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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: 2;
Homepage: markselby.info; Twitter: @markjesterselby; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 2021) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [4] 18-15 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frames 12 and 17
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Session 1:
49-57, 46-67, 68-65 (65 SM), 89-7 (89)
0-75 (75), 66-1, 8-71 (64), 54-80 (52 SM)

Session 2:
85-49 (85), 0-98 (98), 72-34 (67), 107-0 (86)
34-97 (64), 109-0 (57), 90-34 (90), 88-4, 69-26

Session 3:
4-84 (77), 69-58 (62), 41-69, 134-0 (107)
104-14 (54, 50), 1-100 (100), 0-108 (56), 131-0 (62, 69)

Session 4:
70-28 (66), 48-73, 108-0 (68), 11-79 (58)
120-0 (120), 7-100 (100), 8-126 (103), 71-57

Referee: Paul Collier

Selby wins the World Championship for the fourth time. It's his 20th ranking win and third of the season.

SF England Mark Selby [4] 17-15 England Stuart Bingham [18] Head to head Details 
Re-racks in frame 22 and 26
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Session 1:
7-71 (60), 58-56, 67-36, 77-4, 0-118 (92)
7-79, 0-82 (82), 73-42

Session 2:
52-63 (62, 52), 84-0, 0-83 (83), 87-13, 134-0 (134)
134-0 (134), 8-135 (127), 68-51 (SB 51)

Session 3:
8-131 (131), 0-96 (96), 52-62 (52 MS)
0-84 (78), 39-89 (68), 71-1 (62), 88-4 (51), 22-74 (63)

Session 4:
69-41 (68), 126-0 (125), 0-100 (100), 62-2
76-51 (51 SB), 132-5 (132), 44-85 (85)

Session 5:
81-59 (54 SB)

Bingham missed the 13th red in a maximum attempt in frame 18.

The 125 in frame 26 was the 100th century of the tournament, equalling the record from 2019. The 100 in the next frame set a new record.

QF England Mark Selby [4] 13-3 Wales Mark J Williams [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

Finished with one session to spare

Rd 2 England Mark Selby [4] 13-7 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [4] 10-1 Norway Kurt Maflin [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
Tour Championship (22-28 Mar 2021) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson [3] 10-3 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
67-1, 114-19 (114), 93-27 (81), 77-0 (77)
1-126 (80), 12-93 (93), 95-0 (52), 70-33

Session 2:
136-1 (136), 84-43 (84), 9-83 (55)
103-0 (103), 78-37

QF England Mark Selby [2] 10-3 England Kyren Wilson [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
WST Pro Series Second Phase Group 4 (20 Mar 2021) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 Wales Ryan Day [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 Wales Dominic Dale [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Stuart Bingham [8] 2-0 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Judd Trump [2] 2-0 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 England Oliver Lines [100] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden [32] 2-1 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp China Zhou Yuelong [17] 2-1 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
WST Pro Series First Phase Group E (14 Mar 2021) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-1 England Matthew Selt [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 England Joe O'Connor [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 England Stuart Carrington [51] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 Israel Eden Sharav [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Iran Soheil Vahedi [88] 2-0 England Mark Selby [3]   Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-1 Germany Lukas Kleckers [105] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [3] 2-0 England Daniel Womersley (a)   Details  Pencil
Gibraltar Open (1-7 Mar 2021) Pencil
Rd 3 England Chris Wakelin [59] 4-2 England Mark Selby [4] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [4] 4-2 Ireland Ken Doherty [89] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [4] 4-1 England Sam Craigie [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
Players Championship (22-28 Feb 2021) Pencil
QF Scotland John Higgins [10] 6-0 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details 
This is the first time Selby has been whitewashed in a best of 11 since 2015.
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Selby scored only seven points. This is the lowest number of points a player has scored in a best-of-11 ever.

Rd 1 England Mark Selby [2] 6-4 Wales Mark J Williams [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021) Pencil
QF Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [79] 5-4 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

Decided on the black. Selby needed a snooker in the decider and got it but lost on the black. Selby won the fifth frame on respotted black despite having needed two snookers.

Rd 4 England Mark Selby [5] 4-2 China Yan Bingtao [12] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [5] 4-3 England Joe O'Connor [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [5] 4-1 England Jamie O'Neill [80] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [5] 4-1 England Barry Pinches [84] Head to head Details  Pencil

Selby missed the pink on the way to a max in frame 2

Championship League - Group 5 (10-11 Feb 2021) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Joe Perry Head to head Details  Pencil

144 by Selby was the highest break in the group

Grp England Ali Carter 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Barry Hawkins 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-1 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

O'Sullivan finished off with three consecutive centuries

Grp England Kyren Wilson 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Wales Mark J Williams 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

Williams made his 500th career century in frame 1

Championship League - Group 4 (8-9 Feb 2021) Pencil
Final England Judd Trump 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

100-5 (62), 72-25, 103-0 (102)

SF England Mark Selby 3-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head Details  Pencil

16-84 (84), 67-37 (52), 54-64 (50 MS)
99-36 (83), 72-49

Grp England Judd Trump 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Tom Ford Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Barry Hawkins 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Jack Lisowski Head to head Details  Pencil
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021) Pencil
Final Wales Ryan Day [33] 67-24 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details  Pencil

Break 67

This was Day's first win in the Shoot Out and third ranking win in total.

This loss ended Selby's record-tying 11 successive ranking final wins.

SF England Mark Selby [1] 43-15 England Craig Steadman (a) Head to head Details  Pencil

Steadman's first semifinal in a ranking event. His previous best was last 16.

QF England Mark Selby [1] 27-21 England Robert Milkins [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [1] 55-9 Northern Ireland Declan Lavery (a)   Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [1] 58-17 England Liam Highfield [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [1] 16-2 England Barry Pinches [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] 41-31 England Billy Castle [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
Masters (10-17 Jan 2021) Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [9] 6-3 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

This was Maguire's second straight first-round upset in the Masters. He came back from 5-1 down against Neil Robertson in 2020.

Championship League - Group 3 (8-9 Jan 2021) Pencil
Grp Scotland Scott Donaldson 3-2 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details  Pencil

Selby had to end his break at 108 (with 35 still on the table) in the last frame because his tip came off.

Grp England Matthew Selt 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Tom Ford 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 China Zhao Xintong Head to head Details  Pencil
World Grand Prix (14-20 Dec 2020) Pencil
SF England Jack Lisowski [18] 6-4 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil

62-28, 14-112 (112), 105-11 (88), 89-0 (89)
115-2 (110), 72-32 (72), 0-143 (143), 35-84
15-70, 78-52 (52,78)

Selby's 143 in frame seven was the highest break of the tournament

QF England Mark Selby [3] 5-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [3] 4-2 Scotland Anthony McGill [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 4-3 China Liang Wenbo [30] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [1] 9-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
104-21 (56), 5-72 (72), 137-4 (102), 82-25
62-76 (MS 62, ROS 58), 97-17 (50), 119-0 (77)
90-37

Session 2:
129-0 (78, 51), 40-96 (62), 83-45 (61)
76-64 (76, 64)

Referee: Leo Scullion

This was Selby's 19th ranking title. He has won his last 11 ranking finals, tying Stephen Hendry's record.

SF England Mark Selby [1] 6-1 Wales Jamie Jones [102] Head to head Details  Pencil

97-15, 123-0 (123), 128-0 (128), 111-0 (101)
74-0 (52), 40-99 (99), 97-0 (94)

QF England Mark Selby [1] 5-4 England Ricky Walden [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [1] 4-1 China Lyu Haotian [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [1] 4-2 England Mark Joyce [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [1] 4-2 England Nigel Bond [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] 4-1 China Yuan Sijun [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020) Pencil
QF Australia Neil Robertson [4] 6-2 England Mark Selby [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

In frame 8 Robertson became the fifth player to reach 750 career centuries. Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Judd Trump are the others.

Rd 4 England Mark Selby [5] 6-3 England Barry Hawkins [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [5] 6-2 Iran Hossein Vafaei [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [5] 6-1 England Liam Highfield [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [5] 6-4 Wales Michael White (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020) Pencil
Rd 2 Germany Lukas Kleckers [114] 4-0 England Mark Selby [4] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [4] 4-1 England Andrew Higginson [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [120] 5-3 England Mark Selby [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Champion of Champions (2-8 Nov 2020) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson 6-5 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil

5-71 (70), 101-3 (68), 0-135 (54, 81), 100-5 (100)
0-131 (131), 96-27, 0-137 (137), 148-0 (141)
121-0 (121), 0-137 (137), 84-0 (54)

Robertson's 141 in the 8th frame is the highest break of the tournament so far. The combined total of six centuries ties the record for a best-of-11 match.

QF England Mark Selby 6-5 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil

Selby was 4-0 and 5-3 down

Rd 1 England Mark Selby 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League Stage Three Group 1 (30 Oct 2020) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Judd Trump Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp China Zhou Yuelong 3-1 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp China Zhao Xintong 3-0 England Mark Selby Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League Stage Two Group D (27 Oct 2020) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 3-0 England Jamie O'Neill [83] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 2-2 Scotland Graeme Dott [20] Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 3-0 Jamaica Rory McLeod [96] Head to head Details  Pencil
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson [4] 6-5 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details  Pencil

91-20, 72-28, 8-121 (117), 0-131 (58,73). 81-19 (58)
134-0 (134), 0-77 (70), 129-0 (129)
53-71 (NR 52), 19-65 (51), 92-1 (92)

QF England Mark Selby [1] 5-2 China Zhou Yuelong [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [1] 4-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [1] 4-3 China Liang Wenbo [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark Selby [1] 4-3 China Chang Bingyu [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [1] 4-0 China Fan Zhengyi [118] Head to head Details  Pencil
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [4] 9-8 England Martin Gould [52] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
90-40, 130-1 (130), 96-0 (96), 78-1
59-61 (MS 59), 1-89, 0-74 (70), 0-131 (131)

Session 2:
4-100 (94), 79-6 (56), 25-65 (65), 113-10 (113)
84-41, 1-107 (107), 60-48, 0-96 (96), 80-1 (72)
This is Selby's 18th ranking title.

Referee: Ben Williams

SF England Mark Selby [4] 6-3 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details  Pencil

84-0 (84), 98-22 (65), 82-2, 0-81 (81), 78-0 (78)
68-41, 45-65 (60), 50-71 (MS 50), 67-21

QF England Mark Selby [4] 5-1 China Ding Junhui [12] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark Selby [4] 5-4 England Stuart Bingham [13] Head to head Details  Pencil

14 reds and blacks by Bingham in frame one

Rd 3 England Mark Selby [4] w/o England Mark Davis [39] Head to head   Pencil

Davis pulled out because his cue had been stolen from his car

Rd 2 England Mark Selby [4] 5-0 China Gao Yang [122]   Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [4] w/o Wales Michael White (a) Head to head Details  Pencil

White came into contact with Daniel Wells who tested positive for COVID-19

Championship League Stage One Group 16 (20 Sep 2020) Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 2-2 China Lyu Haotian [42] Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 3-1 England Brandon Sargeant [88]   Details  Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby [4] 3-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [98] Head to head Details  Pencil