Selby at the 2015 German Masters
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Born |
Leicester, England |
19 June 1983
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Sport country | England |
Nickname | The Jester from Leicester Mark the Shark, The Hoover, Sat-Nav Selby, The Torturer, Stickability Selby Sel Boy |
Professional | 1999– |
Highest ranking | 1 |
Current ranking | 1 (as of 18 December 2016) |
Career winnings | £3,975,666 |
Highest break | 147 (2 times) |
Century breaks | 458 |
Tournament wins | |
Ranking | 10 |
Minor-ranking | 7 |
Non-ranking | 6 |
World Champion | |
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Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. He is the reigning World Snooker and UK champion, having won both titles for a second time in 2016, and is the current world number one.
Selby joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16, having played on the UK Challenge Tour in 1998. In 2007, he was runner-up to John Higgins at the World Snooker Championship. After winning three Masters titles in 2008, 2010, and 2013, two UK Championships in 2012 and 2016, and two World Championships in 2014 and 2016, he became the sixth player to win all of snooker's Triple Crown events at least twice. His other ranking titles include the Welsh Open in 2008, the Shanghai Masters in 2011, the German Masters in 2015, the China Open in 2015 and the International Championship in 2016.