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The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis, who won fifteen consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946. The record in the modern era, usually dated from the reintroduction in 1969 of a knock-out tournament format, rather than a challenge format, is shared by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan, both having won the ...
A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event, won by Ray Reardon. Until 1982, the World ...
Fourteen maximum breaks have been made in the history of the tournament, Cliff Thorburn compiled the first in 1983, and Mark Selby the most recent in 2023, which was the first maximum break in a World Championship final. A record 109 century breaks were made at the Crucible in 2022. As of 2024, 28 players have won the World Snooker Championship.
The Triple Crown in professional snooker refers to winning the sport's three longest-running and most prestigious tournaments: the World Snooker Championship (first held in 1927 and staged as a knockout tournament continuously since 1969), the invitational Masters (held annually since 1975), and the UK Championship (held annually since 1977).
The four-time world champion Selby has won £7.2m in career prize money so far while Brecel has won £1.3m, ... What is the World Snooker Championship prize money? Winner: £500,000. Runner-up: £ ...
In the 2019–20 season, he won six ranking events, setting a new record for the most ranking titles in a single season. [5] He added a further five ranking titles during the 2020–21 season. [6] Voted the World Snooker Tour's Player of the Year for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021, he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in ...
Luca Brecel completed the biggest comeback in Crucible history as he broke Si Jiahui’s heart to claim the most remarkable victory and book his spot in a first World Snooker Championship final ...
World Snooker Championship: Manchester: Ray Reardon (1) 41 years, 199 days: Graham Miles (1) 32 years, 349 days: 22–12 [8] 2: 1 May 1975: World Snooker Championship: Melbourne: Ray Reardon (2) 42 years, 205 days: Eddie Charlton (1) 45 years, 182 days: 31–30 [9] 3: 23 Apr 1976: World Snooker Championship: Manchester: Ray Reardon ...