Top 3 Worst Misses: No.3 - Ken's Missed Black

My life long dream is to hit a 147, not win the Worlds, not be No.1. I just want to hit a maximum.

Presumably at the Crucible. In the Final. In a deciding Frame. Against Ronnie.  

It might not be everyone else's dream but it's something you want to do in your career. You don't often get a good chance (I did today but got a break of 9) so if you do you've got to take it. 

Ken Doherty has never hit a maximum, but he had a chance, a very good one. 

In the 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters Final Ken was playing Matthew Stevens, and got all the way down to the black.

He should of just rolled it in but hit it hard, it missed and Ken became the first and currently only player to miss a black to get a Maximum.

I'll admit it wasn't the easiest shot for a maximum ever but the significance of it was huge. Ken still is yet to hit one in a tournament and it looks like he won't considering he can't even get into tournaments (he's just lost 5-0 to Judd Trump in the China Open Qualifiers).

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stuart Bingham have both got to 134 before before missing the final pink.

You can watch those and Ken's miss here.