The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
JIMMY WHITE has opened up on the medical diagnosis that changed his life - and wishes he'd known sooner.
White - known affectionately as The Whirlwind - found fame in the 1980s and became a firm fan favourite on the baize.
White continued: "When you're under pressure, looking back all these things were going through my mind and all of a sudden I'm starting to miss everything.
White told Louis Theroux's documentary Gods of Snooker: "Cocaine was absolutely everywhere.
