Matthew Selt

Matthew Selt

Born	March 7, 1985 (1985-03-07) (age 26)
Sport country	England
Professional	2000–
Highest ranking	38 (2011, 5 months)
Current ranking	40
Highest break	143 (2008 UK Championship Qualifiers)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-finals: 2011 Australian Goldfields Open

Matthew Selt (born 7 March 1985) is an English professional snooker player from Romford. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh on the Pontin’s International Open Series in 2006/2007. He is a friend and practice partner of Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Career

He made an important breakthrough at the start of the 2009/2010 season by reaching the last 32 of the Shanghai Masters by winning four qualifying matches, ending with a 5–4 victory over Steve Davis. There he faced John Higgins, losing 5–2. He also impressed at the Grand Prix, by recovering from 0–4 against Jordan Brown to win 5–4 and going on to beat Jimmy White, Stuart Pettman and Fergal O'Brien to reach the final stages of a tournament for the second time in succession. There he was drawn against Stephen Hendry who beat him 5–2.

He qualified to the final stage of 2011 Australian Goldfields Open. In last 32 he won the most important match for his career so far, by beating John Higgins in the deciding frame. He overcame the scoreline from 1–4 to 5–4. In the last 16 Selt beat Stephen Hendry to earn himself his first ranking event quarter final.

External links

• Profile on World Snooker
• Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
• Results & Statistics on CueTracker

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