Mark King (snooker player)

Mark King
King at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1974-03-28) 28 March 1974 (age 50)
Romford, Greater London, England
Sport country England
NicknameKojak[1]
Professional1991–2024
Highest ranking11 (2002/03)
Century breaks156 (as of 18 November 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking1

Mark King (born 28 March 1974) is an English former professional snooker player.

Having turned professional in 1991, King was ranked within the world's top 32 players between 1996 and 2015, and won his first ranking event title in 2016, defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final of the Northern Ireland Open. He has also appeared in two other ranking tournament finals: the 1997 Welsh Open, where he lost 2–9 to Stephen Hendry;[2] and the 2004 Irish Masters,[3] where Peter Ebdon defeated him 10–7.

King has reached the last 16 of the World Championship seven times, in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2013, but has never progressed beyond this stage.[4]

In November 2024, it was announced that King had been banned from snooker for five years after being found guilty of match fixing and providing inside information relating to his match against Joe Perry at the Welsh Open on 13 February 2023. He had been provisionally suspended since 18 March 2023 when the investigation into irregular betting patterns on the match was launched.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Mark King". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "WWW Snooker – Regal Welsh 1997". 1997. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
  3. ^ "2005 Irish Masters Preview". snookerclub. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Mark King Player Profile". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nov15_WPBSA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nov15_BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nov15_Eurosport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).