Mark Allen (snooker Player)
Mark Allen (born 22 February 1986) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he turned professional and took only three seasons to reach the elite top 16. Entering the 2010/2011 season, he was ranked 10.
Allen has reached five ranking semi-finals: the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, the 2008 Bahrain Championship, the 2009 World Championship, the 2010 China Open and the 2010 UK Championship. In June 2009 he won his first professional title, the invitational Jiangsu Classic in China. He reached his first ranking event final at the 2011 UK Championship.
A left-hander, Allen's highest break to date is 146, which he has achieved twice: in the 2007 UK Championship qualifiers and at the 2010 World Snooker Championship.
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