Mark Williams
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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 at the 2015 German Masters | |
Born | (1975-03-21) 21 Mairch 1975 (age 48) Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales |
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Sport kintra | Wales |
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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 |
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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.