Marco Fu
Marco Fu after winning the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open
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8 January 1978 Hong Kong |
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 Hong Kong
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| Nickname | Hong Kong Fuey Cue-Man-Fu |
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| Professional | 1998– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 6 (November–December 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 8 (as of 18 December 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career winnings | £2,362,339 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest break | 147 (4 times) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 448 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ranking | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minor-ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranking | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Fu at 2013 German Masters.
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| Chinese | 傅家俊 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fù Jiājùn |
| Wade–Giles | Fu4 Chia1chün4 |
| IPA | [fû tɕjá tɕwə̂n] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Fu6 Ga1 Jeun3 |
Marco Fu Ka-chun MH (Chinese: 傅家俊, born 8 January 1978 in Hong Kong) is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He won the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and was the runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship and the 2011 Masters. He also won the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open and was runner-up in the 2013 German Masters and 2013 International Championship. In addition, Fu reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice – in 2006 and in 2016. Fu's career high world ranking is sixth, achieved in 2013. As a prolific break-builder, Fu has compiled more than 400 century breaks in professional competition, including four maximum 147 breaks. He currently resides in London.
Fu started playing snooker at the age of nine, but did not start playing regularly until he was 15. Fu was born in Hong Kong and migrated to Vancouver, Canada with his parents at the age of 12. After his high school graduation at age 18, Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council Co. Ltd President Joseph Lo invited him to return to Hong Kong to begin his career as a professional snooker player. Before turning professional, Fu won the World Amateur and World Under-21 Championships, both in 1997.
In 1998, the year he turned professional, Fu reached the final of the Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan (5–2) and then Peter Ebdon (5–3) in the process. An in-form Stephen Lee proved too strong for Fu in the final, defeating him 9–2, but Fu nevertheless rose dramatically through the rankings, reaching number 15 in the world for the 2000/01 season. When he first turned professional, he was ranked 377th in the world. During the rest of the 1998/99 season, Fu qualified for four more ranking tournaments, including the World Championship, winning four qualifying matches before losing to James Wattana 8–10 in the first round of the main draw.
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