2010 World Snooker Championship

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World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 April – 3 May 2010
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,111,000
Winner's share£250,000
Highest breakScotland Graeme Dott (146)
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (146)
Final
ChampionAustralia Neil Robertson
Runner-upScotland Graeme Dott
Score18–13
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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. The tournament was sponsored by online casino Betfred.com.

Tournament summary

  • As part of Barry Hearn’s vision for the future of the game, walk-on music for the players was introduced. It is now universally done for all players qualifying in the tournaments, although for most tournaments, it is only used in the latter stages of tournaments, due to disparate starting times for other matches in the main arena.

First round

Second round

  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • Meanwhile, Neil Robertson came back from 0–6 and 5–11 to defeat Martin Gould 13–12.[8]
  • Mark Allen made the first 146 break in the history of the Crucible during his match against Mark Davis.[9]

25th anniversary rematch of the 1985 final

  • 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.[10]
  • 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.[11]

Semi-finals

  • 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.[12][13]
  • Graeme Dott beat Mark Selby 17–14, to reach his third final after also doing so in 2004 and 2006.[14]

Final

  • 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.[15][16]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.[17] 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.[18]
  • Robertson hoped his win would help lift the low profile of snooker in his home country,[19] a prospect supported by a number of local sports promoters.[20]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[21][22]

Main draw

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).[23][24][25] The draw for the televised stage of the World Championship was made on Thursday, 11 March at 11 am BST.[26]

Template:World Snooker Championship Rounds

Preliminary qualifying

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.)[27][28][29]

Round 1

England Les Dodd 5–0 England Philip Minchin
England Paul Wykes 5–1 England David Taylor
India David Singh 5–2 England Colin Mitchell
England Ali Bassiri 1–5 England Neil Selman
England Barry West w/o–w/d England Christopher Flight
England Del Smith 5–2 England Phil Seaton
England Bill Oliver 1–5 England Nic Barrow
England Stephen Ormerod 5–4 England Paul Cavney

Round 2

England Les Dodd 2–5 England Paul Wykes
India David Singh 5–3 England Neil Selman
England Barry West 1–5 England Del Smith
England Nic Barrow 5–0 England Stephen Ormerod

Qualifying

The qualifying rounds 1–4 for the tournament took place between 27 February and 5 March 2010 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The final round of qualifying took place between 7 and 9 March 2010 at the same venue.[27][28][29]

Round 1

Thailand James Wattana 10–6 England Paul Wykes
Wales Michael White 10–4 India David Singh
Northern Ireland Jordan Brown 10–7 England Del Smith
Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue 10–8 England 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
EnglandLee Page6EnglandPeter Lines8ScotlandMarcus Campbell10WalesMatthew Stevens9
ThailandJames Wattana10ThailandJames Wattana10ThailandJames Wattana5ScotlandMarcus Campbell10
EnglandMatthew Selt10EnglandBarry Pinches10EnglandMark Davis10EnglandDave Harold7
ThailandThepchaiya Un-Nooh8EnglandMatthew Selt8EnglandBarry Pinches7EnglandMark Davis10
EnglandStephen Rowlings6Republic of IrelandJoe Delaney10EnglandAdrian Gunnell10EnglandSteve Davis10
EnglandSam Baird10EnglandSam Baird0Republic of IrelandJoe Delaney7EnglandAdrian Gunnell4
EnglandLee Spick8WalesPaul Davies10ScotlandAlan McManus10Republic of IrelandFergal O'Brien10
EnglandJoe Jogia10EnglandJoe Jogia7WalesPaul Davies9ScotlandAlan McManus4
ThailandNoppadol Sangnil10EnglandRod Lawler10WalesDominic Dale5ChinaLiang Wenbo10
WalesMichael White9ThailandNoppadol Sangnil7EnglandRod Lawler10EnglandRod Lawler2
BelgiumBjorn Haneveer10EnglandDave Gilbert6EnglandMartin Gould10EnglandNigel Bond4
Northern IrelandJordan Brown9BelgiumBjorn Haneveer10BelgiumBjorn Haneveer8EnglandMartin Gould10
Northern IrelandPatrick Wallace7EnglandJimmy White10Republic of IrelandKen Doherty10Northern IrelandJoe Swail1
ScotlandMark Boyle10ScotlandMark Boyle8EnglandJimmy White3Republic of IrelandKen Doherty10
ChinaLi Hang9EnglandTom Ford10EnglandAnthony Hamilton6EnglandJudd Trump3
Republic of IrelandDavid Hogan10Republic of IrelandDavid Hogan3EnglandTom Ford10EnglandTom Ford10
ChinaXiao Guodong9ChinaLiu Song7EnglandIan McCulloch10EnglandBarry Hawkins10
MaltaTony Drago10MaltaTony Drago10MaltaTony Drago6EnglandIan McCulloch7
EnglandChris Norbury4Republic of IrelandDavid Morris10ScotlandJamie Burnett6EnglandMichael Holt10
ChinaMei Xiwen10ChinaMei Xiwen8Republic of IrelandDavid Morris10Republic of IrelandDavid Morris6
EnglandCraig Steadman4EnglandJohn Parrott6EnglandAndrew Higginson8EnglandRicky Walden8
ChinaZhang Anda10ChinaZhang Anda10ChinaZhang Anda10ChinaZhang Anda10
EnglandMatthew Couch8ChinaJin Long10EnglandRory McLeod10Northern IrelandGerard Greene10
Republic of IrelandBrendan O'Donoghue10Republic of IrelandBrendan O'Donoghue6ChinaJin Long3EnglandRory McLeod9
EnglandBen Woollaston10EnglandDavid Roe10EnglandStuart Pettman10EnglandStuart Bingham2
EnglandAndrew Norman5EnglandBen Woollaston9EnglandDavid Roe6EnglandStuart Pettman10
ThailandAtthasit Mahitthi4EnglandMark Joyce10Republic of IrelandMichael Judge8EnglandJamie Cope10
EnglandJimmy Robertson10EnglandJimmy Robertson9EnglandMark Joyce10EnglandMark Joyce5
EnglandSimon Bedford10EnglandRobert Milkins10EnglandMike Dunn10EnglandStephen Lee10
WalesIan Preece4EnglandSimon Bedford6EnglandRobert Milkins8EnglandMike Dunn2
WalesDaniel Wells7EnglandAndy Hicks7EnglandJimmy Michie10ScotlandGraeme Dott10
EnglandDavid Gray10EnglandDavid Gray10EnglandDavid Gray2EnglandJimmy Michie5

Century breaks

[30]

Televised stage centuries

There were 60 centuries in the televised stage of the World Championship.[31]

Qualifying stage centuries

There were 50 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:

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