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2010 World Snooker Championship

The 2010 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2010 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The final ranking event of the 2009-10 snooker season, it was the 34th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible, first held in 1927. The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and had a total prize fund of £1,111,000, with £250,000 going to the winner of the event. The tournament was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred.

2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 April – 3 May 2010 (2010-04-17 – 2010-05-03)
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,111,000
Winner's share£250,000
Highest break Graeme Dott (SCO) (146)
 Mark Allen (NIR) (146)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson (AUS)
Runner-up Graeme Dott (SCO)
Score18–13
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John Higgins was the defending champion, but lost in the second round 11–13 to Steve Davis. Neil Robertson won the event after a 18–13 win over Graeme Dott in the final. In winning the event, Robertson was the second player from outside of the British Isles to win the event in the modern era of snooker, and the first Australian to win the event since the disputed 1952 World Snooker Championship which contained only Australian and New Zealand players. There were 60 century breaks made during the event, the highest being a 146 made by both Dott and Mark Allen.

Overview edit

The World Snooker Championship is an annual cue sport tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker.[1] Invented in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India,[2] the sport was popular in Great Britain.[3] In modern times it has been played worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.[4][5]

In the 2010 tournament, 32 professional players competed in one-on-one snooker matches played over several frames, using a single-elimination tournament format.[6] The 32 players were selected for the event using the snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification competition.[7] In 1927, the first world championship was won by Joe Davis. The event's final took place in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England.[8] Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[9] The event was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[10][11] Scotsman John Higgins was the defending champion, having defeated Shaun Murphy 18–9 in the previous year's final.[12] The event was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred,[10][5] who extended their sponsorship of the event for a further four years.[13]

Format edit

The 2010 World Snooker Championship took place from 17 April to 3 May 2010 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of six ranking events in the 2009–10 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour.[14][15] It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a qualifying draw that was played at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield from 26 February to 9 March.[16][17][18] This was the 34th consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible.[19] The main stages of the event were broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.[20]

The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players.[21][a] Higgins was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings.[21] The number of frames required to win a match increased throughout the tournament. The first round consisted of best-of-19-frames matches, with the final match being played over a maximum of 35 frames.[22] All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds.[6] The draw for the televised stage of the World Championship was made on Thursday, 11 March 2010 at 11 a.m. GMT.[23]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[24][25]

Tournament summary edit

First round edit

Second round edit

  • Steve Davis aged 52 years old defeated the defending champion John Higgins 13–11. With this he reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship for the first time since 2005, and at 52 years old became the oldest player to reach the quarter-finals since Eddie Charlton who was 53 in 1983.[31]
  • In the same match Higgins made his 100th century break at the Crucible, becoming only the second player after Stephen Hendry to reach this milestone. It was a break of 115 and it came in the 18th frame of the match.[32]
  • Meanwhile, Neil Robertson came back from 0–6 and 5–11 to defeat Martin Gould 13–12.[33]
  • Mark Allen made the first 146 break in the history of the Crucible during his match against Mark Davis.[34]

25th anniversary rematch of the 1985 final edit

  • Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor played a one-frame exhibition match on 29 April, marking the 25th anniversary of the 1985 World Championship final which saw Taylor defeat Davis 18–17 on the final black.[35]
  • In the re-creation, all but one of their attempts to recreate missed shots on black failed, which means the black was potted on each occasion and Taylor's attempt to recreate the frame-winning ball also went wrong.[36]

Semi-finals edit

  • Robertson defeated Ali Carter 17–12, becoming the first player from outside the UK or Ireland since Cliff Thorburn in 1983- and the first Australian since Eddie Charlton in 1975- to reach the final of the World Championship, and the first Australian finalist at the Crucible.[37][38]
  • Graeme Dott beat Mark Selby 17–14, to reach his third final after also doing so in 2004 and 2006.[39]

Final edit

  • Before the start of the final it was announced that provisional world No. 1 John Higgins had been suspended by the WPBSA following a News of the World story alleging that he had agreed to lose frames in future tournaments in return for money.[40][41]
  • The final was between Scot Graeme Dott and Australian Neil Robertson, marking the first time since 2003 that no English player appeared in the final.[39]
  • Robertson won the title, having defeated only one top sixteen player during the tournament. In the first round he beat Fergal O'Brien (No. 31), in the second round Martin Gould (No. 46), in the quarter-final Steve Davis (No. 23) and in the final he beat Graeme Dott (No. 28). Robertson's only match with a top-sixteen player was in the semi-finals, where he beat Ali Carter (No. 5) decisively.
  • Robertson became the first Australian to win the title in the modern era, and only the second after Horace Lindrum, who won the controversial 1952 championship.[42] Robertson also became the first player from outside Britain and Ireland to win the title since Canada's Cliff Thorburn in 1980 and the first non-British player to win the title since Ireland's Ken Doherty in 1997.[43]
  • Robertson hoped his win would help lift the low profile of snooker in his home country,[44] a prospect supported by a number of local sports promoters.[45]

Main draw edit

Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).[46][47][48]

First round
Best of 19 frames		Second round
Best of 25 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 25 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 33 frames		Final
Best of 35 frames
17 April[49]
John Higgins (1)10
22, 23 & 24 April[65]
Barry Hawkins6
John Higgins (1) 11
19 & 20 April[50]
Steve Davis 13
Mark King (16)9
27 & 28 April[73]
Steve Davis 10
Steve Davis 5
20 & 21 April[51]
Neil Robertson (9)13
Neil Robertson (9)10
23 & 24 April[66]
Fergal O'Brien 5
Neil Robertson (9)13
18 & 19 April[52]
Martin Gould 12
Marco Fu (8)9
29, 30 April & 1 May[77]
Martin Gould 10
Neil Robertson (9)17
18 & 19 April[53]
Ali Carter (5) 12
Ali Carter (5)10
24, 25 & 26 April[67]
Jamie Cope 4
Ali Carter (5)13
17 & 18 April[54]
Joe Perry (12) 11
Joe Perry (12)10
27 & 28 April[74]
Michael Holt 4
Ali Carter (5)13
20 & 21 April[55]
Shaun Murphy (4) 12
Ding Junhui (13)10
25 & 26 April[68]
Stuart Pettman 1
Ding Junhui (13)10
21 & 22 April[56]
Shaun Murphy (4)13
Shaun Murphy (4)10
2 & 3 May
Gerard Greene 7
Neil Robertson (9)18
21 & 22 April[57]
Graeme Dott 13
Stephen Maguire (3)10
23 & 24 April[69]
Stephen Lee 4
Stephen Maguire (3)6
20 & 21 April[58]
Graeme Dott 13
Peter Ebdon (14)5
27 & 28 April[75]
Graeme Dott10
Graeme Dott 13
17 & 18 April[59]
Mark Allen (11) 12
Mark Allen (11)10
22 & 23 April[70]
Tom Ford 4
Mark Allen (11)13
20 & 21 April[60]
Mark Davis 5
Ryan Day (6)8
29, 30 April & 1 May[78]
Mark Davis 10
Graeme Dott 17
17 & 18 April[61]
Mark Selby (7) 14
Mark Selby (7)10
25 & 26 April[71]
Ken Doherty4
Mark Selby (7)13
17 & 18 April[62]
Stephen Hendry (10) 5
Stephen Hendry (10)10
27 & 28 April[76]
Zhang Anda9
Mark Selby (7)13
19 April[63]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)11
Mark Williams (15)10
24, 25 & 26 April[72]
Marcus Campbell 5
Mark Williams (15)10
19 & 20 April[64]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)13
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)10
Liang Wenbo 7
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2 & 3 May 2010.[79][80] Referee: Eirian Williams.[81]
Neil Robertson (9)
 Australia		18–13Graeme Dott
 Scotland
10–87, 65–55, 1–93, 35–62, 68–56, 62–56, 24–73, 47–74, 66–5, 90–6, 79–72, 79–53, 52–11, 4–71, 27–70, 113–23, 23–87, 69–56, 82–1, 31–66, 89–12, 2–116, 12–81, 116–13, 36–72, 69–15, 63–49, 53–78, 74–23, 58–10, 94–1Century breaks: 1 (Dott 1)

Highest break by Robertson: 90
Highest break by Dott: 112

10–87, 65–55, 1–93, 35–62, 68–56, 62–56, 24–73, 47–74, 66–5, 90–6, 79–72, 79–53, 52–11, 4–71, 27–70, 113–23, 23–87, 69–56, 82–1, 31–66, 89–12, 2–116, 12–81, 116–13, 36–72, 69–15, 63–49, 53–78, 74–23, 58–10, 94–1
Neil Robertson wins the 2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship

Qualification edit

Preliminary qualifying edit

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place on 26 February 2010 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. (WPBSA members not on The Tour.)[16][17][18]

Round 1

Les Dodd5–0 Philip Minchin
Paul Wykes5–1 David Taylor
David Singh5–2 Colin Mitchell
Ali Bassiri1–5 Neil Selman
Barry Westw/o–w/d Christopher Flight
Del Smith5–2 Phil Seaton
Bill Oliver1–5 Nic Barrow
Stephen Ormerod5–4 Paul Cavney

Round 2

Les Dodd2–5 Paul Wykes
David Singh5–3 Neil Selman
Barry West1–5 Del Smith
Nic Barrow5–0 Stephen Ormerod

Qualifying edit

The first four qualifying rounds for the tournament took place between 27 February and 5 March at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The final round took place between 7 and 9 March at the same venue.[16][17][18]

Round 1

James Wattana10–6 Paul Wykes
Michael White10–4 David Singh
Jordan Brown10–7 Del Smith
Brendan O'Donoghue10–8 Nic Barrow

Rounds 2–5

Round 2
Best of 19 frames		Round 3
Best of 19 frames		Round 4
Best of 19 frames		Round 5
Best of 19 frames
Lee Page6 Peter Lines8 Marcus Campbell10 Matthew Stevens9
James Wattana10 James Wattana10 James Wattana5 Marcus Campbell10
Matthew Selt10 Barry Pinches10 Mark Davis10 Dave Harold7
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh8 Matthew Selt8 Barry Pinches7 Mark Davis10
Stephen Rowlings6 Joe Delaney10 Adrian Gunnell10 Steve Davis10
Sam Baird10 Sam Baird0 Joe Delaney7 Adrian Gunnell4
Lee Spick8 Paul Davies10 Alan McManus10 Fergal O'Brien10
Joe Jogia10 Joe Jogia7 Paul Davies9 Alan McManus4
Noppadol Sangnil10 Rod Lawler10 Dominic Dale5 Liang Wenbo10
Michael White9 Noppadol Sangnil7 Rod Lawler10 Rod Lawler2
Bjorn Haneveer10 Dave Gilbert6 Martin Gould10 Nigel Bond4
Jordan Brown9 Bjorn Haneveer10 Bjorn Haneveer8 Martin Gould10
Patrick Wallace7 Jimmy White10 Ken Doherty10 Joe Swail1
Mark Boyle10 Mark Boyle8 Jimmy White3 Ken Doherty10
Li Hang9 Tom Ford10 Anthony Hamilton6 Judd Trump3
David Hogan10 David Hogan3 Tom Ford10 Tom Ford10
Xiao Guodong9 Liu Song7 Ian McCulloch10 Barry Hawkins10
Tony Drago10 Tony Drago10 Tony Drago6 Ian McCulloch7
Chris Norbury4 David Morris10 Jamie Burnett6 Michael Holt10
Mei Xiwen10 Mei Xiwen8 David Morris10 David Morris6
Craig Steadman4 John Parrott6 Andrew Higginson8 Ricky Walden8
Zhang Anda10 Zhang Anda10 Zhang Anda10 Zhang Anda10
Matthew Couch8 Jin Long10 Rory McLeod10 Gerard Greene10
Brendan O'Donoghue10 Brendan O'Donoghue6 Jin Long3 Rory McLeod9
Ben Woollaston10 David Roe10 Stuart Pettman10 Stuart Bingham2
Andrew Norman5 Ben Woollaston9 David Roe6 Stuart Pettman10
Atthasit Mahitthi4 Mark Joyce10 Michael Judge8 Jamie Cope10
Jimmy Robertson10 Jimmy Robertson9 Mark Joyce10 Mark Joyce5
Simon Bedford10 Robert Milkins10 Mike Dunn10 Stephen Lee10
Ian Preece4 Simon Bedford6 Robert Milkins8 Mike Dunn2
Daniel Wells7 Andy Hicks7 Jimmy Michie10 Graeme Dott10
David Gray10 David Gray10 David Gray2 Jimmy Michie5

Century breaks edit

Televised stage centuries edit

There were 60 centuries in the televised stage of the World Championship.[82][83]

Qualifying stage centuries edit

There were 50 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship.[84][85]

Notes edit

  1. ^ In the event of the defending champion being ranked outside the top 16, he would replace the player ranked world number 16 as an automatic qualifier.[21]

References edit

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