Marco Fu
Marco Fu
Marco Fu Ka-chun (Chinese: 傅家俊; born 8 January 1978) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player. He is a three-time ranking event winner, having won the 2007 Grand Prix), the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open). He has been a runner-up at two Triple Crown) events, at the 2008 UK Championship and the 2011 Masters). In addition, Fu has reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice—in (/wiki/2006WorldSnookerChampionship) and in (/wiki/2016WorldSnookerChampionship).
Marco Fu
Fu reached a career-high ranking of fifth in the world in 2017. He turned professional in 1998 and has remained on the World Snooker Tour to-date. Despite not competing in events during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fu was given an invitational place to remain on the tour during the 2021–22 snooker season. As a prolific break-builder, Fu has compiled over 500 century breaks in professional competition, including five maximum breaks. A cultural icon in Hong Kong, Fu presented a 10-episode chat show called Marco Fu and Friends on ViuTV.
Early career
Marco Fu was born on 8 January 1978 in British Hong Kong. He began playing snooker at age nine, but did not do so regularly until he was 15. Fu migrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with his parents at age 12. After his high school graduation at age 18, Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council Co. Ltd. President Joseph Lo invited him to return to Hong Kong to begin his career as a professional snooker player. Before turning professional, Fu won the IBSF World Snooker Championship and the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, both in 1997.
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