let his doubts result in unnecessarily slow play in other matches.
He needed to trust his ability a lot more, instead of looking for flaws that weren't there....
Never liked ebdon, never will. I used to be indifferent on Stephen, but I've come to believe that he truly is the greatest in the modern Era. I seemingly great guy, good commentator, spokesman, person. The best. I was a Ronnie fan since I started liking snooker. I still feel that his talent is once in a generation, but I see now that hendry is the best, but Ronnie is the greatest to ever play. Hendry was probably the best in terms of spokeman, ambassador, and overall what he brought to the sport. Ronnie is the greatest snooker player of all time. It's a nebulous distinction between the two, but not hard to comprehend if you really consider it.
Agreed, Hendry as a commentator is also remarkable alright. Objective, eminently knowledgable, employs terrific elocution in his sterling commentary. But it is his humility and reserve that truly elevate him, for me.
The most talented player ever is Ronnie. Hendry was my hero growing up, he changed the game for the best, he inspired ronnie to play better and because of that we have an even better game of snooker today.
Ronnie will always be the GOAT, but Hendry is the BOAT.
Geena 1980 stay mad bitch. still ronnie is the greatest ever
I would rather go to the dentist than watch Ebdon.
Hendry what a in off nightmare...
Should've been Matthew Stevens in the final
Wheres all the twats who said ages ago stevens would definitely be world champion one day!! Wer is stevens now?
He should won the semi-final then.
He bottled it in 2 finals
I agree - he had an incredible run of bad luck in the semi-final. Even Ebdon admitted he was lucky afterwards.
At 3:04.24 in the decider, Ebdon fouled the green with the tip of his cue but (if he was aware of it) never owned up to it. The ref did not notice the foul and Hendry had to play from an arkward position. This may or may not have affected the outcome.
peter ebdon comes in and the music which accompanies him is from darude" sandstorm"
3:08:50 😂😂🐛 mah sporting contest!!! D:
I think Hendry should not have conceded in the final frame. Play around a little. Just a possible 3 snookers were needed. He might have been able to put Ebdon in again 2 or 3 times after a snooker.
Do you mean he could have got one snooker then kept putting Ebdon back if he missed?
Hendry needed snookers so the miss rule does not apply in that situation
Nah, it was done. He needed 4 snookers and a miss can't be called in that situation, so he wouldn't have been able to put Ebdon back in the same position. Players are pretty good at escaping from snookers - to get four of them, you'd probably need to lay at least eight or nine to begin with. Just wasn't on.
Is Peter Ebdon still playing?
No he's retired now
amazing last few frames, I was gutted to see Hendy loss it but ebdon showed a lot of bottle after missing a few hangers.
Could have been 8 world crowns
should have been 8 world crowns
@@mancordo3151 , I can never understand why some people say Hendry 'should' have won this match, as if there was some kind of injustice or fluke about the result. He only made it to a final frame decider because Ebdon missed two opportunities to close it out in frame 34. In the decider, Hendry had a couple of half-chances and didn't take them - Ebdon did.
@@chriswilliamson7694 tbf hendry the 8th would of been a good headline
@@johnmccaughey2722 , yeah it would in fairness. I loved Hendry as a kid (I was 13 at the time of this final) and after he beat O'Sullivan in the semis I have to admit I kind of took it for granted that he was going to be too strong for Ebdon in the final. But looking back objectively, the right man did win.
@@Geena-tn1pt yeh he didnt look his usual self in this match. He looked nervous and stressed at times. His performance overall in this tournament was amazing. 16 centuries, a record that still stands to thus day.
It's a shame Ebdon for whatever reason decided to play ultra slow a few years after this. In the 90's he was quite quick. A worthy winner all the same. Showed a lot of bottle.
@@Geena-tn1pt Ebdon won it fair and square. He also reached 2 other world finals and won plenty of other stuff. Granted he's not the greatest ever (my vote would be Ronnie O'Sullivan) but unfair to dismiss him as the worst imo.
Ebdon was underrated. Just a shame he often plays really slow which is poor sportsmanship imo.
He played some of the best snooker of his career during the '02 WSC. That semifinal against Stevens was as memorable as the final. He must have had nerves of iron.
Ebdon does that to annoy his opponents.
So strange how Hendry lost it - especially in a non-physical game like snooker
Shit happens when the the standards get better, and when you cant cope, you go 12 years without winning a major titles 1999-2012
Hendry should win this final (8 WC-Titles).
Not a massive fan of Ebdon but credit where it's due for holding it together. A lot of players would've crumbled in a final against a legend such as Hendry, See last years final as an example.
Slow and boring but he had huge balls.
"wheres this white going" Hes literally been saying that for 30 years or more
Most annoying commentator ever. Even back then.
Did Hazel really say "most ferocious competitor in the game, Peter Ebdon"? lol what the actual fuck. Fucker's like a very slow virus, hardly ferocious. It's embarrassing that Hendry lost to that fucking tedious bastard.
The pressure was too much in the end
light up am embassy !!!
3:17:24 That statement was a bit premature. One snooker is always possible, especially the way those balls are positioned.
Well, that would have been two snookers needed (57 behind, 51 left on). I get what you're saying, but it's just common parlance for any ball which puts your opponent at the snookers required stage to be called the frame or match winning ball. Not all that many frames are won from snookers required positions overall.
Don't forget, the "points available" is if every red was followed by a black, which was impossible on that table. Tbh, Ebdon had it won once he was 50+ ahead.
Hendry was a terminator but he started to look human here. Credit to Ebdon, he was tough as nails.
‘Where’s the white going’
Drama Queen even back then.
Peter Ebdon in the picture sure looks like John Malkovich!
If ebdon can win the world championship anything is possible
I can't believe that some people pay money to watch Ebdon.
Maybe cause this is a snooker world championship with interesting players. It's a little part of snooker history right there. Quality stuff for a snooker fan imo. Slower, but still quality stuff.
Peter ebdon painfully slow player will allways be remembered for dragging it out he should have been challenged for it tbh
It is that refferee thar steven wanted to hit him with a cue
Don't know how Hendry lost this, after years of retraining with a new cue, Hendry was in great form, but Ebdon kept his cool and done what was needed to win.
His Cue was broken in 2003. He was using his original cue for this final.
@@dannydoyle7040 Must have misread the year somewhere, thought it was 2000 bizzare glitch in the matrix, still a final he probably should have won...again 7 by then nothing to prove, the hate against Hendry is strange, like some can't stand he's the best, changed the game and dominated the 90s and won everythingin such a short timeframe, probably a feat never to be seen again as it has taken Osullivan a lot longer to do catch up and overtake in some records. Selby as Hendry said will be the most likely to break 7 worlds even if Osullivan does eventually win a 7th I doubt he will stick around much longer as he's got nothing to prove either apart from that. Some crazy Chinese guy will probably come along 12 years old and win a world championship lol
@@L1ghtOn3 O’Sullivan could end up winning 8 WC titles. He has the game to carry on playing at the highest level for another 5/6 years.
@@dannydoyle7040 He could have won 10 but his mentality has let him down...thats why Hendry is no.1 in my book what he done in the space of 10 years with nothing else to prove by 2000, took/takes Osullivan longer, so....
Once again the Hendry haters who don't understand snooker have reared their heads. Lets look at some facts. Ronnie only started winning with regularity when Hendry was on a downward spiral due to firstly breaking his cue, secondly not putting the same dedicated effort in and lastly getting the yips. Even way past his best Hendry somehow managed to get back to world number one and reach quite a lot of semis and finals. The truth is that once all the records have been broken it's job done. Whenever Hendry came up against Ronnie and both were on form Hendry triumphed and looked like the boss, that's because he was. 7 centuries in a match, a record, 16 in a tournament, a record, most world championship wins, most ranking wins, Ronnie hasn't surpassed any of these milestones yet, which Stephen attained in less than half the time that Ronnie has been playing, including 20 years overlapping Ronnie, John and Mark. No doubt Hendry being world number one for a record amount of time took its toll on Stephen too, he was that dominant. This defeat against Peter was a hard one to take after beating O Sullivan in the semi and for the third time at the crucible, but that was almost his final, just to prove a point, and boy did he prove it after Ronnies trash talk. The insults aimed at Ebdon are also wide of the mark, the guy is a gent and deserved the World title and won it in possibly the toughest world championships ever, not to mention the UK and other ranking titles, great player in the toughest era.
Hendry played in a weak era. Once the class of 92 started peaking, he went downhill.
"Whenever Hendry came up against Ronnie and both were on form Hendry triumphed and looked like the boss"
Is that why Ronnie humiliated him in 2004 and 2008 ?
On the other hand, when Hendry beat Ronnie in 99 and 02, the matches were close. And btw, Ronnie wasn't at his peak back then.
Peak Ronnie will beat peak Hendry every single time.
@@harldoxborough2451
That doesn't change the fact that Ronnie is the best of all time.
You obviously assumed that Hendry was at peak in those two matches at the worlds, he was miles off form. I said when both were at peak. You don’t have a clue.
@@ashleyalmond4463
I don't assume anything. I've been watching snooker since 1992. I saw peak Hendry live. Up until 2006, Hendry was still in good form, very close to peak form.
O'Sullivan was simply better. Just as good a potter and breakbuilder as Hendry, but miles in front in terms of safety and tactical play.
@@harldoxborough2451
You are right, Hendry did revolutionize thr sport, but Ronnie took it to a new level.
Ronnie is just as good a potter and breakbuilder (or even better) and vastly superior in terms of tactical and safety play.
And on top of winning multiple titles, Ronnie is also a crowd pleaser/favorite, something Hendry never was.
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Ebdon played well 👏here in this final but ruined his legacy with his time waisting and time waisting tactics that he and people like Selby use all the time,they should be challenged for it tbh.
The audience all had covid 02
Darude sandstorm
Ebdon rules. The best ever.
Absobloodylutley not
Best at what ????
I saw Peter Ebdon play snooker years ago and he was so slow l actually fell asleep! 😴😴
Yes he's terrible for snooker 🎱
Ebdon should have been challenged for slow play many times ⏲️
Al la ronnie o'sullivan ect.....
whats mad is peter was a quite fast player in the ponytail years he just slowed and changed hid game to so slow and in my opinion it dident do his game any good he should of still played like he did when he was younger
The classic 3 and a half hour best of 3 frames involving Nobby Ebdon
Hendry at the end took his opponents too lightly and it sometimes ended up with getting his arse handed to him, like in this match.
Ebdon fouled when tried to pot the first red in the deciding frame. He hit the green ball with his cue and no one noticed .. strange he also didnt call it on himself
Not sure he did.
What a loss for Stephen Hendry.. His 8th denied by John Malkovich.
Hendry did no worse than most in the 2002 world championship final, performance wise in terms of a world championship final normally speaking where both players were usually involved in very scrappy affairs including multiple missed short range pots after 15 to 25 visits each to the table into frames frame after frame after frame. And even the players who lost in the final usually got congratulated anyway despite making numerous mistakes.
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Everybody else loses in a world chsmpionship final or 3 but nobody has ever made a ballyhoo about them losing more times than Hendry in the final, snd winning the final far fewer times than Hendry. Not even such a ballyhoo after Steve Dsvis either after lost to Tsylor in 1985 and Johnson in 1986, Tsylor and Johnson were the big storyx yet when Hendty lost to Doherty in 1997 and Ebdon in 2002 Hendry was the big story. When Davis never cleared the table in gis firdt visit to the tsble nobody said s thing sbout that yet whenever Hendry never did an immediste century in a frame he was spparently terrible performance in failing to make a clearance even though hsrdly anybody else apart from the occaional White was making century almost straight away at the time yet they were still doing alright even though being at the table umpteen times in the same frame before winning it. Hendry only lost twice in the world championship final including only losing in the deciding frame in 2002 you can hardly call that terrible.
Hendry peaked too early and psyched himaelf up extra against O'Sullivan after O'Sullivsn's pre match comments. He had to peak too early though or he wouldn't have made it to the final.
There wss just not another superb performance in Hendry, nor a 35th frame century first visit to the table to rsscue himself, incidentally there has never been a century in the 35th frame of a world chsmpionship final. It just wasn't in him that time in the final. Not even he could be in peak form every session for 3 rounds vs Doherty, O'Sullivan then Ebdon. It's not thet surprising thst Hendry came out flat in the first session rather than going 7-1 up with 3 or 4 centuries in that very first session then extending it to 14-2 and then 16-2 to 16-4 in the next 2 sessions. Everybody else loses.
I tecsll Doherty the yesr after ir ess mentiomex about him going to the well one more time with little left in the tank after a similarly demsnding chsmpionship yey thet was alright and Doherty didn't even go the 35th frame in the final, yet apparently Hendry should have romped Ebdon with a session to spare with lille left in the tank.
Nothing says snooker like Darude Sandstorm 😂
3:01:03 WTF
The time when Peter once had supporters. Why playing so slow when you can play efficiently?
He still does have supporters. His style has always been slow which is unpopular with some fans, but you can take nothing away from this man he has had a fantastic snooker career.
3:27:27 "the managing director uk of imperial tobacco ltd???? " bravo (NOT) to you sir (NOT)
Much better the introduce the leg breaker bookies fixing the matches and paying the players salaries today.
Has Peter Ebdon broke off yet?
John williams the referee this was his last final
Wow. I dont remeber him beating hendry in a world final!
This one ended him
If Peter Ebdon was the first player i watched playing snooker i would have taken up another past time ...unbelievably boring
dom halligan Completely wrong if you actually watch Peter ebdon and get into his mindset of how he plays He’s a tremendous player calculating every shot to perfection. Peter Ebdon is the reason I fell in love with snooker
Ebdon was far from boring in 2002. That year's tournament was arguably the most exciting and dramatic ever, particularly in the semi finals and final - and Ebdon more than contributed to that with some of his play when his back was against the wall against Stevens and Hendry.
longest game ever
That night Peter Ebdon "out-ebdoned" Stephen Hendry