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.[1]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–7 November 2010 |
| Venue | Cedar Court Hotel |
| City | Bradford |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £50,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | Steve Davis |
| Score | 4–1 |
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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.[2] Jimmy White won in the 2010 final 4–1 against Steve Davis and claimed his 30th career title.[3]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
Winner: £20,000
Runner-up: £10,000
Semi-finalist: £4,000
Quarter-finalist: £2,500
Pre-qualifier: £2,000
Total: £50,000
Main draw
editThe draw for the quarter-finals was made on the afternoon of 5 November 2010 at the venue of the event.[5] The draw for semi-finals was made on a random basis.[6]
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.[5][7][8][9]
Pre-qualifying
edit- Friday, 5 November
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
edit- Sunday, 7 November
Qualifying tournament
editThese 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.[10][11][12][13]
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett
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| Peter Lines
| 3 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Joe Swail
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Harold
| 0 | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Masters / Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "White Crowned Senior Champion". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Davis To Face Johnson In World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Results (Qualifying)". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.