Martin Clark (born 27 October 1968) is an English organiser of

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tournaments and retired professional snooker player.

Career

Clark reached ten ranking tournament quarter-finals in his career, but never progressed any further. He reached the last 16 of the World Championship three times – 1991, 1992 and 1993, and also in 1992 reached the first major semi-final of his career at the World Matchplay by knocking out defending champion Gary Wilkinson. He won two non-ranking events, defeating Ray Reardon in the final of the European Grand Masters in 1990 and Andy Hicks in the

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. He retired as a pro player at a relatively young age, due to neck problems, and is now a tournament director. He has also helped with equipment maintenance (e.g. checking the replacement

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) at the World Snooker Championship. In November 2017, Belgian player

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was forced to borrow clothes from Clark and fellow player Michael White after lifting the wrong suitcase at an airport in Shanghai.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Martin 1968 births Living people English snooker players Snooker referees and officials People from Sedgley Sportspeople from the West Midlands (county) English referees and umpires