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John Higgins
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Nationality: Scotland (Scotland); Male; Born: 18 May 1975 (49 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1992; Ranking wins: 31; Maximums: 12;
Ranking: 7;
Bio page; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 2021) Pencil
Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [12] 13-7 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details 
Higgins missed the 15th black in a 147 attempt in frame 14. Williams won 9 consecutive frames from 3-1 down.
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Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [5] 10-7 China Tian Pengfei [52] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 8. Higgins was 7-4 down.
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Championship League - Winners Group (1-2 Apr 2021) Pencil
SF England Kyren Wilson 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

43-91, 1-75, 135-0 (135), 142-0 (142), 81-39 (66)

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Ali Carter Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Judd Trump 3-1 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

Trump made his 800th career century in frame 4. He is the third player to reach this number.

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 China Zhou Yuelong Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head Details  Pencil

Maximum attempt by Higgins in the last frame ended at 88.

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head Details  Pencil
Tour Championship (22-28 Mar 2021) Pencil
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [5] 10-8 Scotland John Higgins [4] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan made his 1100th career century in frame 16
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Players Championship (22-28 Feb 2021) Pencil
Final Scotland John Higgins [10] 10-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
64-18, 103-0 (92), 69-21 (68), 142-0 (142)
138-0 (138), 26-87 (82), 70-40, 0-148 (144)

Session 2:
67-4 (51), 0-110 (110), 70-0 (70)
77-0 (77), 127-4 (127)

Referee: Leo Scullion

144 by O'Sullivan in frame 8 was the highest break of the tournament.

John Higgins wins the Cazoo Players Championship for the first time. It's his 31st ranking win, his first ranking title in three years and he only lost four frames on his way to the title.

SF Scotland John Higgins [10] 6-1 England Kyren Wilson [6] Head to head Details  Pencil

71-5, 108-0 (108), 88-0 (88), 70-2 (70), 66-65 (KW 65, JH 51)
0-102 (102), 74-3 (74)

QF Scotland John Higgins [10] 6-0 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details 
This is the first time Selby has been whitewashed in a best of 11 since 2015.
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Selby scored only seven points. This is the lowest number of points a player has scored in a best-of-11 ever.

Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [10] 6-0 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021) Pencil
Rd 3 England Ali Carter [26] 4-3 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-3 England Ben Woollaston [36] Head to head Details  Pencil

Higgins won the decider on the final black after having needed a snooker

Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-1 England Steven Hallworth [106]   Details  Pencil
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021) Pencil
Rd 2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [9] 70-0 Scotland John Higgins [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [2] 16-6 Scotland Scott Donaldson [14] Head to head Details  Pencil
German Masters (27-31 Jan 2021) Pencil
Rd 1 England Stuart Carrington [54] w/o Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head   Pencil

Higgins tested positive for COVID-19

Masters (10-17 Jan 2021) Pencil
Final China Yan Bingtao [12] 10-8 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
99-0 (66), 16-73, 72-66, 0-71 (63)
0-98 (98), 28-73, 97-48 (97), 44-70 (52)

Session 2:
74-67 (YB 59, JH 67), 76-31 (76), 51-74 (74), 0-127 (116) 73-68, 110-0 (103), 73-64 (YB 55, JH 50)
5-68 (63), 74-12 (70), 99-31 (64)

Yan wins Masters on his debut. He is the fifth player to win Masters on his first attempt and first since Mark Selby in 2008. At 20 he is the youngest winner since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1995. This is Yan's first triple crown win in his first final.

Re-spotted black in 9th frame.

Referee: Paul Collier

SF Scotland John Higgins [7] 6-4 England David Gilbert [13] Head to head Details  Pencil

37-100 (80), 106-11 (106), 0-86 (86), 66-45 (66), 108-0 (107)
71-5 (55), 14-83, 56-59, 63-20 (56), 70-24

In frame 8 Higgins misses the final pink and Gilbert wins the safety battle before potting the two remaining colours pink and black to go 4-4.

QF Scotland John Higgins [7] 6-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

Five centuries in a row. Higgins scored highest break of the tournament with 145 in 3rd frame. Re-rack in frame 5

Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [7] 6-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details  Pencil

Allen's 106 in the second frame was the 600th century in the Masters

Championship League - Group 3 (8-9 Jan 2021) Pencil
Final Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil

74-20, 59-49, 81-43 (73)

SF Scotland John Higgins 3-2 England Tom Ford Head to head Details  Pencil

0-73 (73), 0-90 (85), 78-32 (70), 57-55, 73-6

Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

Selby had to end his break at 108 (with 35 still on the table) in the last frame because his tip came off.

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Matthew Selt Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 England Tom Ford Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Scotland Scott Donaldson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp China Zhao Xintong 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

Zhao Xintong recorded his highest profesional break of 144 in frame 2.

Championship League - Group 2 (6-7 Jan 2021) Pencil
SF Scotland Graeme Dott 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

8-70, 56-66 (56), 135-0 (135), 75-30, 83-9 (79)

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Scotland Scott Donaldson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Matthew Selt 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 England Gary Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 England Stuart Bingham Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League - Group 1 (4-5 Jan 2021) Pencil
Final China Zhou Yuelong 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

45-87 (56), 64-8, 80-6, 8-111 (63), 131-3 (131)

SF Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head Details  Pencil

127-0 (127), 61-1 (51), 51-57, 120-0 (119)

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp China Zhou Yuelong 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 England Michael Holt Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Gary Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-2 England Stuart Bingham Head to head Details  Pencil
World Grand Prix (14-20 Dec 2020) Pencil
Rd 2 China Zhao Xintong [23] 4-3 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-2 China Xiao Guodong [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020) Pencil
Rd 2 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [39] 4-2 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-3 Iran Soheil Vahedi [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020) Pencil
Rd 4 China Zhou Yuelong [24] 6-2 Scotland John Higgins [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Scotland John Higgins [8] 6-2 Wales Jak Jones [89] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [8] 6-3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [8] 6-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [121] Head to head Details  Pencil
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020) Pencil
Rd 4 China Ding Junhui [10] 4-1 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-0 England Matthew Selt [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-2 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace (a)   Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-0 Wales Daniel Wells [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020) Pencil
Q Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [6] 5-0 England Ashley Hugill [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
Q Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [6] 5-4 England Robert Milkins [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
Champion of Champions (2-8 Nov 2020) Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui 4-3 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

John Higgins made his 800th competitive century in frame 2.

Championship League Stage Three Group 2 (30 Oct 2020) Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil

147 by Higgins in the last frame. It was his 11th career maximum. Watch on YouTube.

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-0 England Joe Perry Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Ireland Ken Doherty 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League Stage Two Group G (29 Oct 2020) Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins [7] 3-0 England Tom Ford [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins [7] 3-0 Wales Jamie Clarke [102] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Martin Gould [51] 3-0 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020) Pencil
SF England Judd Trump [3] 6-4 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil

0-81 (50), 75-20 (56), 6-82 (52),122-0 (102), 0-133 (133)
74-29, 20-107 (107), 80-23, 61-1, 77-8 (73)

QF Scotland John Higgins [7] 5-1 Wales Jak Jones [103] Head to head Details  Pencil

Jones reached the quarterfinals for the first time.

Rd 4 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-1 China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-1 England Jimmy Robertson [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-0 England Connor Benzey (a)   Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-2 England James Cahill [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League Stage One Group 25 (1 Oct 2020) Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins [7] 2-2 England Joe O'Connor [59] Head to head  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins [7] 3-0 Morocco Amine Amiri [90]   Details  Pencil
Grp Scotland John Higgins [7] 3-1 France Brian Ochoiski (a)   Details  Pencil
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020) Pencil
Rd 1 England Martin Gould [52] 5-4 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details  Pencil