Murphy spoke astir his instrumentality for the German Masters
- Tony Robertson, Digital Sports Reporter
- Published: 8:44, 24 Jan 2025
- Updated: 8:44, 24 Jan 2025
SHAUN MURPHY has wasted nary clip successful readying for beingness aft snooker aft revealing his increasing database of broadside hustles.
Murphy, 42, banked £350,000 for winning The Masters for a 2nd clip earlier this month.
The Magician adjacent added different £15,000 into his pouch aft potting a maximum 147 interruption - contempt being harassed by a wasp beforehand.
However, Murphy, present ranked No.7 successful the world, appears to person 1 oculus connected status pursuing the colossal influx of cash.
It comes aft helium admitted helium is spending little clip astatine the array practising portion besides revealing immoderate of his caller broadside gigs.
As quoted by the Express, helium said: "I deliberation arsenic you get older, the signifier clip goes down a small spot arsenic you get different commitments successful your life.
"I've benignant of started retired successful my ain broadcasting career. I bash the BBC events for them, I've got my podcast and each my socials and worldly similar that.
"I've got my YouTube transmission going on. I’m trying to signifier arsenic good for these events.
"It's astir apt not 9 to 5 anymore, but it's each day, and I've had a mates of days disconnected since the triumph astatine Ally Pally. Today is really my archetypal time back.
"I’m going to spell to the office today, going to get the cue out, spot if I tin inactive cookware a shot aft the excitement of the past fewer days due to the fact that we caput to Germany connected Sunday for the German Masters, truthful we're consecutive backmost connected the motorcycle and person nary clip to rest."
Murphy volition beryllium hoping to acquit himself good astatine the German Masters starting connected Sunday arsenic helium warms up for the World Snooker Championship.
To date, his lone Crucible triumph came backmost successful 2005, but snooker's Andy Murray - arsenic Stephen Hendry labelled him - has been successful good signifier of precocious and should beryllium feeling confident.
Shaun Murphy branded a 'confirmed wimp' arsenic he's sent moving during Masters semi-final by infamous Ally Pally wasp
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is simply a database of snooker World Champions by year.
The grounds is for the modern era, wide considered arsenic dating from the 1968-69 season, erstwhile the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took power of the sport.
The archetypal World Championships ran from 1927 - with a interruption from 1941-45 due to the fact that of World War II and 1958-63 due to the fact that of a quality successful the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the astir palmy players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan stock the grounds for the most titles successful the modern era, with 7 each.
- 1969 - John Spencer
- 1970 - Ray Reardon
- 1971 - John Spencer
- 1972 - Alex Higgins
- 1973 - Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 - Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 - Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 - Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 - John Spencer (2)
- 1978 - Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 - Terry Griffiths
- 1980 - Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 - Steve Davis
- 1982 - Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 - Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 - Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 - Dennis Taylor
- 1986 - Joe Johnson
- 1987 - Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 - Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 - Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 - Stephen Hendry
- 1991 - John Parrott
- 1992 - Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 - Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 - Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 - Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 - Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 - Ken Doherty
- 1998 - John Higgins
- 1999 - Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 - Mark Williams
- 2001 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 2002 - Peter Ebdon
- 2003 - Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)
- 2005 - Shaun Murphy
- 2006 - Graeme Dott
- 2007 - John Higgins (2)
- 2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
- 2009 - John Higgins (3)
- 2010 - Neil Robertson
- 2011 - John Higgins (4)
- 2012 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
- 2013 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
- 2014 - Mark Selby
- 2015 - Stuart Bingham
- 2016 - Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 - Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 - Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 - Judd Trump
- 2020 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)
- 2021 - Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 - Ronnie O'Sullivan (7)
- 2023 - Luca Brecel
- 2024 - Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 - Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 6 - Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 - John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 - John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 - Alex Higgins