 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hendry akatanga mwaka wa2008-09 nekurasikirwa kaviri mumitambo yake yekutanga. Akarohwa 15 naStephen Lee muNorthern Ireland Trophy uye 45 naRicky Walden muShanghai Masters. Akabudirira zvikuru muGrand Prix, zvisinei, achikunda mutambo wake wekutanga-kutenderera naDavid Gilbert 54, asati apera kukunda mukundi wekupedzisira, John Higgins, 25 mumutambo unotevera. Zvisinei, mumutambo unotevera wepamusoro, Bahrain Championship, akasvika kuma semi-fainari, asi akarasikirwa ne4 × 6 kuna Matthew Stevens. Mumakwikwi matatu anotevera, 2008 UK Championship, Masters uye Welsh Open, Hendry akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga naStephen Lee, Neil Robertson naMartin Gould zvichiteerana. Akawana chimiro muChina Open, achirova Robert Milkins naRicky Walden, asi akarasikirwa nemutambo wake wequarter-fainari kuna Peter Ebdon, mukundi wekupedzisira wemutambo. 