John Higgins Reaches 1,000 Career Centuries Despite English Open Exit

John Higgins becomes the second snooker player to reach 1,000 career centuries but falls short in a 4-3 loss to Mark Allen in the English Open quarter-final.

John Higgins became only the second snooker player in history to achieve 1,000 career centuries, despite being knocked out of the English Open in a thrilling quarter-final against Mark Allen. The 49-year-old Scot reached the milestone with breaks of 108 and 105 in the third and fifth frames, but it wasn’t enough to secure victory, as Allen edged a tense 4-3 win in a deciding frame.

Higgins joins Ronnie O’Sullivan as the only players to have reached the four-figure century mark. O’Sullivan achieved the feat during his 2019 Players Championship final win over Neil Robertson.

Elsewhere in the tournament, Judd Trump set up a quarter-final clash with China’s Wu Yize after rallying from behind to beat Fan Zhengyi 4-2. Trump hit a century of his own with a break of 101, inching closer to joining Higgins and O’Sullivan in the exclusive 1,000-century club.

Mark Selby also booked his place in the quarter-finals, holding his nerve to beat Si Jiahui 4-3, securing a match-up with India’s Ishpreet Singh Chadha, who overcame a final-frame decider against He Guoqiang.