| Born |
March 21, 1975 |
| Lives |
Cwm, Gwent, Wales |
| Nickname |
"Sprog" |
| Turned pro |
1992 |
| Manager: |
110 Sport Ltd
Kerse Road
Sterling
Scotland
FK7 7SG
Tel 01786 462634
|
| Match stats |
1998/99 ranking events; 1999/2000 ranking events
|
| Highest pro break |
147 (2005 Embassy World Championship) |
| Highest ranked |
1 (2000-2001, 2003) |
| Current ranking |
22 |
| World Championship best |
Winner two times (2000 and
2003)
|
| Best ranking event performance |
Winner of 16 tournaments:
Regal Welsh 1996,
1999;
Grand Prix 1996;
British Open 1997;
Irish Open 1998;
Thailand Masters 1999,
2000,
2002;
UK Championship 1999,
2002;
Embassy World Championship 2000,
2003;
Grand Prix 2000;
China Open 2002,
2006;
LG Cup 2003
|
| Major invitation tournament victories: |
Benson & Hedges Masters 1998,
2003
|
| Career centuries |
54 (end of 1997/98 season) |
| Career earnings |
£1,847,453 (through the 2001 Thailand Masters) |
| 2000/2001 earnings |
£225,440 (through the Thailand Masters) |
| Speciality |
Potting |
| Achievements |
Mark J Williams broke into the snooker elite in the 1995/96 season. In that
year he won his first major tournament, the
1996 Welsh Open.
In 1998 he won the Benson & Hedges Masters by
beating Stephen Hendry on a respotted black in the final.
In the 1998/99 season he won three ranking tournaments;
the 1998 Irish Open, the
1999 Welsh Open and the
1999 Thailand Masters. This makes him only the
fourth player in history to win three ranking titles in one season.
Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and
John Higgins are the other three players to have managed this
feat.
In 2000 he finally became world champion by beating long-time friend and rival,
Matthew Stevens 18-16 in the final after being behind the entire match. In 2003 he won it again.
Another important title was the
1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship.
In total he's been in 33 professional finals.
Previously he has also won the 1994 Benson & Hedges Championship.
Until going down 9-7 to Fergal O'Brien in the 2003 Travis Perkins UK Championship
Mark Williams won his first match in 48 straight ranking tournaments!
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