Join us as we delve into the remarkable career of Stuart Bingham, a true titan of snooker. From his humble beginnings as a promising amateur to his triumphs on the professional circuit, Bingham’s story is one of perseverance, dedication, and undeniable talent. Witness his ascent to becoming the oldest first-time world champion, his battles with adversity, and his unforgettable moments on the green baize. From his early struggles to his triumphs at the Masters and beyond, discover how Stuart Bingham etched his name into the annals of snooker history.
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Your Champion Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham born on 21 May 1976 is an English professional smoker player who is a former world champion at Masters winner Bingham won the 1996 World amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional career his form
Improved in his mid-30s at age 35 he won his first ranking title at the 2011 Australian goldfields Open which helped him enter the top 16 in the rankings for the first time at 38 bham won the 2015 World Championship defeating Shawn Murphy in the final the oldest firsttime
World champion in snooker history he was the second player after kendor to have won World titles at both amateur and professional levels his world title took him to a career-high number two in the world ranking a spot he held until March 2017 in 2017 Bingham received a six-month ban from
Professional competition after breaching rules concerning betting on matches involving himself and other players he won his second triple crown title at the 2020 Masters defeating Alika in the final he superseded Ray Riden as the oldest Masters champion a record he held until Ronnie O Sullivan won the 2020 for
Masters a prolific break Builder Bingham has compiled over 550 Century breaks during his career he has scored nine career maximum breaks the fourth most of any player early career 1995 to 2010 in 1996 Bingham won both the English amateur and the world amateur championships The Following Season he
Reached the final of the 1997 World amateur Championship but lost in a deciding frame to Marco Fu Bingham play played professionally on the world snooker tour in 1999 and reached the quarterfinal stage of the Welsh open defeating the world champion John Higgins along the way later in the season he defeated defending Champion
Steven Henry in the first round of the 200 World Championship whilst ranked 97th in the world Jimmy white defeated him in the second round in 2002 he qualified again for the tournament by beating Nigel bond in the final qualifying round being played kendi in the first round he attempted a maximum
Break but missed the final pink ball the break would have been worth £67,000 he lost the match Bingham also won the qualifying tournament for the 2006 Masters where he made his first Maximum break he then beat Steve Davis in the preliminary round before losing to Peter
Edon 4 to6 in the first round he was drawn against world number one Ron o Sullivan in the first round of the 2009 World Championship losing 5 to1 bingan reached the quarterfinal stages of the 2010 UK Championship having defeated O Sullivan 9-6 and Maru 9-2 before losing
7 to9 to Mark Allen later that season Bingham qualified for the 2011 World Snooker Championship and beat former Champion Edon 10 to8 in the first round in the second round he led Dean 12 to9 but lost 12-13 had he won Bingham would have finished in the top 16 in the world
Rankings for the first time first ranking event victory at the 2011 Australian go Fields open Bingham defeated Dean 5 to3 in the opening round completed a whitewash over Tom Ford then secured victories over Allen and Murphy to reach the final trailing 5 to8 to Mark Williams
Bingham won four frames to win 9 to8 and collect $660,000 for the first prize the this the first ranking event win of his 16-year professional career was enough to put Bingham up to 11th in the world rankings and secure a place in the 2012 Masters he drew Jud Trump in the first
Round and led 3 to2 before losing four frames in a row to exit the tournament 3 to6 Bingham could not recapture the form he showed in Australia in the remaining seven ranking events failing to get past the second round in any of them a 4 to10
Loss to Steven Henry in the first round of the world championship ended the 2012 season despite the defeate Bingham finished 16th in the world rankings 2013 German Masters Bingham won the 2012 Premier League snooker tournament and contested two ranking event finals in the 2012 to 13 snooker season he won the
First two non-ranking tournaments beginning with the pink ribbon Pro and charity tournament where he whitewashed Peter Lions 4 to0 in the final Bingham followed this up by claiming the first Asian Players Tour Championship ship with a 4 to3 victory over Steven Le Bingham won designing frames in each of
His matches to reach the final of the wiie classic overcoming Peter Eden Ken DOI world number one Mark Selby and Mark Davis he played Ricky Walden but trailed 1 to7 at the conclusion of the afternoon’s play before eventually losing 4 to1 the 2015 German Masters Bingham defeated Le hang Dominic Dale
Alan mcmanis and ding at the 2014 shenhai Masters to reach the final from 5 to three ahead against Allen Bingham took five unanswered frames to claim his second ranking title with a 10 to3 win in October he won the hanging open by defeating Oliver Lions 4 to zero in the
Final bam reached the semi-final of the UK Championship again in the 2014 event though he made a 137 break to establish a 4 to1 lead over O Sullivan he lost 6 to5 being in one the non-ranking championship league by beating Mark Davis 3-2 O Sullivan was again the
Winner when the pair met in the semi-finals of the inaugural world grand Pricks whitewashing Bingham 6 to Zer a further semi-final followed at the PTC Grand Final but he lost four to1 to eventual Champion Joe Perry at the 2015 World Snooker Championship Bingham defeated Robbie Williams 10 to7 grop 13
To5 and O Sullivan 13 to9 to reach the semi-final Bingham LED Trump 16 to4 and despite Trump winning the next two frames Bingham won the match 17- 16 to reach his first Triple Crown final facing Murphy in the final Bingham recovered from 3 to0 and 8 to four down to win 18
To 15 he commented to beat Shawn in the final tops everything off 20 years as a professional Blood Sweat and Tears on the road after the event Bingham climbed to world number two the highest ranking of his career 2016 Paul Hunter classic Bingham made it to the final of the six
Red world championship against ding it was decided on the final black bow which ding won bingan conceded just three frames as he progressed through to the semi-finals of the 2016 Shanghai Masters he led Selby 5 to3 but lost the next three frames 5 to six Bingham lost by
The same score line in the semi-finals of the English open this time lean Weber on 24 October 2017 Bingham was found guilty of breaking World professional billiards and snooker Association rules concerning betting on matches involving himself and other players he received a six-month ban for betting breaches and
Was ordered to pay £2,000 in costs the ban expired at the end of January 2018 return from ban and Master’s champion on returning from the ban banam won the 2018 English open opened with a 9 to7 win over veteran Mark Davis in the final bam reached his first Master’s
Final at the 2020 event he defeated Williams Wilson and David Gilbert to meet Carter in the final despite trailing after the first session Bingham won the match 10 to8 to win his second Triple Crown in winning the event he became the tournament’s 24th and then oldest winner superseding Ray reeden who
Was 5 months younger when he won the 1976 Masters he earned £250,000 in prize money bingham’s record as the oldest Master’s winner lasted until O Sullivan won the 2024 Masters aged in November 2020 Bingham made the seventh maximum break of his career in the first round of the 2020 UK Championship beating Zack
Shy by 6 to2 Legacy Bingham has compiled over 550 Century breaks in professional competition putting him 11th on the all-time list having made nine maximum breaks he has made the fourth most of any player behind O Sullivan 15 Higgins 12 and Henry 11 do and Bingham are the
Only players to have won both the amateur and professional World Snooker championships personal life Bingham married Michelle shabi in 2013 in a ceremony held in Cyprus he moved the date of his wedding and canceled his bachelor’s party to make sure he could play in snooker competitions the couple
Have a son sha born in 2011 a daughter Mani Rose born in January 2017 and Michelle’s daughter tigan born in 2003 bingan was once a keen amateur golfer but made the decision to play less golf so that he could focus on snooker Bingham is nicknamed bow run
Given to him during his amateur career as he was perceived to have more luck than other players
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