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Often
referred to as "the best player to never have won the World Championship",
the charismatic Jimmy White has endured the heartache of finishing runner-up
at the Crucible no fewer than six times, four times to Stephen Hendry
and once each to Steve Davis and John Parrott.
But
the ‘Whirlwind’ remains a firm favourite with the fans and
is fondly known as the "People's Champion". He is the most popular
of all the players because of his great natural talent, his flamboyant
style and his great sportsmanship.
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Jimmy
has won a total of 22 professional titles. In addition to his wins, he's
also been runner-up six times in the World Championship.
As an amateur he won the 1979 English Amateur Championship and the 1980
World Amateur Championship
1992
- UK Championship - winner
1988 - Canadian Masters - winner
1986, 1992 - Grand Prix - winner
1987, 1992 - British Open - winner
1992 - European Open - winner
1987, 1991 - Classic - winner
1984 - B&H Masters - winner
1985, 1986 - B&H Irish Masters - winner
1981 - Scottish Masters - winner
1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 - Embassy World Championship - runner-up
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Jimmy was first introduced to the game by his father,
Tommy, when he was 11 years old. He was immediately hooked and school
quickly went out of the window as he spent hour after hour at the table.
His
talent was such that he made his first century within a year and was a
regular around the London Clubs.
At
15, he won the British Under-16 title and added the English Amateur title
in 1979. In 1980, he became the youngest-ever world amateur champion in
Tasmania - a record which stood for many years.
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It
was perhaps a measure of Jimmy’s enduring popularity that his quarter-final
tie against Ronnie O’Sullivan in the 2002 B&H Masters at Wembley
– on a Friday afternoon – attracted the biggest audience at
the venue, for a match other than the final, for more than 20 years. |
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