2009 World Snooker Championship

The 2009 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the first time that the World Snooker Championship had been sponsored by Betfred.[1]

Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 April – 4 May 2009
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,111,000
Winner's share£250,000
Highest break Stephen Hendry (147)
Final
Champion John Higgins
Runner-up Shaun Murphy
Score18–9
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Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Mark Allen.

John Higgins won his third World title by defeating Shaun Murphy 18–9 in the final. It was Higgins' 20th ranking title.

Tournament summary

First round

Second round
  • Hendry won his 1,000th frame at the Crucible during his match against Ding Junhui. In this very frame Hendry compiled a 140 break. In total, at that moment Hendry had played over 1,700 frames at the Crucible, more than any other player. Hendry went on to win the match 13–10 and qualified for the quarter-finals for a record 18th time.[9] This was the second consecutive year that Hendry had knocked out Ding in the Last 16.
  • Mark Allen beat defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 13–11.[9] Allen made his best appearance at the tournament, ultimately reaching the semi-finals.[10] This would be the last time that O'Sullivan failed to reach the quarter finals until 2016.
  • Neil Robertson won four frames on the final black during the second session of his match with Ali Carter, and went on to win the match 13–8.[11]
  • John Higgins beat Jamie Cope 13–12 having trailed 10–12.
  • Stephen Maguire and Mark King set a new record for the longest frame ever played at the Crucible at 74 minutes 58 seconds,[12] breaking the previous record of 74 minutes 8 seconds set in the 2006 final between Peter Ebdon and Graeme Dott.[13]
  • The match between Mark Selby and Graeme Dott saw a controversial decision by referee Alan Chamberlain. Dott was going in-off, but stopped the cue ball with his fist before it dropped into the pocket, believing that the in-off was obvious. Chamberlain called a foul and awarded four points to Selby. Convinced that he now had the cue ball in hand, as would be the norm after an in-off, Selby picked up the ball to place it inside the "D". However, Chamberlain then called a foul on him and awarded four points back to Dott. Chamberlain's reasoning was that since the cue ball had never left the bed of the table, Selby should have played the shot from where the cue ball finished. Both players and even members of the audience disputed Chamberlain's decision, but it remained unchanged.[14][15]

Quarter-finals
  • Hendry made the ninth 147 break of his career in the seventh frame of his match against Shaun Murphy. Hendry equalled Ronnie O'Sullivan's record for most 147s and became the second man to score a Crucible 147 more than once, having done it for the first time in 1995.[16]
  • Neil Robertson beat Stephen Maguire- who had eliminated him in the second round the year before- 13–8. He became only the second player from Australia in 27 years (since Eddie Charlton) to play a semi-final at the Crucible.[17]
  • John Higgins advanced to the semi-finals against Mark Selby by winning his second consecutive match of the tournament in the final frame, again coming from behind before the last frames, this time 11–12. The final frame required two re-racks.[18]
  • Mark Allen and Neil Robertson both reached the first world championship semi-finals of their careers.

Semi-finals

Both semi-finals featured impressive comebacks from the eventual losers. Allen came back from a 3–13 deficit against Higgins to 12–15 before losing the match 13–17.[19] In a similar manner, Robertson brought a 7–14 deficit back to 14–14 in his match against Murphy, but lost the final three frames.[20]

Final
  • Michaela Tabb made history by becoming the first woman to referee a World Snooker Championship final.[21][22]
  • This was the first final contested by two former world champions since 2003, when Mark Williams defeated Ken Doherty 18–16.[23]
  • After the first session ended all-square at 4–4, John Higgins opened up an 11–5 lead over Shaun Murphy, winning the second session 7–1.[24] After the third session, Higgins led 16–8, having won that session 5–3.[25]
  • The second frame of the fourth session was Higgins's 1000th frame in the Crucible Theatre.[26]
  • The fourth and final session lasted only three frames before John Higgins defeated Shaun Murphy 18–9. In doing so, Higgins became only the ninth player to lift the trophy more than twice,[23] and only the sixth player to have won more than two titles in the modern era (Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan being the others).[27]
  • By winning the title two weeks before his 34th birthday, Higgins became the oldest World Snooker Champion since 36-year-old Dennis Taylor in 1985.[28]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[29][30]

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).[31][32] The draw for the televised stage of the World Snooker Championship was made on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 at 9.45am GMT on Radio Sheffield.[3]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 33 frames
                           
18 April            
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  10
23, 24 & 25 April
  Stuart Bingham  5  
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)  11
19 & 20 April
    Mark Allen (16)  13  
  Mark Allen (16)  10
28 & 29 April
  Martin Gould  6  
  Mark Allen (16)  13
21 April
    Ryan Day (8)  11  
  Peter Ebdon (9)  5
24 & 25 April
  Nigel Bond  10  
  Nigel Bond  5
22 April
    Ryan Day (8)  13  
  Ryan Day (8)  10
30 April 1 & 2 May
  Stephen Lee  4  
  Mark Allen (16)  13
22 & 23 April
    John Higgins (5)  17
  John Higgins (5)  10
25, 26 & 27 April
  Michael Holt  5  
  John Higgins (5)  13
20 & 21 April
    Jamie Cope  12  
  Joe Perry (12)  6
28 & 29 April
  Jamie Cope  10  
  John Higgins (5)  13
18 & 19 April
    Mark Selby (4)  12  
  Graeme Dott (13)  10
26 & 27 April
  Barry Hawkins  8  
  Graeme Dott (13)  10
19 & 20 April
    Mark Selby (4)  13  
  Mark Selby (4)  10
  Ricky Walden  6  
21 & 22 April            
  Shaun Murphy (3)  10
24 & 25 April
  Andrew Higginson  8  
  Shaun Murphy (3)  13
20 April
    Marco Fu (14)  3  
  Marco Fu (14)  10
28 & 29 April
  Joe Swail  4  
  Shaun Murphy (3)  13
20 & 21 April
    Stephen Hendry (6)  11  
  Ding Junhui (11)  10
23 & 24 April
  Liang Wenbo  8  
  Ding Junhui (11)  10
18 & 19 April
    Stephen Hendry (6)  13  
  Stephen Hendry (6)  10
30 April 1 & 2 May
  Mark Williams  7  
  Shaun Murphy (3)  17
18 & 19 April
    Neil Robertson (10)  14
  Ali Carter (7)  10
25, 26 & 27 April
  Gerard Greene  5  
  Ali Carter (7)  8
21 & 22 April
    Neil Robertson (10)  13  
  Neil Robertson (10)  10
28 & 29 April
  Steve Davis  2  
  Neil Robertson (10)  13
18 & 19 April
    Stephen Maguire (2)  8  
  Mark King (15)  10
26 & 27 April
  Rory McLeod  6  
  Mark King (15)  6
22 & 23 April
    Stephen Maguire (2)  13  
  Stephen Maguire (2)  10
  Jamie Burnett  5  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 May & 4 May 2009. Referee: Michaela Tabb
John Higgins (5)
 Scotland		 18–9 Shaun Murphy (3)
 England
83–0, 85–6, 79–20, 7–83, 50–96, 4–114, 49–63, 69–34, 98–1, 12–87, 70–51, 95–11, 70–45, 132–0, 82–0, 128–6, 64–42, 0–91, 60–49, 76–43, 28–70, 49–79, 94–26, 80–59, 106–21, 0–78, 105–0 Century breaks: 3
(Higgins 2, Murphy 1)

Highest break by Higgins: 128
Highest break by Murphy: 109

83–0, 85–6, 79–20, 7–83, 50–96, 4–114, 49–63, 69–34, 98–1, 12–87, 70–51, 95–11, 70–45, 132–0, 82–0, 128–6, 64–42, 0–91, 60–49, 76–43, 28–70, 49–79, 94–26, 80–59, 106–21, 0–78, 105–0
John Higgins wins the 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship

Preliminary qualifying

The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place on 25 February 2009 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association members not on The Tour.)[33][34]

Round 1

Bill Kelly1–5 David Singh
Neil Selman5–3 Paul Cavney
Barry Stark5–3 Les Dodd
Stephen Ormerod5–0 Christopher Flight
Del Smith5–0 Adam Osbourne
Phil Seaton5–2 Philip Minchin
Ali Bassiri1–5 Tony Knowles

Round 2

Colin Mitchell5–1 David Singh
Neil Selman5–1 Barry Stark
Stephen Ormerod1–5 Del Smith
Phil Seaton2–5 Tony Knowles

Qualifying

The qualifying rounds 1–4 for the tournament took place between 26 February and 4 March 2009 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The final round of qualifying took place between 8 and 10 March 2009 at the same venue.[33][34]

Round 1

Li Hang10–2 Colin Mitchell
Declan Hugheswd–wo Neil Selman
Chris McBreen10–8 Del Smith
Stefan Mazrocis9–10 Tony Knowles

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
Matthew Couch 10   Andrew Norman 4   John Parrott 3   Joe Swail 10
Michael Georgiou 8   Matthew Couch 10   Matthew Couch 10   Matthew Couch 1
Lee Spick 10   Barry Pinches 5   Adrian Gunnell 2   Steve Davis 10
Stephen Craigie 5   Lee Spick 10   Lee Spick 10   Lee Spick 8
Jimmy White 10   Andy Hicks 10   Rory McLeod 10   Ian McCulloch 7
Vincent Muldoon 8   Jimmy White 8   Andy Hicks 8   Rory McLeod 10
Daniel Wells 10   Ian Preece 9   Marcus Campbell 9   Barry Hawkins 10
Li Hang 9   Daniel Wells 10   Daniel Wells 10   Daniel Wells 9
Supoj Saenla 10   Liu Song 10   Gerard Greene 10   Ken Doherty 5
Liu Chuang 5   Supoj Saenla 9   Liu Song 6   Gerard Greene 10
Scott MacKenzie 9   Joe Delaney 10   Judd Trump 10   Stephen Lee 10
Wayne Cooper 10   Wayne Cooper 8   Joe Delaney 1   Judd Trump 8
Patrick Wallace 10   Mark Joyce 6   Tom Ford 10   Mark Williams 10
Neil Selman 2   Patrick Wallace 10   Patrick Wallace 8   Tom Ford 5
Matthew Selt 10   Rod Lawler 10   Ricky Walden 10   Anthony Hamilton 5
Robert Stephen 3   Matthew Selt 5   Rod Lawler 1   Ricky Walden 10
James McBain 10   David Morris 10   Liang Wenbo 10   Dave Harold 3
Chris McBreen 2   James McBain 3   David Morris 8   Liang Wenbo 10
Simon Bedford 10   David Roe 7   Jamie Burnett 10   Fergal O'Brien 6
David Grace 6   Simon Bedford 10   Simon Bedford 8   Jamie Burnett 10
Jamie Jones 10   Robert Milkins 7   Andrew Higginson 10   Michael Judge 4
Atthasit Mahitthi 9   Jamie Jones 10   Jamie Jones 8   Andrew Higginson 10
Lewis Roberts 10   Paul Davies 10   Jimmy Michie 6   Jamie Cope 10
Aditya Mehta 8   Lewis Roberts 7   Paul Davies 10   Paul Davies 5
Kuldesh Johal 8   David Gray 8   Mike Dunn 10   Nigel Bond 10
Jin Long 10   Jin Long 10   Jin Long 7   Mike Dunn 7
Peter Lines 10   Mark Davis 10   Michael Holt 10   Dominic Dale 7
Andy Lee 8   Peter Lines 6   Mark Davis 9   Michael Holt 10
Paul Davison 5   Stuart Pettman 10   Alan McManus 10   Stuart Bingham 10
Andrew Pagett 10   Andrew Pagett 3   Stuart Pettman 8   Alan McManus 6
Rodney Goggins 10   Martin Gould 10   Dave Gilbert 8   Matthew Stevens 4
Tony Knowles 4   Rodney Goggins 7   Martin Gould 10   Martin Gould 10

Century breaks

This is complete list of century breaks scored in both the qualifying and the televised stages.[35]

Televised stage centuries

There were 83 century breaks in the televised stage of the World Championship, a new record beating 2002's and 2007's 68; this record was surpassed in 2015.

Qualifying stage centuries

There were 69 century breaks in the qualifying stage of the World Championship:

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