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Judd Trump MBE (born 20 August 1989 [2]) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently in fourth place on the list of all-time ranking event winners , having won 30 ranking titles.
As of 2023, eleven players have won a career Triple Crown: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Stephen Hendry, Alex Higgins, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, and Mark Williams. O'Sullivan has won the most Triple Crown titles, with 23; Hendry has won 18, and Davis 15.
English player Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 23 Triple Crown titles, having contested a record 31 finals. He is one of 11 players to have won each of the three events at least once, the others being Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump.
Trump is one of 11 players to have completed a career Triple Crown but only Steve Davis, Hendry and Mark Williams have won the UK Championship, Masters and World Championship in a single season.
A big battle but Judd Trump wins frame 5 to narrow his deficit to 1. ... He ‘only’ has four victories at snooker’s triple crown events (the World Championship, UK Championship and Masters ...
Judd Trump has three tournament wins already this season and looked in fine touch in his first round win despite battling illness. He takes on Welshman Jamie Jones in a first Triple Crown meeting ...
The tournament is now played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season. The event was not held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II and between 1958 and 1963 due to declining interest from players. [1]
The winner of the title was Judd Trump, who defeated John Higgins 18–9 in the final to claim his first World Championship. In doing so, Trump became the 11th player to win all three Triple Crown titles at least once. Defending champion Mark Williams lost 9–13 to David Gilbert in the second round of the tournament.