Century break

Century break

In snooker a century break refers to scoring 100 points or more within one visit at the table, without missing a shot. The player does this by potting red balls and coloured balls alternately. Scoring 100 points over the course of a whole frame is not a century, as it must be done during one turn at the table (although you can have more than one turn). Points for a foul shot by the opponent do not count in a player's break.

The highest possible century in snooker is 147 (a "maximum break"), composed of 15 reds, 15 blacks and the six remaining colours; yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black potted consecutively. Under exceptional circumstances, it is possible to score a break of 155. Should a player come to the table after a foul shot by the opponent and is unable to hit both sides of any red ball, he may nominate one of the colours as a red. Under these circumstances, it is possible to pot 16 reds and blacks, plus 27 points for the six remaining colours, totalling 155 points.

To score a century, there must be at least ten reds (or nine in a free ball situation) on the table when the player comes to play. If there are nine reds, then the most points that can be scored is 99 (= 9 x 8 + 27).

Records

  • Horace Lindrum became the first player to record 1000 centuries in public performance.[1]
  • Stephen Hendry holds the record for century breaks in professional tournament play, having made over 700.[2][3]
  • Hendry also holds the record for making the most centuries in a single match, compiling seven during the final of the 1994 UK Championship.[3] During this match, Hendry compiled six centuries in a span of eight frames.
  • Hendry holds the record for the most century breaks made in a ranking event having made 16 centuries during the 2002 World Championship.[3]
  • The quickest recorded century break in tournament play was by Tony Drago. In the 1996 UK Championship, he took just 3 minutes 31 seconds (211 seconds) to score a hundred.[3]
  • There have been five consecutive centuries in a match on two occasions. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry made five consecutive centuries between them during the final of the 2003 British Open, and Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson achieved the same feat at the 2009 Masters in the quarter-final.[3]
  • Stephen Maguire made five consecutive centuries at the 2004 British Open comprising the last three frames of his quarter final and the first two frames of the semi-final.[3]
  • Only two players have made four consecutive centuries in a match: John Higgins in the final of the 2005 Grand Prix and Shaun Murphy at 2007 Welsh Open.[3]
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for making the most centuries in a best-of-9 match compiling five centuries (including a 147) to beat Ali Carter 5–2 at the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy.[3] O'Sullivan is the only player to win a match in a ranking tournament by making a century in every single frame that he won.
  • Mark Selby set the record for the most century breaks compiled in a World Championship match at the 2011 World Championship, where he made six in total.[4] It was also a record for a best-of-25 match.[5]
  • Mark Selby holds the record for compiling the most centuries in a single season, making 54 centuries in the 2010/11 season.[3][5]

List of players with at least 100 century breaks

The list includes players who have achieved at least one hundred century breaks in professional snooker tournaments with the number of professional seasons, and the number of maximum breaks the player has achieved. As of 13 October 2011 42 players compiled more than hundred century breaks in professional competition and every World Champion since 1987 is on this list.

Rank Player Number of centuries Number of seasons as Pro Number of maximums
1 Scotland Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 762 27 10
2 England O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 650 20 11
3 Scotland Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 486 20 5
4 England Davis, SteveSteve Davis 325 34 1
5 England White, JimmyJimmy White[a] 289 32 1
6 England Ebdon, PeterPeter Ebdon 286 21 2
7 Republic of Ireland Doherty, KenKen Doherty[b] 285 22 0
8 Wales Williams, MarkMark Williams 284 20 2
9 Hong Kong Fu, MarcoMarco Fu 226 15 1
10 China Ding Junhui 221 9 2
11 England Parrott, JohnJohn Parrott 221 27 1
12 Wales Stevens, MatthewMatthew Stevens 220 18 0
13 England Hamilton, AnthonyAnthony Hamilton[c] 218 22 0
14 England Selby, MarkMark Selby 214 14 1
15 England Murphy, ShaunShaun Murphy 210 15 1
16 Scotland Maguire, StephenStephen Maguire 200 15 2
17 Australia Robertson, NeilNeil Robertson 180 14 1
18 Wales Day, RyanRyan Day 162 15 0
19 England Lee, StephenStephen Lee 160 20 0
20 Scotland McManus, AlanAlan McManus 159 22 0
21 England Bingham, StuartStuart Bingham 156 17 2
22 Thailand Wattana, JamesJames Wattana 149 23 3
23 England Hicks, AndyAndy Hicks[d] 134 21 0
24 England Carter, AliAli Carter 131 16 1
25 Scotland Dott, GraemeGraeme Dott 129 18 1
26 England Harold, DaveDave Harold 126 21 0
27 England Thorne, WillieWillie Thorne 126 26 1
28 England Perry, JoeJoe Perry 124 20 0
29 England Trump, JuddJudd Trump 123 7 0
30 Republic of Ireland O'Brien, FergalFergal O'Brien 123 21 0
31 Northern Ireland Allen, MarkMark Allen 120 10 0
32 Wales Dale, DominicDominic Dale 117 20 0
33 Malta Drago, TonyTony Drago 116 27 1
34 Finland Hull, RobinRobin Hull 115 16 0
35 England Davis, MarkMark Davis 115 21 0
36 England Hunter, PaulPaul Hunter 114 11 0
37 England Pinches, BarryBarry Pinches 113 23 1
38 Wales Morgan, DarrenDarren Morgan 111 18 0
39 Scotland Burnett, JamieJamie Burnett 109 20 1
40 England Walden, RickyRicky Walden 108 13 0
41 England Cope, JamieJamie Cope 105 11 2
42 England Ford, TomTom Ford 102 12 1
Last updated on 23 October 2011.[2]
Notes
  • a Jimmy White is the player with the most centuries who has never won a world title, although he has reached 6 finals and won the World Seniors Championship.
  • b Ken Doherty is the highest player on the list never to have made a maximum break.
  • c Anthony Hamilton is the highest player on the list never to have won a ranking title.
  • d Andy Hicks is the highest player on the list to have never been ranked within the top 16.

References

  1. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. p. 5. ISBN 9780954854904. 
  2. ^ a b "Snooker's Leading Century Makers". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Centuries.htm. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Turner, Chris. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Records.html. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Selby rewrites the Crucible record books". World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 April 2011. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2345958,00.html. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "World Snooker: Record-breaking Selby close to victory". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 April 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/13181061.stm. Retrieved 24 April 2011. 

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