Triple Crown (snooker)

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The Triple Crown in professional snooker refers to winning the sport's three longest-running and most prestigious tournaments: the World Snooker Championship (first held in 1927 and staged as a knockout tournament continuously since 1969), the invitational Masters (held annually since 1975) and the UK Championship (held annually since 1977). Any player who has won all three Triple Crown tournaments at least once over the course of their career is said to have won a "career Triple Crown" and they gain the right to wear an embroidered crown on their waistcoat to reflect the achievement. As of 2026, eleven players have won a career Triple Crown: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump. O'Sullivan has won the most Triple Crown titles with 23, Hendry 18 and Davis 15; Davis, Hendry and Williams are the only three players to have won all three Triple Crown events in a single...

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