2006 Pot Black

Pot Black
Tournament information
Dates	2 September 2006
Venue	Royal Automobile Club
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£40,000
Winner's share	£10,000
Highest break	119 – Mark Williams
Final
Champion	Mark Williams
Runner-up	John Higgins
Score	1–0 (119–13)
	← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Pot Black was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was held on 2 September 2006 at the Royal Automobile Club in London, England. All matches were played over one frame.^[1] Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 0–1 (64–70) against John Higgins.

Mark Williams won the final 1–0 (119–13) against John Higgins. During the final Williams compiled a 119 break, the highest in the tournament's history.^[2]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £6,000
Semi-final: £4,000
Quarter-final: £3,500
Highest break: £2,000
Total: £40,000

Main draw edit

Players highlighted in bold are the match winners.^[3]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Matthew Stevens	0

John Higgins	1
		John Higgins	1

		Peter Ebdon	0
Graeme Dott	0

Peter Ebdon	1
				John Higgins	0

				Mark Williams	1
Shaun Murphy	0

Mark Williams	1
		Mark Williams	1

		Ken Doherty	0
Stephen Hendry	0

Ken Doherty	1

References edit

^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
^ "Williams claims Pot Black prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "2006 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007.

[1] "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

[2] "Williams claims Pot Black prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

[GSC-3] "2006 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007.

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