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2010 World Seniors Championship


FieldValue
tournament_name2010 World Seniors Championship
logo[[File:2010 World Seniors Championship logo.jpg300px]]
dates
venueCedar Court Hotel
locationBradford
countryEngland
organisationWPBSA
formatSeniors event
Total prize fund£50,000
winners_share£20,000
winnerENG Jimmy White
runner_upENG Steve Davis
score4–1
previous[1991](1991-world-seniors-championship)
next[2011](2011-world-seniors-championship)

The 2010 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 5–7 November 2010 at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford, England.

The event had last been held in 1991, when Cliff Wilson won in the final 5–4 against Eddie Charlton, to become the inaugural champion. Jimmy White won in the 2010 final 4–1 against Steve Davis and claimed his 30th career title.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £20,000

Runner-up: £10,000

Semi-finalist: £4,000

Quarter-finalist: £2,500

Pre-qualifier: £2,000

Total: £50,000

Main draw

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on the afternoon of 5 November 2010 at the venue of the event. The draw for semi-finals was made on a random basis.

All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 3 frames, semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was the best of 7 frames. All times are GMT.

Pre-qualifying

  • Friday, 5 November
    • ENG Peter Ebdon 0–2 ENG Nigel Bond

Quarter-finals

  • Saturday, 6 November
    • IRL Ken Doherty 0–2 ENG Nigel Bond
    • ENG Steve Davis 2–0 ENG Joe Johnson
  • Saturday, 6 November
    • NIR Dennis Taylor 0–2 ENG John Parrott
    • ENG Jimmy White 2–0 CAN Cliff Thorburn

Semi-finals

  • Saturday, 6 November
    • ENG Steve Davis 3–1 ENG Nigel Bond
  • Sunday, 7 November
    • ENG John Parrott 2–3 ENG Jimmy White

Final

  • Sunday, 7 November
    • ENG Steve Davis 1–4 ENG Jimmy White

Qualifying tournament

These matches took place between 29 and 30 May 2010 at the Cue Garden, Bradford, England. There was only one century break in qualifying - a 144 made by Peter Lines.

Best of 3 frames Best of 5 frames Best of 7 frames | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=ENG Peter Lines | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=ENG Mike Hallett | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=MLT Tony Drago | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=ENG Tony Knowles | RD1-score4=0 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=NIR Joe Swail | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=ENG David Taylor | RD1-score6=0 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=ENG Nigel Bond | RD1-score7=2 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=ENG Dave Harold | RD1-score8=0 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=ENG Peter Lines | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=MLT Tony Drago | RD2-score2=0 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=NIR Joe Swail | RD2-score3=2 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=ENG Nigel Bond | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=ENG Peter Lines | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=ENG Nigel Bond | RD3-score2=4

References

References

  1. "Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  2. Turner, Chris. "Masters / Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  3. "White Crowned Senior Champion". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  4. "Prize Money". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  5. "Format". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  6. "Davis To Face Johnson In World Seniors". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  7. "Results". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  8. "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker.
  9. "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship". Snooker.org.
  10. "Draw and Format". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  11. "Results (Qualifying)". [[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]].
  12. "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker.
  13. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org.
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