This article is about the English snooker player. For other people, see Mark Selby (disambiguation).
Mark Selby MBE
Selby at the 2020 Champion of Champions
Born
(1983-06-19) 19 June 1983 (age 40) Leicester, England
Sport country
England
Nickname
The Jester from Leicester[1]
Professional
1999–present
Highest ranking
1 (Sep 2011–Nov 2012; Dec 2012–Feb 2013; Apr–Jun 2013; May–Jul 2014; Aug–Dec 2014; Feb 2015–Mar 2019; Aug–Oct 2021; Nov 2021–Apr 2022)
Current ranking
6 (as of 7 May 2024)
Maximum breaks
5
Century breaks
821 (as of 6 May 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking
22
Minor-ranking
7
World Champion
2014
2016
2017
2021
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 22 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 professional competition, including five maximum breaks, one of which is the only one to have been made during the final of the World Championships.
Selby is also a pool player; he was the 2006 World Eight-ball Pool Federation champion, and the runner-up at the Chinese Eight-ball World Championship in 2015, making him the only man to have been world champion in both snooker and pool.
^Glendenning, Barry (2 May 2017). "The Jester smiles at last: Mark Selby steps out from Leicester City's shadow". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
Mark Anthony Selby MBE (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total...
Reardon and Steve Davis have won six titles; John Higgins and MarkSelby four; John Spencer and Mark Williams three; and Alex Higgins two. Hendry is the youngest...
the Crucible after trailing by nine frames. Brecel went on to defeat MarkSelby 18–15 in the final, winning his first world title, first Triple Crown...
the tournament. The defending champion was Luca Brecel who had defeated MarkSelby in the 2023 final; Brecel lost in the first round to David Gilbert. As...
losing three finals to Judd Trump, two to Neil Robertson, and one to MarkSelby. He has made one maximum break in professional competition. Lisowski began...
only O'Sullivan (23), Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15), and level with MarkSelby. A prolific break-builder, Higgins has compiled over 900 century breaks...
his career. In his quarter-final with MarkSelby, Ding led 10–6 after the first two sessions of the match. Selby built strong momentum by winning the first...
a calendar year. At the Masters in January, he defeated MarkSelby, Stephen Maguire, and Mark Allen en route to the final against Neil Robertson. Murphy...
Shaun Murphy. Robertson won three frames from 3–8 down to MarkSelby in the final, before Selby held off the fightback by taking the two frames he required...
the final. O'Sullivan lost in the second round to Anthony McGill 12–13. MarkSelby defeated Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final to win his fourth world title...
2011 Hincks, Michael (4 May 2021). "World Snooker Championship 2021 – MarkSelby wins fourth Crucible title with win over Shaun Murphy". Eurosport. Retrieved...
World Snooker Championship by making a 147 break in his match against MarkSelby. He became only the sixth player to achieve a maximum in the tournament...
Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, MarkSelby, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui and Mark Allen. Hendry held the number...
Day, who defeated Mark Allen 10–7 in the 2022 final, but he lost 2–4 to Ali Carter in the last 32. Mark Williams defeated MarkSelby 10–7 in the final...
Championship debutant Gary Wilson faced MarkSelby. They were tied at 2–2 before the mid-session interval, with Selby making a break of 85 in frame three...
one MarkSelby, who defeated John Higgins 18–15 in the final. Selby won despite having fallen 4–10 behind in the second session of the match. Selby defeated...
Snooker Champion, having won the 2023 event by defeating four-time champion MarkSelby 18–15 in the final. Brecel trailed Si Jiahui 5–14 in the semi-final, but...
January, he beat Mark King 6–3 in the first round and Ryan Day 6–1 in the quarter-finals, but lost 3–6 in the semi-finals against MarkSelby. He also reached...
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