The Statman
9th July 2006, 04:01 PM
The greatest number of successive years in which a player has made at least one Crucible century is 12 by Ronnie O’Sullivan (1995 to date). Next are runs of 11 by Stephen Hendry (1987 to 1997) and by John Higgins (1996 to date).
The greatest number of successive years from a player’s début in which he has made a Crucible century is 9 by Matthew Stevens (1998 to date).
John Higgins has a record run of 19 consecutive Crucible matches in which he has made a century: from the second round in 1998 to the second round in 2002. Next is a run of 12 matches by Ronnie O’Sullivan (second round 2002 to second round 2005), followed by runs of 11 matches (second round 2001 to first round 2004) and two 9s (semi-final 1992 to second round 1994 and quarter-final 1995 to first round 1997) by Stephen Hendry.
The greatest number of successive years from a player’s début in which he has made a Crucible century is 9 by Matthew Stevens (1998 to date).
John Higgins has a record run of 19 consecutive Crucible matches in which he has made a century: from the second round in 1998 to the second round in 2002. Next is a run of 12 matches by Ronnie O’Sullivan (second round 2002 to second round 2005), followed by runs of 11 matches (second round 2001 to first round 2004) and two 9s (semi-final 1992 to second round 1994 and quarter-final 1995 to first round 1997) by Stephen Hendry.