Marco Fu (Chinese: 傅家俊; pinyin: Fù Jiājùn; Yale: Fu6 Ka1 Chun3; born 8 January 1978) is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Snooker Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship. He also reached the semi finals of the 2006 World Snooker Championship.
Marco Fu started playing snooker at the age of nine, bu...
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Marco Fu (Chinese: 傅家俊; pinyin: Fù Jiājùn; Yale: Fu6 Ka1 Chun3; born 8 January 1978) is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Snooker Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship. He also reached the semi finals of the 2006 World Snooker Championship.
Marco Fu started playing snooker at the age of nine, but did not start playing regularly until he was 15. Fu was born in Hong Kong and emigrated to Vancouver, Canada with his parents at the age of 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 World Amateur and World Under-21 Championships, both in 1997.
In 1998, the year he turned professional, Fu reached the final of the Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O...
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