When Murphy was eight years old, his parents gave him a snooker table for Christmas. Murphy was born on August 10, 1982, in Harlow, England. He practiced at the Rushden Snooker Centre, where players like Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams, and Ken Doherty have all played, when he was ten years old and made his first century break there.
He entered into a five-year, £5,000 per year sponsorship agreement with the Doc Martens shoe brand at the age of 13, expressing his aim to win the World Championship and top the world rankings. When he was 15 years old, in 1998, he started his professional career.
Contract
The Oakland Athletics and Shawn Murphy have reached an agreement on a one-year deal.
Salary per year
The guaranteed portion of Shawn Murphy’s compensation is $725,000 each year.
Net worth
Between $1 million and $5 million is the approximate range for Shawn Murphy’s net worth.
The UK Tour, the second-tier professional tour at the time, where Murphy started his professional career, was renamed the Challenge Tour in 2000. He placed second in the fourth UK Tour event of the 1997–98 season, and in the third and fourth Challenge Tour events of the 2000–01 season, he triumphed, topping the Order of Merit standings.
