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Mark Selby
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Nationality: England (England); Male; Born: 19 Jun 1983 (40 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1999; Ranking wins: 20; Maximums: 4;
Ranking: 1; Euro Tour: 1; Asian Tour: n/a
Homepage: markselby.info; Twitter: @markjesterselby; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2016) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [2] 18-14 China Ding Junhui [17] Head to head Details  Pencil

First session:
125-8 (91), 70-68 (DJ 52), 101-43 (76), 124-0 (120)
100-0 (70), 77-38, 47-68, 14-107

Second session:
73-22, 30-92 (76), 1-103 (103), 49-93 (89)
71-1, 0-86 (86), 52-82 (55), 86-25, 67-27

Third session:
7-121 (89), 56-61, 126-11 (126), 0-103 (103)
75-43 (52), 118-9 (68), 1-69 (52), 75-11 (55)

Fourth session:
103-0 (57), 67-60 (DJ 60), 0-87 (73), 0-108 (70)
0-103 (103), 59-11, 74-0 (74)

Referee: Paul Collier

Selby became the 13th player to win the World Championship at least twice.

He also ended the season as No.1 in the rankings for the fifth year in a row.

SF England Mark Selby [2] 17-15 Hong Kong Marco Fu [14] Head to head Details  Pencil

First session:
65-25, 76-5 (56), 76-0 (63), 0-73 (72)
37-60, 59-9, 23-90 (89), 73-0 (69)

Second session:
52-65 (MS 52), 67-54 (55), 64-55, 0-135 (135)
8-67, 19-114 (114), 5-81 (81), 81-34

Third session:
66-12, 125-0 (125), 55-59, 8-109 (108)
65-43, 0-80 (71), 0-77 (77), 73-43

Fourth session:
64-15, 1-116 (98), 75-7 (63), 5-100 (100)
101-0 (101), 0-147 (50,73), 79-4, 94-53

Fu's tip fell off in the 15th frame.

Frame 24 took 76 minutes and 11 seconds, which is the longest in Crucible history.

QF England Mark Selby [2] 13-8 England Kyren Wilson [19] Head to head Details  Pencil

Wilson made a 143 in the 20th frame, the highest break of the tournament. Watch on YouTube.

Rd 2 England Mark Selby [2] 13-11 England Sam Baird [59] Head to head Details 
From 11-7 down Sam Baird levelled the match at 11-11
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Rd 1 England Mark Selby [2] 10-6 England Robert Milkins [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
World Grand Prix (8-13 Mar 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Tom Ford [28] 4-2 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head   Pencil
Championship League - Winners' Group (2-3 Mar 2016) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 England Judd Trump Head to head   Pencil

Fantastic clearance by Trump from 61-0 down denied Selby a 3-1 win

Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head   Pencil
Grp Scotland Stephen Maguire 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil

Maguire won the fourth frame on a respot to tie the match at 2-2.

Grp England Ali Carter 3-1 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Matthew Selt 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil

141 by Selt was the highest break in the group

Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil

O'Sullivan made a 71 break in the decider to come back from 58-0 down.

Euro Tour 6 (23-28 Feb 2016) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [16] 4-1 England Martin Gould Head to head Details  Pencil

26-73, 92-6 (92), 70-0 (69), 93-31 (51), 100-26 (62)

Referee: Robert Zablocki

This was Selby's record-breaking seventh win in a Euro Tour/PTC event.

SF England Mark Selby [16] 4-2 England Andrew Higginson [22] Head to head Details  Pencil

73-0 (59), 110-15 (110), 63-35, 1-66
12-94 (81), 73-31 (54)

QF England Mark Selby [16] 4-1 Hong Kong Marco Fu [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [16] 4-3 England Sam Baird [25] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [16] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] Head to head  
Selby was 0-3 behind
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Rd 2 England Mark Selby [16] 4-2 Scotland John Higgins [41] Head to head  
Higgins needed a snooker to steal frame 3.
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Rd 1 England Mark Selby [16] 4-2 England Joe Roberts (a)     Pencil
Championship League - Group 5 (22-23 Feb 2016) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby 3-1 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil

23-53, 90-24 (54), 72-70, 131-0 (131)

Selby's 131 was the highest break of the group

SF England Mark Selby 3-0 England Michael Holt Head to head Details  Pencil

78-45, 123-0 (123), 104-31 (100)

Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Mark Davis Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Kyren Wilson 3-1 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England David Gilbert Head to head   Pencil

The 123 by Selby is his 400th century. He is only the fifth player to reach this mark. Watch on YouTube.

Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Michael Holt Head to head   Pencil
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2016) Pencil
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 5-1 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [3] 4-2 Wales Mark J Williams [14] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [3] 4-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [35] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [3] 4-2 England Peter Lines [70] Head to head  
In frame five Selby needed a snooker but he got it to lead 3-2 with a great clearance.
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Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 4-0 Wales Duane Jones [113]     Pencil
China Open Qual (9-11 Feb 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Isle of Man Darryl Hill [96] w/o England Mark Selby [2]    
Selby pulled out for personal reasons. Match was originally planned to be held over to main venue.
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German Masters (3-7 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland Stephen Maguire [16] 5-3 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] 5-0 England Steven Hallworth [98]     Pencil
Championship League - Group 4 (27-28 Jan 2016) Pencil
Final Wales Mark J Williams 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

131-7 (131), 67-1, 83-53 (MS 53)

SF England Mark Selby 3-1 Australia Neil Robertson Head to head Details  Pencil

79-8 (67), 79-0 (79), 12-77 (77), 66-20 (55)

Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Ben Woollaston Head to head   Pencil
Grp Scotland Graeme Dott 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 Australia Neil Robertson Head to head   Pencil
Grp Wales Mark J Williams 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 Wales Michael White Head to head   Pencil
Championship League - Group 3 (25-26 Jan 2016) Pencil
Final Scotland Stephen Maguire 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

7-101 (101), 67-40 (58), 63-24, 36-74, 69-0

SF England Mark Selby 3-0 Wales Michael White Head to head Details  Pencil

70-50 (52,50), 78-32, 65-8 (64)

Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 Hong Kong Marco Fu Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp Wales Michael White 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Joe Perry Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head   Pencil
Grp Scotland Stephen Maguire 3-1 England Mark Selby Head to head   Pencil
Masters (10-17 Jan 2016) Pencil
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 6-3 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan made his 60th Masters century in the match.
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91-51 (63), 51-58 (56, 51), 85-24 (69), 112-0 (54, 58)
16-85 (61) 100-0 (100), 72-40, 18-72 (68)
73-70 (70, 73)

Selby opened up with a 70 in frame 9 but O'Sullivan replied with a brilliant 73 clearance to win the match 6-3. Watch the clearance on YouTube

Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 6-0 England Ricky Walden [12] Head to head   Pencil

71-53 (71, 52), 114-9 (113), 109-7 (66)
81-3 (81), 61-32, 84-38 (83)

Championship League - Group 2 (6-7 Jan 2016) Pencil
SF England Judd Trump 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

66-7, 64-56, 79-5 (79)

Judd Trump needed 2 snookers in frame 2 but got them to take the frame.

Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Barry Hawkins Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Robert Milkins Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Joe Perry Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 England Judd Trump Head to head   Pencil
German Masters Qual (17-20 Dec 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 2 England Mark Selby [1] 5-3 Ireland David Morris [65] Head to head   Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] w/o England Kuldesh Johal (a)     Pencil
Euro Tour 5 (9-13 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 4 China Liang Wenbo [21] 4-3 England Mark Selby [14] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [14] 4-1 China Zhao Xintong (a) Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [14] 4-2 China Yu Delu     Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [14] 4-1 England Sydney Wilson Head to head   Pencil

Break of 89 (12 reds, 11 blacks) by Selby in the fourth frame

UK Championship (24 Nov - 6 Dec 2015) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson [3] 6-0 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

60-52 (MS 52), 69-55 (NR 68, MS 55)
78-26 (53), 73-20, 60-53, 58-44

QF England Mark Selby [2] 6-1 England Matthew Selt [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [2] 6-1 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng [47] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [2] 6-5 Wales Jamie Jones [31] Head to head  
Selby needed snookers in frame eight to tie the match at 4-4
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Rd 2 England Mark Selby [2] 6-0 England Oliver Lines [66] Head to head  
Selby missed the 13th black (97) on the way to a maximum in the last frame
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Rd 1 England Mark Selby [2] 6-0 England Joe O'Connor (a) Head to head   Pencil
Champion of Champions (10-15 Nov 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4-1 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head   Pencil

134-0 (134), 76-74 (MS 55), 76-0, 8-93 (62), 79-1

Euro Tour 4 (4-8 Nov 2015) Pencil
QF Wales Ryan Day [14] 4-0 England Mark Selby [20] Head to head Details  Pencil

This was the first time Selby suffered a whitewash since the Players Championship Grand Finals in March 2014.

Rd 4 England Mark Selby [20] 4-2 Wales Dominic Dale [27] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [20] 4-2 Israel Eden Sharav Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [20] 4-2 England Alfie Burden [34] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [20] 4-0 England Sydney Wilson Head to head   Pencil
International Championship (25 Oct - 1 Nov 2015) Pencil
SF Scotland John Higgins [12] 9-4 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
91-0 (56), 122-0 (101), 80-2, 38-91 (52)
87-0 (87), 65-52 (58), 6-68 (58), 14-63

Session 2:
90-1 (64), 85-34 (54), 57-38
1-79 (79), 70-39

QF England Mark Selby [3] 6-4 Australia Neil Robertson [5] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [3] 6-3 Wales Michael White [15] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [3] 6-1 Scotland Anthony McGill [23] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 6-3 England Mike Dunn [43] Head to head   Pencil
Euro Tour 3 (7-11 Oct 2015) Pencil
Rd 4 Wales Mark J Williams [9] 4-3 England Mark Selby [35] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [35] 4-3 Scotland Anthony McGill [48] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [35] 4-3 England Robbie Williams [19] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [35] 4-1 England Michael Wasley Head to head   Pencil
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 6-1 Israel Eden Sharav [98] Head to head   Pencil
Shanghai Masters (14-20 Sep 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England David Grace [84] w/o England Mark Selby [2] Head to head  
Selby had to withdraw because of death in the family
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6 Red World Championship (7-12 Sep 2015) Pencil
QF China Liang Wenbo 7-4 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby 6-2 Pakistan Mohammad Sajjad (a)    Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby 6-0 Thailand James Wattana Head to head  Pencil
6 Red, H (7-9 Sep 2015) Pencil
Grp Wales Ryan Day 5-4 England Mark Selby Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 5-0 Thailand Sunny Akani Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 5-1 Egypt Wael Talaat (a)    Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 5-2 Ireland Ken Doherty Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 5-1 Northern Ireland Joe Swail Head to head  Pencil
Euro Tour 2 (26-30 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [45] 4-2 England Mark Selby [29] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [29] 4-1 England Jake Nicholson (a)     Pencil
Euro Tour 1 (29 Jul - 2 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 3 Ireland Ken Doherty [41] 4-1 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [1] 4-1 England Joel Walker [60]     Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] 4-1 England Sanderson Lam [89] Head to head   Pencil
Australian Open (29 Jun - 5 Jul 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 Wales Jamie Jones [27] 5-1 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 5-1 England Mark King [26] Head to head  
Re-spotted black in frame 3 - Selby doubled it in middle pocket.
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