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Mark King
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Nationality: England (England); Male; Born: 28 Mar 1974 (51 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1991; Ranking wins: 1;
Ranking: 20;
Bio page; Twitter: @markking147; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship Qual (5-12 Apr 2017) Pencil
Q Rd 3 China Xiao Guodong [44] 10-4 England Mark King [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
Q Rd 2 England Mark King [21] 10-4 China Fang Xiongman [114] Head to head Details  Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [21] 10-4 England Paul S Davison [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
China Open (27 Mar - 2 Apr 2017) Pencil
Rd 1 England Sanderson Lam [92] 5-4 England Mark King [19]   Details 
Decided on final black
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Players Championship (6-12 Mar 2017) Pencil
Rd 1 England Judd Trump [2] 5-2 England Mark King [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
Gibraltar Open (1-5 Mar 2017) Pencil
Rd 2 England Jack Lisowski [43] 4-2 England Mark King [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [16] 4-3 England Simon Dent (a)   Details  Pencil
Shoot-Out (23-26 Feb 2017) Pencil
Rd 3 Scotland Anthony McGill [10] 57-28 England Mark King [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark King [13] 52-30 England Andrew Higginson [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [13] 50-43 England Adam Duffy [95] Head to head Details  Pencil
Welsh Open (13-19 Feb 2017) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [76] 4-2 England Mark King [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [21] 4-2 Wales David John [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
World Grand Prix (6-12 Feb 2017) Pencil
QF Hong Kong Marco Fu [6] 4-2 England Mark King [14] Head to head Details 
Marco is playing with a new tip, after the one he had on split.
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Rd 2 England Mark King [14] 4-3 England Ali Carter [3] Head to head Details 
Decided on the final black
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Rd 1 England Mark King [14] 4-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
German Masters (1-5 Feb 2017) Pencil
Rd 2 England Tom Ford [35] 5-2 England Mark King [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [21] 5-4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [12] Head to head Details 
King was 4-1 down
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China Open Qual (24-27 Jan 2017) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [19] 5-1 Scotland Marc J Davis (a)   Details  Pencil
Scottish Open (12-18 Dec 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 England Sean O'Sullivan [87] 4-1 England Mark King [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [20] 4-0 Australia Kurt Dunham [111]   Details  Pencil
German Masters Qual (6-9 Dec 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 2 England Mark King [21] 5-3 England Andrew Higginson [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [21] 5-1 Scotland Rhys Clark [74]   Details  Pencil
UK Championship (22 Nov - 4 Dec 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Sam Craigie [94] 6-2 England Mark King [35] Head to head Details 
King was docked a frame after the interval. He was late as he forgot his cue and had to return to get it.
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Northern Ireland Open (14-20 Nov 2016) Pencil
Final England Mark King [31] 9-8 England Barry Hawkins [11] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 13
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Session 1:
1-85 (85), 6-118 (113), 126-11 (110), 49-80
1-60, 14-64, 66-18, 90-1

Session 2:
95-5 (62), 101-13 (100), 83-1, 76-6 (54)
0-73 (73), 40-82 (76), 65-28, 65-72, 84-33

Referee: Terry Camilleri

This was King's first ranking title and first final since the 2004 Irish Masters.

King was 1-5 down before winning 6 frames in a row. Hawkins took the next two, and another one went one a piece.

In frame 16, King forced a black ball respot, needing a snooker. Then he tried to double the black to the middle, but missed and Hawkins took the frame to force the decider.

SF England Mark King [31] 6-2 England Kyren Wilson [12] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 8
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64-22, 66-1, 69-0 (55), 84-42 (72), 75-23 (71)
30-94 (90), 0-79 (79), 63-41

QF England Mark King [31] 5-3 Iran Hossein Vafaei [75] Head to head Details 
Ayouri had never been beyond the last 32 before. Re-rack in frame five.
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Rd 4 England Mark King [31] 4-2 Norway Kurt Maflin [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Mark King [31] 4-0 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Mark King [31] 4-2 China Liang Wenbo [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [31] 4-1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo Head to head Details  Pencil
International Championship (23-30 Oct 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England John Astley [74] 6-4 England Mark King [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
English Open (10-16 Oct 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [5] 4-1 England Mark King [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [35] 4-3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [84]   Details  Pencil
International Championship Qual (29 Sep - 1 Oct 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [34] 6-3 England Jamie Cope [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
European Masters Qual (26-28 Sep 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 China Liang Wenbo [19] 4-3 England Mark King [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
Shanghai Masters Qual (30 Aug - 2 Sep 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 4 England Michael Holt [28] 5-2 England Mark King [35] Head to head Details  Pencil

Holt's 136 in frame 4 was the highest break in the qualifying stage and earnt him GBP 200

Q Rd 3 England Mark King [35] 5-3 England Robbie Williams [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
Q Rd 2 England Mark King [35] 5-4 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
Paul Hunter Classic (24-28 Aug 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 England John Astley 4-2 England Mark King [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark King [24] 4-1 Wales David John Head to head Details  Pencil
World Open (25-31 Jul 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [31] 5-4 England Mark King [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
Indian Open (5-9 Jul 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 Jamaica Rory McLeod [39] 4-1 England Mark King [26] Head to head Details  Pencil

142 by King is the highest break of the event so far

Riga Masters (22-24 Jun 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [5] 4-1 England Mark King [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
Riga Masters Qual (3-4 Jun 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [29] 4-3 England Oliver Lines [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
World Open Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [34] 5-4 England Sean O'Sullivan [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
Indian Open Qual (28-30 May 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Mark King [26] 4-1 Wales Lee Walker Head to head Details  Pencil