2010 World Seniors Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 5–7 November 2010 |
| Venue | Cedar Court Hotel |
| City | Bradford |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £50,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Jimmy White |
| Runner-up |
Steve Davis |
| Score | 4–1 |
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The 2010 Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–7 November 2010 at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford, England. Sky Sports televised 7 one-hour highlights programmes over the Christmas period.[1]
The event was last held in 1991. Cliff Wilson won in the final 6–4 against Eddie Charlton, to become the inaugural champion.[2]
Jimmy White won in the final 4–1 against Steve Davis.[3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]
Winner: £20,000
Runner-up: £10,000
Semi-finalist: £4,000
Quarter-finalist: £2,500
Pre-qualifier: £2,000
Total: £50,000
Main draw
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on the afternoon of 5 November 2010 at the venue of the event.[5] The draw for semi-finals was made on a random basis.[6]
All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 3 frames, semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was the best of 7 frames. All times are GMT.[5][7][8][9]
Pre-qualifying
- Friday, 5 November – 19:30
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
- Sunday, 7 November – 15:00
Qualifying
These matches took place between 29 and 30 May 2010 at the Cue Garden, Bradford, England. There was only one century break at qualifying (144) and was made by Peter Lines.[10][11][12][13]
| Round 1 Best of 3 frames | Round 2 Best of 5 frames | Round 3 Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||
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| Peter Lines | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Mike Hallett | 0 |
| Peter Lines | 3 | |||||||||
| Tony Drago | 2 |
| Tony Drago | 0 | |||||||||
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| Tony Knowles | 0 |
| Peter Lines | 3 | |||||||||
| Joe Swail | 2 |
| Nigel Bond | 4 | |||||||||
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| David Taylor | 0 |
| Joe Swail | 2 | |||||||||
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| Nigel Bond | 2 |
| Nigel Bond | 3 | |||||||||
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| Dave Harold | 0 | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ↑ Turner, Chris. "Masters / Seniors Snooker (Over 40s)". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "White Crowned Senior Champion". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- 1 2 "Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Davis To Face Johnson In World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Results (Qualifying)". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.