Personal information:

 

Mark Selby was born on the 19th of June 1983. His habitation is English Leicester.

 

He has been representing a local club not only in Snooker but also in 8-Ball Pool.

 

He had already been successful  when he was 15 years old. He took professional career in 1999. When he was 18 he broke through to semifinal of China Open 2002. One year later he got to final of Regal Scottish.

 

In 2004 he often broke through to quarterfinal of Grand Prix and in 2005 at Irish Masters a World Championship at Crusible was part of the 32 best players. He was among the 16 best players due to his great performance at Welsh Open 2006, 888.com World Championship 2006, Grand Prix 2006 and Northern Ireland Trophy 2006.

 

Sommer attendance at World 8-Ball Pool Championship 2006 ended in great success.

 

He won in final 11-7 with Darren Appleton and he became World Champion in 8-Ball Pool.

 

He was among 16 the best players at Welsh Open 2007 again. Another success in season 2006/07 was attendance at 888.com World Championship 2007 where he manage to break through from qualification to final of this  prestigious tournament. He has beaten players as Stephen Lee, Peter Ebdon or Allister Carter, but in particular  his good friend Shaun Murphy for the first time with who he fought in semifinal.

 

Even though he lost final with John Higgins 18-13. He was the best player of the Championship.

 

Mark Selby played the hole tournament not only for himself but also for his father, who was great prefigure and standby. Winning of World Champion is huge motivation for him for the future and a dream, which can be performed.

 

Selby clinches Masters at first attempt

 

LONDON (AFP) - England's Mark Selby joined snooker luminaries John Spencer, Doug Mountjoy, Terry Griffiths and Stephen Hendry on Sunday by winning the British Masters at his first attempt.

 

Selby trounced compatriot Stephen Lee 10-3 at the Wembley Arena and stormed to victory winning eight frames on the trot after briefly trailing 3-2.

 

The champion also recorded four century breaks in all, clinching the decisive frame with a clearance of 141, the joint highest break of the week-long tournament.

 

"I've been knocking on the door for a while. The world championship would have been nice last season, but to win the Masters is amazing," said 24-year-old Selby.

 

"It means the world to me to win this tournament. To win the Masters as my first title is a dream come true.

 

"I'm only 24, but this week I've felt like I was 40. The nerves obviously do get to me, but I didn't show them and I managed to play good snooker."

 

Lee paid tribute to Selby.

 

"The games have got harder all week long, but Mark played some good strong snooker," said the runner-up.

 

"I'm gutted I've lost, especially for the lots of people who have turned up to watch me. Hopefully there'll be a next time.

 

"I wanted to win this title for my good pal Paul Hunter, so hopefully I can still do that one day."

 

Mark Selby's sights on first title

 

Stephen Lee and Mark Selby will ensure a new Saga Masters champion is crowned at Wembley Arena tonight.

 

A tournament, second only in longevity to the World Championship, will host its 34th final featuring a Masters newcomer and an opponent who twice previously failed at the penultimate round.

 

The latter, world No 13 Lee, defeated Hong Kong's Marco Fu 6-2 in the second semi-final last night.

 

Selby, a runner-up to John Higgins in last season's World Championship, earlier knocked out Ken Doherty 6-5 after a four-hour marathon.

 

Indeed, the 'Jester from Leicester' has so far recorded deciding frame victories in each of his wins against Doherty, Stephen Maguire and Stephen Hendry.

 

In contrast, Trowbridge based Lee breezed into the final, 10 years after making his Masters bow.

 

However, his substantial frame, only marginally reduced by recent trips to the gym, ensured he repeatedly wiped sweat from his brow with a wet cloth throughout the contest.

 

And while Selby has played more frames physically he looks in better shape to go on and secure the £150,000 first prize.

 

Indeed, Selby has plenty of experience when it comes to protracted matches. At the UK Championship last December Selby and Fu were involved in a 77-minute frame-the longest ever recorded in front of the television cameras.

 

Now, the 2006 world eight ball pool champion hopes to have the staying power to capture a first ever major title.

 

"It means the world to me to reach the final - it feels like I'm on a roller coaster.

 

"There were plenty of nerves. I just thought in that last frame I wanted a chance and thankfully I got one."

 

Selby's success was celebrated by some new members of his supporters' club, soldiers from the Army Education Corps and Royal Engineers.

 

At the start of the tournament, World Snooker, the sport's governing body, donated 100 tickets to servicemen recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Selby met some of them and acknowledged:" It takes a lot of bravery to do what they're doing.

 

"I look up to people like that. It puts what I do into perspective, they are putting their lives on the line for us."