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Betfred World Championship Pencil

Date: 21 Apr - 7 May 2018; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Selby; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £425,000; Runner-up: £180,000)
Wales Mark J Williams [7] 18-16 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
75-23, 65-15, 72-35, 70-60 (JH 55)
4-120 (119), 133-0 (95), 0-98 (52), 21-82 (59)

Session 2:
81-46 (76), 31-75 (51), 8-127 (127), 76-12, 9-85 (56)
15-123 (117), 123-0 (118), 64-35 (64), 80-43

Session 3:
98-5 (61), 73-19 (56), 126-0 (69, 56), 63-7 (52)
29-92 (67), 65-76 (JH 72, MW 65), 0-80 (80), 84-8

Session 4:
1-131 (131), 58-68 (JH 67, MW 58), 47-82 (82), 0-91
47-67 (62), 74-0, 104-14 (100), 63-65 (JH 65, MW 63), 71-0 (69)

Referee: Brendan Moore

This was Williams' third title from four finals but first since 2003.

Semifinals Pencil
(Losers receive £85,000)
Scotland John Higgins [5] 17-13 England Kyren Wilson [9] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
107-8 (57), 65-1 (65), 77-26 (77), 34-76
69-62 (61,69), 23-72 (52), 0-140 (140), 56-44

Session 2:
7-61, 83-23, 56-19, 0-73 (65), 37-78
63-51, 0-74 (74), 78-5

Session 3:
0-124 (124), 71-0 (56), 76-36 (75), 8-85 (81)
63-9, 1-120 (106), 38-93 (93), 91-0 (91)

Session 4:
40-96 (96), 67-1, 136-0 (136), 1-74 (53),
105-5 (100), 98-0 (98)

Wales Mark J Williams [7] 17-15 England Barry Hawkins [6] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
1-129 (129), 0-79 (74), 103-26 (88), 10-81
83-35, 41-81 (52), 0-90 (90), 110-0 (110)

Session 2:
80-0 (80), 77-0, 37-70 (63), 65-33
45-68 (57), 32-73, 58-66 (BH 56), 104-18 (62)

Session 3:
0-128 (128), 81-46, 80-9, 68-44 (68)
2-92 (53), 0-133 (133), 103-0 (103), 50-73 (73, MJW 50)

Session 4:
78-44 (55), 33-77, 67-42, 67-39
40-105 (60), 68-47, 66-33, 63-55

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £42,500)
England Kyren Wilson [9] 13-6 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-12 England Judd Trump [4] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Barry Hawkins [6] 13-5 China Ding Junhui [3] Head to head Details  Pencil
Wales Mark J Williams [7] 13-8 England Allister Carter [15] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 2 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £27,500)
1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] 13-8 England Joe Perry [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Kyren Wilson [9] 13-5 Wales Jamie Jones [51] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Scotland John Higgins [5] 13-1 England Jack Lisowski [30] Head to head Details  Pencil

Higgins made a 146 in the 13th frame, the new highest break of the event. He won the match in two sessions.

4 England Judd Trump [4] 13-9 England Ricky Walden [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Ding Junhui [3] 13-4 Scotland Anthony McGill [14] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Barry Hawkins [6] 13-10 China Lü Haotian [68]   Details  Pencil
7 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 13-7 England Robert Milkins [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Allister Carter [15] 13-9 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Round 1 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £18,000 / £0)
1 England Joe Perry [22] 10-4 England Mark Selby [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [16] 10-5 England Liam Highfield [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Kyren Wilson [9] 10-3 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-9 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Scotland John Higgins [5] 10-7 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] Head to head Details  Pencil

Higgins missed the 14th red in frame 8 on his way to a maximum. Un-Nooh missed the 15th red in frame 12 on his way to a maximum.

6 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-7 England Stuart Bingham [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

Bingham missed the 12th red in frame 9 on his way to a maximum

7 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-6 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Judd Trump [4] 10-9 England Chris Wakelin [55] Head to head Details  Pencil

Watch the amazing decider on YouTube.

9 China Ding Junhui [3] 10-3 China Xiao Guodong [25] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 Scotland Anthony McGill [14] 10-8 Wales Ryan Day [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-5 Hong Kong Marco Fu [11] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Barry Hawkins [6] 10-7 England Stuart Carrington [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Wales Mark J Williams [7] 10-5 England Jimmy Robertson [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-5 Australia Neil Robertson [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Allister Carter [15] 10-8 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 10-7 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] Head to head Details  Pencil

When O'Sullivan went 9-7 up, he had won 1,000 frames at the Crucible. Only Stephen Hendry has won more with 1,068.

Betfred World Championship Qualifiers Pencil

Date: 11-18 Apr 2018; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)
Qual Round 3 Pencil
(Last 48; Losers receive £13,500)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-6 England Peter Ebdon [49] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-4 Wales Daniel Wells [65] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-1 England Adam Duffy [99] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-8 China Zhang Anda [73] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-7 England Mike Dunn [53] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-3 England Michael Holt [28] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-2 England Rory McLeod [61]   Details  Pencil
8 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-2 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-0 China Liang Wenbo [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-3 Scotland Alan McManus [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-6 England Andrew Higginson [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Joe Perry [22] 10-7 England Mark Davis [43] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-1 China Tian Pengfei [74] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-8 England Alfie Burden [71]   Details  Pencil
15 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-7 Wales Michael White [31] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-7 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] Head to head Details  Pencil
Qual Round 2 Pencil
(Last 80; Losers receive £9,000)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-1 England Mitchell Mann [80]   Details  Pencil
2 England Peter Ebdon [49] 10-5 England Robbie Williams [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Wales Daniel Wells [65] 10-8 China Zhou Yuelong [32]   Details  Pencil
4 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-6 England Tom Ford [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Adam Duffy [99] 10-6 England Matthew Selt [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-4 China Mei Xiwen [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-8 England Ben Woollaston [41] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 China Zhang Anda [73] 10-4 England Martin Gould [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-2 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Mike Dunn [53] 10-3 Wales Dominic Dale [44] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 England Michael Holt [28] 10-7 England Elliot Slessor [69] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-8 Scotland Scott Donaldson [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Rory McLeod [61] 10-9 China Li Hang [36]   Details  Pencil
14 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-9 England Martin O'Donnell [84]   Details  Pencil

O'Donnell was 6-1 and 9-5 up

15 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-9 China Yuan Sijun [100]   Details  Pencil
16 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] 10-4 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [90] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 China Liang Wenbo [19] 10-5 China Zhao Xintong [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-7 China Yu Delu [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
19 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-3 England David Grace [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 Scotland Alan McManus [35] 10-9 England Oliver Lines [62] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Andrew Higginson [59] 10-5 Finland Robin Hull [109]   Details  Pencil
22 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-7 Wales Lee Walker [70]   Details  Pencil
23 England Mark Davis [43] 10-0 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [54] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 England Joe Perry [22] 10-5 England Jimmy White [101] Head to head Details  Pencil

Jimmy White equaled Steve Davis' record of 101 World Championship matches

25 China Tian Pengfei [74] 10-9 China Yan Bingtao [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-4 Norway Kurt Maflin [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England Alfie Burden [71] 10-9 England David B Gilbert [26] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-4 Poland Adam Stefanow (a)   Details  Pencil
29 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-7 England Sam Baird [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 Wales Michael White [31] 10-7 England John Astley [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] 10-5 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [50] Head to head Details  Pencil
32 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-4 England Hammad Miah [79] Head to head Details  Pencil
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1 Wales Ryan Day [17] 10-2 Brazil Igor Figueiredo (a)   Details  Pencil
2 England Mitchell Mann [80] 10-5 England Peter Lines [94] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Robbie Williams [48] 10-8 Wales Jak Jones [81]   Details  Pencil
4 England Peter Ebdon [49] 10-4 Thailand James Wattana [85] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Zhou Yuelong [32] 10-1 Wales Ian Preece [83] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Wales Daniel Wells [65] 10-6 Australia Kurt Dunham [117]   Details  Pencil
7 England Tom Ford [33] 10-2 Ireland Leo Fernandez [124] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Liam Highfield [64] 10-3 China Chen Zhe [104] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England Matthew Selt [57] 10-1 Hong Kong Ng On Yee (af)   Details  Pencil
10 England Adam Duffy [99] 10-4 England Mark Joyce [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 China Mei Xiwen [72] 10-8 Egypt Basem Eltahhan [128]   Details  Pencil
12 China Xiao Guodong [25] 10-3 Scotland Chris Totten [108]   Details  Pencil
13 England Stuart Carrington [56] 10-9 England Nigel Bond [103] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Ben Woollaston [41] 10-5 Poland Kacper Filipiak (a)   Details  Pencil
15 China Zhang Anda [73] 10-6 China Zhang Yong [92]   Details  Pencil
16 England Martin Gould [24] 10-4 England Paul S Davison [112] Head to head Details  Pencil
17 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 10-1 Australia Adrian Ridley (a)   Details  Pencil
18 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [76] 10-4 Germany Lukas Kleckers [127]   Details  Pencil
19 Wales Dominic Dale [44] 10-7 England Reanne Evans (af)   Details  Pencil
20 England Mike Dunn [53] 10-8 Wales Duane Jones [98] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 England Michael Holt [28] 10-7 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [97]   Details  Pencil
22 England Elliot Slessor [69] 10-7 Scotland Eden Sharav [110] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Robert Milkins [37] 10-1 Jersey Aaron Canavan (a)   Details  Pencil
24 Scotland Scott Donaldson [60] 10-5 Wales Tyler Rees (a)   Details  Pencil
25 England Rory McLeod [61] 10-8 England Ian Burns [91] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 China Li Hang [36] 10-9 England Ashley Hugill [107]   Details  Pencil
27 China Lü Haotian [68] 10-8 China Fang Xiongman [88] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 England Martin O'Donnell [84] 10-7 England Anthony Hamilton [29]   Details  Pencil
29 Wales Matthew Stevens [52] 10-5 Australia Ryan Thomerson (a)   Details  Pencil
30 China Yuan Sijun [100] 10-5 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [45]   Details  Pencil
31 Ireland Ken Doherty [77] 10-8 Ireland Josh Boileau [111]   Details  Pencil
32 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [90] 10-9 England Mark King [20]   Details  Pencil
33 China Liang Wenbo [19] 10-2 England Rod Lawler [123] Head to head Details  Pencil

Liang made a 147 in frame 10. Watch on YouTube. He missed the final black in frame 12 for a second 147 in the match. Watch on YouTube.

34 China Zhao Xintong [78] 10-8 India Aditya Mehta [82]   Details  Pencil
35 China Yu Delu [46] 10-8 England Sean O'Sullivan [122] Head to head Details  Pencil
36 Wales Jamie Jones [51] 10-5 England Craig Steadman [87] Head to head Details  Pencil
37 England Jack Lisowski [30] 10-4 England Christopher Keogan [119]   Details  Pencil
38 England David Grace [67] 10-6 China Wang Yuchen [93] Head to head Details  Pencil
39 Scotland Alan McManus [35] 10-2 Scotland Rhys Clark [125] Head to head Details  Pencil
40 England Oliver Lines [62] 10-6 England Harvey Chandler (a)   Details  Pencil
41 England Andrew Higginson [59] 10-4 Wales David John [126]   Details  Pencil
42 Finland Robin Hull [109] 10-7 China Cao Yupeng [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
43 Wales Lee Walker [70] 10-6 Iceland Kristjan Helgason (a)   Details  Pencil
44 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-8 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [120] Head to head Details  Pencil
45 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [54] 10-4 Australia Matthew Bolton   Details  Pencil
46 England Mark Davis [43] 10-1 England Sanderson Lam [121] Head to head Details  Pencil
47 England Jimmy White [101] 10-6 England Sam Craigie [75]   Details  Pencil
48 England Joe Perry [22] 10-1 Scotland Ross Muir [118]   Details  Pencil
49 China Yan Bingtao [23] 10-7 Wales Jackson Page (a)   Details  Pencil
50 China Tian Pengfei [74] 10-1 China Li Yuan [95]   Details  Pencil
51 Norway Kurt Maflin [42] 10-7 Pakistan Hamza Akbar [116] Head to head Details  Pencil
52 England Chris Wakelin [55] 10-4 China Xu Si [89]   Details  Pencil
53 England David B Gilbert [26] 10-8 England Billy Joe Castle [114] Head to head Details  Pencil
54 England Alfie Burden [71] 10-6 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett [115] Head to head Details  Pencil
55 Poland Adam Stefanow (a) 10-8 England Gary Wilson [39]   Details  Pencil
56 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [58] 10-8 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
57 England Sam Baird [63] 10-5 Iran Soheil Vahedi [113] Head to head Details  Pencil
58 England Jimmy Robertson [34] 10-2 Malta Alex Borg [102] Head to head Details  Pencil
59 England John Astley [66] 10-1 Singapore Marvin Lim Chun Kiat (a)   Details  Pencil
60 Wales Michael White [31] 10-9 China Niu Zhuang [106] Head to head Details  Pencil
61 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [50] 10-1 China Chen Zifan [105]   Details  Pencil
62 Iran Hossein Vafaei [47] 10-8 England Jamie Cope (a)   Details  Pencil
63 England Hammad Miah [79] 10-9 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown (a)   Details  Pencil
64 Scotland Stephen Maguire [18] 10-5 England Allan Taylor [96] Head to head Details  Pencil

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