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.

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World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates17 April – 3 May 2010
VenueCrucible Theatre
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£1,111,000
Winner's share£250,000
Highest break Graeme Dott (146)
Mark Allen (146)
Final
Champion Neil Robertson
Runner-up Graeme Dott
Score18–13
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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]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 33 frames
                           
17 April[27]            
  John Higgins (1)  10
22, 23 & 24 April[28]
  Barry Hawkins  6  
  John Higgins (1)  11
19 & 20 April[29]
    Steve Davis  13  
  Mark King (16)  9
27 & 28 April[30]
  Steve Davis  10  
  Steve Davis  5
20 & 21 April[31]
    Neil Robertson (9)  13  
  Neil Robertson (9)  10
23 & 24 April[32]
  Fergal O'Brien  5  
  Neil Robertson (9)  13
18 & 19 April[33]
    Martin Gould  12  
  Marco Fu (8)  9
29, 30 April & 1 May[34]
  Martin Gould  10  
  Neil Robertson (9)  17
18 & 19 April[35]
    Ali Carter (5)  12
  Ali Carter (5)  10
24, 25 & 26 April[36]
  Jamie Cope  4  
  Ali Carter (5)  13
17 & 18 April[37]
    Joe Perry (12)  11  
  Joe Perry (12)  10
27 & 28 April[38]
  Michael Holt  4  
  Ali Carter (5)  13
20 & 21 April[39]
    Shaun Murphy (4)  12  
  Ding Junhui (13)  10
25 & 26 April[40]
  Stuart Pettman  1  
  Ding Junhui (13)  10
21 & 22 April[41]
    Shaun Murphy (4)  13  
  Shaun Murphy (4)  10
  Gerard Greene  7  
21 & 22 April[42]            
  Stephen Maguire (3)  10
23 & 24 April[43]
  Stephen Lee  4  
  Stephen Maguire (3)  6
20 & 21 April[44]
    Graeme Dott  13  
  Peter Ebdon (14)  5
27 & 28 April[45]
  Graeme Dott  10  
  Graeme Dott  13
17 & 18 April[46]
    Mark Allen (11)  12  
  Mark Allen (11)  10
22 & 23 April[47]
  Tom Ford  4  
  Mark Allen (11)  13
20 & 21 April[48]
    Mark Davis  5  
  Ryan Day (6)  8
29, 30 April & 1 May[49]
  Mark Davis  10  
  Graeme Dott  17
17 & 18 April[50]
    Mark Selby (7)  14
  Mark Selby (7)  10
25 & 26 April[51]
  Ken Doherty  4  
  Mark Selby (7)  13
17 & 18 April[52]
    Stephen Hendry (10)  5  
  Stephen Hendry (10)  10
27 & 28 April[53]
  Zhang Anda  9  
  Mark Selby (7)  13
19 April[54]
    Ronnie O'Sullivan (2)  11  
  Mark Williams (15)  10
24, 25 & 26 April[55]
  Marcus Campbell  5  
  Mark Williams (15)  10
19 & 20 April[56]
    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.[57][58] Referee: Eirian Williams.[59]
Neil Robertson (9)
 Australia		 18–13 Graeme 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, 94–1 Century 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

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.)[60][61][62]

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

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.[60][61][62]

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 Page 6   Peter Lines 8   Marcus Campbell 10   Matthew Stevens 9
James Wattana 10   James Wattana 10   James Wattana 5   Marcus Campbell 10
Matthew Selt 10   Barry Pinches 10   Mark Davis 10   Dave Harold 7
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8   Matthew Selt 8   Barry Pinches 7   Mark Davis 10
Stephen Rowlings 6   Joe Delaney 10   Adrian Gunnell 10   Steve Davis 10
Sam Baird 10   Sam Baird 0   Joe Delaney 7   Adrian Gunnell 4
Lee Spick 8   Paul Davies 10   Alan McManus 10   Fergal O'Brien 10
Joe Jogia 10   Joe Jogia 7   Paul Davies 9   Alan McManus 4
Noppadol Sangnil 10   Rod Lawler 10   Dominic Dale 5   Liang Wenbo 10
Michael White 9   Noppadol Sangnil 7   Rod Lawler 10   Rod Lawler 2
Bjorn Haneveer 10   Dave Gilbert 6   Martin Gould 10   Nigel Bond 4
Jordan Brown 9   Bjorn Haneveer 10   Bjorn Haneveer 8   Martin Gould 10
Patrick Wallace 7   Jimmy White 10   Ken Doherty 10   Joe Swail 1
Mark Boyle 10   Mark Boyle 8   Jimmy White 3   Ken Doherty 10
Li Hang 9   Tom Ford 10   Anthony Hamilton 6   Judd Trump 3
David Hogan 10   David Hogan 3   Tom Ford 10   Tom Ford 10
Xiao Guodong 9   Liu Song 7   Ian McCulloch 10   Barry Hawkins 10
Tony Drago 10   Tony Drago 10   Tony Drago 6   Ian McCulloch 7
Chris Norbury 4   David Morris 10   Jamie Burnett 6   Michael Holt 10
Mei Xiwen 10   Mei Xiwen 8   David Morris 10   David Morris 6
Craig Steadman 4   John Parrott 6   Andrew Higginson 8   Ricky Walden 8
Zhang Anda 10   Zhang Anda 10   Zhang Anda 10   Zhang Anda 10
Matthew Couch 8   Jin Long 10   Rory McLeod 10   Gerard Greene 10
Brendan O'Donoghue 10   Brendan O'Donoghue 6   Jin Long 3   Rory McLeod 9
Ben Woollaston 10   David Roe 10   Stuart Pettman 10   Stuart Bingham 2
Andrew Norman 5   Ben Woollaston 9   David Roe 6   Stuart Pettman 10
Atthasit Mahitthi 4   Mark Joyce 10   Michael Judge 8   Jamie Cope 10
Jimmy Robertson 10   Jimmy Robertson 9   Mark Joyce 10   Mark Joyce 5
Simon Bedford 10   Robert Milkins 10   Mike Dunn 10   Stephen Lee 10
Ian Preece 4   Simon Bedford 6   Robert Milkins 8   Mike Dunn 2
Daniel Wells 7   Andy Hicks 7   Jimmy Michie 10   Graeme Dott 10
David Gray 10   David Gray 10   David Gray 2   Jimmy Michie 5

Century breaks

[63]

Televised stage centuries

There were 60 centuries in the televised stage of the World Championship.[64]

Qualifying stage centuries

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

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