Allister Carter, more commonly known as Ali Carter, is a professional snooker player. We can also say he is a renowned name in the field of billiard sports. In his long snooker career, he has reached the World Championship final twice.
Unfortunately, he couldn't make it to the end, as both times he lost the title to another renowned player, Ronnie O'Sullivan. Speaking of his current ranking, he is in the 23rd position now. So let's read about the snooker player's life and his whereabouts.
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Ali Carter's Family
Ali Carter was born on 25 July 1979, in Colchester, Essex, England. Besides this basic data, nothing has been revealed about Ali Carter's parents.
Hence, this clarifies that he doesn't want any media to peep inside his family. Well, that makes sense as once you are a celebrated figure, you tend to keep your inner details as minimal as possible in front of the public's eye.
Nonetheless, we hope the snooker player opens up about his childhood in the coming days. Moreover, seeing his success in the snooker world, Ali Carter's parents must feel proud.
Ali Carter Net Worth And Career
Carter stepped into the snooker's world in 1996. He first grabbed people's attention, after winning the WPBSA Association's title Young Player of the Year in 1999. And, then he went on to play in the semi-finals of Grand Prix, Malta Cup, and several more.
Ali Carter's net worth primarily comes from his career as a successful snooker player. While he is in the 23rd position in the world ranking the English player once held the 2nd highest position for a month, from September to October 2010.
Hence it is safe to say the snooker has boosted up Ali Carter's fortune by some sizeable amount.
In this article, we have made it easier for you to keep a track of his winning matches till date, all combined.
| Year | Championship |
| 1999 | Benson and Hedges Championship |
| 2008 | Huangshan Cup |
| 2009 | Welsh Open |
| 2010 | Shanghai Masters |
| 2013 | German Masters |
| 2014 | General Cup |
| 2015 | Paul Hunter Classic |
| 2016 | World Open |
It is to be noted that the above data consists of his win in major and minor rankings.
Moreover, not only English players but Australians too are making their name in the Billiard sports, such as Neil Robertson.
Earnings Through Championship's Prize Money
With championship titles comes a massive sum of prize money. So, it is no surprise that Ali Carter has also pocketed a large amount for winning various tournaments.
In the following table, we have listed the prize money won by Ali Carter in the tournaments of season 2019-2020.
| Tournament | Prize Money |
| 2020 World Championship | $13,251 |
| 2020 European Masters | $23,190 |
| 2020 Masters | $132,516 |
| 2019 UK Championship | $15,905 |
| 2019 World Open | $17,893 |
| 2019 International Championship | $17,893 |
Looking at the table above, it is clear that Ali's wealth is heavily influenced by the prize money he receives for participating in and winning a tournament.
Income As A Snooker Club Owner
As a fan of billiards sport, we can witness Carter has come a long way. And Ali purchased the same club, Rivermead Snooker Club, where he once used to practice his snooker session. His increasing success and investments in different properties are sure to add one more figure to his net worth.
However, the snooker player once tweeted that he has nothing to do with Chelmsford's Rivermead club. So we are unsure if he still claims the ownership at the mentioned club or not.
Nevertheless, he might have many more properties to claim his ownership at.
Career As A Pilot
Ali Carter made it pretty clear that he will pursue a career in the aviation field once his snooker era ends. He took the initiative of pursuing his career in the aircraft field, while he was still playing for the snooker's championship. As of now, he holds the Private Pilot's License.
In addition to his snooker career, Ali Carter is also a licensed pilot which might have a significant impact on his net worth. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons.
The English player plans to play till he can. Because he himself has admitted that he makes more money as a snooker player than as a pilot. Nevertheless, we liked the idea of him having an alternative career, and we are likely to see him as a Captain!!
Hence, in his later years, his earnings as a professional pilot might also add a considerable amount of cash to his bank balance.
Ali Carter Is A Father Of Two
Despite getting this much fame, it seems Ali Carter is yet to have thoughts about settling down.
The news of Essex pro dating Stella English circulated in the media during 2016. By the way, she was already six months pregnant by the time the couple confirmed that they are about to welcome a little one.
The couple has a child named Olivia Carter, but they are no longer together. Ali Carter's ex-girlfriend Stella is a motivational speaker and also the winner of the British business-styled reality game show, The Apprentice. Despite their failed relationship, we hope Ali and Stella have agreed to co-parent their child together peacefully.
Well, it was not Ali's first time to experience the journey of fatherhood. He and his other ex-girlfriend Sarah also have a baby together. The couple named their son Max Carter.
Ali Carter is a father of two kids, Olivia Carter and Max Carter in 2014.Image Source: Ali Carter's Twitter.
Ali Carter's ex-girlfriend Sarah gave birth to their child in 2009. Both of Carter's children are growing up away from the spotlight.
Health Complications
On 1 July 2013, the snooker player announced that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer and that he needed to undergo surgery a day later. However, only after 18 days, Ali revealed that he had recovered and was all set to participate in Shanghai Masters in September.
Later in May 2014, Carter was diagnosed with lung cancer and was compelled to take an intensive chemotherapy break. In October of the same year, he returned to the World Snooker Tour, after successfully completing the treatment and ended up winning the General Cup.
Ali Carter has a long history of health issues. From 2003 onwards he has been struggling with Crohn's disease. Nevertheless, he is still having control over it by including gluten in his diet.
Let's hope, Ali gets to enjoy a healthy life and we get to see him winning several tournaments in the coming days.
Trivia
- Ali Carter has 63.6K followers on Twitter.
- Ali admitted that he had never been fond of his sports rival Ronnie O'Sullivan, until 2018, where both cleared their misunderstandings, and now have respect for one another.
