Allister Carter

Ali Carter

Ali Carter at the 2013 German Masters
Born	(1979-07-25) 25 July 1979 (age 37) Colchester, Essex
Sport country	England
Nickname	The Captain
Professional	1996–
Highest ranking	2 (September and October 2010)
Current ranking	14 (as of 18 December 2016)
Career winnings	£2,021,721
Highest break	147 (2 times)
Century breaks	231
Tournament wins
Ranking	4
Minor-ranking	1
Non-ranking	3

Allister "Ali" Carter (born 25 July 1979, Colchester, Essex, England) is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Chelmsford. He is a two-time World Championship runner-up, twice losing to Ronnie O'Sullivan, in 2008 and 2012. He has also won four ranking titles and been as high as second in the world rankings.

Carter turned professional in 1996. He first emerged in 1999, winning the WPBSA Association Young Player of the Year award after winning the Benson and Hedges Championship in 1999 – this earned him a wild card place in the Masters. He also reached the semi-finals of the 1999 Grand Prix. It was eight years before he reached another ranking semi-final, the 2007 Malta Cup.

He was close to the elite top 16 for three successive seasons ranking as 17, 19, and 19 through 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06, respectively, before reaching it in the 2006/07 season and remaining there in 2008.

He reached the last 16 (second round) of the World Championship in 2005, after scoring the first 10–0 victory in the event since 1993 against 1993 semi-finalist James Wattana in qualifying. At the 2007 World Championship he beat Andy Hicks in the first round, 10–4, before beating World No. 1 and seven-time champion Stephen Hendry 13–6 to reach his first World Championship quarter-final and guarantee a place in the Top-16. Carter now has a 5–4 record against Hendry; conversely, he has never beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan in 12 attempts.