Mark King (snooker player)
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| Mark King | ||
|---|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1974 | |
| Nationality | English | |
| Nickname(s) | The Romford Battler | |
| Professional | 1991 - present | |
| Highest ranking | 11 (2002/03) | |
| 2006/07 ranking | 29 | |
| Career prize money | £698,885 [1] | |
| Highest break | 143 (1997 Thailand Open) | |
| Best ranking performance | Runner-up: Regal Welsh 1997, Irish Masters 2004 | |
Mark King (born 28 March 1974) is a professional snooker player.
King has never quite reached the top echelons of snooker. He has never won a ranking tournament, his closest attempt being runner-up in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters. In 2003 a poor season saw him drop out of the top 16, at which point he declared that he would "never set foot on a snooker table again", although he has since changed his mind and has not retired from the game.
In December 2004 he reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship, losing 9-4 to eventual winner Stephen Maguire. At 8-3 a mobile phone went off in the crowd, prompting King to quip "if that's my missus, tell her I'll be home soon". Defeat to Neil Robertson (he was trailing 7-2 but only lost 10-9) in qualifying for the World Championship in 2005 cost him the chance of a top 16 return, and on improving his record of reaching four last-16 matches without success. However he did qualify for the 2006 event, resiliantly losing 10-6 against Stephen Maguire in the first round.
He has reached the last 16 of the World Snooker Championship 4 times, in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002.
His mother was jailed for life in 2004 for murdering her cousin. [1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "King breezes past Doherty", BBC, 27 March 2004. URL accessed on 13 November 2006.
