Mark King

Mark King is an English former professional snooker player, born on 28 March 1974. He turned professional in 1991 and was ranked among the world's top 32 players between 1996 and 2015, a career spanning nearly two decades at the sport's highest level. His first ranking event title came in 2016, when he won the Northern Ireland Open by beating Barry Hawkins in the final. He had earlier reached two other ranking finals, the 1997 Welsh Open, lost to Stephen Hendry, and the 2004 Irish Masters, lost to Peter Ebdon. At the World Championship he reached the last 16 seven times, in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2013, but never went beyond that stage. In November 2024 he was banned from snooker for five years after being found guilty of match fixing and of passing on inside information about his Welsh Open match against Joe Perry in February 2023.