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Mark Allen
'The Pistol'
2018 Masters Snooker Champion
Mark Allen (born 22 February 1986) is a left-handed professional snooker player from Antrim, Northern Ireland. Allen was a successful amateur and he won the IBSF World Amateur Championship in 2004 and turned professional the following year. It only took Allen only three seasons to reach snooker's top 16.
Mark Allen has reached multiple semi-finals including the 2009 World Snooker Championship in which he impressed beating defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 13-11 in the second round. Allen won his first ranking title in 2012, the inaugural Haikou World Open in China, emphatically beating Stephen Lee 10-1 in the final.
Not shy of controversy, Mark Allen often makes headlines for his opinions. During the 2011 UK Championship he called for World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn to resign and at the 2012 Haikou World Open on Twitter he criticised the playing conditions and the area as "horrendous".
On 21st January 2018 Mark Allen won his first Triple Crown title at the 2018 Masters, beating Kyren Wilson 10–7 in the final at Alexandra Palace.
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Mark Allen Profile, News & Interviews from Snooker World Open Champion Mark Allen
Mark Allen has set his sights on a famous victory at the upcoming World Championship after beating Kyren Wilson to claim The Masters. He became only the third Northern Irishman in history to win The Masters, following in the footsteps of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor.Â
Kyren Wilson has reached his first World Snooker Championship quarter-final, seeing off an epic comeback from Mark Allen to win 13-9 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
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Mark Allen has won the Players Championship 2016, beating Ricky Walden 10-6 in the final at Event City, Manchester. It was Allen's first ranking title victory in the UK.
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It's that time of year again as the 16 best snooker players in the world travel to Alexandra Palace, London, for the most prestigious invitational event on the calendar, The Masters. Can defending champion Shaun Murphy dominate once again?
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It’s been another historic season for World Snooker with 50-1 shot Stuart Bingham winning the World Snooker Championship, Ronnie O’Sullivan claiming his 5th UK Championship and Shaun Murphy completing the Triple Crown at The Masters.Â
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32 players, 17 days, one World Champion. The eyes of the snooker world descend on the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, to see who will win the most prestigious prize in the sport, the Betfred World Snooker Championship 2015.
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John Higgins recorded his biggest win of the season today in the last 16 of the Haikou World Open, recovering from 4-0 behind to make two centuries and beat Judd Trump 5-4. Also through to the quarterfinals are Mark Allen, Shaun Murphy and Graeme Dott.
Day four of the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace in London and both Ricky Walden and Neil Robertson came from behind to win deciding frames in their opening round matches against Barry Hawkins and Mark Allen.
Mark Allen has won his first professional title in the United Kingdom and also back-to-back European Tour events by beating Judd Trump 4-1 to claim the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup (ET6) at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester.
Mark Allen has won his first title of the season, putting in a dominant performance to beat Ding Junhui 4-1 in the final of the Ruhr Open (European Tour Event 5) in Germany.
Mark Davis & Mark King recorded two of the best wins of their careers, beating seeded players John Higgins 10-6 & Mark Allen 10-8 respectively in the first round of the Betfair World Snooker Championship 2013 at the Crucible, Sheffield.
The Northern Irish duo of Mark Allen & Joe Swail both made it through their matches on the first day of action at the Dafabet PTC Grand Finals 2013 in Galway, Ireland.Â
'The Pistol' Mark Allen has successfully defended his Haikou World Open title on Hainan Island in China. He comfortably beat Matthew Stevens 10-4 in Sunday's final.
Martin Gould won his second televised pro tournament, by beating Mark Allen in the final of the Betfair Snooker Shoot Out at Blackpool to take home the trophy and the £32,000 first prize.
Thursday sees the first two quarter-finals of the Betfair Masters played at Alexandra Palace as Mark Allen takes on Neil Robertson in the afternoon session, and John Higgins clashes with Shaun Murphy in the evening.
Judd Trump is named bookies favourite to land the 2013 Betfair Masters title at Alexandra Palace despite his shock first round exit at the UK Championship a few weeks back.
Day 2 of the williamhill.com snooker UK Championship and we had more shocks today as both of 2011's finalists Judd Trump & Mark Allen lost their first round matches against Mark Joyce & Marco Fu respectively.
Mark Allen has won the second ranking title of his career at the Antwerp Open (European Tour Event 3) beating Mark Selby 4-1 & making three consecutive centuries in the final at the Lotto Arena, Antwerp.
Mark Allen has released a statement following his recent negative comments about fellow players, specifically his Chinese opponent Cao Yupeng which he branded him and his countrymen 'cheats'.
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn issued a stern warning to the players today at a press conference in the Crucible. Also announced were European wildcards for Tony Drago & Luca Brecel as well as format changes to the Welsh Open & German Masters.

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