When I was a kid and a big Hendry fan, that miss delighted me. But now as an older guy, I feel Jimmy's pain in that being his last ever chance to win it. The greatest to never win the big one.

Dont forget Stephen has a great personality too.....Knowing when playing against Jimmy most of the crucible is backing Jimmy..really tuff spot....Stephen was very humble in the end !

Never seen this before, too young to remember. How on earth did Jimmy miss that black, snooker's greatest tragedy that he never won one.

Stephen phenomenal. The way he handled pressure. Steady hand , clear head.

23 years on and remember that line like it was yesterday "he's beginning to annoy me". I reckon we were all thinking that. 2 legends in a golden era.

Funny how people saw Stephen as a sullen, boring pain in the arse but he was clearly always in the zone. His KZfaq channel now shows that he's a class act with bags of personality.

I was 9 months old inside my mom, Thanks youtube still store this classic match. Jimmy is a real gentleman and glad he won in Crucible last year!

I remember watching this live and Jimmy's miss still shocks me as much as it did then! Hendry was a phenomenon back then.

Maybe Jimmy White was so compelling to watch, not just because he could pot anything but because he could miss anything.

Crowd were kind of a disgrace during Henry's prime. He put on a masterclass year after year and some, in the crucible in particular, could hardly put their hands together to acknowledge the fact he had won the world championship. I know they were hurting that their favourite always seemed to be on the receiving end but at the end of the match you should still be on your feet to appreciate the winner.

How Jimmy didn't clear up after that red with the extension is unbelievable, as wonderful as he was he just didn't have the nerve of his opponent, who was the goat when it came to nerve.

Even after all these years this still absolutely kills me. It was there for him.

I will never forget that game. I remember watching it in our old living room house with my mum and remember her shouting out OH NO JIMMY!!! when he missed that black. We both knew stephen would clear up. Poor old jimmy

Growing up watching Jimmy White with my father, and it being that one thing we did together since I can remember watching him Miss that black and seeing the pain in his eyes still cuts me up today. He will always be one of the greats. A real ambassador for the sport even to this day.

Jimmy will always be the people's world champion !!! I watched this when it happened and it broke my heart when Jimmy missed that black cos you knew it was over and hendry was gona clear up. Hendry was superb in the 90s and was basically unbeatable for most of it so for Jimmy to get so close just shows how good Jimmy was. Once again I have to say - Jimmy white will always be the most loved player of all time and truly is the people's undisputed world champion!!!!!!!

This is why Stephen was the greatest as he had lot of bottle as well as skill

Ice cool Stephen Hendry, not what most of the general public wanted to see yet he was there to pounce like a true champion under immense pressure when the golden boy missed.

"Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser,Jimmy was a fantastic loser", thats what hendry said about Jimmy and he was absolutely 100% spot on in every sense

I remember being a little boy and my dad let me stay up to watch this. Was such a Jimmy fan and this was my first real lesson in the power of defeat. Hats off to Hendry, but this should’ve been jimmys. Hendry was a brilliant aggressive player and white was just the potting king. In a parallel universe, Jimmy white won

21:16 "You're getting used to these." when Jimmy receives his runners up check. Wow, why didn't David Vine just kick Jimmy in the nuts to add one final insult?

I feel sorry for John Higgins having lost 3 in a row. Imagine losing 6 finals in a row and 4 of them to the same guy.

All the coughing coming from the crowd, Yup. It was definitely sponsored by Embassy 😂😂😂

Amazing memories. Snooker was a big part of my family growing up. My granddad was offered the chance to go pro and could make century breaks in the days when almost no one could... My mum was a big Jimmy Fan and I loved the sour faced Scot Stephen Hendry 🙂 ... In Hindsight I wish Jimmy had won one.

Hats off to Hendry for not making a big figure after his win in front of the well deserved Jimmy. Respect!

10:41 Pretty sure Jimmy still wakes up screaming at the memory of this shot

I was there at the Crucible watching this one. Hard to believe it was 24 years ago.

All this on Jimmy's birthday too, 2nd of May 1994. What a happy 32nd birthday that must have been. So happy that Jimmy has maybe managed to get some form of closure at the crucible with his seniors wins.

Everybody talks about jimmy’s missed black but not Stephen hendry’s monumental clearance which got him the title he was in the exact same situation as him .

The coughing while Hendry was clearing up🤣 So blatant

The greatest snooker player not to win a World title. The amazing Jimmy White. 🙏

Hendry admits in his sporting heroes interview that he was resigning himself to losing as White was clearing up, he wasn’t happy for him but half thought it was time for him to be champion and was actually happy enough to have made it to the final after cracking a bone in his elbow, he’d kept the world no 1 ranking by beating Davis in the semi final but that went out of his mind as soon as White missed the black and he took out a superb clearance.White potted a difficult red with the rest and then the blue wasn’t a gimme to get position but having done the hard bit he missed the black off the spot with the championship at his mercy, Hendry admits he thought he’d lost, unfortunately White was never in the final again, Hendry beat him in the semi final the following year.

Mullet and bald spot, a classic look.

I'm glad you left the entire video with the presentation's etc it was excellent thankyou

Hendry is so good with those side pockets.

Jimmy we know you don't need a title to be known as a champion.. No one couldve stopped you, but you stopped yourself with pressure mostly or only in the finals..1of the top 5 in the world s too player's list..and you've been a great example of sportsman and contributed a lot to snooker

He played with such style, it was beautiful to watch.

10:45 the most heartbreaking moment in snooker!

David: You could pot that blindfolded Jimmy: Well do you wanna play, Dave?? 😂😂

The only person to beat Jimmy was Jimmy and his nerves. People loved him because he had a personality.

I can remember this so clearly, I was sitting in our living room with my mum in the evening, dad was at work and mum shouted OH JIMMY!!! and we both knew that was it. Love u Jimmy your the best x

Love the commentary, especially Dennis Taylor, lovely snooker voice. 🎱

Coming away from this video there are a few burning questions that we'll never know the answers to: What if White hadn't twitched on the black? What if Hendry's pink with the rest had stayed in the jaws? And how, in the ensuing years did Jimmy's bald patch manage to magically disappear?

30 years ago today. I'm a massive Hendry fan & I was desperate for White to run out of position but I never imagined he'd miss a black off the spot. Hendry's clearance, under that pressure, is one of the best in snooker history.

Snooker's greatest ever rivalry, utterly mystifing that Jimmy never won it he was an excellent player of long matches which never given credit for, he also had noteable wins in long matches over Hendry, including the 1991 UK semi final and one of the World Matchplay Finals...the Crucible is definitely cursed , snooker must never leave there.

Remember watching this years back was a little kid, my dad was a big fan of Jimmy White..!!!!

I watched all of White's 90s finals as a kid - I was devastated at the losses, but this one was beyond devastation - that missed black was like a stab in the heart and I cried my eyes out when Hendry cleared up - it brought with it a life long hatred for Hendry - up until his retirement and now I like the guy.

The only positive is that Jimmy's hair grew back.

Only 5 reds were left on the table as well all in the open.. Missed the black off the spot. Full credit to Stephen tho, proved why he is the best of all time in his prime.. Managed to clear up with all the crowd and pressure against him

Please upload the 1998 match Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White

Stephen Hendry took snooker to a whole new level

Sporting results I wish i could change 1: World Cup 1990 semi final 2. Euro 96 semi finals 3. Jimmy beating Hendry 1994

Jimmy não ter conquistado ao menos um mundial é uma pena...mas com certeza está entre os melhores da história...

Both are legend .. 🔥🔥

This was excruciating. The moment he missed that black, I almost switched off the TV.

John Williams refereed the two most famous deciders in a world champ final. That is something

Doesn't matter how good Hendry or any other player was....Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Ronnie are going to be the most loved snooker player ever

I'll never forget that moment watching this match I turned to ask my dad something and as soon as I turned my dad shouted He's missed!!!!!!!

I can't think of another sport or sportsman where I've ever supported an Engliishman over a Scot. I loved Hendry but at this point the whole world wanted Jimmy to win so badly. I watched this live as a student and don't think I've ever felt tension like this. Or since. As Jimmy said, he was beginning to annoy us all in the nicest way , such great competitors and sporting to a fault.

I can’t watch this again it brings me to tears

Easy said than done ,but I wish Jimmy had kept his nerve ,we all wanted him to win at least one. This was his greatest chance

We will never know how Jimmy would have reacted if he’d won this final I often think it would have been a emotional reaction like Alex Higgins back in 1982

Jimmy diamond jubilee... 2022.... 1994 the closest he will ever come to the world title he so deserved

I am impressed about the camera ankle. Shows way better the real proportion of the giant table than nowadays.

Some say that he was the greatest player to never win the world title, and being in the amount of finals that he has and not win one would be gutting, and normally I would agree with that prognosis. However, for all the things he has missed out on, I can guarantee that he wouldn't have the past any other way because that past has made him and is a part of who he is now. He is a respectable gentleman, a noble man, a true sportsman. The game has taken him around the world countless times, and he will be remembered for the great player and person that he is, not what he has apparently missed out on, he has had such a better life than a simple citizen. There is always someone else out there who is better, and the only person who I can think of who would be maybe, and that's a big big maybe, more deserving of the title of best player never to win a worlds. This person doesn't even play tournaments of any kind. He is purely an exhibition and entertainment player. He spent 7 and 3/4 years trying to accomplish a trick shot sequence, on unbroken film one after the other. He tried this sequence daily, multiple times daily for the best part of a decade always filming his efforts, until one day he got it, then he retired from the game and returned to relative obscurity. Was this person the best player to never win a worlds, or wasn't he? Or was there someone else entirely? Maybe a load of people? Only the Lord himself knows, and the bigger question is, who really cares? Life is not about winning and losing, it's about how you play the game, and he played it a hell of a lot better than so many other people did, and for all the trial and tribulation, the good times and the bad, he was there, just one of the lights of the world shining in the darkness. God bless Jimmy White, and God bless all those who have participated in cue sports throughout the world. Cheers 🤡

Keep watching that black hoping it will go in 😥 so sad Jimmy never won one, Legend

The best player there has ever been in my opinion,still can't believe he never won it,but he just couldn't handle pressure,and now he needs to hang his cue up as he has the ability of a penguin its time to bow down with pride of what he brought to the game

Remember watching thinking I wonder if Stephen will get back in. Was more shocked he missed and I think Hendrys reaction after he clears up showed that

Nearly 25 years ago and still can not take it, i still feel so sorry for Jimmy, one of the biggest tragicomedy of the sport

Jimmy: "I'll be back next year." He never made it to a World Championship final ever again.

BBC 2, Simpsons, Robot Wars then Snooker before bed. Snooker was so big back then.

JIMMY........ YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A WINNER IN MY EYES....... 1 IN A MILLION......

Best final ever seen

The match that finally broke me as a snooker fan.

They must have had David Vine in mind when writing Alan Partridge.

Difference is that Hendry could hold his nerve in a final and thats what makes u champion

What are those little boxes people are putting up to their eye and then a flash goes off is it some sort of imagery capturing device

David Vine was a bit harsh on Jimmy in the interview, more than once he made a sarcastic comment towards him. Jimmy did well not to smack him.

He'll win it this year.

Got to love that Jimmy White, tough loss.

Hendry was against all those people inside that room

Stephen's clear up there was very good really under the circumstances some tricky pots in middle

I love the comment Ray makes when Hendry pots the final pink "Stephen Hendry has proved once again that he's the best player in the world" I miss the glory Hendry days so much :(

Remember this like it was yesterday. Was gutted for Jimmy; I, like most people wanted him to win and I thought he finally had won a world title until he missed a routine pot in the final frame... Sadly Jimmy will be remembered as the most famous runner up in any sport even though he undoubtedly deserved, and should have, won at least one world championship because he was a tremendous talent. You have to give Hendry a lot of credit though. He may not have been a crowd favourite and his style of play wasn't the most entertaining (not a risky type of snooker player to take on impossible shots) but the way the held his nerve was incredible, the guy just was basically immune to tournament pressure. He deserved his achievements 100%. And if you was to ask me was he a better player than Jimmy? I'd say yes, he was. When the pressure was on, he delivered. That's why he was better. If Stephen were a footballer I'd have him down to take a penalty in a shoot out; you bet your mortgage on him scoring!

Makes me feel terrible for him all over again and as with all World Championship finals, it meant the bank holiday weekend was over and back to bloody work

Jimmy's winning record isn't a fair reflection of just how good he was. If it wasn't for Hendry, we'd be talking about him alongside Davis and O'Sullivan . In Top 5 best players ever in my view.

I remember this day I was in a state of sadness when Jimmy lost.. I realised how cruel sport/life can be 😐

I watched jimmy live years a go and b fore he played he was in bookies his mind was on horses and not on the table that was his problem what a shame we was super and such a nice guy

As if losing a world final isn't bad enough, you then have to be interviewed by that grinning idiot David Vine. "you could pot that blindfolded" "do you wanna play David?"

David Vine - a real pro too. Excellent presenter.

A completely tragedy, but White is bigger than a title.

I was so nervous for Jimmy that as soon as he started that break I couldn't watch - I turned the TV over and watched the live frame score on Ceefax, thinking "As soon as Jimmy gets to about 60 I'll turn back over and watch him pot the final few balls to become champion." Suddenly his score stopped, and Hendry's began to increase.

I like it stephin handry my favret player

In the pub was just waiting for Jimmy to clear up and I would of been the happiest man alive ill never forget that walk home I punched ever wall, fence, post that was in my way, still feel sick now thinking about it 😥

Remember watching. Still seems like yesterday, still can't believe he missed that black. He would of won at least one more if he had won in 94

I remember watching this as an 8 year old...I can still remember being sick as a dog when he missed that black. Even at that age I just knew Hendry would dish up.

Can't watch this, too painful, but thumbed up anyway 👍 😔

The day Jimmy died a bit...

Don't forget in one final White led 14-8 and still lost to Hendry.

Hendry misses a hard one, Jimmy makes a hard one, misses a sitter. Hendry wins, Jimmy never wins world title. Its about when you mess up and why. Jimmy was not robotic and snooker requires it!

That missed black by Jimmy White is mythical.