In the 2023 ** Croatia-British Championship 1 4 finals, Trump and Selby had a strong conversation. Both players suffered a miserable 6-0 defeat in their previous matches, which was the only two 6-0 scores in the first two rounds of the tournament. Considering that they are both world champions and Grand Slam winners, this match between the members of the 80 Tigers is seen as a pinnacle matchup. However, at the beginning of the game, Selby showed an extremely slow form, while Trump's form was still hot, resulting in a one-sided surprise in this summit matchup.
Selby fell behind 0-4 and faced Trump's match point 1-5, and Selby, who was in a desperate situation, finally ushered in an outbreak, scoring 98 points in a single stroke to save 2 match points in a row. However, despite his brilliant performance in the ninth game, Trump won the game and eventually eliminated the world champion Selby 3-6 and missed out on the semifinals.
Trump returned to the top this season, winning the English Open, Wuhan Open, and Northern Ireland Open three ranking tournaments in a row, surpassing Mark Williams in a total of 26 ranking tournament titles, and occupying the fifth place in history!Trump has won the British Championship once in history, and at this year's ** British Championships, Trump continued the hot form of the previous event, easily eliminated the Chinese teenager Pang Junxu 6-1 in the first round, and beat Jamie Jones with a score of 6-0 in the second round. At the same time, Selby also suffered a 6-0 defeat in this year's ** British Championship.
He defeated Mark Joyce 6-0 in the first round, and in the second round, he battled his friend Barry Hawkins in a hard-fought battle to advance to the quarterfinals with a total score of 6-5 after 11 games. Although Selby has not won as many titles in ranking matches as Trump, he is widely regarded as a greater player than Trump. So far, Selby has won 4 World Championships, 2 British Championships and 3 Masters titles, a total of 9 three major championships, ranking first among the five tigers of the post-80s. The two players have played each other 38 times in their careers, with Trump leading slightly with a 20-17 record.
Their most recent matchup took place at this year's Shanghai Masters, when Selby beat Judd Trump 6-1. In the British Championships, with the exception of the final, a best-of-11 system was adopted. This 1 4 final between Trump and Selby was divided into two halves. The first half of the game was clearly one-sided, with Trump in hot form and Selby in a sluggish state. In the first four games, Trump led 4-0 with a total score of 4. Selby's long-platform offensive success rate was zero throughout the first half, showing that he completely lost his accuracy in the first four innings of the game. After the break, Selby struggled to pull back a game, but Trump soon won again with a single stroke of 95 points, and took the lead to get the match point with a total score of 5-1.
In the seventh game, Selby played a smooth attack, but the K ball was not effective, and finally saved the first match point at 72-4 and chased the total game score to 2-5. Trump showed his gradual improvement in the eighth game, scoring a perfect K-ball to win with a single score of 98 points to chase the score to 6-3. In the ninth game, Trump took the lead to establish a 34-0 lead, and although Selby once chased the score, Trump finally withstood the pressure and successfully advanced to the semifinals with a total score of 6-3. The victory also gave Trump a successful revenge, having suffered a 1-6 defeat to Selby at this season's Shanghai Masters.
Trump became another player to advance to the top 4 of this year's Croatia-British Championships, and after O'Sullivan and Wafei, he also successfully locked his place.