Mark J Williams

Nationality:

(Wales); First season as pro: 1992; Male; Status: Professional; Ranking: 3; Seeding: 3; Born: 21 Mar 1975 (43 years); Bio page; Twitter: @markwil147; Other sources: CueTracker

World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2018)
Final		Mark J Williams [7]	18	-	16	John Higgins [5]	Williams' 100 in frame 32 was the 84th century break of the tournament. The record is 86. Higgins missed the 11th red in frame 24 on his way to a maximum.
Final	Session 1: 75-23, 65-15, 72-35, 70-60 (JH 55) 4-120 (119), 133-0 (95), 0-98 (52), 21-82 (59) Session 2: 81-46 (76), 31-75 (51), 8-127 (127), 76-12, 9-85 (56) 15-123 (117), 123-0 (118), 64-35 (64), 80-43 Session 3: 98-5 (61), 73-19 (56), 126-0 (69, 56), 63-7 (52) 29-92 (67), 65-76 (JH 72, MW 65), 0-80 (80), 84-8 Session 4: 1-131 (131), 58-68 (JH 67, MW 58), 47-82 (82), 0-91 47-67 (62), 74-0, 104-14 (100), 63-65 (JH 65, MW 63), 71-0 (69) Referee: Brendan Moore This was Williams' third title from four finals but first since 2003.
SF		Mark J Williams [7]	17	-	15	Barry Hawkins [6]	Hawkins missed the opportunity to go 16-14 up. Williams took the lead in the match first at 16-15!
SF	Session 1: 1-129 (129), 0-79 (74), 103-26 (88), 10-81 83-35, 41-81 (52), 0-90 (90), 110-0 (110) Session 2: 80-0 (80), 77-0, 37-70 (63), 65-33 45-68 (57), 32-73, 58-66 (BH 56), 104-18 (62) Session 3: 0-128 (128), 81-46, 80-9, 68-44 (68) 2-92 (53), 0-133 (133), 103-0 (103), 50-73 (73, MJW 50) Session 4: 78-44 (55), 33-77, 67-42, 67-39 40-105 (60), 68-47, 66-33, 63-55
QF		Mark J Williams [7]	13	-	8	Allister Carter [15]	Two re-racks in frame 8.
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [7]	13	-	7	Robert Milkins [37]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [7]	10	-	5	Jimmy Robertson [34]	Re-rack in frame 12
China Open (2-8 Apr 2018)
QF		Mark Selby [1]	6	-	2	Mark J Williams [9]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	5	Mark Allen [8]	Decided on the final black
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	1	Michael Holt [24]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	1	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [56]
Championship League - Winners' Group (28-29 Mar 2018)
Grp		Mark Selby	3	-	0	Mark J Williams
Grp		Allister Carter	3	-	2	Mark J Williams
Grp		Kyren Wilson	3	-	1	Mark J Williams
Grp		Martin Gould	3	-	1	Mark J Williams
Grp		John Higgins	3	-	2	Mark J Williams
Grp		Mark J Williams	3	-	2	Zhou Yuelong
Players Championship (19-25 Mar 2018)
SF		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	3	Mark J Williams [2]
SF	133-8 (133), 76-62 (70, 62), 117-16 (117), 60-67 89-8 (88), 45-73, 87-0, 0-127 (127), 56-14
QF		Mark J Williams [2]	6	-	3	Ryan Day [10]	Day had won 12 consecutive matches.
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [2]	6	-	2	Yan Bingtao [15]
Romanian Masters (14-18 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Allister Carter [9]	4	-	0	Mark J Williams [5]
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 3		Martin Gould [23]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [8]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	3	Aditya Mehta [79]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	2	Mark King [19]
World Grand Prix (19-25 Feb 2018)
Rd 1		Stuart Bingham [31]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [2]
Shoot-Out (8-11 Feb 2018)
Rd 4		Joe Perry [13]	61	-	56	Mark J Williams [4]
Rd 4	Blue Ball Shootout. 52 break by Williams when Perry was 51-0 up.
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [4]	54	-	9	Allan Taylor [86]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [4]	55	-	45	James Wattana [72]
Rd 2	Break 52
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [4]	44	-	0	Li Hang [27]
German Masters (31 Jan - 4 Feb 2018)
Final		Mark J Williams [9]	9	-	1	Graeme Dott [26]
Final	Session 1: 79-1 (79), 73-8, 56-72 (56 MW, 64 GD), 66-64 79-0 (79), 76-40 (66), 74-43, 132-0 (110) Session 2: 66-16 (66), 86-8 (50) Referee: Maike Kesseler This was Williams's 20th ranking title. Dott was in his first ranking final since the 2010 World Championship.
SF		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	1	Judd Trump [4]
SF	106-29 (68), 69-57, 109-0 (109), 0-101 (51) 77-30, 109-20 (51), 70-42
QF		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [32]
QF	This was Robertson's first ranking quarterfinal
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	2	Matthew Selt [42]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	3	Fergal O'Brien [43]
China Open Qual (27-30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2		Mark J Williams [9]	6	-	1	Ian Preece [81]
Championship League - Group 5 (23-24 Jan 2018)
Final		Mark J Williams	3	-	1	Ricky Walden
Final	72-25, 136-0 (136), 39-47, 72-26 (63)
SF		Mark J Williams	3	-	1	Ben Woollaston
SF	4-82 (82), 78-4 (78), 75-21 (55), 70-35
Grp		Mark J Williams	3	-	0	Joe Perry
Grp		Mark J Williams	3	-	0	David B Gilbert
Grp		Judd Trump	3	-	0	Mark J Williams
Grp		Mark J Williams	3	-	1	Martin Gould
Grp		Mark J Williams	3	-	1	Ricky Walden
Grp	144 by Williams in the second frame is the highest break in the group so far.
Grp		Ben Woollaston	3	-	1	Mark J Williams
Masters (14-21 Jan 2018)
QF		Kyren Wilson [13]	6	-	1	Mark J Williams [10]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [10]	6	-	5	Mark Selby [2]
German Masters Qual (19-22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 2		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	3	Matthew Stevens [49]
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [9]	5	-	1	Oliver Lines [58]
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Xu Si [97]	w/o			Mark J Williams [10]
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Rd 3		Ryan Day [17]	6	-	5	Mark J Williams [16]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [16]	6	-	2	Andrew Higginson [49]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [16]	6	-	0	Paul S Davison [113]
Northern Ireland Open (20-26 Nov 2017)
Final		Mark J Williams [15]	9	-	8	Yan Bingtao [33]
Final	Session 1: 43-79, 0-71 (51), 67-19, 32-74 104-0 (104), 29-94 (63), 63-3, 12-66 Session 2: 0-137 (137), 82-33 (62), 90-5 (90), 89-36 (58) 23-73 (59), 63-18, 45-75 (60), 75-26, 77-28 Referee: Marcel Eckardt This was Williams' 19th ranking title but first since the 2011 German Masters. Yan is the youngest player ever to have reached the final of a ranking event.
SF		Mark J Williams [15]	6	-	2	Elliot Slessor [78]	Slessor reached the semifinals for the first time.
SF	78-46, 142-0 (127), 25-71 (70), 62-0 (61) 18-54, 69-13 (68), 58-42, 67-44 (54)						Slessor reached the semifinals for the first time.
QF		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	1	Mike Dunn [42]
Rd 4		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	2	David B Gilbert [21]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	1	Akani Songsermsawad [84]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	0	Tom Ford [28]	The 113 break by Williams in frame three was the 400th century of his career
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [15]	4	-	0	James Wattana [76]
Shanghai Masters (13-18 Nov 2017)
QF		Ronnie O'Sullivan [13]	5	-	1	Mark J Williams [16]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [16]	5	-	3	Mark Selby [2]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [16]	5	-	0	Gerard Greene [100]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [16]	5	-	1	Wang Yuchen [82]
International Championship (29 Oct - 5 Nov 2017)
Rd 3		Mark Selby [1]	6	-	4	Mark J Williams [17]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [17]	6	-	2	Ryan Day [15]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [17]	6	-	4	Yu Delu [48]
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 3		Jack Lisowski [55]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [17]
Rd 3	Watch the match from the late third frame on YouTube.
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [17]	4	-	1	Luca Brecel [12]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [17]	4	-	1	David Grace [47]
Shanghai Masters Qual (11-13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2		Mark J Williams [16]	5	-	2	Niu Zhuang [111]
European Masters (2-8 Oct 2017)
QF		Cao Yupeng [84]	4	-	2	Mark J Williams [12]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [12]	4	-	2	Neil Robertson [5]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [12]	4	-	3	Ross Muir
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [12]	4	-	1	Yan Bingtao [52]
International Championship Qual (26-29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [17]	6	-	1	Boonyarit Keattikun [100]
World Open (18-24 Sep 2017)
QF		Kyren Wilson [11]	5	-	1	Mark J Williams [14]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [14]	5	-	1	Jimmy Robertson [35]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [14]	5	-	0	Chen Zhe [88]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [14]	5	-	0	Matthew Stevens [51]
6 Red World Championship (4-9 Sep 2017)
Final		Mark J Williams [7]	8	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20]
Final	0-71 (71), 49-0, 55-1, 32-37 39-0, 38-9, 54-0, 50-0 (50) 49-6, 43-15
SF		Mark J Williams [7]	7	-	3	Marco Fu [2]
SF	68-0, 50-37, 37-4, 0-70 (70) 39-0, 33-16, 33-23, 0-68 (68) 0-35, 44-0
QF		Mark J Williams [7]	6	-	2	Michael Holt [14]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [7]	6	-	3	Kyren Wilson [4]
6 Red, F (4-6 Sep 2017)
Grp		Mark J Williams [7]	5	-	3	Mark King [12]
Grp		Mark J Williams [7]	5	-	3	James Wattana [22]
Grp		Mark J Williams [7]	5	-	1	Soheil Vahedi
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
Rd 1		George Pragnall (a)	w/o			Mark J Williams [5]
China Championship (16-22 Aug 2017)
QF		Li Hang [58]	5	-	3	Mark J Williams [15]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	3	Tom Ford [31]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	0	Ryan Day [18]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	2	Tian Pengfei [50]
World Open Qual (6-9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [14]	5	-	0	Christopher Keogan [84]
European Masters Qual (3-4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [12]	w/o			Hamza Akbar
Riga Masters (23-25 Jun 2017)
SF		Ryan Day [11]	5	-	4	Mark J Williams [8]
SF	86-36, 82-41 (70), 0-81 (56), 8-74 5-77 (56), 73-8, 71-33 (67), 60-66, 77-32 (77)
QF		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	1	Mark Joyce [41]
Rd 3		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	2	Robbie Williams [46]
Rd 2		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	1	Luca Brecel [20]
Rd 1		Mark J Williams [8]	4	-	1	Peter Ebdon [33]
China Championship Qual (3-6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [15]	5	-	3	Jak Jones [74]
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Mark J Williams [8]	w/o			Yu Delu [40]