Biography

Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player. He was World Champion in 2015, beating Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final. As an amateur, he won the 1996 IBSF World Snooker Championship. He first entered the top 32 in the world rankings for the 2006/2007 season, and first reached the top 16 during the 2011/2012 season. Bingham won the first ranking title of his career at the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open and his second ranking title at the 2014 Shanghai Masters. He followed this by winning the World Championship in 2015, which British media said "completed an astonishing transition from journeyman to king of the Crucible". With that, he joined Ken Doherty as the only players to have won world titles at both amateur and professional levels.

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