.jpg) Trump at the2015 World Championship | |
| Born | (1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (age 36) Whitchurch, Bristol, England |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England |
| Nickname | The Ace in the Pack[1] |
| Professional | 2005–present |
| Highestranking | 1 (November–December 2012, February–March 2013, August 2019 – August 2021, October–November 2021, August 2024 – present) |
| Current ranking | 1 (as of 9 November 2025) |
| Maximum breaks | 9 |
| Century breaks | 1,118 (as of 23 November 2025) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 30 |
| Minor-ranking | 4 |
| World Champion | 2019 |
Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989)[2] is an English professionalsnooker player who is a formerworld champion and the currentworld number one. He is in fourth place on the list ofall-time ranking event winners, having won 30 ranking titles. He has also won fiveTriple Crown titles.
He reached theWorld Under-21 Championship semi-finals aged 14, Trump turned professional in 2005. He won his maiden ranking title at the2011 China Open, was runner-up toJohn Higgins at the2011 World Snooker Championship, and captured his first Triple Crown title at the2011 UK Championship.[3] In the2018–19 season, he completed his career Triple Crown by winning both theMasters andWorld Championship, and became the first player to win over £1 million in prize money in a single season.[4]
In the2019–20 season, he won six ranking events, setting a new record for the most ranking titles in a single season.[5][6] He was awarded anMBE in 2022.[7][8] During the2024–25 season, he won total prize money of £1,680,600, setting a new record for the most prize money in a single season.[9] He was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2021.[10][11]
Trump made his 1,000thcentury break in professional competition at the2024 British Open, becoming the third player, after O'Sullivan and Higgins, to reach this milestone.[12] He holds the record for the most century breaks in a single season, having made 107 in the2024–25 season.[13] He has made ninemaximum breaks in his career.[14]
Trump was English Under-13 and Under-15 champion, and reached the World Under-21 Championship semi-finals at the age of 14.[15] He joined the professional tour in the2005–06 season, and at theWelsh Open he became the youngest player ever to qualify for the final stages of a ranking tournament. He also reached the last-48 stage at theChina Open, losing 4–5 toMichael Holt, although this was designated the final qualifying round and was actually played inPrestatyn, Wales.[16]
He defeatedJames Wattana 10–5 in the final round of qualifying at the2007 World Championship, to become the third-youngest player ever at the time to reach the main stage of the tournament, after championsStephen Hendry andRonnie O'Sullivan, who had both been younger when they made their Crucible debuts. Trump is one of only five players to make their first appearance at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre at the age of 17, along with Hendry, O'Sullivan, China'sLiu Chuang and Belgium'sLuca Brecel. He played the 2005 champion and sixth seedShaun Murphy in the first round, but lost 6–10 despite having led 6–5.[17]
He did not build on this form in the2007–08 season, only reaching the last 32 of theWelsh Open by beatingJoe Swail 5–2 in the first round. He also missed out on the2008 World Championship after a 9–10 loss to Swail in the final round of qualifying, despite having led 9–7.[18]
Trump's fortunes changed for the2008–09 season when he reached the venue stages of the first four events. At theGrand Prix, he benefitted fromGraeme Dott's withdrawal before defeatingJoe Perry 5–2 in the last 16, despite Perry feeling that he had outplayed Trump, who himself admitted to not having played well.[19] Then came the biggest win of his career so far, when he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 to reach the semi-final, in which he was defeated 4–6 byJohn Higgins. After that, Trump beat two-time world championMark Williams to qualify for the2008 Bahrain Championship. He won aqualifying event in 2008 to gain entry into the2009 Masters as the only qualifier but was defeated byMark Allen in the first round.
At the end of the snooker year, Trump failed again to reach the main stage of theWorld Championship, losing 8–10 toStephen Lee in the final qualifying round, having led 6–3. Lee noted that Trump had not followed the custom of apologising for fluked shots during the match, and concluded "all I've heard about for the last five years in my area is how good he is, and he is good... but he's blown a 6–3 lead today and hopefully that will stick with him for a while yet."[20] Trump ended the season in the top 32 of the rankings for the first time. He was coached for a short time byTony Chappel.[21]
Trump won the2009 Championship League in the previous season to qualify for thePremier League event later in the year, in which he won four of his six matches, including a 4–2 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan. He finished second in the League table, but lost 1–5 to O'Sullivan in his semi-final.[22] The2009–10 season was less successful for Trump as he did not progress beyond the last 32 in any of the ranking tournaments. In January 2010, he joined Romford-based snooker agency Grove Leisure.[23]
Trump defeated former world championsPeter Ebdon andShaun Murphy at the2011 China Open, to reach his first professional ranking event final.[24] He then triumphed over last year's Masters championMark Selby 10–8 to win his first major title.[25] He won £60,000 in prize money and provisionally climbed into the top 16 of the world rankings. On his way to winning the final, Trump made his100th competitive century break.[26]
Trump had already qualified for the2011 World Championship when he won the China Open, and was drawn against reigning championNeil Robertson in the first round, whom he defeated 10–8.[27] In subsequent rounds, he knocked outMartin Gould 13–6,Graeme Dott 13–5 andDing Junhui 17–15 to qualify for his first World Championship final.[28] He lost 15–18 toJohn Higgins.[29]
Trump started the season with a 3–5 loss toMark Davis in the first round of the2011 Australian Goldfields Open.[30] This disappointment did not last long as he won thesecond PTC event of the season, beatingDing Junhui 4–0 in the final at a virtual home venue of the South West Snooker Academy.[31] Trump then lost 1–5 toStuart Bingham in theShanghai Masters first round.[32] Trump finished runner-up toNeil Robertson in theeighth PTC event of the season,[33] but he immediately rediscovered his winning touch by capturingEvent 9, overcomingRonnie O'Sullivan 4–3 in the final inAntwerp, Belgium, in just over an hour's worth of play.[34] He would later top theOrder of Merit after all twelve PTC events had been played, thus qualifying for the2012 Finals.[35] He suffered a shock in the last 16 as world number 51Xiao Guodong beat him 4–2, despite playing with a broken bone in his hand.[36]
On 11 December 2011, Trump won his second ranking event tournament, the2011 UK Championship at theBarbican Centre inYork. He defeatedDominic Dale 6–4 in the last 32, then won the final two frames of the second round to edge out Ronnie O'Sullivan, 6–5. After the match, Trump said that he had been "outplayed" and was "lucky" to have got through.[37] Next he dispatchedStephen Maguire 6–3,[38] and faced Neil Robertson in the semi-finals. The semi-final match was a tight and nervy affair, with Trump stating afterwards that he believed Robertson was trying to stifle his natural game by "slowing it down" and "making things awkward", but nevertheless the Bristolian triumphed 9–7 to reach his first UK final.[39] There he playedMark Allen, and trailed 1–3 early on in the best-of-19-frames match. Trump then produced a match-defining run of seven straight frames to take an 8–3 lead. Despite a strong fightback from Allen, who won five of the next six frames to trail just 8–9, Trump clinched the 18th frame with a break of 91, and won the final 10–8.[40] The victory took him up to a career-high world ranking of 5.[41] Six-time winner of the event,Steve Davis, said that Trump's performances during the championship had shown that he was "spearheading his generation" of snooker players.[42]
Trump continued his fine form by reaching the semi-finals of theMasters in January. He defeated Stuart Bingham in the first round, and O'Sullivan once more in the quarter-finals 6–2, to make his record against the four-time World Champion five wins and two defeats, from their seven meetings in tournament play.[43] Trump met Robertson in the semi-finals for the second successive major event, and it was the Australian who exacted his revenge for the defeat suffered in York a month earlier, as he triumphed 6–3.[44] Trump reached three quarter-finals in his next four ranking events to become the world number two in April, behindMark Selby, meaning that he had risen seven places in the rankings this season.[45]
At the2012 World Championship, Trump defeated Dominic Dale in their first-round match by a 10–7 scoreline, despite suffering from food poisoning.[46] He was knocked out in the second round byAli Carter 12–13, letting a 12–9 lead slip, thus ending his chances of becoming world number one in the season.[47]
Trump's first tournament of the2012–13 season was theWuxi Classic in China, where he lost toRobert Milkins 3–5 in the second round, having beatenDominic Dale 5–1 in the opener.[48] At theShanghai Masters he saw offBarry Hawkins,Mark Allen,Graeme Dott andMark Williams to reach the final where he facedJohn Higgins.[48] Trump surged into a 5–0 lead and, despite Higgins making a 147 break in the next frame, claimed a 7–2 advantage after the first session.[49] Upon the resumption of play, Higgins won six frames in a row, with the match eventually going into a deciding frame, in which Trump made a break of 35 but ran out of position, allowing Higgins to secure the title with a 10–9 victory.[49] Trump bounced back at the next ranking event, the inauguralInternational Championship, by claiming his third ranking event title. He eliminatedFergal O'Brien 6–3,Aditya Mehta 6–0 and then edged past Mark Allen 6–5 in the quarter-finals.[50] Trump thrashedPeter Ebdon 9–1 in the semi-finals to become snooker's tenth world number one,[51] and recovered from 6–8 down in the final againstNeil Robertson to triumph 10–8.[52]
Trump met John Higgins in back-to-backPlayers Tour Championship finals, losing thefirst 2–4, but gaining revenge in the second, theBulgarian Open by whitewashing Higgins 4–0.[48] Trump reached the final of thePremier League, having beaten Neil Robertson in the semi-finals, but he lost 2–7 toStuart Bingham.[53] In the defence of his 2011UK Championship title, Trump playedMark Joyce in the first round. Despite leading 3–0 and 5–2, Trump lost the last four frames of the match to suffer a major shock exit against the world number 50.[54] The disappointment was compounded whenMark Selby went on to win the title, reclaiming the top ranking in the process.[55] Trump was defeated 1–6 by Graeme Dott at theMasters, and 4–5 byAnthony Hamilton in the first round of theGerman Masters.[48] He regained his form and the world number one ranking at theWelsh Open. He came back from 1–3 down to beat Dominic Dale 4–3 in the first round, after which he asserted that "players are changing their game to play slower against me. Dominic was too slow for himself and it caught him out towards the end".[56] More comfortable victories ensued overAndrew Higginson andPankaj Advani to set up a semi-final meeting withStephen Maguire.[57] Trump initially raced into a 2–0 lead only to lose five frames in succession to the rejuvenated Maguire. Trump pulled back two more frames and looked set to force a decider after a 50 break in the tenth frame, but Maguire ground out the frame and won the match 6–4.[58]
At theWorld Open, Trump gained revenge over Joyce by dispatching him 5–0, and he beatNigel Bond 5–1, beforeMatthew Stevens won their quarter-final match 5–3.[59] Trump qualified for thePTC Finals by finishing second on the Order of Merit,[60] but lost toAlfie Burden 3–4 in the first round.[61] He also lost in the first round of theChina Open to good friendJack Lisowski 3–5,[62] surrendering his world number one ranking to Mark Selby again in the process.[63]
Trump headed into the2013 World Championship in less than auspicious form, though he himself said that he had prepared better than ever for the event. He beat Dominic Dale in the first round for the second year in a row, this time by 10–5.[64] At 8–7 ahead in the last 16 againstMarco Fu, Trump raced away with five consecutive frames to triumph 13–7 and set up a quarter-final clash withShaun Murphy.[65] Trump came from 3–8 down to level at 8–8 at the conclusion of the second session. The deciding frame lasted 53 minutes with Trump winning it on the yellow to seal a 13–12 victory.[66] He metRonnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals, but was unable to capitalise on the chances that came his way: though he potted a ball in 24 of the 28 frames played, he could only make four breaks above 50 in an 11–17 defeat.[67] Trump said afterwards "It's probably the worst I've played all tournament. I would've probably expected to lose to anyone the way I played."[68]
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At the start of the season, Trump was ranked third in theworld rankings. He began the season poorly as he lost in the first rounds of theWuxi Classic, theShanghai Masters and theInternational Championship, as well as failing to qualify for theIndian Open.[69] In November, he reached the final of the minor-rankingKay Suzanne Memorial Cup but lost 1–4 toMark Allen.[70]Later that month, he made the first officialmaximum break of his career in theAntwerp Open during a last-32 defeat againstMark Selby.[71]He reached the fourth round of theUK Championship, where Mark Allen defeated him 6–4, and he lost 5–6 toMarco Fu in the opening round of theMasters.[69][72]
In theGerman Masters, he dropped just four frames in winning five matches to reach his first ranking final of the season, where he playedDing Junhui. Trump was two frames ahead twice in the first session, but it ended level at 4–4; he then lost five of the next six frames upon resumption of play to be defeated 5–9.[73] At theWelsh Open, he was defeated 3–4 byJohn Higgins in the last 16.[74] Higgins was again the victor when the two met in the last 16 of theWorld Open, winning 5–4 after Trump had taken a 4–0 lead.[75] Trump won the non-rankingChampionship League title during the season by beatingMartin Gould 3–1.[76]
Trump defeatedTom Ford andRyan Day to reach the quarter-finals of the2014 World Championship, where he playedNeil Robertson.[69] Trump led 6–2, 9–6 and 11–8, before Robertson launched a bold counterattack to take the last five frames and win the match 13–11.[77] Trump received criticism for not acknowledging the fact that during the match, Robertson had become the first player to make 100 centuries in a single season, choosing to walk out of the arena instead.[78][79] He later said that Robertson's achievement meant nothing to him and he chose to congratulate his opponent after the match.[80]
Trump was thrashed 0–5 byStephen Maguire in the third round of theWuxi Classic, but responded a week later by claiming his fourth ranking title, and his first for 20 months, at theAustralian Goldfields Open,[81] by defeating home favouriteNeil Robertson 9–5 in the final.[82] He reached the final of thePaul Hunter Classic but lost 2–4 toMark Allen.[83] He then suffered first and second round exits toDominic Dale andJamie Burnett respectively in the next two ranking events.[81] He advanced to the final of theChampion of Champions but fell 3–8 down toRonnie O'Sullivan, before reducing his deficit to a single frame by taking four successive frames with the help of two centuries.
O'Sullivan won the two frames he needed to triumph 10–7, with Trump claiming his opponent's standard of play throughout the match was the best he had ever encountered.[84] The pair also met in the final of theUK Championship in which Trump was 4–9 behind with a highest break of just 56. He won the 14th frame and then made back-to-back centuries and a break of 86 to only trail 8–9. He was 0–59 down in the next frame, but cleared the table with a 67 break to send the match into an unlikely decider; O'Sullivan then made a title-winning break after Trump had failed to escape from a snooker. O'Sullivan afterwards described the match as the hardest of his career.[85] At theMasters, Trump lost 4–6 against Stephen Maguire in the first round.[86] He made the second 147 of his career in the quarter-finals of theGerman Masters, but was knocked out 4–5 byMark Selby.[87]
At the inauguralWorld Grand Prix, Trump eliminatedMark Williams 4–3 on the final black, but then fell 1–5 behind againstMartin Gould in the semi-finals.[88] He then took five successive frames, outscoring Gould by 395 points to 37, to win the match 6–5.[89] He played O'Sullivan for the third time in a final this season and was 4–7 behind, but then won six frames in a row, which included a 142 break (the highest of the tournament), to finish 10–7 and claim his second title of the season.[90] He also reached the semi-finals of thePTC Grand Final, where he lost 2–4 to Williams.[81]
At the2015 World Championship, Trump produced his best snooker in the quarter-finals where he knocked in four centuries during a 13–4 thrashing ofDing Junhui. He stated afterwards that if he could play to the same standard in the rest of the event he would secure his first world title.[91] After holding an early 2–1 lead overStuart Bingham in the semi-finals, Trump could not hold onto his advantage and fell 16–14 behind. He then made successive centuries to force a deciding frame in which he missed a red to the middle pocket due to a kick, and Bingham took the match 17–16.[92]
In the defence of hisAustralian Goldfields Open title, Trump was knocked out in the quarter-finals 1–5 byStephen Maguire.[93] He reached the final of theShanghai Masters, but a slow start from Trump saw him trail world number 54Kyren Wilson 3–6 after the first session. Wilson also had leads of 8–4 and 9–7, before Trump sent the match into a deciding frame which Wilson won.[94] Trump scored 278 points to nil in taking the first three frames of his third roundUK Championship match withLiang Wenbo, but eventually lost 4–6. Trump branded the collapse an embarrassment and said it was the worst he had felt as a professional.[95] In the new year, Trump andNeil Robertson set a record of six centuries in a best-of-11-frame match (four from Trump and two from Robertson). Trump closed it out with a sublime 129 break to win 6–5, with Robertson describing it as "the greatest Masters match ever".[96] He was knocked out 4–6 in the semi-finals byBarry Hawkins.[97]
His first title of the season came at theChampionship League where he defeatedRonnie O'Sullivan 3–2 in the final.[98] Soon afterwards he won his fifth ranking title and first for almost two years by beatingRicky Walden 10–4 in theChina Open final.[99] After trailing Liang Wenbo 3–7 in the first round of the2016 World Championship, Trump tweeted that the drinks would be on him if he could turn it around. He duly did by winning 10–8 and put a few hundred pounds behind the local bar.[100] Trump could not escape from a similar position againstDing Junhui in the second round and was beaten 10–13.[101]
Trump thrashedJohn Higgins 4–0 in the quarter-finals of the2016 European Masters and then overcameMark Selby 6–2 to playRonnie O'Sullivan in the final. Trump was down 6–8, but took each of the remaining three frames to triumph 9–8 and win his sixth ranking title.[102] In his next event, theEnglish Open, he comfortably beat Higgins again in the quarter-finals, this time 5–1, and then defeatedBarry Hawkins 6–2 to make it 14 wins in a row.[103] He lost 6–9 toLiang Wenbo in the final after having missed a good chance to make it 7–7.[104] Trump edged pastShaun Murphy 6–5 on the final black to reach the semi-finals of theInternational Championship where he was knocked out 4–9 byDing Junhui.[105] He had a surprise 2–6 defeat toOliver Lines in the second round of theUK Championship.[106] He was 5–1 up on Higgins in the semi-finals of theScottish Open as he made three centuries and a 99 break, but Higgins recovered to win 6–5.[107] In an extremely high quality first round match at theMasters, Trump made two centuries andMarco Fu three, followed by nine further breaks above 50 as Fu edged through 6–5.[108]
Hawkins missed a match-ball yellow in their quarter-final clash at theWelsh Open, and Trump cleared the colours to win the match 5–4. He then defeatedScott Donaldson 6–3 to playStuart Bingham in the final;[109] he was 0–4 down, before recovering to lead 8–7, but lost the last two frames and the match.[110] Another final followed at theGibraltar Open as he come back from 0–2 down in the semi-finals againstRyan Day, but he lost the final 2–4 to Murphy.[111] He reached his third ranking event final inside a month at thePlayers Championship where he reeled off a match-defining six frames in a row from 2–5 down to Fu, and went on to win his seventh ranking title 10–8.[112] In the third round of theChina Open, Trump made his first televised 147 as he defeatedTian Pengfei 5–3,[113] but he suffered a surprise 3–5 loss toHossein Vafaei in the quarter-finals.[105]
Trump went into the2017 World Championship declaring: "I honestly believe I can play to a standard which is very rare nowadays," and that he was "the best" in the world.[114] He won the first four frames in his opening match, beforeRory McLeod responded to lead 5–4. Trump appeared to be struggling with a shoulder injury and eventually lost the match 8–10 to a player ranked 52 places below him in the rankings.[115][116]
Trump was third in theworld rankings at the start of the season. He successfully defended hisEuropean Masters title in October, defeatingStuart Bingham 9–7 in the final.[117] The following month, he reached the quarter-finals of theInternational Championship where he was edged out 5–6 byMark Allen. He then reached the final of theShanghai Masters, but was heavily defeated 3–10 byRonnie O'Sullivan.[118]
He made semi-final appearances at three other ranking events this season: at theScottish Open, he lost 4–6 toCao Yupeng[119] whom he had defeated two months earlier in the semi-finals of the European Masters; at theGerman Masters, he was beaten 1–6 byMark Williams,[120] after making the highest break of the tournament (140) in his quarter-final clash withDing Junhui; and in defending his title at thePlayers Championship,[121] he was narrowly defeated by Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–6. In January, he reached the semi-finals of the2018 Masters where, despite leads of 3–1 and 5–2 earlier in the match, he was eliminated 5–6 byKyren Wilson.[122]
At the2018 World Championship, Trump came close to suffering a first-round defeat by Crucible debutantChris Wakelin who took the match to a deciding frame.[123] After beatingRicky Walden 13–9 in the second round, he was narrowly defeated in the quarter-finals byJohn Higgins in another final-frame decider, the first time they had met in a World Championship match since the 2011 final.[124]
Trump began the2018–19 season fifth in theworld rankings. His defence of theEuropean Masters ended with a surprise 2–4 defeat againstTian Pengfei in the second round.[125] He won his first ranking title of the season at theNorthern Ireland Open, beatingRonnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in the final.[126] At theUK Championship, he suffered a 4–6 fourth round loss toJoe Perry. He then reached the semi-finals of theScottish Open for the third time in a row but was defeated 3–6 byShaun Murphy.[127] In January, Trump won his firstMasters title, beatingKyren Wilson,Mark Selby andNeil Robertson en route to the final, where his opponent was Ronnie O'Sullivan. Trump dominated the match, taking a 7–1 lead, and eventually won it 10–4.[128] A month later, he won his second ranking event of the season, theWorld Grand Prix, beatingAli Carter 10–6 in the final.[129]
Two more semi-final appearances in March 2019, at thePlayers Championship and theTour Championship, were followed by the biggest success of Trump's career so far when he won the2019 World Championship. He defeatedThepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–9 in the first round, having trailed 3–6 after the first session.[130] In the second round againstDing Junhui, he led 5–1 and trailed 7–9, then won six consecutive frames to clinch a 13–9 victory.[131] A comfortable 13–6 quarter-final win overStephen Maguire took him to the semi-finals, where he beatGary Wilson 17–11 to secure his second appearance in a world final. His opponent wasJohn Higgins, in a repeat of the 2011 final. Trailing 4–5 in the early stages, Trump dominated the second session, winning eight consecutive frames to lead 12–5 overnight, a display whichSteve Davis described as the "controlled annihilation of a great player".[132] Trump led 16–9 going into the final session, and won the opening two frames of the evening to seal an 18–9 win, and with it his first world title. The two players scored eleven centuries between them, a record for a professional match. Trump's seven centuries in the final equalled Ding Junhui's record for the most by one player in a World Championship match.[133] Winning the world title also made Trump the 11th player to complete snooker'sTriple Crown.[134]
Trump's first appearance as reigning world champion was at theInternational Championship in August 2019. He won the tournament by defeatingShaun Murphy 10–3 in the final,[135] regaining the number one position in the snooker world rankings ahead ofRonnie O'Sullivan.[135] He also won theWorld Open, bestingThepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–5.[136] At the next event, theChampion of Champions, Trump once again reached the final, where his opponent wasNeil Robertson. Leading 9–8 in a best-of-19 frames match, Trump appeared to be on the verge of claiming the title as Robertson required snookers to win the 18th frame, which the Australian player got, winning 9–10 in the end.[137][138] The following week, at theNorthern Ireland Open, Trump won his third ranking tournament of the season, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7, the same scoreline Trump had won the title by the previous year.[139] He failed to earn a place in theEuropean Masters though, losing 3–5 toIan Burns in the first qualifying round.[140]
Early in the second half of the season, Trump defeated Neil Robertson 9–6 in the final of theGerman Masters, a match that featured a lot of "high-class safety", to claim his fourth ranking title of the season,[141] then on 1 March 2020, he claimed a record-equalling fifth ranking title of the season when he defeatedYan Bingtao 10–4 in the final of thePlayers Championship.[142] With this victory, he became the fifth player to win five ranking events in a single season, afterStephen Hendry,Ding Junhui,Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan.[143] Two weeks later, on 15 March, he became the first player ever to win six ranking titles in a single season, defeatingKyren Wilson 4–3 at theGibraltar Open.[144]
Trump qualified for the2020 Tour championship as the leader of the one-season ranking list. He playedJohn Higgins in the quarter-finals round. Trump took a 5–3 lead after the first session and finally prevailed 9–4 to progress to the semi-finals, where he playedStephen Maguire. The score was tied at 4–4 after the first session, but Trump struggled in the evening session and eventually lost 6–9.[145]
Defending his world title at the2020 World Snooker Championship, he fell prey to the "Crucible curse", losing 9–13 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals.[146] In his first-round match againstTom Ford, he made his 100th century break of the season, becoming only the second player, after Neil Robertson, to achieve that feat.[147]
In the first ranking tournament of the season, theEuropean Masters, Trump lost 3–6 toMartin Gould in the semi-finals.[148] At theEnglish Open, he defeatedGary Wilson,Kyren Wilson andJohn Higgins to set up a final withNeil Robertson. The match went to a deciding frame, which Trump won with a century break, becoming the first player to win threeHome Nations Series titles.[149] In the same month, he reached theChampionship League final after topping all three group stages.[150][151][152] He faced Kyren Wilson, who won the match 3–1, ending Trump's run of 10 consecutive ranking final victories.[153][154]
In November, Trump won his third consecutiveNorthern Ireland Open, beatingRonnie O'Sullivan 9–7 in the final once again.[155] The win made him the first to win four Home Nations events, and the second, afterMark Selby, to win two Home Nations tournaments in a single season. In December, he reached theUK Championship final for the third time, but lost 9–10 to Neil Robertson, after missing a final pink in the hour-long deciding frame.[156] At the final ranking event of 2020, theWorld Grand Prix, he defeated both Martin Gould and Ronnie O'Sullivan to reach the final, where he metJack Lisowski. Trump led 6–2 after the first session. Even though Lisowski recovered to win four frames in a row, Trump won the title 10–7.[157]
In January, Trump was forced to withdraw from the2021 Masters after testing positive forCOVID-19.[158] He returned to competition at theGerman Masters, where he trailedBarry Hawkins 1–5 in the semi-final, but recovered to win five consecutive frames, making three consecutive centuries while doing so, to win the match 6–5.[159] He went on to win the event with another victory over Jack Lisowski, by the scoreline of 9–2.[160] He then successfully defended hisGibraltar Open title, defeating Lisowski once more in the final by 4–0, and winning 28 of the 31 frames he played in the tournament overall to claim his fifth ranking title of the season.[161] He also secured the £150,000European Series bonus, awarded to the player who wins the most prize money across the series, for a second consecutive season.[162] Trump ended the snooker year with two more quarter-final appearances, at theTour Championship,[163] and, like last year, at theWorld Championship.[164]
At theBritish Open in August 2021, Trump lost 2–3 in the third round toElliot Slessor. This loss meant thatMark Selby became world number one, with Trump dropping to second in the rankings.[165]
Trump took advantage of a break in the snooker calendar to enter his first nine-ball pool tournament, the2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship, staged inAtlantic City, New Jersey.[166] Although he easily won his three opening matches, he lost 1–11 toJayson Shaw to move to the losers' side of the bracket,[167] and then lost 10–11 to Jason Theron to exit the tournament.[168] Trump stated his intention to continue competing in nine-ball pool, saying that "I had a lot more support from fans than I was expecting, and there were enough positives to make me do it again."[169]
In November, Trump defeated Higgins 10–4 in the2021 Champion of Champions final, winning the invitational tournament for the first time.[170][171] He also reached the semi-finals of the invitational2022 Masters, but lost in a deciding frame toBarry Hawkins.[172] After this, his performance in ranking events was less impressive than in the previous two seasons, which had seen him win a combined 11 ranking titles. He reached the quarter-finals of the2021 Northern Ireland Open,[173] the2021 English Open[174] and the2022 German Masters,[175] but did not feature in any ranking semi-finals or finals until the 12th ranking event of the season, the2022 Welsh Open, where he reached his first ranking final since the 2021 Gibraltar Open a year earlier. He lost 5–9 toJoe Perry though.[176] The following week, he won his first ranking title of the season and the 23rd of his career at the2022 Turkish Masters inAntalya, defeatingMatthew Selt 10–4 in the final.[177] In the 10th frame of the match, he made his sixthmaximum break.[178] Reaching the final of the Welsh Open and winning the Turkish Masters meant that Trump moved from 17th to fourth place on the season's money list, guaranteeing his place in the2022 Tour Championship,[179] though, like in the previous edition of the tournament, he exited after his first match, asLuca Brecel defeated him 10–6.[180]
Trump reached his third world final at the2022 World Snooker Championship, but lost 13–18 toRonnie O'Sullivan.[181] He finished the season regaining his number two spot in the world rankings, having dropped to fourth place beforehand.[182] Trump was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2022 Birthday Honours for services to snooker and charity.[183][184]
Trump had a somewhat disappointing start to the2022–23 season, suffering many early-round exits. He did play in the quarter-finals of the2022 Hong Kong Masters[185] and the2022 European Masters[186] though, and was a finalist in the2022 Champion of Champions, although he did not manage to defend his title, as he lost 6–10 toRonnie O'Sullivan.[187] During the final of the tournament, Trump made his seventhmaximum break,[188] then within less than a month he completed his eighth in the second round of the2022 Scottish Open, againstMitchell Mann.[189] He exited the event at the quarter-final stage, however, losing 4–5 toThepchaiya Un-Nooh on a respotted black in the decider.[190] His result was the same at the nextHome Nations Series event, theEnglish Open, being defeated 1–5 byLuca Brecel.[191]
The second half of the season started off much better for Trump, as he won his second Masters title in the2023 edition of the event, defeatingMark Williams 10–8.[192] At the next event, the2023 World Grand Prix, he lost 9–10 toMark Allen in the final, despite forcing a decider after being 2–7 down.[193] He was a finalist of the2023 Championship League too, there he was beaten 1–3 by defending championJohn Higgins.[194] In the next tournament, the2023 Six-red World Championship, Trump made it to the quarter-finals before losing 5–6 in another decider againstHossein Vafaei.[195] His season ended as he exited the2023 World Championship in the first round, being defeated 10–6 byAnthony McGill.[196]
At the start of the season, after winning the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association's invitational Huangguoshu Open 5–1 againstJohn Higgins,[197] Trump was a finalist of the2023 European Masters, losing 6–9 toBarry Hawkins,[198] and a quarter-finalist of the2023 Shanghai Masters, suffering a 1–6 defeat byMark Selby.[199] In October, by beating first-time ranking finalistZhang Anda 9–7, he won theEnglish Open for a second time,[200] becoming the second player after Mark Selby to do so, and the first player to win fiveHome Nations Series titles. Throughout both the final and the semi-final he won 6–5 against John Higgins the day before, Trump made several comebacks, from 1–5[201] and 3–7 down in the former match, and 1–4 and 2–5 behind in the latter.[202] Then next week he went on and won the inauguralWuhan Open too, winning back-to-back ranking events for the fourth time in his career, being one of only 13 players to win successive tournaments, and being only the third, afterStephen Hendry andMark Williams, to win consecutive events held in following weeks in different countries. He playedAli Carter in the final and defeated him 10–7.[203] Trump's winning streak continued at the2023 Northern Ireland Open, claiming his fourth Northern Ireland Open and sixth Home Nations title by bestingChris Wakelin 9–3, winning two Home Nations events in a single season for the second time, and becoming only the fifth player—afterRay Reardon,Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry andDing Junhui—to win three ranking tournaments in a row.[204] The final was his 20th consecutive match won, and throughout the event, he once again made a number of recoveries, from 1–3 to 5–4 in his quarter-final match againstStephen Maguire,[205] and from 1–4 to 6–4 against Barry Hawkins in their semi-final meeting.[206] Trump's run ended with 22 won matches, as he faced Maguire once again in the last 32 at the2023 International Championship and lost 3–6 to him.[207] He fared better in next week'sChampion of Champions, reaching the final of the tournament, but like last year, he finished as runner-up, as he was defeated 3–10 byMark Allen.[208] In the following event, the2023 UK Championship, he made it to the semi-final, but there he lost 4–6 to Ding Junhui.[209]
Trump started the second half of the season with defending his title at the2024 Masters, but he got edged out 5–6 by Ali Carter in the quarter-finals.[210] Then, same as the previous year, he was the runner-up in the next tournament, the2024 World Grand Prix, as he lost 7–10 toRonnie O'Sullivan, despite leading 4–0 and 6–3 in the course of the match.[211] At the following2024 German Masters, Trump claimed both the title and theBetVictor European Series bonus for the third time, defeating another first-time ranking finalist,Si Jiahui 10–5.[212] At the2024 Players Championship, he was once again beaten in the quarter-final stage by Ali Carter, this time by the scoreline of 4–6.[213] In the next event, the2024 World Masters of Snooker, Trump was a semi-finalist, but he lost, for the fifth time in a row, to Ronnie O'Sullivan, the tournament's ultimate winner.[214] At the following2024 World Open, Trump was the defending champion, and he retained the title, facing Ding Junhui again in the final and defeating him 10–4, winning at least five ranking titles and earning over £1 million in a single campaign for the third time in his career.[215] In the last two ranking events of the season, Trump didn't make it past the quarter-final stage, as at the2024 Tour Championship, it was him who lost 4–10 to Mark Williams, the eventual champion of the tournament,[216] and at the2024 World Championship, he was beaten 9–13 by world number 44Jak Jones.[217]
Trump started the season at the2024 Shanghai Masters, which he won, defeatingShaun Murphy 11–5 in the final.[218][219] He was also a finalist in the next tournament, the2024 Xi'an Grand Prix, but he lost the match 8–10 toKyren Wilson. However, by getting that far in the event, he once again reached the number one position in the world rankings.[220] Trump then went on and became the first champion of the newly addedSaudi Arabia Snooker Masters tournament in the inaugural2024 edition next week, by beatingMark Williams 10–9.[221] Trump made the 1,000th century break of his career in hisBritish Open quarter-final defeat againstMark Allen. He became the third player to achieve the feat followingRonnie O'Sullivan andJohn Higgins.[222] Trump beatBarry Hawkins 10–8 in the final to win the2024 UK Championship; winning the competition for the second time, the first being in2011.[223][224] At the2025 Masters, Trump was defeated in the semi-final by Kyren Wilson 3–6.[225] Trump also reached the semi-finals of the2025 World Championship, where he suffered a 14–17 defeat to Mark Williams.[226]
In October, Trump reached the final of theNorthern Ireland Open where he suffered an 8–9 defeat against Lisowski.[227] Trump also finished runner-up at theChampion of Champions where he was beaten 5–10 by Selby.[228]
The eldest child of Steve and Georgina Trump,[229] Trump was introduced to snooker by his father, a long-distance truck driver,[230] who took him to a local snooker hall at the age of nine.[231] He attended Whitchurch School in Bristol.[231] Trump has a younger brother, Jack, whom he employed at the beginning of the2018–19 snooker season to travel with him and work with him in practice.[232]
Trump was once romantically linked toUnited Arab Emirates equestrian Khadijah Misr, who appeared with him after he won the2017 Players Championship.[233][234] In 2024, he was reported to be in a relationship withHong Kong figure skaterMaisy Ma.[234] In late 2024, Trump moved to Hong Kong, having obtained residency under theQuality Migrant Admission Scheme.[235]
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
| Legend |
|---|
| World Championship (1–2) |
| UK Championship (2–2) |
| Other (27–16) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2010 | Paul Hunter Classic | Anthony Hamilton | 4–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2011 | Players Tour Championship – Event 2 |  Ding Junhui | 4–0 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2011 | Alex Higgins International Trophy |  Neil Robertson | 1–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 2011 | Antwerp Open | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2012 | Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy |  John Higgins | 2–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 2012 | Bulgarian Open | John Higgins | 4–0 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2013 | Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup(2) |  Mark Allen | 1–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2014 | Paul Hunter Classic | Mark Allen | 2–4 |
| Legend |
|---|
| The Masters (2–0) |
| Champion of Champions (1–5) |
| Premier League (0–1) |
| Other (7–2) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2008 | Masters Qualifying Event | Mark Joyce | 6–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 2009 | Championship League | Mark Selby | 3–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2012 | Championship League | Ding Junhui | 1–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2012 | Premier League | Stuart Bingham | 2–7 |
| Winner | 3. | 2014 | Championship League(2) | Martin Gould | 3–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2014 | Champion of Champions | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 7–10 |
| Winner | 4. | 2015 | World Grand Prix | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10–7 |
| Winner | 5. | 2016 | Championship League(3) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 2019 | The Masters | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2019 | Champion of Champions(2) | Neil Robertson | 9–10 |
| Winner | 7. | 2021 | Champion of Champions | John Higgins | 10–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2022 | Champion of Champions(3) | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6–10 |
| Winner | 8. | 2023 | The Masters(2) |  Mark Williams | 10–8 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2023 | Championship League(2) | John Higgins | 1–3 |
| Winner | 9. | 2023 | Huangguoshu Open | John Higgins | 5–1 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2023 | Champion of Champions(4) | Mark Allen | 3–10 |
| Winner | 10. | 2024 | Shanghai Masters | Shaun Murphy | 11–5 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 2025 | Champion of Champions(5) | Mark Selby | 5–10 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | World Cup | England | China A | 3–4 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2003 | Pontins Spring Open | Mike Hallett | 4–2 | |
| Winner | 2. | 2006 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 2 | Ryan Day | 4–1 | [236] |
| Winner | 3. | 2006 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 3 | Michael Holt | 4–1 | [237] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2007 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 6 | Dave Harold | 3–4 | [238] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2008 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 1 | Stuart Bingham | 3–4 | [239] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2008 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 3 | Peter Lines | 3–4 | [240] |
| Winner | 4. | 2009 | Pontins Pro-Am – Event 3(2) | Peter Lines | 5–2 | [241] |
| Winner | 5. | 2010 | Austrian Open | Neil Robertson | 6–4 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2000 | English Under-15 Championship | James Croxton | 5–3[242] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2000 | English Under-13 Championship | Lee Page | 1–4[242] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2001 | English Under-18 Championship | Tom Ford | 1–5[243] |
| Winner | 2. | 2002 | English Under-13 Championship | Stuart Carrington | 5–0[242] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2002 | English Under-15 Championship | Ben Woollaston | 1–5[242] |
| Winner | 3. | 2003 | English Under-15 Championship(2) | Thomas Ainsworth-Smith | 5–1[242] |
| Winner | 4. | 2004 | English Open | Craig Steadman | 8–7[242] |
| Winner | 5. | 2004 | English Under-15 Championship(3) | Stuart Carrington | 5–0[242] |
| Winner | 6. | 2005 | English Under-15 Championship(4) | Stuart Carrington | 5–2[242] |
| Winner | 7. | 2005 | English Under-18 Championship | Gyles Behbood | 8–4[242] |
Trump has completed ninemaximum breaks,[189] recording his first at the2013 Antwerp Open againstMark Selby.[71] He has compiled more than 1,000 century breaks in professional competition, making his 1,000th in September 2024 at theBritish Open inCheltenham.[222] Trump reached a career milestone of 1,100 centuries during first round match of2025 English Open against Michael Holt.
During his last-16 match against Shaun Murphy at the2025 World Snooker Championship, Trump claimed a £100,000 bonus for completing 100 century breaks during the 2024–25 season.[244]
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