World Seniors Championship 2019

World Seniors Championship 2019 ROKiT World Seniors Championship 2019
Tournament type:	Senior tournament
Attendees:	20th
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield
Opening:	15th August 2019
Endgame:	18th August 2019
Winner:	Jimmy White
Finalist:	Darren Morgan
Highest Break:	113 ( James Wattana )
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The ROKiT World Seniors Championship 2019 was played from August 15 to 18, 2019 and was the last tournament of the World Seniors Tour 2018/19 . It was first played in the Crucible Theater in Sheffield , England , where the professional world championship has been taking place since 1977 . The winner was Jimmy White from England, who defeated Darren Morgan 5-3 in the final. For White it was the second victory at the Senior World Championship after 2010 . He was also able to win his first title at the Crucible Theater, after losing there six times in the final of the Professional World Cup.

The only Century Break with 113 points and thus the highest break of the tournament was played by the Thai James Wattana in his first round match against the Egyptian Mohamed Abdelkader .

On the last two days of the tournament, two small tournaments were held with the four best players from the women's and disabled tour. Reanne Evans won the Women's Tour Championship and Shabir Ahmed won the Disability Tour Championship .

Prize money

Compared to last year , the winner received more than twice as much, the total prize money increased by £ 43,500 . In addition, the player who scored the highest break of the tournament was given a £ 1,000 watch.

	Prize money
winner	£ 25,000
final	£ 10,000
Semifinals	£ 7,500
Quarter finals	£ 3,000
All in all	£ 62,000

player

Defending champion Aaron Canavan and ten “legends” of snooker were set for the main tournament . The nine remaining places went to the winners of qualifying tournaments and four players nominated by continental and national associations.

Seeded players

1. Aaron Canavan (defending champion)
2. Jimmy White
3. Joe Johnson
4. Stephen Hendry
5. John Parrott
6. Cliff Thorburn
7. Dennis Taylor
8. Tony Drago
9. Tony Knowles
10. Willie Thorne
11. James Wattana

Qualifying tournaments

Igor Figueiredo , who won the sixth tournament, also won the American Championship a few days later . As a result, he qualified for the professional tour and was therefore no longer allowed to participate in the Senior World Championships.

As in the final tournament, all players had to be at least 40 years old.

No.	date	venue	winner	Result	finalist	Semi-finalists a
1	November 2nd to 4th, 2018	Newbury	Rhydian Richards	3: 2	Gary Britton	Patrick Wallace
						Barry Pinches
2	November 17th to 18th, 2018	jersey	Stuart Watson	3-0	Patrick Wallace	Gary Filtness
						Aaron Canavan
3	7th to 9th December 2018	Toronto	Joris Maas	3: 2	Alan Whitfield	Fern Loyer
						Derrick Claus
4th	December 14-16, 2018	Coulsdon	Leo Fernandez	3: 1	Barry Pinches	Tony Drago
						Robert Marshall
5	January 10th to 12th, 2019	Beijing	Au Chi Wai	3-0	Chen Gang	Fu Jing
						Cai Jianzhong
6th	January 25-27, 2019	Houston	Igor Figueiredo	3-0	Daren Taylor	Richard Emery
						Lee Richardson

^a The first-named semi-finalist lost against the eventual winner, the second-named against the other finalist.

Nominated players

1. Darren Morgan ( Europe , 2019 European Senior Championship winner )
2. Wael Talaat replaced by Mohamed Abdelkader ( Africa )
3. Chen Gang ( China , Fifth Qualifier Finalist)
4. Dene O'Kane ( Oceania )

Tournament course

In the first round, the nominated players competed against the four most recently seeded "legends", Tony Drago , Tony Knowles , Willie Thorne and James Wattana . The remaining twelve players played their first game in the round of 16. The games were played in best-of-5 mode up to the semi-finals , the final was decided over a maximum of nine frames. On the first two days of the tournament the games of the first round and the round of 16 were played, on the third day the quarter-finals and on the last day the semi-finals and the final.

	Round 1 best of 5 frames				Round of 16 best of 5 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 5 Frames					Semi-final best of 5 frames					Final best of 9 frames
					1	Aaron Canavan	3
					9	Au Chi Wai	1
										1	Aaron Canavan	1
										8th	Leo Fernandez	3
					8th	Leo Fernandez	3
					12	Joris Maas	0
															8th	Leo Fernandez	0
															17th	Darren Morgan	3
	15th	Willie Thorne	0		5	John Parrott	2
	17th	Darren Morgan	3		17th	Darren Morgan	3
										17th	Darren Morgan	3
										4th	Stephen Hendry	1
	13	Tony Drago	3		4th	Stephen Hendry	3
	20th	Dene O'Kane	2		13	Tony Drago	2
																				17th	Darren Morgan	3
																				2	Jimmy White	5
	16	James Wattana	3		3	Joe Johnson	0
	18th	Mohamed Abdelkader	0		16	James Wattana	3
										16	James Wattana	3
										19th	Chen Gang	1
	14th	Tony Knowles	1		6th	Cliff Thorburn	1
	19th	Chen Gang	3		19th	Chen Gang	3
															16	James Wattana	1
															2	Jimmy White	3
					7th	Dennis Taylor	0
					11	Stuart Watson	3
										11	Stuart Watson	2
										2	Jimmy White	3
					2	Jimmy White	3
					10	Rhydian Richards	1

final

Final: Best of 9 Frames Referee: Michaela Tabb Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 18th August 2019
Darren Morgan	3: 5	Jimmy White
56 : 46, 55: 69 (Morgan 55), 66 : 27, 33: 72 , 13: 77 (53), 62 : 43, 20: 124 (86), 56: 69
55	Highest break	86
-	Century breaks	-
1	50+ breaks	2

Women's Tour Championship

Women's Tour Championship 2019
Tournament type:	Women's tournament
Attendees:	4th
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield
Opening:	17th August 2019
Endgame:	17th August 2019
Winner:	Reanne Evans
Finalist:	Ng On Yee
Highest Break:	79 ( Reanne Evans )

On the penultimate day of the tournament, the Women's Tour Championship was hosted by the World Women's Snooker . Reanne Evans from England won the final against Ng On Yee from Hong Kong. In the final, Evans also played the tournament's highest break with 79 points.

All games were to be decided over a maximum of three frames, but the final was shortened so that only a single frame was played. Instead of a whole decision frame , only the black ball was put on again at this tournament ( re-spotted black ).

The German referee Luise Kraatz directed all three games.

	Semi-final best of 2 frames					Final Best of 1 Frame
	1	Reanne Evans	2
	4th	Nutcharut Wongharuthai	1
						1	Reanne Evans	1
						2	Ng On Yee	0
	2	Ng On Yee	2
	3	Rebecca Kenna	0

Final: Best of 1 Frames Referee: Luise Kraatz Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 17th August 2019
Reanne Evans	1 : 0	Ng On Yee
79 : 2 (79)
79	Highest break	1
-	Century breaks	-
1	50+ breaks	-

Disability Tour Championship

Disability Tour Championship 2019
Tournament type:	Disabled tournament
Attendees:	4th
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield
Opening:	18th August 2019
Endgame:	18th August 2019
Winner:	Shabir Ahmed
Finalist:	Daniel Blunn
Highest Break:	43 ( Shabir Ahmed)

Before the semifinals, the Disability Tour Championship took place, which was organized by the World Disability Billiards & Snooker Association. The game distances were the same as in the women's tournament and the decision frame was also shortened.

All four participating players were from England. In the final, Shabir Ahmed won against Daniel Blunn , who had previously scored the highest break of the competition with 43 points in his semi-final against Mickey Chambers .

	Semi-finals Best of 3 Frames					Final Best of 1 Frame
	1	Daniel Blunn	2
	4th	Mickey Chambers	1
						1	Daniel Blunn	0
						3	Shabir Ahmed	1
	2	Nickolas Neale	1
	3	Shabir Ahmed	2

Finale: Best of 1 Frames Referee: Sarah McManus Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 18th August 2019
Daniel Blunn	0: 1	Shabir Ahmed
19: 60
8th	Highest break	18th
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Web links

• 2019 ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship in the WPBSA Tournament Manager
• 2019 World Seniors Championship at CueTracker

Individual evidence

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16. ↑ Mohammed Abdelkader to replace Wael Talaat at the 2019 WSS ROKiT World Championship. In: seniorsnooker.com. August 11, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .  
17. ↑ Chen Gang is the CBSA nominee for the WSS ROKiT World Championship 2019. In: seniorsnooker.com. June 27, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .  
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21. ↑ 2019 Disability Tour Championship. In: snookerscores.net. WPBSA Tournament Manager, accessed November 1, 2019 .