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Mark J Williams
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Nationality: Wales (Wales); Male; Born: 21 Mar 1975 (49 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1992; Ranking wins: 24; Maximums: 2;
Ranking: 7;
Bio page; Twitter: @markwil147; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2022) Pencil
SF England Judd Trump [4] 17-16 Wales Mark J Williams [8] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frames 1 and 8. Trump had a 7-1 lead after the first session. At that point, he had won 15 of his last 16 frames.
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Session 1:
78-46, 70-28 (70), 100-8 (70), 34-72
73-28, 84-21 (54), 91-22 (62), 94-4 (53)

Session 2:
7-72, 131-0 (114), 138-0 (100), 1-119 (119)
8-61, 93-0 (50), 79-52 (52, 79), 18-74 (70)

Session 3:
120-0 (120), 0-137 (137), 0-119 (58,53), 50-64
0-67 (57), 0-77 (77), 125-0 (125), 14-63

Session 4:
76-42 (64), 49-63, 30-73 (59), 0-137 (137)
83-35, 0-138 (138), 49-62, 53-31, 69-34

Williams' third century was his 16th in the event, equalling the record for most centuries in one event set by Stephen Hendry at the 2002 World Championship

QF Wales Mark J Williams [8] 13-11 China Yan Bingtao [16] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 2.
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Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 13-3 Wales Jackson Page [90] Head to head Details 
Finished with one session to spare
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Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 10-3 Wales Michael White (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
Tour Championship (28 Mar - 3 Apr 2022) Pencil
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 10-9 Wales Mark J Williams [6] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 12
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Turkish Masters (7-13 Mar 2022) Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Matthew Stevens [57] 5-3 Wales Mark J Williams [7] Head to head Details  Pencil
Welsh Open (28 Feb - 6 Mar 2022) Pencil
Rd 1 Norway Kurt Maflin [35] 4-3 Wales Mark J Williams [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
Welsh Open Qual (15-20 Feb 2022) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-1 Ireland Michael Judge [114] Head to head Details  Pencil
Players Championship (7-13 Feb 2022) Pencil
QF England Ricky Walden [12] 6-5 Wales Mark J Williams [4] Head to head Details  Pencil

Walden was 5-2 down

Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 6-3 England Gary Wilson [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
Turkish Masters Qual (2-6 Feb 2022) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 5-1 England Reanne Evans (f) [116]   Details  Pencil
German Masters (26-30 Jan 2022) Pencil
Rd 1 China Zhao Xintong [25] 5-3 Wales Mark J Williams [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
Shoot Out (20-23 Jan 2022) Pencil
Final Iran Hossein Vafaei [35] 71-0 Wales Mark J Williams [4] Head to head Details  Pencil

Break 71.

This was Vafaei's first ranking title and the first for Iran. Williams played only the break-off shot in the frame.

Referee: Tatiana Woollaston

SF Wales Mark J Williams [4] 124-1 England Robbie Williams [57] Head to head Details  Pencil

Break 80

QF Wales Mark J Williams [4] 97-0 Wales Jamie Clarke [58] Head to head Details  Pencil

Break 52

Rd 4 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 57-1 England Matthew Selt [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 89-4 Ireland Aaron Hill [78] Head to head Details  Pencil

Break 69

Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 50-26 England Mark King [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [4] 59-1 England Stuart Carrington [45] Head to head Details  Pencil
Masters (9-16 Jan 2022) Pencil
SF Australia Neil Robertson [5] 6-5 Wales Mark J Williams [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

103-22 (102), 0-81 (59), 4-71 (71), 53-60 (60 MW, 52 NR)
20-103 (60), 71-46, 83-0 (83), 1-91 (91)
108-23 (95), 128-0 (119), 69-67 (67 MW)

Neil Robertson won the decider on the final black having needed two snookers.

QF Wales Mark J Williams [9] 6-5 Scotland John Higgins [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [9] 6-4 China Yan Bingtao [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
World Grand Prix (13-19 Dec 2021) Pencil
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [30] 4-3 Wales Mark J Williams [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
UK Championship (23 Nov - 5 Dec 2021) Pencil
Rd 2 England Anthony Hamilton [56] 6-5 Wales Mark J Williams [9] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [9] 6-3 China Lei Peifan [119]   Details  Pencil
Champion of Champions (15-21 Nov 2021) Pencil
Rd 1 Australia Neil Robertson [4] 4-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head Details  Pencil

In the fourth frame Robertson became the fourth player to reach 800 centuries

German Masters Qual (18-26 Oct 2021) Pencil
Q Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 5-1 China Chang Bingyu [93]   Details  Pencil
Q Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 5-1 England Oliver Lines [69] Head to head Details  Pencil
Northern Ireland Open (9-17 Oct 2021) Pencil
Rd 3 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-3 Wales Mark J Williams [10] Head to head Details 
Higgins was 3-0 down.
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Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-2 Wales Jak Jones [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-3 England Elliot Slessor [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-27 Aug 2021) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [10] 4-1 England Mark Joyce [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
British Open (16-22 Aug 2021) Pencil
Final Wales Mark J Williams [8] 6-4 England Gary Wilson [30] Head to head Details  Pencil

82-8, 0-72, 133-1 (111), 18-73 (62), 0-101 (101), 85-24, 81-0 (75), 42-73, 140-0 (115), 62-15

Mark J. Williams has won his 24th career ranking title. Only Steve Davis, John Higgins, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan have won more.

SF Wales Mark J Williams [8] 4-1 England Jimmy Robertson [60] Head to head Details  Pencil

88-0, 40-96 (73), 71-18 (60), 73-61 (73), 83-26 (58)

QF Wales Mark J Williams [8] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-2 China Zhang Jiankang [114] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-0 England Liam Highfield [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-2 Wales Dominic Dale [58] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-0 China Tian Pengfei [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
Championship League Stage One Group 8 (18 Jul 2021) Pencil
Grp Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-1 Wales Jak Jones [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
Grp Wales Mark J Williams [8] 3-0 England Hammad Miah [99]   Details  Pencil
Grp England Peter Lines [84] 3-0 Wales Mark J Williams [8] Head to head Details  Pencil