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Ali Carter

  • Title

    4 Ranking Titles

  • Nationality

    English

  • Turned Pro

    1996

  • Highest Tournament Break

    147 twice

  • Location

    Chelmsford, Essex

  • D.O.B

    25 July 1979

  • Money List Earnings

    £186,000

  • Nickname

    The Captain
Season Stats

  • Frames Played

    276

  • Frames Won

    159

  • Frames Lost

    117

  • Frames Won Percentage

    57.61%

  • Shots Played

    6733

  • Shots Per Frame

    24.39

  • Breaks Over 50

    108

  • 50 Break Rate

    2.56

  • Breaks Over 100

    26

  • 100 Break Rate

    10.62

Ranking titles: Four

Career highlights

1999: Reaches the semi-finals of the Grand Prix at the age of just 20.
2006: Climbs into the top 16 for the first time.
2008: Reaches the final of the World Championship, making a memorable 147 en route. Beaten to the title by Ronnie O’Sullivan.
2009: Wins his first ranking title at the Welsh Open, beating Joe Swail in the final.
2010: Beats Jamie Burnett in the final of the Shanghai Masters.
2012: Reaches his second Crucible final but again finishes runner-up to O’Sullivan.
2013: Victory over Marco Fu gives Carter the German Masters title.
2016: Wins his fourth ranking title with a narrow 10-8 defeat of Joe Perry in the final of the Yushan World Open. It’s his first ranking title since successfully beating cancer, having suffered from testicular cancer as well as a lung tumour.
2018: Beats O’Sullivan at the Crucible on his way to the quarter-finals, in a match remembered for a shoulder barge between the two players.
2019: Reaches the final of the World Grand Prix, losing 10-6 to Judd Trump. Quarter-finalist at the Crucible.
2020: Makes the final of the Masters at Alexandra Palace, defeating Mark Selby, John Higgins and Shaun Murphy, before losing a tight match to Stuart Bingham 10-8.