Judd Trump planning celebration with figure skater girlfriend after £250,000 UK Championship payday
JUDD TRUMP is caught in two minds about his plans to celebrate his UK Championship victory.
The World No.1 pocketed £250,000 after an 10-8 triumph over Barry Hawkins in York to land his second UK and fifth Triple Crown title.
Judd Trump is caught in two minds over his holiday plans after winning the UK Championship[/caption]
He has hinted he may head to Hong Kong to celebrate with girlfriend Maisy Ma[/caption]
The win pushed his earnings for the season past the £1million mark, with The Masters and World Championship still to come.
However, ahead of them Trump has pulled out of the Scottish Open later this month.
But speaking following his UK Championship win, Trump hinted that his celebrations would be taking him overseas.
Trump said: “There’ll be a celebration somewhere, whether it is Dubai with my brother, Hong Kong with my girlfriend.
“I need to figure out whether I go to Dubai or Hong Kong for a few days, then figure out what I’m going to do for the next month before the Masters [which begins on January 12].”
Trump’s girlfriend, Maisy Ma, is a TV presenter and figure skater with nearly 180,000 followers on Instagram.
The pair keep their relationship out of the public spotlight and don’t shares pictures of each other.
Trump, 35, splits his time between Dubai and Hong Kong when he isn’t playing.
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Speaking about his travel arrangements, he said: “My travel plans are maybe a little bit different now than they were in the past 34 years.
“I’m happy travelling around the world, spending as little time in the UK as possible at the moment, because I don’t really enjoy it as much there anymore.
“While I’m still reasonably young, I’m trying to make sure I have a good time off the table as well.
“I think it’s easier knowing that I don’t have the old 20-hour journey home. That helps me.
“I think I will be based in the Middle East now rather than in the UK.
“I don’t feel like you have to play in the UK anymore full-time. I really don’t.
“My mum misses me – I’m not sure about my dad! At least he gets to watch me on the TV. They will always be at the big events in the UK.”
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
