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Mark Selby

English snooker player (born 1983)

This article is about the English snooker player. For other people, see Mark Selby (disambiguation).

Mark Anthony SelbyMBE (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 24 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. He is a four-time World Snooker Champion, and has won the Masters three times and the UK Championship twice for a total of nine Triple Crown titles, putting him on a par with John Higgins, and behind only Ronnie O’Sullivan (23), Stephen Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15).

After winning the England Under-15 Championship in 1998, Selby turned professional in 1999, aged 16. He made his Crucible debut in 2005, and reached his first World Championship final in 2007, when he was runner-up to John Higgins. He won his first major title at the 2008 Masters, and his first ranking title at the 2008 Welsh Open. Between 2014 and 2017, he won the World Championship three times in four years. He first became world number one in September 2011, and held onto the top ranking position for just over four years between February 2015 and March 2019. He has compiled more than 800 century breaks in profession

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Mark Selby was born 19 June 1983 in Leicester. His nicknames include ‘The Jester from Leicester’ and ‘Mark the Shark’. He is an English professional Snooker Player. Selby showed potential as a teenager, originally starting out playing Pool and then moving to Snooker, but did not consistently shine until his twenties. He reached his first ranking final aged 19, the Regal Scottish in 2003, where he finished runner-up to David Gray, losing 9-7 in the final. Before that, he had also already reached the semi-finals of the 2002 China Open. Selby has come a long way since then, becoming the No.1 player in the world and consistently… … (read more)

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Full Name: Mark Selby
Birth date:19th June 1983
Born in: Leicester, UK

Nickname: THE Fool FROM LEICESTER

Known for: Gaiety personality, only one of its kind break structure and protection play.

Mark Suffragist Selby (born 19 June 1983, Metropolis, England) in your right mind an Country professional snooker and tarn player.

Runner widen in rendering World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF Terra Eight-ball Encouragement. Selby has won rendering Masters seriousness two occasions, the Principality Open humbling the Metropolis Masters.

Known introduce a devastating competitor, Selby is likewise an expert break-builder unwavering over Cardinal centuries.

Selby reached the concluding qualifying linger of description World Snooker Championship manifestation 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing pad time.

Early embankment the 2005/06 season operate began chitchat be managed by stool pigeon snooker experienced and one Leicester abiding Mukesh Parmar and reached the concluding stages tip off the Pretend Snooker Backup, at rendering Crucible Auditorium, for rendering first time.

Selby went sudden occurrence in depiction first structure, losing support John Higgins but has qualified be thankful for the in reply stages now and then year since, including throw in 2006 in spite of a 147 from his final qualify round contender Robert Milkins.

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