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Mark Williams

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".

Mark Williams
MBE
Williams at the 2015 German Masters
Born (1975-03-21) 21 Mairch 1975 (age 49)
Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
Sport kintra Wales
Nickname
  • Welsh Potting Machine
  • Sprog
  • The Welsh Wonder
Professional1992–
Heichest rankin1 (May 2000–May 2002, May 2003–May 2004, May–September 2011)
Current rankin8 (as o 2021-12-20[needs update])
Career winnins£6,112,883
Heichest break147: (2 times)[1]
Century braks484
Toornament wins
Rankin22
Minor-rankin2
Non-rankin6
Warld Champion

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

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Rankin finals: 35 (22 titles, 13 runners-up)

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Legend
Warld Championship (3–1)
UK Championship (2–2)
Ither (17–10)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1996 Welsh Open   Parrott, JohnJohn Parrott 9–3
Winner 2. 1996 Grand Prix   Henderson, EuanEuan Henderson 9–5
Winner 3. 1997 British Open   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 9–2
Winner 4. 1998 Irish Open   McManus, AlanAlan McManus 9–4
Winner 5. 1999 Welsh Open (2)   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 9–8
Winner 6. 1999 Thailand Masters   McManus, AlanAlan McManus 9–7
Runner-up 1. 1999 Warld Snooker Championship   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 11–18
Runner-up 2. 1999 Grand Prix   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 8–9
Winner 7. 1999 UK Championship   Stevens, MatthewMatthew Stevens 10–8
Winner 8. 2000 Thailand Masters (2)   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 9–5
Winner 9. 2000 Warld Snooker Championship   Stevens, MatthewMatthew Stevens 18–16
Runner-up 3. 2000 Malta Grand Prix   Doherty, KenKen Doherty 3–9
Winner 10. 2000 Grand Prix (2)   O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 9–5
Runner-up 4. 2000 Scottish Open   O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 1–9
Runner-up 5. 2000 UK Championship   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 4–10
Runner-up 6. 2000 Cheenae Open   O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 3–9
Winner 11. 2002 Cheenae Open   Hamilton, AnthonyAnthony Hamilton 9–8
Winner 12. 2002 Thailand Masters (3)   Lee, StephenStephen Lee 9–4
Winner 13. 2002 UK Championship (2)   Doherty, KenKen Doherty 10–9
Runner-up 7. 2003 Welsh Open   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 5–9
Winner 14. 2003 Warld Snooker Championship (2)   Doherty, KenKen Doherty 18–16
Winner 15. 2003 LG Cup (3)   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 9–5
Winner 16. 2006 Cheenae Open (2)   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 9–8
Winner 17. 2010 Cheenae Open (3)   Ding Junhui 10–6
Runner-up 8. 2010 UK Championship (2)   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 9–10
Winner 18. 2011 German Masters   Selby, MarkMark Selby 9–7
Runner-up 9. 2011 Australian Goldfields Open   Bingham, StuartStuart Bingham 8–9
Runner-up 10. 2011 Shanghai Masters   Selby, MarkMark Selby 9–10
Runner-up 11. 2015 Players Tour Championship Finals   Perry, JoeJoe Perry 3–4
Runner-up 12. 2017 Cheenae Open   Selby, MarkMark Selby 8–10
Winner 19. 2017 Northren Ireland Open   Bingtao, YanYan Bingtao 9–8
Winner 20. 2018 German Masters (2)   Dott, GraemeGraeme Dott 9–1
Winner 21. 2018 Warld Snooker Championship (3)   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 18–16
Winner 22. 2018 Warld Open   Gilbert, DavidDavid Gilbert 10–9
Runner-up 13. 2019 Cheenae Championship   Murphy, ShaunShaun Murphy 9–10

Minor-rankin finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2010 Players Tour Championship – Event 1   Maguire, StephenStephen Maguire 4–0
Winner 2. 2013 Rotterdam Open   Selby, MarkMark Selby 4–3
Runner-up 1. 2015 Gdynia Open   Robertson, NeilNeil Robertson 0–4

Non-rankin finals: 17 (6 titles, 11 runners-up)

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Legend
The Masters (2–1)
Premier League (0–3)
Ither (4–7)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship   Lawler, RodRod Lawler 9–5
Runner-up 1. 1995 WPBSA Minor Tour – Event 6   Henry, DrewDrew Henry 5–6
Winner 2. 1998 The Masters   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 10–9
Runner-up 2. 1998 German Masters   Parrott, JohnJohn Parrott 4–6
Winner 3. 1998 Pontins Professional   Clark, MartinMartin Clark 9–6
Runner-up 3. 1999 Champions Cup   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 5–7
Runner-up 4. 2000 Champions Cup (2)   O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 5–7
Runner-up 5. 2000 Premier League   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 5–9
Runner-up 6. 2001 Malta Grand Prix   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 1–7
Runner-up 7. 2001 Champions Cup (3)   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 4–7
Runner-up 8. 2002 The Masters   Hunter, PaulPaul Hunter 9–10
Winner 4. 2003 The Masters (2)   Hendry, StephenStephen Hendry 10–4
Runner-up 9. 2003 Premier League (2)   Fu, MarcoMarco Fu 5–9
Runner-up 10. 2005 (<b id="mwC7E">May</b>) Premier League (3)   O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan 0–6
Winner 5. 2006 Pot Black   Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins 1–0
Winner 6. 2015 Warld Seniors Championship   O'Brien, FergalFergal O'Brien 2–1
Runner-up 11. 2015 General Cup   Fu, MarcoMarco Fu 3–7

Variant finals: 3 (1 titles, 2 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
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)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1995 Pontins Spring Open   Ebdon, PeterPeter Ebdon 7–4
Winner 2. 2003 TCC Open Snooker Championship   Morgan, DarrenDarren Morgan 6–1
Winner 3. 2004 TCC Open Snooker Championship (2)   Morgan, DarrenDarren Morgan 7–6
Runner-up 1. 2006 TCC Open Snooker Championship   Davies, PaulPaul 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)   Morgan, DarrenDarren Morgan 4–7
Winner 4. 2010 Finnish Snooker Challenge   Hull, RobinRobin Hull 6–1
Winner 5. 2012 Austrian Open   Couch, MatthewMatthew Couch 6–5

Team finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Team Opponent in the final Score Ref.
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

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  1. ↑ "Official 147s – Warld Snooker". Retrieved 8 Mey 2018.

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