Date Of Birth | 07/03/1985 (33) |
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Place Of Birth | UNKNOWN, England |
Turned Pro | 2000 |
Lives | Staffordshire |
@MattSelt |
Round | Opponent | Score | AST | |
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Round 1 | Lee Walker | W | 5-4 | 27.66 secs |
Round 2 | Yan Bingtao | W | 5-3 | 25.67 secs |
Round 3 | Barry Hawkins | L | 4-5 | 23.04 secs |
Played | Won | Lost | HB |
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24 | 12 | 12 | 144 |
Highest Tournament Break 143 - 2008 UK Championship
Selt reached the quarter-final stage of the opening two events in 2015/16. His run to the last eight of the Australian Open included a fantastic 5-4 win over home favourite Neil Robertson. He eventually bowed out against Martin Gould. Selt won four matches to reach the quarters in Riga, but was eliminated thanks to a 4-3 defeat against Tom Ford.
The Englishman’s best run of the season came at the 2015 UK Championship, where he won four matches, including a 6-4 victory against Luca Brecel, to reach the quarter-finals. He was beaten 6-1 by Mark Selby.
Selt’s hopes of reaching the Crucible were ended at the World Championship Qualifiers with an agonising 10-9 defeat against Mitchell Mann.
He made his first appearance in the final of a professional tournament at the 2014 Lisbon Open. After knocking out the likes of Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins, he was denied the trophy by Stephen Maguire, losing 4-2.
In 2013, Selt reached the final stages of the World Championship for the first time by edging out Ken Doherty 10-9 in the final qualifying round. He faced world number one Mark Selby at the Crucible and succumbed to a 10-4 loss.
The 2002 English under-18 runner-up is mentored by snooker legend Stephen Hendry.