Betfred World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 17 Apr - 3 May 2021; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)

Final (Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
		Mark Selby [4]	18	-	15	Shaun Murphy [7]	Re-rack in frames 12 and 17
	Session 1: 49-57, 46-67, 68-65 (65 SM), 89-7 (89) 0-75 (75), 66-1, 8-71 (64), 54-80 (52 SM) Session 2: 85-49 (85), 0-98 (98), 72-34 (67), 107-0 (86) 34-97 (64), 109-0 (57), 90-34 (90), 88-4, 69-26 Session 3: 4-84 (77), 69-58 (62), 41-69, 134-0 (107) 104-14 (54, 50), 1-100 (100), 0-108 (56), 131-0 (62, 69) Session 4: 70-28 (66), 48-73, 108-0 (68), 11-79 (58) 120-0 (120), 7-100 (100), 8-126 (103), 71-57 Referee: Paul Collier Selby wins the World Championship for the fourth time. It's his 20th ranking win and third of the season.						Re-rack in frames 12 and 17
Semifinals (Losers receive £100,000)
		Mark Selby [4]	17	-	15	Stuart Bingham [18]	Re-racks in frame 22 and 26
	Session 1: 7-71 (60), 58-56, 67-36, 77-4, 0-118 (92) 7-79, 0-82 (82), 73-42 Session 2: 52-63 (62, 52), 84-0, 0-83 (83), 87-13, 134-0 (134) 134-0 (134), 8-135 (127), 68-51 (SB 51) Session 3: 8-131 (131), 0-96 (96), 52-62 (52 MS) 0-84 (78), 39-89 (68), 71-1 (62), 88-4 (51), 22-74 (63) Session 4: 69-41 (68), 126-0 (125), 0-100 (100), 62-2 76-51 (51 SB), 132-5 (132), 44-85 (85) Session 5: 81-59 (54 SB) Bingham missed the 13th red in a maximum attempt in frame 18. The 125 in frame 26 was the 100th century of the tournament, equalling the record from 2019. The 100 in the next frame set a new record.						Re-racks in frame 22 and 26
		Shaun Murphy [7]	17	-	12	Kyren Wilson [6]
	Session 1: 74-25 (74), 29-79, 0-110 (110), 14-72 (72) 0-127 (127), 0-121 (121), 105-0 (71), 37-104 (70) Session 2: 11-76 (69), 89-15, 22-73 (52), 88-0 (88) 6-117 (60), 0-131 (131), 98-18 (59), 86-46 (86) Session 3: 15-87, 62-31, 79-3 (79), 67-60 0-86 (86), 120-27 (120),75-18, 79-0 (76) Session 4: 79-4 (78), 95-35 (91), 117-6 (117), 77-3 (77), 78-6 (58) Wilson was 10-4 up. Murphy won the last eight frames.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £50,000)
		Stuart Bingham [18]	13	-	12	Anthony McGill [16]
	Bingham's 122 in frame five was his 500th career century
		Mark Selby [4]	13	-	3	Mark J Williams [12]
	Finished with one session to spare
		Kyren Wilson [6]	13	-	8	Neil Robertson [3]
		Shaun Murphy [7]	13	-	11	Judd Trump [2]
Round 2 (Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1		Anthony McGill [16]	13	-	12	Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	McGill missed the 13th black in a 147 attempt in frame 7. O'Sullivan was 4-1 up before McGill won seven consecutive frames. O'Sullivan won six consecutive frames from 10-5 down.
2		Stuart Bingham [18]	13	-	6	Jamie Jones [69]
3		Mark J Williams [12]	13	-	7	John Higgins [5]	Higgins missed the 15th black in a 147 attempt in frame 14. Williams won 9 consecutive frames from 3-1 down.
4		Mark Selby [4]	13	-	7	Mark Allen [13]
5		Neil Robertson [3]	13	-	9	Jack Lisowski [14]	Re-rack in frame 3
6		Kyren Wilson [6]	13	-	10	Barry Hawkins [11]
7		Shaun Murphy [7]	13	-	7	Yan Bingtao [10]
	144 by Murphy in frame 3 was the highest break of the tournament
8		Judd Trump [2]	13	-	8	David Gilbert [15]
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	10	-	4	Mark Joyce [46]
2		Anthony McGill [16]	10	-	5	Ricky Walden [35]
3		Stuart Bingham [18]	10	-	9	Ding Junhui [9]
4		Jamie Jones [69]	10	-	4	Stephen Maguire [8]
5		John Higgins [5]	10	-	7	Tian Pengfei [52]	Re-spotted black in frame 8. Higgins was 7-4 down.
6		Mark J Williams [12]	10	-	4	Sam Craigie [58]
7		Mark Allen [13]	10	-	2	Lyu Haotian [56]
8		Mark Selby [4]	10	-	1	Kurt Maflin [25]
9		Neil Robertson [3]	10	-	3	Liang Wenbo [29]
10		Jack Lisowski [14]	10	-	9	Ali Carter [23]
11		Barry Hawkins [11]	10	-	3	Matthew Selt [32]	Re-rack in frame 11
12		Kyren Wilson [6]	10	-	8	Gary Wilson [22]	K Wilson was 5-1 down
13		Shaun Murphy [7]	10	-	7	Mark Davis [45]
14		Yan Bingtao [10]	10	-	6	Martin Gould [27]	Yan won frame 14 after having needed a snooker
15		David Gilbert [15]	10	-	4	Chris Wakelin [63]
16		Judd Trump [2]	10	-	4	Liam Highfield [49]

World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 5-14 Apr 2021; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 4 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Liam Highfield [49]	10	-	7	Zhou Yuelong [17]
2		Matthew Selt [32]	10	-	3	Scott Donaldson [33]
3		Kurt Maflin [25]	10	-	4	Robert Milkins [40]
4		Lyu Haotian [56]	10	-	6	Chang Bingyu [73]
5		Tian Pengfei [52]	10	-	7	Graeme Dott [21]
	Tian was 8-1 up.
6		Jamie Jones [69]	10	-	5	Li Hang [37]
7		Liang Wenbo [29]	10	-	7	Lu Ning [36]
8		Mark Davis [45]	10	-	8	Jamie Clarke [84]
	Clarke was 7-2 up after the first session. Davis won seven frames in a row in the beginning of the second session.
9		Mark Joyce [46]	10	-	7	Igor Figueiredo [83]
10		Ricky Walden [35]	10	-	5	Ryan Day [30]
11		Martin Gould [27]	10	-	5	Bai Langning [115]
	From 5-2 down, Gould won the last eight frames.
12		Gary Wilson [22]	10	-	3	Steven Hallworth [107]
13		Ali Carter [23]	10	-	4	Alexander Ursenbacher [55]
14		Sam Craigie [58]	10	-	9	Zhao Xintong [26]
15		Chris Wakelin [63]	10	-	7	Xiao Guodong [31]
16		Stuart Bingham [18]	10	-	5	Luca Brecel [47]
Qual Round 3 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1		Zhou Yuelong [17]	6	-	5	Xu Si [80]
	Zhou was 5-4 and 67-0 down. He then made a 73 to force the decider which he won with a 71.
2		Liam Highfield [49]	6	-	5	Elliot Slessor [48]	Re-rack in the decider
3		Matthew Selt [32]	6	-	5	Nigel Bond [65]
4		Scott Donaldson [33]	6	-	5	Dominic Dale [64]
5		Robert Milkins [40]	6	-	5	Joe O'Connor [57]
6		Kurt Maflin [25]	6	-	4	Jak Jones [72]
7		Lyu Haotian [56]	w/o			Noppon Saengkham [41]
	Saengkham tested positive for COVID-19 and was withdrawn from the tournament.
8		Chang Bingyu [73]	6	-	4	Tom Ford [24]
9		Graeme Dott [21]	6	-	3	Eden Sharav [76]
10		Tian Pengfei [52]	6	-	4	Sunny Akani [44]
11		Jamie Jones [69]	6	-	3	Michael Holt [28]
12		Li Hang [37]	6	-	2	Andrew Higginson [60]
13		Lu Ning [36]	6	-	5	Jimmy Robertson [61]
14		Liang Wenbo [29]	6	-	3	Rod Lawler [93]
15		Mark Davis [45]	6	-	4	Stuart Carrington [54]
	143 by Davis in frame 2 is the highest break of the qualifiers
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	2	Joe Perry [20]
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	5	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [19]
18		Mark Joyce [46]	6	-	3	Anthony Hamilton [51]
19		Ryan Day [30]	6	-	5	Louis Heathcote [67]
20		Ricky Walden [35]	6	-	1	Peter Lines [99]
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	5	Ben Woollaston [38]
22		Martin Gould [27]	6	-	4	Duane Jones [91]
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	5	Jordan Brown [43]
24		Gary Wilson [22]	6	-	4	Gerard Greene [75]
25		Ali Carter [23]	6	-	4	Pang Junxu [74]
26		Alexander Ursenbacher [55]	6	-	5	Martin O'Donnell [42]
27		Zhao Xintong [26]	6	-	3	Kacper Filipiak [90]
	Filipiak won frame 3 on a respotted black
28		Sam Craigie [58]	6	-	0	Hossein Vafaei [39]
29		Chris Wakelin [63]	6	-	3	Matthew Stevens [34]
30		Xiao Guodong [31]	6	-	1	Ian Burns [66]
31		Luca Brecel [47]	6	-	3	Mark King [50]
32		Stuart Bingham [18]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [79]
Qual Round 2 (Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1		Xu Si [80]	6	-	1	Stephen Hendry [125]
2		Liam Highfield [49]	6	-	5	Fan Zhengyi [122]
3		Nigel Bond [65]	6	-	4	Lee Walker [120]
4		Dominic Dale [64]	6	-	4	Oliver Lines [97]
5		Joe O'Connor [57]	6	-	2	Fraser Patrick [104]
6		Jak Jones [72]	6	-	4	Jamie Wilson [117]
7		Lyu Haotian [56]	6	-	5	Gao Yang [105]
8		Chang Bingyu [73]	6	-	2	Julien Leclercq (a)
9		Eden Sharav [76]	6	-	1	Andy Hicks [85]
10		Tian Pengfei [52]	6	-	3	Billy Castle [108]
11		Jamie Jones [69]	6	-	4	David Lilley [94]
12		Andrew Higginson [60]	6	-	3	Brandon Sargeant [100]
13		Jimmy Robertson [61]	6	-	5	Zhao Jianbo [101]
14		Rod Lawler [93]	6	-	5	Yuan Sijun [68]	Decided on the final black. 105 by Yuan in the seventh frame was a maximum attempt.
15		Stuart Carrington [54]	6	-	2	Fergal O'Brien [109]
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	5	Jamie O'Neill [77]
	Clarke was 5-0 down
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	5	Robbie Williams [78]
18		Anthony Hamilton [51]	6	-	1	Rory McLeod [110]
19		Louis Heathcote [67]	6	-	2	Ashley Carty [92]
20		Peter Lines [99]	6	-	3	Luo Honghao [62]
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	3	Alan McManus [59]
	McManus announced his retirement after the match
22		Duane Jones [91]	6	-	4	Daniel Wells [70]
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	3	David Grace [53]
24		Gerard Greene [75]	6	-	5	James Cahill [86]
25		Pang Junxu [74]	6	-	4	Si Jiahui [87]
26		Alexander Ursenbacher [55]	6	-	2	Lukas Kleckers [113]
27		Kacper Filipiak [90]	6	-	5	Jackson Page [71]
28		Sam Craigie [58]	6	-	3	Ashley Hugill [114]	Hugill lost the first frame because of the three misses rule
29		Chris Wakelin [63]	6	-	5	Lei Peifan [98]
30		Ian Burns [66]	6	-	4	Simon Lichtenberg [96]
31		Mark King [50]	6	-	3	Florian Nüßle (a)
32		Chen Zifan [79]	6	-	5	Mitchell Mann [81]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Stephen Hendry [125]	6	-	3	Jimmy White [82]	Hendry won the third frame despite having needed a snooker with only pink and black on the table.
2		Fan Zhengyi [122]	6	-	4	Zak Surety [112]	Fan's 96 in frame 7 was a maximum attempt
3		Lee Walker [120]	6	-	4	Ken Doherty [95]
4		Oliver Lines [97]	6	-	1	Dylan Emery (a)
5		Fraser Patrick [104]	6	-	4	Leo Fernandez (a)	Patrick won the last frame on respotted black despite having needed two snookers.
6		Jamie Wilson [117]	6	-	0	Barry Pinches [88]
7		Gao Yang [105]	6	-	3	Paul S Davison (a)
8		Julien Leclercq (a)	6	-	5	Soheil Vahedi [89]	Leclercq was 5-2 down
9		Andy Hicks [85]	6	-	2	Reanne Evans (af)
10		Billy Castle [108]	6	-	3	Connor Benzey (a)
11		David Lilley [94]	w/o			Amine Amiri [118]
12		Brandon Sargeant [100]	6	-	4	Rebecca Kenna (af)
13		Zhao Jianbo [101]	6	-	3	Ross Muir (a)
14		Rod Lawler [93]	6	-	1	Alex Borg [119]
15		Fergal O'Brien [109]	6	-	3	Fergal Quinn (a)
16		Jamie Clarke [84]	6	-	4	Iulian Boiko [123]
17		Igor Figueiredo [83]	6	-	0	Farakh Ajaib [121]
18		Rory McLeod [110]	6	-	5	Brian Ochoiski (a)
19		Ashley Carty [92]	6	-	4	Michael White (a)
20		Peter Lines [99]	6	-	5	Mark Lloyd (a)
21		Bai Langning [115]	6	-	4	Allan Taylor [102]
22		Duane Jones [91]	6	-	5	Hayden Staniland (a)
23		Steven Hallworth [107]	6	-	2	Dean Young (a)
24		James Cahill [86]	6	-	1	Sean Maddocks [124]
25		Si Jiahui [87]	6	-	1	Hamim Hussain (a)
26		Lukas Kleckers [113]	6	-	1	Peter Devlin [106]
27		Kacper Filipiak [90]	6	-	4	Riley Parsons [116]
28		Ashley Hugill [114]	6	-	4	Aaron Hill [103]
29		Lei Peifan [98]	6	-	5	Ben Mertens (a)	Lei was 5-1 down
30		Simon Lichtenberg [96]	6	-	3	Ivan Kakovskii (a)
31		Florian Nüßle (a)	6	-	2	Ben Hancorn [111]
32		Mitchell Mann [81]	6	-	5	Robbie McGuigan (a)	Mann was 5-2 down

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