Biography of Mark Selby
Mark Selby, a well-known Snooker Player, was born June 19, 1983 in United Kingdom. The World Snooker Champion 2014 was an English snooker player, nicknamed “The Jester From Leicester”. He has won all three of the Triple Crown events in the sport and is ranked the best player in the world according to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. According to Astrologers Mark Selby is Gemini.
Mark Anthony Selby, a professional English snooker player, was born 19 June 1983. He was the World Snooker Champion for three consecutive years and was number one in world rankings for more that four years. He is joint seventh on the all-time ranking tournament winners list with Judd Trump, having won 17 ranking titles.
In May 2011, he married Vikki Layton, an Irish ex-pool player. Sofia, their daughter, was born in November 2014.
Selby was a promising teenager but he didn’t play snooker consistently until his twenties. In 1998, Selby began his professional career on the UK Tour. This was the WPBSA’s second professional tour. At the age of 16, he joined the professional tour. He reached the semi-finals at the China Open in 2002. This was despite having to leave his hotel room at 2:45 a.m. because of jetlag. He reached his first ranking final at The Scottish Open in April 2003, when he was 19 years old. David Gray won 9-7. He reached the final round of qualifying for the World Snooker Championships in 2002 and 2003 but was unable to make it to the knockout stages at The Crucible Theatre.
Mark Selby is a top-ranked Snooker Player and listed on the most popular Snooker Player. Our analysis of Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider shows that Mark Selby’s net worth is about $1.5 million. He finished second to David Gray at 2003 Regal Scottish, at the age of nineteen.
Here is a listing of professional season results starting in 1999.
Selby, who was 16 years old, joined the main professional snooker tour at the age. He had previously competed on the non-ranking UK Tour 1998. At the 2007 World Snooker Championship, he finished second to John Higgins. He is the sixth player to win at least two of the Triple Crown events in snooker. He has won three Masters titles (2008), 2010 and 2013, two UK Championships (2012) and 2016, as well as three World Championships (2016), 2014, 2016 and 2017. He also holds the Welsh Open 2008, Shanghai Masters 2011 and China Open 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2018 as well as the Paul Hunter Classic 2016 and 2017. He also won the International Championship in 2016/2017, China Championship 2018, and 2018 and the English Open 2019. He is also an outstanding pool player having won the WEPF World Eightball Championship in 2006.
Selby was managed from late 2005 by Mukesh Parmar, a former snooker professional who is also a Leicester resident. In 2005 Selby reached the main draw for the World Snooker Championship. He lost 5-10 to John Higgins during the first round. He has been a Crucible regular since 2005, when he lost 5-10 to John Higgins in the first round. This was despite Robert Milkins, his final qualifying round opponent, scoring a mere 147. After facing Higgins again in the first round, he defeated the Grand Prix and Masters champion 10-4, before being eliminated by Mark Williams in round 2.
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Our records show that Mark Selby was married to Vikki Leyton. Mark Selby is currently not dating anyone as of May 2022.
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