Mark Williams (snooker player)

Mark Williams is a Welsh professional snooker player, born in 1975, who has won three World Championships, two UK Championships and two Masters, seven Triple Crown titles in all, and has been world number one three times. He turned professional in 1992 as one of the Class of 92 with Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins, and in 2000 became the first left-handed player to win the world title. In 2002 to 2003 he won the UK Championship, the Masters and the World Championship in one season. He has won 27 ranking titles and at the 2025 World Championship became the oldest world finalist at fifty.