2009 World Snooker Championship

	2009 ; World Snooker Championship Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 18, 2009
Endgame:	3rd / 4th May 2009
Winner:	John Higgins
Finalist:	Shaun Murphy
Highest Break:	147 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The 2009 World Snooker Championship took place from April 18 to May 4, 2009 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 2008/09 snooker season . The Scottish John Higgins became world champion for the third time in his career after beating Shaun Murphy 18: 9 in the final .

Prize money

Prize money 2009	Profit in £
winner	250,000
defeated finalist	125,000
Semifinals	52,000
Quarter finals	24,050
Round of 16	16,000
last 32	12,000
last 48	8,200
last 64	4,600
Highest Break (Main Round)	10,000
Highest Break (Qualification)	1,000
Maximum break (main round)	147,000
Maximum break (qualification)	5,000
All in all	£ 1,111,000

Main round

Round 1 Best of 19 Frames 2 Sessions; Frames 9-10			Round of 16 Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9			Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames 3 Sessions; Frames 8-8-9			Semifinals Best of 33 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-8-8-9			Final Best of 35 Frames 4 Sessions; Frames 8-9-8-10

1	England Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
21st	England Stuart Bingham	5
			1	England Ronnie O'Sullivan	11

			16	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	13
16	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	10

63	England Martin Gould	6th
						16	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	13

						8th	Wales Ryan Day	11
9	England Peter Ebdon	5

23	England Nigel Bond	10
			23	England Nigel Bond	5

			8th	Wales Ryan Day	13
8th	Wales Ryan Day	10

26th	England Stephen Lee	4th
									16	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	13

									5	Scotland John Higgins	17th
5	Scotland John Higgins	10

34	England Michael Holt	5
			5	Scotland John Higgins	13

			19th	England Jamie Cope	12
12	England Joe Perry	6th

19th	England Jamie Cope	10
						5	Scotland John Higgins	13

						4th	England Mark Selby	12
13	Scotland Graeme Dott	10

27	England Barry Hawkins	8th
			13	Scotland Graeme Dott	10

			4th	England Mark Selby	13
4th	England Mark Selby	10

35	England Ricky Walden	6th
												5	Scotland John Higgins	18th

												3	England Shaun Murphy	9
3	England Shaun Murphy	10

38	England Andrew Higginson	8th
			3	England Shaun Murphy	13

			14th	Hong Kong Marco Fu	3
14th	Hong Kong Marco Fu	10

20th	Northern Ireland Joe Swail	4th
						3	England Shaun Murphy	13

						6th	Scotland Stephen Hendry	11
11	China People's Republic Ding Junhui	10

40	China People's Republic Liang Wenbo	8th
			11	China People's Republic Ding Junhui	10

			6th	Scotland Stephen Hendry	13
6th	Scotland Stephen Hendry	10

22nd	Wales Mark Williams	7th
									3	England Shaun Murphy	17th

									10	Australia Neil Robertson	14th
7th	England Allister Carter	10

33	Northern Ireland Gerard Greene	5
			7th	England Allister Carter	8th

			10	Australia Neil Robertson	13
10	Australia Neil Robertson	10

29	England Steve Davis	2
						10	Australia Neil Robertson	13

						2	Scotland Stephen Maguire	8th
15th	England Mark King	10

44	England Rory McLeod	6th
			15th	England Mark King	6th

			2	Scotland Stephen Maguire	13
2	Scotland Stephen Maguire	10

45	Scotland Jamie Burnett	5

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Michaela Tabb Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England , 3rd / 4th May 2009
John Higgins Scotland	18 : 9	England Shaun Murphy
128	Highest break	109
2	Century breaks	1
12	50+ breaks	6th

Pre-qualification

The pre-qualification took place on February 25, 2009 in Sheffield .

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Billy Kelly Ireland	51: 51	India David Singh
2	Neil Selman England	35 : 35	England Paul Cavney
3	Barry Stark England	35 : 35	England Les Dodd
4th	Stephen Ormerod England	05 : 05	England Christopher Flight
5	Del Smith England	05 : 05	England Adam Osbourne
6th	Phil Seaton England	25 : 25	England Philip Minchin
7th	Ali Bassiri England	51: 51	England Tony Knowles

round 2

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Colin Mitchell England	15 : 15	India David Singh
2	Neil Selman England	15 : 15	England Barry Stark
3	Stephen Ormerod England	51: 51	England Del Smith
4th	Phil Seaton England	52: 52	England Tony Knowles

qualification

Qualifying rounds 1 to 4 took place in Sheffield from February 26 to March 4, 2009 . The last qualifying round took place between March 8 and 10, 2009, also in Sheffield.

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Li Hang China People's Republic	210 : 210	England Colin Mitchell
2	Declan Hughes Northern Ireland	kl.	England Neil Selman
3	Chris McBreen New Zealand	210 : 210	England Del Smith
4th	Stefan Mazrocis Netherlands	109: 109	England Tony Knowles

Round 2-5

Four players ( Rory McLeod , Martin Gould , Andrew Higginson and Ricky Walden ) qualified for the first time for a World Championship finals. McLeod was also the first black player to qualify for the finals.

Round 2
Best of 19 frames

Round 3
Best of 19 frames

Round 4
Best of 19 frames

Round 5
Best of 19 frames

Matthew Couch

10

Andrew Norman

4th

John Parrott

3

Joe Swail

10

Michael Georgiou

8th

Matthew Couch

10

Matthew Couch

10

Matthew Couch

1

Lee Spick

10

Barry Pinches

5

Adrian Gunnell

2

Steve Davis

10

Stephen Craigie

5

Lee Spick

10

Lee Spick

10

Lee Spick

8th

Jimmy White

10

Andy Hicks

10

Rory McLeod

10

7th

8th

8th

8th

Rory McLeod

10

Daniel Wells

10

Ian Preece

9

Marcus Campbell

9

Barry Hawkins

10

Li Hang

9

Daniel Wells

10

Daniel Wells

10

Daniel Wells

9

Supoj Saenla

10

Liu Song

10

Gerard Greene

10

5

5

9

6th

Gerard Greene

10

Scott MacKenzie

9

Joe Delaney

10

Judd Trump

10

Stephen Lee

10

Wayne Cooper

10

Wayne Cooper

8th

Joe Delaney

1

Judd Trump

8th

Patrick Wallace

10

Mark Joyce

6th

Tom Ford

10

Mark Williams

10

Neil Selman

2

Patrick Wallace

10

Patrick Wallace

8th

Tom Ford

5

Matthew Selt

10

Rod Lawler

10

Ricky Walden

10

5

3

5

1

Ricky Walden

10

James McBain

10

David Morris

10

Liang Wenbo

10

3

2

3

8th

Liang Wenbo

10

Simon Bedford

10

David Roe

7th

Jamie Burnett

10

Fergal O'Brien

6th

David Grace

6th

Simon Bedford

10

Simon Bedford

8th

Jamie Burnett

10

Jamie Jones

10

Robert Milkins

7th

Andrew Higginson

10

Michael Judge

4th

Atthasit Mahitthi

9

Jamie Jones

10

Jamie Jones

8th

Andrew Higginson

10

Lewis Roberts

10

Paul Davies

10

Jimmy Michie

6th

Jamie Cope

10

Aditya Mehta

8th

Lewis Roberts

7th

Paul Davies

10

Paul Davies

5

Kuldesh Johal

8th

David Gray

8th

Mike Dunn

10

Nigel Bond

10

Jin Long

10

Jin Long

10

Jin Long

7th

Mike Dunn

7th

Peter Lines

10

Mark Davis

10

Michael Holt

10

7th

8th

6th

9

Michael Holt

10

Paul Davison

5

Stuart Pettman

10

Alan McManus

10

Stuart Bingham

10

Andrew Pagett

10

Andrew Pagett

3

Stuart Pettman

8th

Alan McManus

6th

Rodney Goggins

10

Martin Gould

10

8th

4th

4th

7th

Martin Gould

10

Martin Gould

10

Century Breaks

Main round

Stephen Hendry received £ 147,000 for his maximum break in frame 7 of the quarterfinals . He also received the £ 10,000 award for the highest break. With 83 Century Breaks during this World Championship, the record from 2002 and 2007 of 68 Centuries was significantly improved. John Higgins achieved the highest number with 11 Century Breaks.

Scotland Stephen Hendry	147 , 140, 117, 114
Scotland John Higgins	141, 131, 129, 128, 128, 128, 116, 114, 113, 107, 104
England Ronnie O'Sullivan	140, 107, 105, 104, 103
England Shaun Murphy	137, 123, 115, 110, 109, 106, 104, 102, 101, 101
Wales Ryan Day	134, 120, 106
Scotland Stephen Maguire	133, 127, 122, 115, 101
China People's Republic Ding Junhui	130, 121, 112, 111
Northern Ireland Mark Allen	129, 119, 119, 115, 108, 108, 106, 103, 103, 103
Hong Kong Marco Fu	129, 124, 122, 111
England Barry Hawkins	129, 105

England Mark Selby	127, 124, 119, 118, 117, 117, 114, 104, 101, 101
Australia Neil Robertson	125, 124, 112, 105, 101
England Jamie Cope	118, 103, 102
Scotland Graeme Dott	117
England Mark King	114
England Peter Ebdon	113
England Joe Perry	110
England Michael Holt	102
England Stuart Bingham	100
England Ricky Walden	100

Qualifying round

The highest break in qualifying was a 145 from Mark Williams .

Wales Mark Williams	145
England Judd Trump	137, 100
England Andy Hicks	135, 102
England Jimmy White	134, 124, 120, 104
China People's Republic Liang Wenbo	134, 120, 100
England Matthew Selt	134, 103
England John Parrott	131
Wales Daniel Wells	129, 127, 106, 100
England Matthew Couch	129
England Ricky Walden	128, 103
England Barry Hawkins	128, 103
England Michael Holt	127
England Rory McLeod	127
Ireland David Morris	126
England Ian McCulloch	125, 122, 103
England Tom Ford	121, 105, 104
England David Gilbert	119
England Mark Davis	117
Scotland Jamie Burnett	117

Netherlands Stefan Mazrocis	116
Ireland Ken Doherty	116
England Anthony Hamilton	115
England Nigel Bond	114
England Martin Gould	113, 108, 105, 100
China People's Republic Li Hang	112, 109
England Wayne Cooper	111
England Stuart Pettman	110
Wales Dominic Dale	110
England Lee Spick	109, 101
India Aditya Mehta	109
China People's Republic Jin Long	105, 105
Northern Ireland Gerard Greene	104
England Jamie Cope	103
Scotland Scott MacKenzie	102
Wales Jamie Jones	102
England Paul Davison	102
China People's Republic Liu Song	100

Individual evidence

Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
World Professional Snooker Championship 2009 at Global Snooker ( Memento from July 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

2009 World Snooker Championship Betfred.com World Snooker Championship

Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 18, 2009
Endgame:	3rd / 4th May 2009
Winner:	Scotland John Higgins
Finalist:	England Shaun Murphy
Highest Break:	147 ( Stephen Hendry ) Scotland
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