1. Matthew Selt was born on 7 March 1985 and is an English professional snooker player.
15 Facts About Matthew Selt
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Matthew Selt won his first ranking title when he beat Lyu Haotian in the 2019 Indian Open final.
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In 2008, Matthew Selt was cleared by a WPBSA tribunal over allegations that he had bribed an opponent to lose a match at the 2007 International Open Series.
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Matthew Selt did this at the first ranking event of the season: the Australian Goldfields Open by beating Adrian Gunnell and Ricky Walden.
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Matthew Selt failed to qualify for any of the remaining ranking events and finished the season ranked world number 44.
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Matthew Selt struggled after this as he couldn't qualify for eight successive ranking events and only won three matches all year in the eight minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events he entered to finish a lowly 104th on the Order of Merit.
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Matthew Selt ended the campaign where he started it, ranked world number 44.
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Matthew Selt finished 32nd on the European Order of Merit, seven places outside of qualifying for the Finals.
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Matthew Selt finished a season inside the top 32 in the rankings for the first time in his career as he was the world number 30.
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However, Matthew Selt rose to a career-high 27th in the world rankings soon afterwards and credited his improvement in play to his coach Chris Henry, his mentor Stephen Hendry, as well as his own personal fitness.
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Matthew Selt's ranking over the course of the season rose five places to world number 25.
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Matthew Selt only won one match at the venue stage in the next nine ranking events, before reaching the third round of the Gibraltar Open with victories over Rory McLeod and Stephen Maguire.
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In July 2019, Matthew Selt reached the semi-final of the Riga Masters after wins over the likes of Jimmy Robertson, Lu Ning, and Mark King before being defeated by the eventual champion Yan Bingtao.
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Matthew Selt reached another semi final of a ranking event after defeating Stephen Hendry, Barry Hawkins, Kyren Wilson, Soheil Vahedi, and Chris Wakelin before losing to the eventual champion Judd Trump.
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Matthew Selt reached the quarter-finals of the next ranking event, the Scottish Open, losing in the deciding frame against eventual champion Luca Brecel.