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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 ...
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. 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.
The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize money of £2,395,000 in 2023 , including £500,000 for the winner. [ 1 ]
Of these, three have reached the final of the event, those being White (6 times), Stevens (2 times), and Ding (1 time); Allen has reached the semi-final twice. Stuart Bingham has a World title and a Masters title, but is yet to win the UK Championship for his career Triple Crown, having reached the semi-final three times. [29] [30]
O'Sullivan defeated Trump 18–13 in the 2022 World Championship final to win his seventh world title, equalling Hendry for the most world titles in the modern era. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Aged 46 years and 148 days, he became the oldest World Champion in snooker history, surpassing Reardon, who won his last title in 1978 aged 45 years and 203 days. [ 40 ]
Judd Trump MBE (born 20 August 1989 [2]) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one.Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently in fourth place on the list of all-time ranking event winners, having won 30 ranking titles.
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: £ ...
He defeated Judd Trump 18–13 in the final to win his seventh world title — also his 39th ranking title and 21st Triple Crown title — to tie Hendry for the most world titles in the modern era. Aged 46 years and 148 days, O'Sullivan became the oldest world champion in the sport's history, surpassing Reardon, who had held the record since 1978.