World Seniors Championship 2016

World Seniors Championship 2016
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Venue:	Guild Hall, Preston
Opening:	January 30, 2016
Endgame:	January 31, 2016
Winner:	Mark Davis
Highest Break:	104 ( Dominic Dale )
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The Betway World Seniors Championship 2016 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2015/16 season , which was held on January 30th and 31st, 2016 at Preston Guild Hall in England .

Defending champion was Welsh Mark Williams , who was eliminated in the first main round. The winner was Mark Davis from England , who defeated Darren Morgan 2-1 in the final.

Prize money

The winnings remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

	Prize money
winner	£ 18,000
finalist	£ 8,000
Semi-finalist	£ 4,000
Quarter finalist	£ 2,000
Round of 16	£ 1,000
All in all	£ 50,000

Main round

Laws players

Former snooker world champions or winners of the World Seniors Championship were automatically selected for the main tournament. This applied to the following eight registered players:

Nigel Bond

Ken Doherty

Peter Ebdon

Joe Johnson

Darren Morgan

John Parrott

Jimmy White

Mark Williams

Tournament statistics

	Round of 16 best of 3 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 3 Frames				Semi-finals Best of 3 Frames				Final best of 3 frames
	Dominic Dale	2
	John Parrott	0
					Dominic Dale	0
					Jimmy White	2
	Gary Lees	0
	Jimmy White	2
									Jimmy White	0
									Darren Morgan	2
	Anthony Hamilton	2
	Mark Williams	1
					Anthony Hamilton	1
					Darren Morgan	2
	Darren Morgan	2
	Joe Johnson	0
													Darren Morgan	1
													Mark Davis	2
	Tony Drago	0
	Robert Milkins	2
					Robert Milkins	0
					Mark Davis	2
	Mark Davis	2
	Ken Doherty	1
									Mark Davis	2
									Rory McLeod	0
	Rory McLeod	2
	Fergal O'Brien	1
					Rory McLeod	2
					Nigel Bond	1
	Nigel Bond	2
	Peter Ebdon	0

final

Final: Best of 3 Frames Referee: Ben Williams Guild Hall,  Preston , England , January 31, 2016
Darren Morgan	1: 2	Mark Davis
15: 62 , 70 : 30 (55), 0: 81 (76)
55	Highest break	76
-	Century breaks	-
1	50+ breaks	1

qualification

The qualifiers were played on December 20 and 21, 2015 at Robin Park in Wigan , England . All games were played in best-of-3 mode.

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2		game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mark Davis	2 : 0	Jason Weston		4th	Gerard Greene	0: 2	Ashley Beal
2	Gary Miller	2 : 0	Dessie Sheehan		5	Ian Brumby	2 : 1	Jamie Rous
3	Dean Reynolds	0: 2	Jamie Burnett

round 2

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2		game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
6th	Barry Pinches	1: 2	Jamie Bodle		22nd	Peter Bardsley	2 : 1	John Fox
7th	Clive Bernstone	1: 2	Peter Donegan		23	Andrew Billion	0: 2	Anthony Hamilton
8th	Dominic Dale	kl.	Nicky Lazarus		24	Tony Chappel	2 : 0	Imran Puri
9	Shane Haines	0: 2	Paul McPhillips		25th	Patsy Fagan	kl.	Jamie Burnett
10	Tony Knowles	0: 2	Mark Davis		26th	Robert Marshall	1: 2	Peter Lines
11	John Rea	kl.	Stuart Parnell		27	Mike Dunn	0: 2	Joe Swail
12	John Welsh	2 : 1	Stephen Rowlings		28	Guilio Rea	0: 2	Scott MacFarlane
13	Paul Burrell	1: 2	Gary Wilkinson		29	David Craggs	1: 2	Tony Drago
14th	Craig MacGillivray	2 : 0	Barry Stark		30th	Wayne Brown	2 : 0	Richard Somauroo
15th	Robert Milkins	2 : 0	Paul Moss		31	Steven Gough	2 : 0	Ian Brumby
16	Les Dodd	2 : 0	Peter Delaney		32	Fergal O'Brien	2 : 1	Jonathan Bagley
17th	David McLellan	2 : 0	Gary Miller		33	Sean Lanigan	2 : 0	Steve Meakin
18th	Shaun Wilkes	0: 2	Julian Mills		34	Karl Townsend	1: 2	Geoff Williams
19th	Mark King	2 : 1	Leigh Robinson		35	Rod Lawler	2 : 1	Lee Walker
20th	Adrian Rosa	0: 2	Gary Lees		36	Gary Filtness	kl.	Rory McLeod
21st	Darren Thompson	2 : 0	Anthony Harris		37	Ashley Beal	0: 2	Darryn Walker

Round 3

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2		game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
38	Jamie Bodle	2 : 0	Peter Donegan		46	Peter Bardsley	0: 2	Anthony Hamilton
39	Dominic Dale	2 : 0	Paul McPhillips		47	Tony Chappel	2 : 1	Jamie Burnett
40	Mark Davis	2 : 0	John Rea		48	Peter Lines	2 : 1	Joe Swail
41	John Welsh	0: 2	Gary Wilkinson		49	Scott MacFarlane	1: 2	Tony Drago
42	Craig MacGillivray	0: 2	Robert Milkins		50	Wayne Brown	2 : 0	Steven Gough
43	Les Dodd	2 : 0	David McLellan		51	Fergal O'Brien	2 : 0	Sean Lanigan
44	Julian Mills	0: 2	Mark King		52	Geoff Williams	0: 2	Rod Lawler
45	Gary Lees	2 : 0	Darren Thompson		53	Rory McLeod	2 : 1	Darryn Walker

Round 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2		game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
54	Jamie Bodle	0: 2	Dominic Dale		58	Anthony Hamilton	2 : 0	Tony Chappel
55	Mark Davis	2 : 0	Gary Wilkinson		59	Peter Lines	0: 2	Tony Drago
56	Robert Milkins	2 : 0	Les Dodd		60	Wayne Brown	0: 2	Fergal O'Brien
57	Mark King	1: 2	Gary Lees		61	Rod Lawler	1: 2	Rory McLeod

Century breaks

Lee Walker	116 Q
Dominic Dale	104

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^Q in qualification

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1. ↑ worldsnooker.com: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/16 Season. (PDF; 92 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , June 12, 2015, accessed on September 16, 2015 . 
2. ^ Snooker's World Seniors Line-Up Announced. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 4, 2015, accessed December 22, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} World Seniors Championship (2016). Snooker.org, accessed December 22, 2015 . 
4. ↑ World Seniors Snooker Championship 2016 - Qualifiers Provisional Format. (PDF; 29 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 4, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2015 . 
5. ^ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 175 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 2, 2015, accessed on December 22, 2015 .