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Mark Allen
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Nationality: Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland); Male; Born: 22 Feb 1986 (38 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2005; Ranking wins: 7; Maximums: 2;
Ranking: 7; Euro Tour: 4; Asian Tour: n/a
Twitter: @pistol147; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 England Kyren Wilson [19] 13-9 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] 10-3 England Mitchell Mann [74] Head to head Details  Pencil
PTC Finals (22-27 Mar 2016) Pencil
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 10-6 England Ricky Walden [18] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
74-0 (59), 0-89 (85), 8-86
0-107 (85), 73-6 (51), 96-44 (80)
71-44, 73-33 (68), 78-35 (64)

Session 2:
83-11 (52), 1-68 (62), 0-92 (92), 51-59
72-38, 87-28 (61), 100-0 (67)

Referee: Colin Humphries

This was Allen's third major ranking title. His two first were the 2012 and 2013 Haikou World Open.

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 6-4 England Shaun Murphy [7] Head to head Details  Pencil

42-79 (79), 0-105 (97), 135-0 (134), 28-68, 68-27
15-81, 65-9, 64-26, 132-0 (62, 58), 60-49

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-1 England Mike Dunn [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-2 England Mark King [9] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 4-3 England Mark Davis [32] Head to head   Pencil
World Grand Prix (8-13 Mar 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23] 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [7] 4-2 England David Grace [26] Head to head  
Watch the final part of the match on YouTube (from 1-1 and 18-18)
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Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2016) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson [4] 6-4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

1-77 (77), 40-82 (55), 65-57 (MA 56)
109-12 (51, 54), 75-0 (75), 86-31 (82)
72-1 (72), 0-124 (124), 1-96, 66-40

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 5-0 Wales Michael White [17] Head to head Details  Pencil

Allen needed snookers to win frame 2 but White knocked the pink in and left a free ball.

Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 4-3 England Barry Hawkins [8] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 4-1 Wales Ryan Day [24] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 4-3 Finland Robin Hull [56] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 4-0 England Sam Craigie (a) Head to head   Pencil
Shoot-Out (12-14 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 England Robert Milkins [17] 61-56 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] 65-20 China Yu Delu [47] Head to head   Pencil
China Open Qual (9-11 Feb 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mitchell Mann [83] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen Head to head   Pencil
German Masters (3-7 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Joyce [43] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] Head to head   Pencil
Masters (10-17 Jan 2016) Pencil
QF England Barry Hawkins [8] 6-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] Head to head Details  Pencil

0-109 (109), 86-0 (81), 91-31 (68), 74-35
83-40 (53), 33-81 (58), 81-10, 89-0 (52)

Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] 6-4 England Shaun Murphy [1] Head to head   Pencil

73-10 (50), 20-68 (68), 137-0 (137), 5-71 (65)
91-0 (91), 17-9, 117-1 (104), 1-67 (67)
0-100 (100), 72-44

Murphy lost frame six after three consecutive misses. Watch on YouTube.

German Masters Qual (17-20 Dec 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] 5-0 England Robbie Williams [54] Head to head   Pencil
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] 5-2 Wales Duane Jones [111]     Pencil
UK Championship (24 Nov - 6 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 3 England Martin Gould [24] 6-4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 6-2 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [73] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] 6-2 China Zhao Xintong (a) Head to head   Pencil
Champion of Champions (10-15 Nov 2015) Pencil
Final Australia Neil Robertson [4] 10-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
63-35, 20-107 (103), 97-6 (53)
133-0 (114), 69-20 (69), 45-57
69-44 (54), 5-81 (60), 75-25 (71)

Session 2:
86-0 (60), 76-35, 55-65 (NR 54)
0-112 (112), 46-38, 56-24

Referee: Paul Collier
This was Neil Robertson's 12th major title from 20 finals. 10 ranking events and two invitationals. It was his first title since last season's Gdynia Open (Euro Tour).

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6-3 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details  Pencil

9-61 (51), 84-0 (61), 87-25 (80), 71-28, 75-43
9-79 (65), 0-100 (56), 65-15, 88-0 (88)

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen 6-2 Scotland Stephen Maguire Head to head Details  Pencil

102-18 (73), 68-35, 77-1 (77), 69-68, 0-107 (107)
33-65 (50), 62-24, 104-0 (104)

Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4-2 England Barry Hawkins [7] Head to head   Pencil

105-7 (105), 0-131 (131), 0-70
65-60 (BH 54), 78-1 (53), 83-13

Euro Tour 4 (4-8 Nov 2015) Pencil
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-0 Wales Ryan Day [14] Head to head Details  Pencil

65-1 (65), 94-2 (76), 71-52 (56), 68-46

Referee: Desislava Bozhilova

Day needed two snookers in frame three and got them, but Allen potted the pink to secure the frame.

This was Allen's fifth European Tour title from six finals.

SF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-0 Wales Mark J Williams [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

96-33 (74), 79-13 (62), 79-0 (79), 80-0 (80)

Allen had an incredible 97% pot success.

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-3 England Mike Dunn [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-0 England Michael Holt [9] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-1 England Nigel Bond Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-3 England Stuart Bingham [63] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [18] 4-0 Scotland Ross Muir Head to head   Pencil
International Championship (25 Oct - 1 Nov 2015) Pencil
QF Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [47] 6-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-1 China Tian Pengfei [69] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-3 England Kyren Wilson [21] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-4 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [59] Head to head   Pencil
Euro Tour 3 (7-11 Oct 2015) Pencil
Rd 4 England Barry Hawkins [2] 4-1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [31] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [31] 4-3 England Joe Perry [46] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [31] 4-2 England Jack Lisowski [42] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [31] 4-2 Ireland Josh Boileau (a)     Pencil
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 6-5 Scotland Scott Donaldson [75] Head to head  
No full match video available but you can watch the decider on Youtube YouTube
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142 by Mark Allen in frame 7 which won him £100 for the highest break in the qualifiers.

Shanghai Masters (14-20 Sep 2015) Pencil
SF England Kyren Wilson [53] 6-1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details 
Wilson reached his first ranking final.
Allen led in the three first frames but lost them all. Wilson needed a snooker to win frame one.
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66-64 (MA 54), 73-24 (73), 77-26 (68), 61-57
66-22 (60), 15-79, 81-38 (50)

QF Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 5-1 England Mark Davis [17] Head to head Details 
Respotted black in frame three
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See a funny episode with the pink on YouTube

Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 5-1 England David Grace [84] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [43] Head to head   Pencil

140 by Brecel which won him £2,000 for highest break in the televised stage

Euro Tour 2 (26-30 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England Sanderson Lam 4-3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] Head to head   Pencil
Euro Tour 1 (29 Jul - 2 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 4 Scotland Graeme Dott [13] 4-1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [8] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [8] 4-2 England Peter Lines [51] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [8] 4-0 Scotland Scott Donaldson [64] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [8] 4-0 Wales Gareth Allen [82]     Pencil
Australian Open (29 Jun - 5 Jul 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Joyce [35] 5-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [9] Head to head   Pencil