World Snooker Championship 2011

World Snooker Championship 2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	109
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 2011
Endgame:	1./2. May 2011
Winner:	John Higgins
Finalist:	Judd Trump
Highest Break:	138 ( Ding Junhui , Mark King )
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The 2011 World Snooker Championship took place from April 16 to May 2, 2011 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield and marked the end of the 2010/11 snooker season . Snooker world champion was the Scot John Higgins , who defeated Judd Trump in the final with 18:15 frames and thus won his fourth world title. Defending champion Neil Robertson was eliminated in the first round against the eventual finalist Judd Trump.

Prize money

Prize money 2011	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

The first round was drawn on March 21st. The number in brackets behind the player name does not indicate the position in the world ranking, but the position in the seeding list.

The biggest surprise of the first round of this year's World Cup was the elimination of defending champion Neil Robertson against Judd Trump . However, the 21-year-old youngster had worked his way up the world rankings over the past five professional seasons and with the victory at the China Open immediately before the World Cup, he had broken through to the top of the world. In addition, the narrow elimination of the former world number two Stephen Maguire against Barry Hawkins surprised . Ricky Walden and Marco Fu were also eliminated from the seeded players , who thus both lost their place in the top 16. Stephen Hendry started a new season as one of the best 16 players in the world for the 24th time in a row after his opening win against Joe Perry . The newcomers to the World Cup, Andrew Pagett and Jimmy Robertson , came up with no surprise and both were eliminated in the first round. Robertson in particular had no chance against a convincing Mark Selby and lost 1:10.

Like Ding Junhui, Selby was considered a tournament favorite after the performances shown, both met in the quarter-finals, which the Chinese won. In Round 2, Judd Trump and Martin Gould met the players who had impressed the audience the most with their offensive, risky game, but Gould often played too risky and was defeated by the young Englishman, who had many spectacular balls and a sovereign game despite the new experience for him in the advanced rounds in Sheffield subsequently became the star of the tournament. Also the world number ninth Graeme Dott clearly defeated Trump in the quarterfinals before it came to the semi-final duel with Ding Junhui. A changeable game developed there. When Trump was three frames ahead for the first time at 7: 4, a series of six frame wins in a row for Ding followed, which the English countered unimpressed with four wins in a row. After the 14:13 lead for the Chinese, Trump made the finals perfect with three wins in a row.

In the second half of the seeding list, Welshman Mark Williams made it through to the semi-finals with victories over Ryan Day , Jamie Cope and Mark Allen and was already the new world number one. His predecessor in the top position, the Scot John Higgins , met snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals . He was in good shape after a poor season and was able to eliminate the better seeded Shaun Murphy . Although Higgins was not quite convincing in terms of play in the course of the tournament, he proved to be the tougher and more persistent player of the two and thus became the semi-final opponent of Williams. Another tough match developed in which Williams could pull away on up to three frames, but Higgins countered again and again and stayed in the game. The turning point came when the Scot was able to turn a 9:11 into a 13:11 lead. After that Williams was unable to equalize and Higgins was in the final after a 17:14.

The final then showed parallels to the semi-finals. After a balanced start up to 7: 7, Judd Trump was able to work out a three-frame lead that lasted until 12: 9. Then followed a weak phase, which Higgins used to 14:12. Although the young Englishman was able to equalize again, he lost a bit of precision in the course of the game and his risky game was no longer so rewarded. Instead, the more persistent, more solid game of Higgins prevailed, who proved the staying power and secured his fourth world title with 18:15.

	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	Neil Robertson	8th
	24	Judd Trump	10
						24	Judd Trump	13
						26th	Martin Gould	6th
	16	Marco Fu	8th
	26th	Martin Gould	10
											24	Judd Trump	13
											9	Graeme Dott	5
	9	Graeme Dott	10
	19th	Mark King	7th
						9	Graeme Dott	13
						8th	Ali Carter	11
	8th	Ali Carter	10
	45	Dave Harold	3
																24	Judd Trump	17th
																5	Ding Junhui	15th
	5	Ding Junhui	10
	37	Jamie Burnett	2
						5	Ding Junhui	13
						17th	Stuart Bingham	12
	12	Peter Ebdon	8th
	17th	Stuart Bingham	10
											5	Ding Junhui	13
											4th	Mark Selby	10
	13	Stephen Hendry	10
	30th	Joe Perry	9
						13	Stephen Hendry	4th
						4th	Mark Selby	13
	4th	Mark Selby	10
	61	Jimmy Robertson	1
																					24	Judd Trump	15th
																					2	John Higgins	18th
	3	Mark Williams	10
	20th	Ryan Day	5
						3	Mark Williams	13
						14th	Jamie Cope	4th
	14th	Jamie Cope	10
	78	Andrew Pagett	7th
											3	Mark Williams	13
											11	Mark Allen	5
	11	Mark Allen	10
	18th	Matthew Stevens	9
						11	Mark Allen	13
						25th	Barry Hawkins	12
	6th	Stephen Maguire	9
	25th	Barry Hawkins	10
																3	Mark Williams	14th
																2	John Higgins	17th
	7th	Shaun Murphy	10
	32	Marcus Campbell	1
						7th	Shaun Murphy	10
						10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	13
	10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	31	Dominic Dale	2
											10	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
											2	John Higgins	13
	15th	Ricky Walden	6th
	35	Rory McLeod	10
						35	Rory McLeod	7th
						2	John Higgins	13
	2	John Higgins	10
	21st	Stephen Lee	5

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Jan Verhaas Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 1./2. May 2011
Judd Trump	15: 18	John Higgins
1st session: 64 : 19, 76 : 1, 38: 73 , 54: 74 (61), 5: 115 (51.64), 113 : 0 (102), 68: 69 (T 64), 56 : 19 2nd session: 20: 64 (60), 67 : 45, 68 : 0 (58), 127 : 0 (103), 38: 63 , 25: 64 , 77 : 18, 60 : 9, 69 : 36 3. Session: 8: 67 (59), 113 : 0 (104), 0: 97 (97), 99 : 0 (99), 55: 65 , 35: 93 (93), 1: 113 (113), 8: 77 (57) 4th session: 38: 66 (62), 78 : 0, 60 : 38, 52: 64 , 35: 65 , 75 : 52 (70), 44: 64 (50), 61: 62
104	Highest break	113
3	Century breaks	1
7th	50+ breaks	11

Pre-qualification

The pre-qualification took place on March 3, 2011 in Sheffield .

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Sam Baird	15 : 15	Colin Mitchell
2	Tony Brown	52: 52	Ali Bassiri
3	David Singh	54: 54th	David Gray
4th	Ian Stark	25 : 25	Paul Cavney
5	Philip Minchin	50: 50	Stephen Rowlings
6th	Tony Knowles	54: 54th	Del Smith
7th	Les Dodd	54: 54th	Stephen Ormerod

round 2

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Neil Selman	53: 53	Sam Baird
2	Ali Bassiri	50: 50	David Gray
3	Ian Stark	50: 50	Stephen Rowlings
4th	Del Smith	05 : 05	Stephen Ormerod

qualification

Qualifying rounds 1 to 4 took place in Sheffield from March 4-10, 2011 . The last qualifying round took place on 12./13. March 2011 also took place in Sheffield.

Round 1

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(97)  Reanne Evans	106: 106th	Sam Baird
2	bye	kl.	David Gray
3	(95)  Jak Jones	103: 103	Stephen Rowlings
4th	bye	kl.	Del Smith

Round 2-5

The biggest surprise of the qualification was Andrew Pagett from Welsh , who fought his way through four rounds and secured his first participation in the main round of the World Cup with victories over Nigel Bond and Andrew Higginson . The Englishman Jimmy Robertson , who surprisingly clearly defeated Ken Doherty in his third, final qualifying round , also became a World Cup newcomer . With Rory McLeod , Jamie Burnett and Dave Harold , three other players outside the top 32 of the world rankings qualified for the finals at the Crucible Theater.

	Round 2 Best of 19 frames				Round 3 Best of 19 frames				Round 4 Best of 19 frames				Round 5 Best of 19 frames
	77	Kyren Wilson	10		49	Joe Swail	6th		35	Rory McLeod	10		22nd	Mark Davis	5
	92	Dermot McGlinchey	5		77	Kyren Wilson	10		77	Kyren Wilson	3		35	Rory McLeod	10
	68	Liu Song	10		53	Adrian Gunnell	9		47	Mark Joyce	6th		30th	Joe Perry	10
	85	Michael Judge	8th		68	Liu Song	10		68	Liu Song	10		68	Liu Song	6th
	76	James Wattana	10		51	Andy Hicks	2		37	Jamie Burnett	10		27	Liang Wenbo	7th
	87	Justin Astley	3		76	James Wattana	10		76	James Wattana	8th		37	Jamie Burnett	10
	81	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	8th		59	Alfie Burden	7th		38	Mike Dunn	10		19th	Mark King	10
	VQ	Sam Baird	10		VQ	Sam Baird	10		VQ	Sam Baird	9		38	Mike Dunn	5
	80	James McBain	10		58	Ian McCulloch	5		43	Michael Holt	10		31	Dominic Dale	10
	88	Issara Kachaiwong	9		80	James McBain	10		80	James McBain	8th		43	Michael Holt	6th
	74	Igor Figueiredo	5		60	Joe Jogia	10		36	Robert Milkins	10		26th	Martin Gould	10
	82	Joe Delaney	10		82	Joe Delaney	4th		60	Joe Jogia	4th		36	Robert Milkins	6th
	69	Liu Chuang	10		57	Jimmy White	9		33	Tom Ford	8th		20th	Ryan Day	10
	VQ	David Gray	3		69	Liu Chuang	10		69	Liu Chuang	10		69	Liu Chuang	7th
	70	David Morris	8th		50	Barry Pinches	7th		44	Peter Lines	6th		24	Judd Trump	10
	83	David Gilbert	10		83	David Gilbert	10		83	David Gilbert	10		83	David Gilbert	4th
	79	Paul Davison	10		55	Anthony McGill	7th		39	Fergal O'Brien	10		18th	Matthew Stevens	10
	VQ	Stephen Rowlings	5		79	Paul Davison	10		79	Paul Davison	4th		39	Fergal O'Brien	9
	67	Patrick Wallace	10		54	Rod Lawler	5		46	Matthew Selt	10		32	Marcus Campbell	10
	VQ	Del Smith	2		67	Patrick Wallace	10		67	Patrick Wallace	9		46	Matthew Selt	6th
	71	Michael White	10		64	Matthew Couch	3		41	Anthony Hamilton	10		25th	Barry Hawkins	10
	86	Adam Wicheard	2		71	Michael White	10		71	Michael White	7th		41	Anthony Hamilton	5
	66	Liam Highfield	8th		56	Jack Lisowski	10		40	Steve Davis	10		21st	Stephen Lee	10
	89	Kuldesh Johal	10		89	Kuldesh Johal	7th		56	Jack Lisowski	9		40	Steve Davis	2
	72	Simon Bedford	10		52	Jamie Jones	10		45	Dave Harold	10		28	Gerard Greene	9
	93	Noppon Saengkham	3		72	Simon Bedford	6th		52	Jamie Jones	9		45	Dave Harold	10
	75	Ben Woollaston	10		62	Stuart Pettman	10		48	Alan McManus	10		17th	Stuart Bingham	10
	94	Jamie O'Neill	8th		75	Ben Woollaston	5		62	Stuart Pettman	8th		48	Alan McManus	2
	78	Andrew Pagett	10		63	Bjorn Haneveer	4th		34	Nigel Bond	9		23	Andrew Higginson	6th
	84	Zhang Anda	6th		78	Andrew Pagett	10		78	Andrew Pagett	10		78	Andrew Pagett	10
	65	Xiao Guodong	10		61	Jimmy Robertson	10		42	Tony Drago	8th		29	Ken Doherty	6th
	91	Kurt Maflin	9		65	Xiao Guodong	9		61	Jimmy Robertson	10		61	Jimmy Robertson	10

VQ = winner of the pre-qualification rounds (WPBSA members; not on the main tour during the 2010/11 season)

Century breaks

Main round

Ding Junhui 138 , 128, 121, 119, 117, 114, 102 Mark King 138 Mark Williams 137, 125, 115, 113, 109, 106, 105, 104, 103 John Higgins 135, 132, 131, 124, 123, 121, 120, 113, 101 Stuart Bingham 134, 101 Stephen Hendry 133, 117, 114 Mark Selby 129, 127, 125, 124, 117, 108, 107, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 128, 119, 116, 115, 113, 105, 100 Neil Robertson 127, 100

Judd Trump 123, 122, 110, 108, 105, 104 (2 ×), 103, 102 (2 ×) Graeme Dott 122, 120, 111, 102 Barry Hawkins 117 Ali Carter 115, 112, 104 Marco Fu 115, 100 Mark Allen 114, 103, 102, 100 Stephen Lee 101 Shaun Murphy 100

Qualifying round

In the qualifying round, the highest century break by James Wattana was achieved with 141 points. All century breaks of the qualifying round are listed in the overview below.

James Wattana 141 Xiao Guodong 135, 108, 106, 100 Sam Baird 133, 125, 124, 120, 103 Jamie Burnett 132, 129, 118 (2 ×), 115 Kurt Maflin 130, 114 Rory McLeod 130 David Gilbert 129 Matthew Stevens 129 Anthony McGill 127 Liu Chuang 127 Ryan Day 127, 122 Stuart Bingham 126, 114 Joe Swail 124 Gerard Greene 124 Michael Holt 123 (2 ×), 113 Matthew Selt 123, 101, 100 Ian McCulloch 122 Jack Lisowski 121 Patrick Wallace 119, 115, 100 (2 ×) Liu Song 117 Andy Hicks 116 Kuldesh Johal 113, 112, 107

David Gray 113, 112 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 112 James McBain 112 Tom Ford 112 Jamie O'Neill 111 Barry Pinches 111 Jimmy Robertson 111 Paul Davison 109, 103 Ken Doherty 109, 102 Stephen Rowlings 108 Dominic Dale 108, 101 Michael White 107, 105 Fergal O'Brien 106, 100 Steve Davis 105, 101 Stephen Lee 105 Anthony Hamilton 103 Kyren Wilson 102 Zhang Anda 101 Mike Dunn 101 Liang Wenbo 101 Judd Trump 100

literature

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.

Web links

• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Qualifying (Draw) (PDF; 252 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
2. ^ ^{A b} Crucible Qualifiers Results . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Betfred.com World Championship Qualifiers (2011) . WWW snooker. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
4. ↑ 2011 World Championship - Centuries. CueTracker, accessed February 18, 2017 .