Mark Selby: The Jester from Leicester City

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Mark Selby is an English professional snooker player. Not just a snooker player, but is also a professional Pool player. Mark has been a professional pool and snooker play for over more than two decades. Mark Selby turned a PRO in 1998 and still continues to play after two decades.

Mark Selby

Selby won the under-15 English championship in 1998 then turned pro. Mark Selby is a profound, calm, and insightful player in the game. Mark Selby secured world #01 position six-time by winning triple crown titles at least two times. The Jester lifted the master's trophy three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013, UK championship two times in 2012 and 2016. Mark Selby lifted his first world snooker championship trophy for the first time in 2014. Since the first win, Mark Selby in total has won three world snooker championships in  2014, 2016, and 2017.

Mark Selby is a pool player as well having a crown of World 8-Ball Pool Federation champion in 2008. Being a pool player, allows Selby to have critical knowledge about bank shots and across the cushion shots. THIS IS WHAT MAKES SELBY THE BEST OF THE REST.

Mark Selby celebrating at the crucible

Lets have a look at Jester’s Achievements:

  • Mark Selby has over 600-century breaks in his professional career in snooker.
  • Reached world snooker championship finals four times and winning the title three times (2014, 2016, and 2017) by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui, and John Higgins.
  • The Jester consecutively has been the world no. 1 for 7 times from September 2011 till March 2019.
  • The Jester from Leicester created three maximum breaks 147 over his career till 2021.
  • Mark Selby won 19 ranking titles securing Masters, Uk championship, Home nation series, german master, China open, Paul Hunter classic, European championship and Shanghai masters.

Well that all from Selby? No. Mark Selby is a player of determination and Hustle, over the years he has developed a sense of acknowledgment and is aware of the essence of the game. The most astonishing aspects of Mark Selby’s career is clinching matches as well as Finals and Semi-Finals against the most renowned players in the world like Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, Judd Trump, John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Neil Robertson and Stephen Hendry, etc. His career as a professional pool player helps Selby a lot while playing tactical play and break building. Selby is also known as the best tactical player in the game especially in the last rounds of a tournament.

Mark selby wining 2014 world snooker championship
Mark Selby & iconic crucible trophy

Mark Selby defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2014 world snooker championship won 18-14 in final by a clearance. Selby when potted the last black celebrated and also got emotional. In the interview, Selby said “it was my father’s dream seeing me becoming a world champion but he isn’t among us. But what my father dreamed, I have achieved.”

world snooker championship celebrations
Mark Celebrating his first world championship victory

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