Editing Marco Fu (section)

==Status and records==
Fu is a prolific break-builder, having made his 500th century break at the [[2019 Scottish Open (snooker)|2019 Scottish Open]].<ref name="snoo_Marc">{{Cite web |title=19.com Scottish Open (2019) |work=snooker.org |access-date=13 October 2022 |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=848 |quote=Fu's century in the second frame was his 500th. |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229154658/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=848 |url-status=live}}</ref> He achieved a maximum break on five occasions, at the [[2000 Scottish Masters]],<ref name="gsc" /> the qualifying stages for the 2012 World Open, the 2015 Masters, the 2015 Gibraltar Open and the [[2022 Hong Kong Masters]] .<ref name="bbc._Watc">{{Cite news |title=Watch Marco Fu's Masters 147 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=1 December 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/30772612 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104215710/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/30772612 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Max 116">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/fu-makes-147-in-gibraltar/ |title=Fu Makes 147 In Gibraltar |date=11 December 2015 |website=worldsnooker.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212212019/http://www.worldsnooker.com/fu-makes-147-in-gibraltar/ |archive-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref> Fu has also made a break of 148 after receiving a {{cuegloss|free ball}} in an exhibition match in 2020.<ref name="scmp_Marc">{{Cite web |title=Marco Fu hits rare 148 break one week after a six-minute 147 |work=South China Morning Post |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=1 December 2020 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3110191/marco-fu-hits-rare-148-break-after-being-given-free-ball-one-week |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104215655/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3110191/marco-fu-hits-rare-148-break-after-being-given-free-ball-one-week |url-status=live}}</ref>

He once held the record for the longest frame in the history of televised snooker. The record of 77 minutes, held with Mark Selby, was played out in the decisive final frame during the quarter-final match at the 2007 UK Championship held in [[Telford]], England. Fu eventually lost the match 7–9.<ref name="rec">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7143544.stm |title=Selby into semis after epic frame |access-date=15 December 2007 |work=BBC Sport |date=13 December 2007 |location=London |archive-date=16 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216130532/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7143544.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the record was then broken by Shaun Murphy and [[Dave Harold]] in a match at the [[2008 China Open (snooker)|China Open]] later in the same season, with a frame of 93 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Murphy to play China's Ding after longest frame at snooker China Open |url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2008-03/27/content_13666827.htm |publisher=China Internet Information Center |access-date=28 March 2011 |archive-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131202700/http://china.org.cn/sports/news/2008-03/27/content_13666827.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2022, the record, held by [[Fergal O'Brien]] and David Gilbert, stands at 123 minutes and 41 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/plr/records.shtml|title=Snooker World Records|website=snooker.org|last=Årdalen|first=Hermund}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wst.tv/obrien-wins-record-two-hour-frame/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220225204/https://wst.tv/obrien-wins-record-two-hour-frame/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2020|title=O'Brien Wins Record Two-Hour Frame|publisher=World Snooker|website=wst.tv|date=13 April 2017|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>

Fu won the [[Medal of Honour (Hong Kong)|Medal of Honour]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.admwing.gov.hk/eng/honours_awards/hon_list.html |title=Honours list |work=Hong Kong Government}}</ref>