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==Playing style== Despite being most renowned as an intelligent tactician, he is a heavy scorer as well when amongst the balls at close quarters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kalb |first=Rolf |date=6 November 2012 |title=Snooker – Ding souverän – aber verpasst Maximum-Break |url=http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ding-souver%C3%A4n-verpasst-maximum-break-160132799.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110121031/http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-ding-souver%C3%A4n-verpasst-maximum-break-160132799.html |archive-date=10 November 2012 |access-date=6 November 2012 |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] [[Eurosport]] |language=de}}</ref> This relatively cautious approach has led to the nickname "Crafty Ken".<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2020 |title=The ancient Irish origins of the last name Doherty |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/doherty-irish-name-origin-ireland |website=IrishCentral.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haigh |first=Phil |date=5 May 2021 |title=Ken Doherty: World Seniors defeat was one of the most painful of my career |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/05/ken-doherty-world-seniors-championship-defeat-was-one-of-the-most-painful-of-my-career-14526648/ |website=[[Metro.co.uk]]}}</ref> For most of his career, Doherty played with a warped cue randomly selected from the cue rack in Jason's, a club where he practised. He humorously revealed that the club manager originally wanted £5 for it, but Doherty haggled him down to £2.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Loughran |first=Neil |date=2 April 2022 |title=Beating the best: How Ken Doherty stunned the unstoppable Scot |url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/othersports/2022/04/02/news/beating-the-best-how-ken-doherty-stunned-the-unstoppable-stephen-hendry-25-years-ago-2630734 |work=The Irish News}}</ref> At the [[2025 World Snooker Championship]] qualifiers, Doherty switched to a different cue for the first time in his professional career, likening the change to a "new romance".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-04-09 |title=New Cue Powers Doherty To Qualifying Win |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/09/new-cue-powers-doherty-to-qualifying-win/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=World Snooker Tour |language=en}}</ref>
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