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Mark Allen

Nationality: Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland); Male; Born: 22 Feb 1986 (38 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2005; Ranking wins: 11; Maximums: 3;
Ranking: 3;
Twitter: @pistol147; Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker
World Open (18-24 Mar 2024)
Rd 2 Wales Daniel Wells [78] 5-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
World Masters (4-6 Mar 2024)
SF Belgium Luca Brecel 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen Head to head Details 

72-6 (72), 95-58 (71), 0-122 (121)
125-10 (125), 0-133 (133), 101-1 (82)

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4-3 England Mark Selby Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 1.

Decided on the black ball. Watch the highlights of the epic decider on YouTube

Players Championship (19-25 Feb 2024)
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 10-8 China Zhang Anda [3] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
43-61, 0-82 (82), 24-70 (70), 69-0
79-51, 101-1 (101), 0-86 (64), 54-51

Session 2:
68-23, 6-75, 28-85 (64), 73-19, 69-30 (64)
65-56, 7-58, 64-51, 44-66 (50), 67-0

Referee: Jan Verhaas

This was Allen's second Players Championship title. It's his 11th ranking win in total and second of the season.

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-3 England Ali Carter [9] Head to head Details 

73-34, 0-76 (62), 108-14 (108), 0-120 (106)
72-54 (AC 54), 18-81 (56), 96-24 (73)
70-21 (65), 57-55

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-4 England Gary Wilson [4] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [12] 6-3 Wales Mark J Williams [5] Head to head Details 

146 by Allen in frame 1 was the highest break of the event

Welsh Open (12-18 Feb 2024)
QF Scotland John Higgins [13] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-0 England Robbie Williams [47] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-1 China Si Jiahui [28] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-0 China Ma Hailong [99] Head to head Details 
Allen's 141 in frame 3 was his 600th career century
Welsh Open Qual (25-27 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-3 China Cao Yupeng [43] Head to head Details 
German Masters (29 Jan - 4 Feb 2024)
Rd 4 Scotland John Higgins [12] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 5-2 England Joe O'Connor [35] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 5-2 England Louis Heathcote [105] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (18-22 Dec 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 5-4 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [124]   Details 
World Open Qual (22-24 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 5-1 Estonia Andres Petrov [98] Head to head Details 
World Grand Prix (15-21 Jan 2024)
Rd 2 China Zhang Anda [3] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [14] 4-2 England Jack Lisowski [19] Head to head Details 
Masters (7-14 Jan 2024)
SF England Ali Carter [11] 6-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 

12-78, 79-32 (71), 100-8 (100)
101-12 (101), 105-0 (105), 0-101 (101)
55-66 (AC 55), 87-8, 65-47

Carter is the first player with three consecutive centuries at the Masters.

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-5 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details 

147 by Allen in frame 3. It's his third career 147 and the 196th in pro snooker. It was the second of the event with Ding Junhui also making one in round one. It was the fifth in the history of the Masters. Watch on YouTube.

Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-5 Scotland John Higgins [10] Head to head Details 
Respotted black in frame two.
Scottish Open Qual (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 1 Wales Jamie Jones [41] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] Head to head Details 
Shoot Out (6-9 Dec 2023)
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 65-4 China Cao Yupeng [35] Head to head Details 

Referee: Alex Crisan

This was Allen's tenth ranking title.

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 60-8 England Steven Hallworth (a) Head to head Details 
QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 52-18 China Si Jiahui [21] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 19-10 England Oliver Lines [47] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 58-36 England Sanderson Lam [55] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 69-1 England Oliver Brown [78]   Details 

Break 64

Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 51-15 England Ben Woollaston [39] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (25 Nov - 3 Dec 2023)
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [17] 6-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (13-19 Nov 2023)
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 10-3 England Judd Trump [3] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
89-6 (59), 0-123 (123), 68-54, 63-62 (MA 63, JT 62), 75-48
137-0 (137), 66-14, 65-8, 13-68

Session 2:
0-83 (77), 61-32 (57), 75-0, 75-0 (75)

Referee: Brendan Moore

Allen wins Champion of Champions for the second time.

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-2 Scotland John Higgins [8] Head to head Details 

0-66 (65), 73-0 (73), 91-27 (91), 45-68 (68)
75-41, 107-20 (102), 83-48, 77-0 (77)

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-2 England Ali Carter Head to head Details 

Carter's 143 in frame 7 is the highest break of the event so far.

Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 4-1 England Jimmy White Head to head Details 
International Championship (5-12 Nov 2023)
Rd 3 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] 6-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-3 England Oliver Lines [61] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (22-29 Oct 2023)
Rd 2 Estonia Andres Petrov [85] 4-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] Head to head Details 
Decided on the final black
Northern Ireland Open Qual (17-20 Oct 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] 4-0 Belgium Ben Mertens [66]   Details 
Wuhan Open (9-15 Oct 2023)
QF England Ali Carter [11] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 5-2 England Jack Lisowski [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 5-4 China Si Jiahui [30] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 5-4 England Mark Joyce [62] Head to head Details 
English Open (2-8 Oct 2023)
Rd 3 England Matthew Selt [29] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 4-1 China Wu Yize [48]   Details 
English Open Qual (6-8 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 4-0 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [127]   Details 

Allen's four centuries in a row is only the second time this happens in a best of 7 match after Neil Robertson in 2013.

British Open (25 Sep - 1 Oct 2023)
Rd 2 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-0 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] Head to head Details 
112 by Wilson in frame 1 was a maximum attempt. He lost position on the last red. The 121 in frame 2 was the 400th century of Wilson's career.
British Open Qual (14-19 Aug 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 4-1 Scotland Anthony McGill [18] Head to head Details 
International Championship Qual (18-23 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 6-2 China Ma Hailong [104] Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters (11-17 Sep 2023)
Rd 2 China Fan Zhengyi [18] 6-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] Head to head Details 
Wuhan Open Qual (1-5 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [3] 5-3 England John Astley [66] Head to head Details 
European Masters (22-27 Aug 2023)
Rd 2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [36] 5-0 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (25-29 Jul 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4] 5-0 Ukraine Anton Kazakov [88]   Details