"2010 World Snooker Championship The 2010 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2010 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins, who entered the tournament as the defending champion, lost in the second round 11–13 against Steve Davis. In the semi-finals, Neil Robertson defeated Ali Carter 17–12 and Graeme Dott beat Mark Selby 17–14. Robertson won the final 18–13, becoming the first Australian in the modern era to win the title. Ivan"
"2014 World Open (snooker) The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–16 March 2014 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Shaun Murphy in the semi-final. Murphy won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final. The total prize money of the event was raised to £478,000 from the previous year's £425,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:"
"2014 International Championship (snooker) The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round. Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: These matches were played in Chengdu on 26 October 2014. These matches took"
"2014 Six-red World Championship The 2014 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2014 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 1 and 6 September 2014 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Mark Selby was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Andrew Pagett due to a stomach bug. Mark Davis was the defending champion, but lost 2–6 against Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn in the last 16. Stephen Maguire won in the final 8–7 against Ricky Walden. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:"
"Davis was the defending champion, but he lost 0–2 against Fergal O'Brien in the quarter-finals. Mark Williams won his 26th professional title by defeating Fergal O'Brien 2–1 in the final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The draw for the last 16 was made on 3 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York during the UK Championship. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to the final stages in Blackpool. There were three century breaks during the tournament. Mark Williams made a 140 break"
"to the 2009 World Championship, where Maguire and Burnett were drawn together the first round, it was announced that Strathclyde Police had opened an official enquiry into the match. The enquiry was closed in 2011 with no criminal charges against either of them, and a World Snooker disciplinary enquiry was announced, which ended without any regulatory action. In September 2013 it was announced, that Stephen Lee was found guilty of agreeing to lose the first frame of his first and second round matches. Shaun Murphy won the title with a 10–9 victory over Marco Fu. The breakdown of prize money"
"The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames. 2014 Six-red World Championship The 2014 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2014 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament held between 1 and 6 September 2014 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Mark Selby was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Andrew Pagett due to a stomach bug. Mark Davis was the defending champion, but lost 2–6 against Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn in the last 16. Stephen Maguire"
"2018 World Snooker Championship The 2018 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2018 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament, held from 21 April to 7 May 2018 at in Sheffield, England. It was the 42nd consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and was the twentieth and final ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. The tournament was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport. Mark Williams won his third world title and 21st ranking title by beating John Higgins 18–16 in the final."
"frames. Highest break: Mark Davis: 80 2015 Six-red World Championship The 2015 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2015 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that was held between 7 and 12 September 2015 at the Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but lost 4–6 against Judd Trump in the last 32. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won in the final 8–2 against Liang Wenbo. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage."
"2004 World Snooker Championship The 2004 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Joe Perry. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second world title by defeating Graeme Dott 18–8 in the final, despite Dott having led 5–0. This was the fourth biggest margin in a World final, subsequently equalled by O'Sullivan against Ali"
"by Joe Perry. 2004 World Snooker Championship The 2004 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Joe Perry. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second world title by defeating Graeme Dott 18–8 in the final, despite Dott having led 5–0. This was the fourth biggest margin in a World final, subsequently equalled by"
"place between 22 and 25 September 2014 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 11 frames. 2014 International Championship (snooker) The 2014 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 October and 2 November 2014 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against amateur Wang Zepeng in the qualifying round. Ricky Walden won his third ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–7 in the final. The breakdown of"
"qualifying. The rest of the tour players plus the invited amateurs will be drawn randomly. Winners will advance to the main draw. Total: Total: 2019 World Snooker Championship The 2019 World Snooker Championship is a future professional snooker tournament, taking place from 20 April to 6 May 2019 at in Sheffield, England. It will be the 20th and final ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. The tournament will be broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport. Mark Williams is the defending champion, having beaten John Higgins 18–16 in the 2018 final. The breakdown of prize money for this year"
"the World Championship. Having defeated Zhou Yuelong in 2017, he faced Xiao Guodong in 2018. Ding came out as a comfortable 10–3 winner, despite losing the opening two frames of the match. Two more qualifiers won their first round matches. Ricky Walden defeated Luca Brecel 10–6. Walden was originally five frames ahead at 8–3; Brecel won the next three frames, bringing the score to 8–6, before Walden won the final two frames of the match. Jack Lisowski defeated 2015 World Snooker Champion Stuart Bingham 10–7, thereby securing his first world championship match win. Two-time champion Mark Williams defeated Jimmy Robertson"
"These matches were played in Haikou on 10 March 2014. These matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. 2014 World Open (snooker) The 2014 Gujinggong Liquor Haikou World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10–16 March 2014 at the Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Mark Allen was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Shaun Murphy in the semi-final. Murphy won his fifth ranking title by"
"2019 World Snooker Championship The 2019 World Snooker Championship is a future professional snooker tournament, taking place from 20 April to 6 May 2019 at in Sheffield, England. It will be the 20th and final ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. The tournament will be broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport. Mark Williams is the defending champion, having beaten John Higgins 18–16 in the 2018 final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Main Stage maximum break: £ <br>Maximum break in Qualifying: £ Seedings shown in brackets following the 16 seeded players. 128 players"
"2015 International Championship (snooker) The 2015 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 October and 1 November 2015 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. Ricky Walden was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Tian Pengfei in the qualifying round. John Higgins won his 28th ranking title, defeating Dave Gilbert 10–5 in the final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: These matches were played on 25 October 2015. These matches took place between 30 September"
"2015 World Snooker Championship The 2015 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2015 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 18 April to 4 May 2015 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 39th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and was the last ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Betfred sponsored the event for the first time in three years, having previously sponsored the tournament from 2009 to 2012. The final was officiated by Olivier Marteel,"
"2014 Masters (snooker) The 2014 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12–19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden - winning in just 58 minutes. The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances"
"2012 World Snooker Championship The 2012 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2012 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 21 April to 7 May 2012 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 36th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and the last ranking event of the 2011/2012 season. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth world title by defeating Ali Carter 18–11 in the final. Aged 36, and just 55 days older than Dennis Taylor when winning"
"Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals The Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals (also known as the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24–28 March 2015 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 2–4 against Mark King in the last 32. Joe Perry won his first ranking event by defeating Mark Williams 4–3 in the final. The total prize money of the event was raised to £350,000 from the previous year's"
"2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament due to take place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final. Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in the final. This victory was Jans fourth"
"2014 Shanghai Masters (snooker) The 2014 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 September 2014 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 4–6 against Stuart Bingham in the semi-finals. Bingham won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–3 in the final. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: These matches were played in Shanghai on 8 and 9 September 2014. These matches were held"
"2014 UK Championship (snooker) The 2014 Coral UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 7 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season. Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 109th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Matthew Selt. This was O'Sullivan's 13th official 147 break and also the fourth maximum break in the 2014/2015 season and the third time in a row that a maximum was made in a UK Championship. Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost"
"groups advancing to the final. Doug Mountjoy beat John Virgo 10–8 in the final. The tournament was then abandoned since the audiences had been poor and the event financially unsuccessful. The event was revived in 2013 by Matchroom Sport, replacing the Premier League Snooker on the calendar. The event is held in November at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and contested by 16 of the world's leading players. The event is broadcast live in the United Kingdom on ITV4. The 2013 and 2014 tournaments were both won by Ronnie O'Sullivan but he chose not to defend the title in 2015."
"2015 Six-red World Championship The 2015 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2015 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that was held between 7 and 12 September 2015 at the Fashion Island Shopping Mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, but lost 4–6 against Judd Trump in the last 32. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh won in the final 8–2 against Liang Wenbo. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9"
"The win came 15 years after Williams' second world title in 2003 and he became, at the age of 43, the second oldest winner at the Crucible. Three-time world champion Mark Selby had won the title for the previous two years but lost in the first round 4–10 to Joe Perry. The 2018 World Snooker Championship was held on 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the 42nd consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 50th consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format."
"2014, fourteen-year-old Yan Bingtao beat Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad 8–7 to become the youngest ever world champion in snooker. IBSF World Snooker Championship The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A number of IBSF champions have gone on to successful careers in the Pro ranks, notably Jimmy White (1980), James Wattana (1988), Ken Doherty (1989), Stuart Bingham (1996), Marco Fu (1997), Stephen Maguire (2000) and Mark Allen (2004). Both Ken Doherty (in 1997) and"
"qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship The 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament due to take place from 9 November to 21 November 2015 in Hurghada, Egypt. It will be the 41st edition of the IBSF World Snooker Championship and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour. The men's tournament was won by Pankaj Advani of India who won his second IBSF World Snooker Championship, defeating 2013 runner-up Zhao Xintong 8–6 in the final. Wendy Jans won the women's tournament by defeating Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 in"
"2017 World Snooker Championship The 2017 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 19th and final ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The tournament was the 40th anniversary of the World Championships at the Crucible and was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport. Defending champion Mark Selby retained his title, beating John Higgins 18–15 in the final, despite falling to 4–10 behind"
"breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Total: 16 2014 Masters (snooker) The 2014 Dafabet Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12–19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the event. Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden - winning in just 58 minutes. The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. O'Sullivan set"
"World Chess Championship 2014 The World Chess Championship 2014 was a match between the world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 28 November 2014, under the auspices of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) in Sochi, Russia. The match was decided after eleven of twelve scheduled games. On 23 November 2014 Carlsen retained his title, winning three games, losing one and drawing seven. The challenger was determined in the 2014 Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double round-robin tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31"
"to win the World Snooker Championship all won a championship in their 40s, the last of which was Reardon. It was forty years until another player in their 40s would win the title, when Mark Williams achieved the feat aged 43 in 2018. The 1979 championship was won by Terry Griffiths. Griffiths had only been a professional for 7 months and played two qualifying matches to reach the Crucible. In the semi-final Griffiths was trailing 16–17 to Eddie Charlton, before winning 19–17 at 1.40 am, and then beat Dennis Taylor 24–16 in the final, winning the record first prize of"