Betfred World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 20 Apr - 6 May 2019; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark J Williams; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)

Final (Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
		Judd Trump [7]	18	-	9	John Higgins [5]
	Session 1: 66-1 (51), 72-45 (63), 0-139 (139) 105-0 (105), 8-70 (69), 0-74, 0-101 (101) 103-4 (103) Session 2: 1-125 (125), 66-0, 139-4 (135), 67-45 118-0 (114), 65-30, 95-28 (71), 70-20 (58) 85-19 (70) Session 3: 0-113 (113), 35-60 (59), 101-0 (101), 72-0 (71) 126-0 (126), 16-92 (67), 11-79 (70), 104-0 (104) Session 4: 94-0 (94), 63-1 (62) Referee: Leo Scullion Higgins missed the 15th black on the way to a maximum in frame 18. Watch on YouTube. Trump missed the 14th red on the way to a maximum in frame 25. Watch on YouTube. It was the record 100th century break of the event. The players also beat the record for most centuries in a match at the Crucible with 11. Trump becomes the 21st player to be crowned world champion. It was his second World final, eight years after the first one lost to the same John Higgins. This was the eighth World final for Higgins and the fourth time he finished runner-up.
Semifinals (Losers receive £100,000)
		John Higgins [5]	17	-	16	David Gilbert [16]	Two re-racks in frame 29.
	Session 1: 85-31, 66-54, 23-85, 0-94 (94) 82-46 (66), 0-113 (113), 6-70, 42-84 (51) Session 2: 6-125 (125), 50-64, 58-65, 65-56 120-0 (67, 52), 65-12 (58), 25-73 (72) 54-68 (JH 50) Session 3: 15-80 (56), 61-54, 5-87 (75), 72-44 143-0 (143), 9-95 (91), 65-32, 84-30 Session 4: 20-105 (105), 91-0 (52), 67-22, 78-6 (74) 96-0 (96), 0-78 (78), 41-76 (53), 139-0 (139), 73-32 (55) David Gilbert missed the 15th black on his way to a maximum break in frame 6. Watch on YouTube. 143 in frame 21 by Higgins was the highest break of the event.						Two re-racks in frame 29.
		Judd Trump [7]	17	-	11	Gary Wilson [32]
	Session 1: 73-61 (GW 61), 24-62, 0-140 (140), 79-24 (54) 70-0, 25-88, 1-63, 74-25 (54) Session 2: 50-79 (65, 50), 75-31 (56), 55-76, 73-0 (73) 123-0 (123), 90-1 (75), 68-17, 4-77 (77) Session 3: 57-21, 60-22, 42-76, 116-0 (114), 55-69 (50) 67-1(67), 0-92 (52), 63-25 Session 4: 64-54, 28-90 (68), 107-6 (97), 88-0 (88) Trump's 114 in frame 20 was the record breaking 87th century of the event.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		David Gilbert [16]	13	-	8	Kyren Wilson [8]	Re-rack in frames 19 and 20
		John Higgins [5]	13	-	10	Neil Robertson [4]
		Gary Wilson [32]	13	-	9	Ali Carter [19]
		Judd Trump [7]	13	-	6	Stephen Maguire [15]
Round 2 (Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1		David Gilbert [16]	13	-	9	Mark J Williams [1]
2		Kyren Wilson [8]	13	-	11	Barry Hawkins [9]	During the 1st session Hawkins made 4 centuries including a 105 in frame 2 that was an attempted 147 where he missed the 14th black. In total there were 9 centuries in this match which is a new record for a best of 25 match.
3		John Higgins [5]	13	-	11	Stuart Bingham [12]	In frame 12 Bingham missed the 15th red on the way to a maximum
4		Neil Robertson [4]	13	-	6	Shaun Murphy [13]	Murphy missed the 15th red on a maximum attempt in frame 8
5		Gary Wilson [32]	13	-	10	Mark Selby [3]
6		Ali Carter [19]	13	-	9	Zhou Yuelong [35]	Carter needed two snookers to tie in the 11th frame, got them, forced the respot, and then won the frame when Zhou went in off.
7		Judd Trump [7]	13	-	9	Ding Junhui [10]
8		Stephen Maguire [15]	13	-	12	James Cahill (a)
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1		Mark J Williams [1]	10	-	7	Martin Gould [29]
2		David Gilbert [16]	10	-	7	Joe Perry [18]
3		Barry Hawkins [9]	10	-	1	Li Hang [28]
4		Kyren Wilson [8]	10	-	4	Scott Donaldson [39]
5		John Higgins [5]	10	-	7	Mark Davis [38]
6		Stuart Bingham [12]	10	-	9	Graeme Dott [21]	Bingham lost frame 16 after three consecutive misses. Dott was 8-1 and 9-4 down.
7		Shaun Murphy [13]	10	-	0	Luo Honghao [91]	The second Crucible whitewash after John Parrott's 10-0 against Eddie Charlton in 1992. The least points scored in a Crucible match by Luo (89).
8		Neil Robertson [4]	10	-	1	Michael Georgiou [52]
9		Mark Selby [3]	10	-	7	Zhao Xintong [66]
10		Gary Wilson [32]	10	-	9	Luca Brecel [14]
	Re-rack in the deciding frame. Then it became the longest frame in Crucible history (79 min 31 sec).
11		Ali Carter [19]	10	-	6	Jack Lisowski [11]	Re-spotted black in frame 8
12		Zhou Yuelong [35]	10	-	7	Mark Allen [6]	Zhou won frame one after needing two snookers
13		Judd Trump [7]	10	-	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]
14		Ding Junhui [10]	10	-	7	Anthony McGill [24]
15		Stephen Maguire [15]	10	-	9	Tian Pengfei [80]	Maguire required a snooker when 9-7 down. He got it and won the frame with a fluked blue.
16		James Cahill (a)	10	-	8	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	This was O'Sullivan's first loss in round one of the World Championship since 2003

Betfred World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 10-17 Apr 2019; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 3 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Tian Pengfei [80]	10	-	8	Matthew Stevens [48]
2		Gary Wilson [32]	10	-	6	Liang Wenbo [33]
3		Luo Honghao [91]	10	-	8	Tom Ford [25]
	101 break by Ford in frame three was his 200th career century
4		Anthony McGill [24]	10	-	8	Robert Milkins [41]	McGill was 7-2 down after the first session before winning seven consecutive frames
5		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	2	Kurt Maflin [53]
6		Li Hang [28]	10	-	8	Ben Woollaston [37]
7		Martin Gould [29]	10	-	8	Daniel Wells [61]
8		Michael Georgiou [52]	10	-	8	Yan Bingtao [20]
9		Ali Carter [19]	10	-	4	John Astley [100]
10		Zhou Yuelong [35]	10	-	6	Eden Sharav [67]
11		Mark Davis [38]	10	-	7	Lyu Haotian [27]
12		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	10	-	6	Joe O'Connor [75]
13		James Cahill (a)	10	-	6	Michael Judge (a)
	Cahill was the first amateur to qualify for the Crucible
14		Scott Donaldson [39]	10	-	9	Lu Ning [71]	Lu Ning was 9-4 down
15		Zhao Xintong [66]	10	-	4	Matthew Selt [34]
16		Joe Perry [18]	10	-	3	Martin O'Donnell [47]
Qual Round 2 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000)
1		Tian Pengfei [80]	10	-	3	Ryan Day [17]
2		Matthew Stevens [48]	10	-	7	Chris Wakelin [49]
3		Gary Wilson [32]	10	-	3	Dominic Dale [65]
4		Liang Wenbo [33]	10	-	7	David Grace (a)
5		Luo Honghao [91]	10	-	8	Robbie Williams [57]
6		Tom Ford [25]	10	-	8	Sam Craigie [72]
7		Robert Milkins [41]	10	-	5	Sunny Akani [56]
8		Anthony McGill [24]	10	-	5	Duane Jones [73]
9		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	4	Xu Si [76]
10		Kurt Maflin [53]	10	-	7	Pang Junxu (a)
11		Li Hang [28]	10	-	8	Ian Burns [69]
12		Ben Woollaston [37]	10	-	4	Nigel Bond [81]
13		Daniel Wells [61]	10	-	6	Hossein Vafaei [36]
14		Martin Gould [29]	10	-	6	Gerard Greene [68]
15		Michael Georgiou [52]	10	-	8	Peter Ebdon [45]
16		Yan Bingtao [20]	10	-	8	Mei Xiwen [77]
17		Ali Carter [19]	10	-	4	Jimmy White [78]
18		John Astley [100]	10	-	6	Michael White [46]
19		Eden Sharav [67]	10	-	9	Ricky Walden [30]
20		Zhou Yuelong [35]	10	-	5	Liam Highfield [62]
21		Mark Davis [38]	10	-	4	Fergal O'Brien [59]
22		Lyu Haotian [27]	10	-	0	Jordan Brown [110]
23		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	10	-	5	Mark Joyce [54]
24		Joe O'Connor [75]	10	-	9	Jimmy Robertson [22]
25		Michael Judge (a)	10	-	9	Xiao Guodong [23]
26		James Cahill (a)	10	-	7	Michael Holt [42]
27		Lu Ning [71]	10	-	5	Mark King [26]
28		Scott Donaldson [39]	10	-	4	Ken Doherty [58]
29		Matthew Selt [34]	10	-	7	Anthony Hamilton [64]
30		Zhao Xintong [66]	10	-	5	Noppon Saengkham [31]
31		Martin O'Donnell [47]	10	-	8	Alan McManus [50]
32		Joe Perry [18]	10	-	1	Zhang Yong [79]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	6	Oliver Lines [95]
2		Tian Pengfei [80]	10	-	5	Soheil Vahedi [101]
3		Matthew Stevens [48]	10	-	3	Thor Chuan Leong [107]
4		Chris Wakelin [49]	10	-	5	Fan Zhengyi [120]
5		Gary Wilson [32]	10	-	5	Sanderson Lam [111]
6		Dominic Dale [65]	10	-	5	Chris Totten [97]
7		Liang Wenbo [33]	10	-	0	Basem Eltahhan [122]
8		David Grace (a)	10	-	8	Rory McLeod [63]
9		Robbie Williams [57]	10	-	8	Sam Baird [83]
10		Luo Honghao [91]	10	-	7	Marco Fu [40]
11		Sam Craigie [72]	10	-	2	Rhys Clark [119]
12		Tom Ford [25]	10	-	3	Ross Muir [93]
13		Sunny Akani [56]	10	-	6	Chen Zifan [99]
14		Robert Milkins [41]	10	-	4	Luke Simmonds (a)
15		Duane Jones [73]	10	-	5	Kishan Hirani [115]
16		Anthony McGill [24]	10	-	8	Ashley Hugill [103]
17		Graeme Dott [21]	10	-	2	Hamza Akbar [104]
18		Xu Si [76]	10	-	2	Sean O'Sullivan [112]
19		Pang Junxu (a)	10	-	6	Stuart Carrington [44]
20		Kurt Maflin [53]	10	-	3	Mitchell Mann (a)
21		Li Hang [28]	10	-	5	Niu Zhuang [98]
22		Ian Burns [69]	10	-	7	Farakh Ajaib (a)
23		Ben Woollaston [37]	10	-	7	Elliot Slessor [92]
24		Nigel Bond [81]	10	-	7	Mike Dunn [60]
25		Daniel Wells [61]	10	-	5	Jamie Clarke [109]
26		Hossein Vafaei [36]	10	-	4	Zhang Anda [85]
27		Gerard Greene [68]	10	-	7	Aaron Hill (a)
28		Martin Gould [29]	10	-	0	Mostafa Dorgham (a)
29		Michael Georgiou [52]	10	-	7	Lee Walker [102]
30		Peter Ebdon [45]	10	-	4	Harvey Chandler [114]
31		Mei Xiwen [77]	10	-	3	Florian Nüßle (a)
32		Yan Bingtao [20]	10	-	3	Lukas Kleckers [108]
33		Ali Carter [19]	10	-	1	Paul S Davison [89]
34		Jimmy White [78]	10	-	5	Ross Bulman (a)
35		Michael White [46]	10	-	4	Andy Hicks (a)
36		John Astley [100]	10	-	8	Yuan Sijun [51]
37		Ricky Walden [30]	10	-	7	Alfie Burden [94]
38		Eden Sharav [67]	10	-	7	David Lilley (a)
39		Zhou Yuelong [35]	10	-	7	Robin Hull [87]
40		Liam Highfield [62]	10	-	7	Hammad Miah [116]
41		Fergal O'Brien [59]	10	-	4	Jackson Page (a)
42		Mark Davis [38]	10	-	6	Rod Lawler [82]
43		Jordan Brown [110]	10	-	4	Alexander Ursenbacher [70]
44		Lyu Haotian [27]	10	-	5	Ashley Carty [105]
45		Mark Joyce [54]	10	-	2	Billy Castle [96]
46		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	10	-	4	Johnathan Bagley (a)
47		Joe O'Connor [75]	10	-	1	Joe Swail [86]
48		Jimmy Robertson [22]	10	-	0	Chen Feilong [113]
49		Xiao Guodong [23]	10	-	5	Jak Jones [90]
50		Michael Judge (a)	10	-	9	Peter Lines [74]	Judge replaced Zhang Jiankang who withdrew because of visa issues
51		Michael Holt [42]	10	-	5	Brandon Sargeant (a)
52		James Cahill (a)	10	-	9	Andrew Higginson [55]
53		Mark King [26]	10	-	4	Igor Figueiredo (a)
54		Lu Ning [71]	10	-	4	Allan Taylor [88]
55		Scott Donaldson [39]	10	-	8	Craig Steadman [84]
56		Ken Doherty [58]	10	-	8	Andy Lee [118]
57		Anthony Hamilton [64]	10	-	9	James Wattana [106]
58		Matthew Selt [34]	10	-	3	Dylan Emery (a)
59		Zhao Xintong [66]	10	-	2	Adam Lilley (a)
60		Noppon Saengkham [31]	10	-	3	Adam Stefanow [117]
	Saengkham's 146 in the last frame was the highest break of the qualifiers
61		Alan McManus [50]	10	-	6	Ng On Yee (af)
62		Martin O'Donnell [47]	10	-	6	Adam Duffy (a)
63		Zhang Yong [79]	10	-	2	Reanne Evans (af)
64		Joe Perry [18]	10	-	1	Simon Lichtenberg [121]

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