Mark Selby one match due to jetlag. Selby reached the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in 2002 and 2003, losing both times. Early in the 2005/06 season he began to be managed by former snooker professional and fellow Leicester resident Mukesh Parmar, and reached the final stages of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre for the first time. Selby went out in the first round, losing to John Higgins, but has qualified for the final stages every year since, including in 2006 despite a 147 from his final qualifying round opponent Robert Milkins. In that tournament, Selby
Mark Selby rookie Oliver Lines came from 0–4 behind to defeat him 6–4. In the invitational Champion of Champions tournament, he reached the quarter-finals, but lost 1–6 against Judd Trump. He suffered another early exit at the UK Championship when he lost 4–6 to David Morris in the last 64. Playing Shaun Murphy in the first round of the Masters, Selby fell 1–5 behind before recovering to 5–5, but lost the match 5–6 on the deciding frame. It was the first time that Selby lost in a deciding frame at the Masters, having won the previous 11 deciding frames. At the German