Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player. He is a three-time World Snooker Champion 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 three World Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017, he became the sixth player to win all of
2017 World Snooker Championship 20, O'Sullivan attempted a 147 maximum break. He ran out of position after potting the 13th red and had to take the pink instead of the black and made a clearance of 146, which still ended up as the highest break of the championship. Barry Hawkins reached his fourth Crucible semifinal in five years, beating Stephen Maguire, the only qualifier to reach the quarterfinals, 13–9. The semifinals saw a repeat of the 2016 final, with Mark Selby playing Ding Junhui. Selby would defeat Ding 17–15. Selby would be ahead for most of the match, pulling away from Ding after the