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Mark Selby

Name: Mark Selby
Date of birth: June 19, 1983
Lives: Leicester
Turned pro: 1999
World ranking: No.2
Best ranking performance: 2008 Welsh Open, 2011 Shanghai Masters, 2012 UK Championship
Highest tournament break: 147 (2009 Jiangsu Classic)

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Barry_Hawkins

Name: Barry Hawkins
Date of birth: April 23, 1979
Lives: Ditton, Kent
Turned pro: 1996
World ranking: 14
Best ranking performance: 2012 Australian Open winner
Highest tournament break: 147 (at a PTC in Sheffield, 2010)

Paul Collier

Name: Paul Collier
Date of birth: July 30, 1970
Lives: Newport
Qualified as a referee: December 1985
First professional match: Qualifiers at the Norbreck Castle, Blackpool, June 1992
Highest break: 123

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Stuart Bingham

Date of birth: May 21, 1976

Lives: Basildon

Turned pro: 1995

World ranking: 7

Best ranking performance: Won 2011 Australian Ope

Neal Foulds

Name: Neal Foulds
Date of birth: July 13, 1963
Lives: Egham, Surrey
Professional career: 1983-2003
Highest world ranking: No.3 (1987-89)
Post-playing career: Highly respected commentator for BBC and Eurosport

David Grace

Name: David Grace
Date of birth: May 5, 1985
Lives: Leeds
Turned pro: 2008
World ranking: 87
Best ranking performance: Last 48 China Open 2012
Highest tournament break: 139 (2011-12 PTC3)

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Liam Highfield

Name: Liam Highfield
Date of birth: Dec 1, 1990
Lives: Stoke
Turned pro: 2010
World ranking: 80
Best ranking performance: Last 48 of the Australian Open in 2011
Highest tournament break: 147 in an English Under-21 tournament in 2008

Michael Holt

Lives: Nottingham
Turned pro: 1998
World ranking: 27
Best ranking performance: Quarter-final of UK Championship 1999, LG Cup 2003, Grand Prix 2005,
Welsh Open 2006. Winner of two PTC events (Prague 2010, Sheffield 2011)

Anthony McGill

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Name: Anthony McGill

Date of birth: Feb 5, 1991

Lives: Glasgow

Turned pro: 2010

World ranking: 54

Best ranking performance: Scottish Open runner-up 2012,

Ben Woollaston

Name: Ben Woollaston
Date of birth: May 14, 1987
Lives: Leicester
Turned pro: 2003
World ranking: 34
Best ranking performance: Won PTC3 event in 2011
Highest tournament break: 145