MARK Selby is such a fierce competitor he has earned nicknames including “The Torturer”, “Mark the Shark” and “Sat-Nav Selby”.
Here we get to know Vicky, the wife of the man at , who is pretty handy with a cue herself.
Who is Mark Selby's wife Vikki Layton?
‘s wife is a former Irish international pool player, who was born in .
The pair met at the in 2006.
Mark and Vikki got engaged in 2010, before marrying a year later in on May 24, 2011.
Mark paid an after his Crucible victory in 2016.
He said: “I’ve not really got that much family so I class Vikki’s family as my own.
“She lost her father last year and two years ago, when I won it, he was here watching.
“So it was quite emotional him not being here.
“But I’m sure he was looking down and if this was for anyone it was for Terry.
“I knew Vikki would be emotional.
“Terry was probably the next biggest thing I had to a father other than my real father and I hope they’d both be proud.”;
after he beat Mark in the final on Monday, May 1, 2023.
Luca said: “I want to say to Mark and Vikki: Please stay strong.”
And Mark added: “She has been poorly but is coming out of the other side of it now. Hopefully things will be okay.
“It was nice what Luca said. He didn’t know. I spoke to him on Sunday and told the situation.
I’ve not really got that much family so I class Vikki’s family as my own
Mark Selby
“He has mentioned it. He didn’t have to — fair play to him.
“It’s been tough with things going on with Vikki.
“Since January, I’ve not really been practising. For a few weeks it was tough, coping and managing my own mental health and what’s been going on with Vikki.
“Hopefully we are out of the other side of it.”
How many children do they have?
The couple have a daughter Sofia Maria.
She was born in 2014, making her around 11 years old as of April 2025.
Mark and Vikki have enjoyed victory pictures as a family with their daughter after tournament triumphs in the past.
Who is Mark Selby?
was born on June 19, 1983, in .
He began playing pool and snooker when he was eight.
Abandoned by his mother at the age of eight, Mark sadly lost his father to when he was 16.
Following the death of his father, Mark lived with family friend and snooker coach Alan Perkins who
Two months later, he joined the main professional tour, having left school with no qualifications and the rest is history.
Mark became known as “The Jester from Leicester” by snooker compere Richard Beare.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to snooker and .
Selby has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments during his career, including in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021.
He won his first Masters title in 2008, with his second coming in 2010 and a third in 2013.
His first UK Championship win came in 2012, with a second following in 2016, when he defeated in the final.
He’s also a two-time winner of the China Open and a three-time champion of the .
He held the number-one ranking for more than four years and has been the runner-up in several major tournaments, including in the , losing out to Belgian .
However during the match, he made history — achieving the .
But The Jester From Leicester also received a share of the £40,000 prize for a maximum break at the tournament as well as sharing £15,000 for the highest break.
Both he and made a .
