Mark Williams
Williams at the 2015 German Masters | |
Born | Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales | 21 Mairch 1975
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Sport kintra | Wales |
Nickname |
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Professional | 1992– |
Heichest rankin | 1 (May 2000–May 2002, May 2003–May 2004, May–September 2011) |
Current rankin | 8 (as o 2021-12-20[needs update]) |
Career winnins | £6,112,883 |
Heichest break | 147: (2 times)[1] |
Century braks | 484 |
Toornament wins | |
Rankin | 22 |
Minor-rankin | 2 |
Non-rankin | 6 |
Warld Champion |
Mark James Williams, MBE (born 21 Mairch 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player that is a three-time Warld Champion, winnin in 2000, 2003, an 2018. Aged 43 whan he triumphed in May 2018, he became the secont auldest winner o the Warld Championship at the Crucible (Ray Reardon wis the auldest winner in 1978, aged 45). Aft notit fur his single-bawl lang pottin ability, Williams haes earnt the byname "The Welsh Potting Machine".
Williams haes been ranked the warld number 1 for a tot o three saesons in his career (1999/2000, 2000/2001, an 2002/2003). His maist successfu saison tae date wis 2002/2003, whan he won the acclaimed treble of tournaments (kent as the Triple Crown): the UK Championship, the Masters, an the Warld Championship. In daein sae, he became anly the third player, efter Steve Davis an Stephen Hendry, tae win aw three Triple Crown events in ae saison. In addition, he is the first player (an tae date, the anly player) tae win aw three versions of the professional Warld Championship – the Warld Snooker Championship, the Sax-red Warld Championship an the Warld Seniors Championship.
Career finals
[eedit | eedit soorce]Rankin finals: 35 (22 titles, 13 runners-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Legend |
Warld Championship (3–1) |
UK Championship (2–2) |
Ither (17–10) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 1996 | Welsh Open | John Parrott | 9–3 | |
Winner | 2. | 1996 | Grand Prix | Euan Henderson | 9–5 | |
Winner | 3. | 1997 | British Open | Stephen Hendry | 9–2 | |
Winner | 4. | 1998 | Irish Open | Alan McManus | 9–4 | |
Winner | 5. | 1999 | Welsh Open (2) | Stephen Hendry | 9–8 | |
Winner | 6. | 1999 | Thailand Masters | Alan McManus | 9–7 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 1999 | Warld Snooker Championship | Stephen Hendry | 11–18 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 1999 | Grand Prix | John Higgins | 8–9 | |
Winner | 7. | 1999 | UK Championship | Matthew Stevens | 10–8 | |
Winner | 8. | 2000 | Thailand Masters (2) | Stephen Hendry | 9–5 | |
Winner | 9. | 2000 | Warld Snooker Championship | Matthew Stevens | 18–16 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 2000 | Malta Grand Prix | Ken Doherty | 3–9 | |
Winner | 10. | 2000 | Grand Prix (2) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–5 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 2000 | Scottish Open | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 1–9 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 2000 | UK Championship | John Higgins | 4–10 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 2000 | Cheenae Open | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3–9 | |
Winner | 11. | 2002 | Cheenae Open | Anthony Hamilton | 9–8 | |
Winner | 12. | 2002 | Thailand Masters (3) | Stephen Lee | 9–4 | |
Winner | 13. | 2002 | UK Championship (2) | Ken Doherty | 10–9 | |
Runner-up | 7. | 2003 | Welsh Open | Stephen Hendry | 5–9 | |
Winner | 14. | 2003 | Warld Snooker Championship (2) | Ken Doherty | 18–16 | |
Winner | 15. | 2003 | LG Cup (3) | John Higgins | 9–5 | |
Winner | 16. | 2006 | Cheenae Open (2) | John Higgins | 9–8 | |
Winner | 17. | 2010 | Cheenae Open (3) | Ding Junhui | 10–6 | |
Runner-up | 8. | 2010 | UK Championship (2) | John Higgins | 9–10 | |
Winner | 18. | 2011 | German Masters | Mark Selby | 9–7 | |
Runner-up | 9. | 2011 | Australian Goldfields Open | Stuart Bingham | 8–9 | |
Runner-up | 10. | 2011 | Shanghai Masters | Mark Selby | 9–10 | |
Runner-up | 11. | 2015 | Players Tour Championship Finals | Joe Perry | 3–4 | |
Runner-up | 12. | 2017 | Cheenae Open | Mark Selby | 8–10 | |
Winner | 19. | 2017 | Northren Ireland Open | Yan Bingtao | 9–8 | |
Winner | 20. | 2018 | German Masters (2) | Graeme Dott | 9–1 | |
Winner | 21. | 2018 | Warld Snooker Championship (3) | John Higgins | 18–16 | |
Winner | 22. | 2018 | Warld Open | David Gilbert | 10–9 | |
Runner-up | 13. | 2019 | Cheenae Championship | Shaun Murphy | 9–10 |
Minor-rankin finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 2010 | Players Tour Championship – Event 1 | Stephen Maguire | 4–0 | |
Winner | 2. | 2013 | Rotterdam Open | Mark Selby | 4–3 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | Gdynia Open | Neil Robertson | 0–4 |
Non-rankin finals: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Legend |
The Masters (2–1) |
Premier League (0–3) |
Ither (4–7) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 1994 | Benson & Hedges Championship | Rod Lawler | 9–5 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 1995 | WPBSA Minor Tour – Event 6 | Drew Henry | 5–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 1998 | The Masters | Stephen Hendry | 10–9 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 1998 | German Masters | John Parrott | 4–6 | |
Winner | 3. | 1998 | Pontins Professional | Martin Clark | 9–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 1999 | Champions Cup | Stephen Hendry | 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 2000 | Champions Cup (2) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 2000 | Premier League | Stephen Hendry | 5–9 | |
Runner-up | 6. | 2001 | Malta Grand Prix | Stephen Hendry | 1–7 | |
Runner-up | 7. | 2001 | Champions Cup (3) | John Higgins | 4–7 | |
Runner-up | 8. | 2002 | The Masters | Paul Hunter | 9–10 | |
Winner | 4. | 2003 | The Masters (2) | Stephen Hendry | 10–4 | |
Runner-up | 9. | 2003 | Premier League (2) | Marco Fu | 5–9 | |
Runner-up | 10. | 2005 (<b id="mwC7E">May</b>) | Premier League (3) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0–6 | |
Winner | 5. | 2006 | Pot Black | John Higgins | 1–0 | |
Winner | 6. | 2015 | Warld Seniors Championship | Fergal O'Brien | 2–1 | |
Runner-up | 11. | 2015 | General Cup | Marco Fu | 3–7 |
Variant finals: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | Sax-red Warld Championship | Mark Davis | 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 2017 | Sax-red Warld Championship | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | 8–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2018 | Sax-red Macau Masters | Barry Hawkins | 2–3 |
Pro-am finals: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 1995 | Pontins Spring Open | Peter Ebdon | 7–4 | |
Winner | 2. | 2003 | TCC Open Snooker Championship | Darren Morgan | 6–1 | |
Winner | 3. | 2004 | TCC Open Snooker Championship (2) | Darren Morgan | 7–6 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 2006 | TCC Open Snooker Championship | Paul Davies | 4–7 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2008 | TCC Open Snooker Championship (2) | Lee Walker | 5–7 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 2009 | TCC Open Snooker Championship (3) | Darren Morgan | 4–7 | |
Winner | 4. | 2010 | Finnish Snooker Challenge | Robin Hull | 6–1 | |
Winner | 5. | 2012 | Austrian Open | Matthew Couch | 6–5 |
Team finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)
[eedit | eedit soorce]Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 1999 | Nations Cup | Wales | Scotland | 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 2000 | Nations Cup | Wales | Ingland | 4–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 2017 | CVB Snooker Challenge | Great Breetain | Cheenae | 26–9 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2018 | Macau Masters | Joe Perry Marco Fu Zhang Anda |
Barry Hawkins Ryan Day Zhao Xintong Zhou Yuelong |
1–5 |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Official 147s – Warld Snooker". Retrieved 8 Mey 2018.