World Seniors Championship 2015
Betway World Seniors Championship 2015
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Venue: | Tower Circus Arena , Blackpool , England |
Opening: | March 2, 2015 |
Endgame: | March 3, 2015
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Winner: | Mark Williams |
Finalist: | Fergal O'Brien |
Highest Break: | 140 ( Mark Williams ) |
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The Betway World Seniors Championship 2015 was an invitation-only snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2014/15 season . It was the sixth edition of the World Seniors Championship and took place from March 2-3, 2015. It was first played at the Tower Circus Arena in Blackpool , England .
The defending champion was the six-time world champion Steve Davis , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Irish Fergal O'Brien . The tournament winner was Mark Williams , who, despite his age of 39, was able to take part in the tournament for the first time this year thanks to a new regulation. He also scored the highest break of the tournament with a 140.
format
The invitation tournament was held for the sixth time, having made its debut in 1991 and re-added to the tournament calendar in 2010. A total of 83 players had registered for the tournament. Eleven participants, former winners of the World Seniors Championship and former world champions , were selected for the finals. The remaining five places were determined over four qualifying rounds, which were held on December 20 and 21, 2014 at Robin Park in Wigan , England .
The age limit was again reduced to 40 years after only players aged 45 and over were eligible to participate in the last three tournaments. According to the new regulation, all current or former professional players who have reached the age of 40 at the end of the 2015 World Snooker Championship , i.e. on May 4, 2015, are permitted .
Prize money
The winnings remained unchanged compared to the previous year.
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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
The following eleven players were seeded by the WPBSA for the final round of the final sixteen. The age information corresponds to the status of May 4, 2015, according to which the conditions of participation are based. Record world champion Stephen Hendry will not take part in the tournament this year. For the first time for the tournament, the 39-year-old two-time world champion Mark Williams and the 2002 world champion Peter Ebdon qualified .
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Tournament schedule
All games were played in best-of-3 mode . All times are local time ( UTC ).
Round of 16
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Quarter finals
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Semifinals
- Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
- Mark Williams 2 : 0 John Parrott
- Fergal O'Brien 2 : 0 Ken Doherty
final
Final: Best of 3 Frames Referee: Greg Coniglio Tower Circus Arena , Blackpool , England , 3rd March 2015 |
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Mark Williams | 2 : 1 | Fergal O'Brien |
30: 41 , 87 : 4 (74), 94 : 0 | ||
74 | Highest break | 39 |
- | Century breaks | - |
1 | 50+ breaks | - |
qualification
The qualifiers were played on December 20 and 21, 2014 at Robin Park in Wigan , England . All games were played in best-of-3 mode.
Round 1
round 2
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | |
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1 | Rory McLeod | 2 : 0 | Andrew Billion | 11 | Peter Lines | 0: 2 | Jonathan Bagley | |
2 | Alan Edmonds | kl. | Jamie Bodle | 12 | Jamie Rous | 0: 2 | Robin Hull | |
3 | Ian Brumby | 2 : 1 | John Leahy | 13 | Dean Reynolds | 0: 2 | Marcus Campbell | |
4th | Gerard Greene | 0: 2 | Alan McManus | 14th | Paul McPhillips | 2 : 0 | Gary Filtness | |
5 | Dominic Dale | 2 : 1 | Geoff Williams | 15th | Karl Townsend | 2 : 1 | Barry Stark | |
6th | Peter Bardsley | 1: 2 | Andrew Alexandrou | 16 | Craig MacGillivray | 2 : 0 | Patsy Fagan | |
7th | Anthony Davies | 1: 2 | Tony Chappel | 17th | Gary Miller | 0: 2 | Joe Swail | |
8th | Scott MacFarlane | 0: 2 | Dave Harold | 18th | Mark Davis | 0: 2 | Fergal O'Brien | |
9 | Darryn Walker | 0: 2 | Anthony Harris | 19th | Gary Wilkinson | 2 : 0 | Mark King | |
10 | Paul Stockwell | 0: 2 | Darren Thompson | 20th | John Welsh | 2 : 0 | Adrian Rosa |
Round 3
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | |
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1 | Rory McLeod | 2 : 1 | Jamie Bodle | 6th | Jonathan Bagley | 2 : 1 | Robin Hull | |
2 | Ian Brumby | 2 : 0 | Alan McManus | 7th | Marcus Campbell | 1: 2 | Paul McPhillips | |
3 | Dominic Dale | 2 : 0 | Andrew Alexandrou | 8th | Karl Townsend | 0: 2 | Craig MacGillivray | |
4th | Tony Chappel | 2 : 0 | Dave Harold | 9 | Joe Swail | 0: 2 | Fergal O'Brien | |
5 | Darryn Walker | 2 : 1 | Darren Thompson | 10 | Gary Wilkinson | 2 : 1 | John Welsh |
Round 4
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | |
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1 | Rory McLeod | 2 : 0 | Ian Brumby | 4th | Paul McPhillips | 2 : 1 | Craig MacGillivray | |
2 | Dominic Dale | 2 : 0 | Tony Chappel | 5 | Fergal O'Brien | 2 : 1 | Gary Wilkinson | |
3 | Darryn Walker | 2 : 0 | Jonathan Bagley |
Century breaks
Main round
Mark Williams | 140 |
Fergal O'Brien | 110, 105 |
qualification
Dominic Dale | 129 |
Rory McLeod | 104 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d New Criteria For World Seniors. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , September 1, 2014, archived from the original on July 11, 2015 ; accessed on July 10, 2015 .
- ↑ a b World Seniors Championship Qualifiers. In: snooker.org. Retrieved July 10, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d World Seniors Championship. In: snooker.org. Retrieved July 10, 2015 .
- ^ World Seniors Draw and Format. (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , December 12, 2014, archived from the original on July 1, 2015 ; accessed on July 10, 2015 .
- ^ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 594 kB) (No longer available online.) World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , December 21, 2014, archived from the original on December 22, 2014 ; accessed on July 10, 2015 .
- ↑ World Seniors Championship Qualifiers - Century Breaks. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , archived from the original on December 20, 2014 ; accessed on December 21, 2014 .