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Mark Williams Snooker Player - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Mark Williams Snooker Player
- Mark James Williams, (born 21 March 1975) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion, winning in 2000, 2003, and 2018.
- Aged 43 when he triumphed in May 2018, he became the second oldest winner of the World Championship at the Crucible (Ray Reardon was the oldest winner in 1978, aged 45).
- Often noted for his single-ball long potting ability, Williams has earned the nickname "The Welsh Potting Machine". Williams has been ranked the world number 1 for a total of three seasons in his career (1999/2000, 2000/2001, and 2002/2003).
- His most successful season to date was 2002/2003, when he won the acclaimed treble of tournaments (known as the Triple Crown): the UK Championship, the Masters, and the World Championship.
- In doing so, he became only the third player, after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry, to win all three Triple Crown events in one season.
- In addition, he is the first player (and to date, the only player) to win all three versions of the professional World Championship – the World Snooker Championship, the Six-red World Championship and the World Seniors Championship. The first left-handed player to win the World Championship, Williams has won 22 ranking tournaments overall, including two UK Championships (1999 and 2002), making him fifth on the all-time list.
- He has also won the Masters on two occasions (1998 and 2003).
- His form began to decline after his second World Championship title in 2003; he then dropped out of the top 16 following the 2007/2008 season, but he regained his place for 2009/2010.
- Having failed to win a tournament from 2011 until 2017, he proceeded to win three events in 2018, including his third World Championship.
- Williams has compiled more than 470 century breaks during his career, as well as two maximum breaks in competition.
