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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 ...
For the first time, no Welsh player automatically qualified to play at the Crucible. [17] Three Welshmen, Dominic Dale, Michael White, and Ryan Day, won places in the first round through qualification. [25] [26] At the age of 44, 1997 champion Ken Doherty defeated Dechawat Poomjaeng 10–5 in qualifying to become the oldest player to reach the ...
The "Crucible curse" (also known as "The curse of the Crucible") is a quip in professional snooker, referring to the fact that no first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship has retained the title since the tournament moved to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 1977. [5]
Brecel was the youngest player ever to compete at the Crucible, aged 17 years and 45 days old. [28] [30] [31] He was also the first Belgian to play at the Crucible. [26] Mark Allen, following his first-round defeat by Cao, accused his opponent of cheating. Allen claimed that Cao had not admitted to a push shot at 5–4.
The achievement made him the oldest player to win the title since Reardon in 1978. He was the third oldest winner in Crucible history after Reardon in 1978 and John Spencer who was 41 in 1977. [c] [68] Winning the title also took him to a career high of second in the world rankings. [66]
The 16 winners of the fourth-round matches progressed to the main stage of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre. [15] [152] The 128 qualifiers included 94 tour players ranked outside the top 16, who were joined by 34 wildcard amateur players. [153] [154] The amateur players were selected as follows: [153]
Griffiths won 24–16, to become the first player to proceed from the qualifying competition and win the title at the Crucible. There were 13 century breaks compiled during the championship, the highest of which was a championship record-equalling 142 by Bill Werbeniuk .
The Tour Championship is the third and final tournament in the Players Series, following the World Grand Prix and the Players Championship. The event features a prize fund of £380,000, with the winner receiving £150,000. The tournament is broadcast by ITV Sport in the United Kingdom and Eurosport across the rest of Europe.