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Tour: Main Tour; Date: 31 Jul - 16 Aug 2020; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Judd Trump; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)
Final Pencil
(Winner: £500,000; Runner-up: £200,000)
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 18-8 England Kyren Wilson [8] Head to head Details 
It was the first Word Championship final for Wilson.
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Session 1:
81-0 (56), 55-62, 80-0 (80), 75-23 (75)
13-67 (63), 69-9, 106-17 (106), 60-49

Session 2:
61-53 (KW 53), 77-19 (51), 0-92 (92), 53-79 (KW 50)
25-82, 0-86 (58), 82-17, 10-101 (100), 68-60

Session 3:
0-74 (73), 113-15 (53), 109-33 (61), 88-17 (57)
65-12 (60), 71-28 (71), 72-15 (72), 69-7

Session 4:
104-1 (96)

Referee: Marcel Eckardt

This was O'Sullivan's sixth World title (equals Steve Davis and Ray Reardon) and record 37th ranking win.

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(Losers receive £100,000)
England Kyren Wilson [8] 17-16 Scotland Anthony McGill [36] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 18.
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Session 1:
1-83 (83), 0-78 (78), 55-78 (AM 53, KW 55)
71-22 (50), 4-80, 32-104 (69), 65-41, 0-92 (92)

Session 2:
100-0 (100), 78-0 (77), 33-72, 73-0 (73)
28-95, 124-4 (116), 90-0, 77-0 (76)

Session 3:
37-64, 99-1 (99), 34-58, 65-28 116-4 (116)
60-44, 105-27 (105), 0-136 (136)

Session 4:
94-36 (94), 0-95 (84), 25-106 (87), 7-122 (122)
87-1 (82), 0-89, 6-98 (98), 90-29, 103-83

Referee: Brendan Moore

An amazing one-hour final frame with 8 consecutive misses from McGill, a fluked match-ball green by Wilson and 186 points in total. Watch on YouTube.

England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 17-16 England Mark Selby [7] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan reaches his seventh Crucible final after he was 13-9 and 16-14 down against Selby.
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Session 1:
66-31 (59), 81-45, 26-58, 99-34 (85)
130-1 (51, 79), 47-80, 59-14 (58), 58-68

Session 2:
28-61, 0-97 (97), 33-57, 4-94 (58), 94-1 (87)
1-63 (62), 82-0 (82), 9-76 (76)

Session 3:
0-97 (97), 79-41, 0-94 (68), 93-26 (68)
0-81 (72), 0-79 (72), 70-62 (MS 50), 87-15

Session 4:
114-0 (114), 104-23 (57), 51-71 (56), 0-64 (63)
62-50 (MS 50), 47-71, 138-0 (138), 74-0 (71), 81-34 (64)

Referee: Paul Collier

First time both Crucible semifinals go to a deciding frame.

Quarterfinals Pencil
(Losers receive £50,000)
England Kyren Wilson [8] 13-9 England Judd Trump [1] Head to head Details  Pencil
Scotland Anthony McGill [36] 13-10 Norway Kurt Maflin [39] Head to head Details  Pencil
England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 13-10 Wales Mark J Williams [3] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan was 7-2 and 8-4 down. Re-spotted black in frame 23.
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England Mark Selby [7] 13-7 Australia Neil Robertson [2] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 13.
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Round 2 Pencil
(Last 16; Losers receive £30,000)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 13-11 China Yan Bingtao [16] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 England Kyren Wilson [8] 13-9 England Martin Gould [53] Head to head Details 
Wilson made his 200th career century in frame 13
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3 Norway Kurt Maflin [39] 13-11 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 20.
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Higgins made his 10th professional 147 in frame 12. This is the first maximum break made at the Crucible Theatre since 2012. Watch it on YouTube.

4 Scotland Anthony McGill [36] 13-12 Wales Jamie Clarke [80] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame one; From 8-2 Down McGill comes back to win 13-12
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5 Wales Mark J Williams [3] 13-11 England Stuart Bingham [14] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 4.
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6 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 13-10 China Ding Junhui [11] Head to head Details  Pencil

With this victory Ronnie O'Sullivan equals Stephen Hendry's record of 19 Crucible quarter-finals

7 England Mark Selby [7] 13-12 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Australia Neil Robertson [2] 13-9 England Barry Hawkins [15] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 18.
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Round 1 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £20,000 / £0)
1 England Judd Trump [1] 10-8 England Tom Ford [25] Head to head Details 
Ford had a max attempt in frame 1 ending on 97
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Trump's century in frame 15 was his 100th this season

2 China Yan Bingtao [16] 10-7 England Elliot Slessor [62]   Details  Pencil
3 England Martin Gould [53] 10-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [9] Head to head Details 
Maguire missed the 13th red on the way to a max in frame 12
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4 England Kyren Wilson [8] w/o England Anthony Hamilton [43] Head to head  
Maguire missed the 13th red on the way to a max in frame 12
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5 Scotland John Higgins [5] 10-5 Wales Matthew Stevens [28] Head to head Details 
Higgins went 9-5 up after stealing frame 14 on the black after needing a snooker.
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6 Norway Kurt Maflin [39] 10-8 England David B Gilbert [12] Head to head Details 
Maflin had a max attempt ending on 105 in frame 16. 4 consecutive centuries in frames 8-11 (2 apiece).
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7 Scotland Anthony McGill [36] 10-9 England Jack Lisowski [13] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Wales Jamie Clarke [80] 10-8 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [4]   Details 
Clarke won the fourth frame despite having needed three snookers.
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9 Wales Mark J Williams [3] 10-5 Scotland Alan McManus [47] Head to head Details 
Williams won all the frames in the second session from 4-5 down. Re-rack in frame 2.
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10 England Stuart Bingham [14] 10-7 England Ashley Carty [74]   Details 
Bingham missed the 13th red on the way to a max in frame 11
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11 China Ding Junhui [11] 10-9 England Mark King [41] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] 10-1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Mark Selby [7] 10-6 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [65]   Details  Pencil
14 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] 10-4 England Shaun Murphy [10] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Barry Hawkins [15] 10-2 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [78] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Australia Neil Robertson [2] 10-5 China Liang Wenbo [31] Head to head Details 
After reaching the snookers required stage in frame 8 Liang went in-off and Robertson stole the frame 8
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World Championship Qualifiers Pencil

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 21-28 Jul 2020; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)
Qual Round 4 Pencil
(Last 32; Losers receive £15,000)
1 Wales Jamie Clarke [80] 10-7 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [49]   Details  Pencil
2 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [65] 10-6 Wales Ryan Day [33] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 England Tom Ford [25] 10-8 England Stuart Carrington [40] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Mark King [41] 10-6 England Ian Burns [72] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Martin Gould [53] 10-6 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 Wales Matthew Stevens [28] 10-5 England Ricky Walden [37] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Scotland Anthony McGill [36] 10-1 England Sam Baird [68] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20] 10-7 England Liam Highfield [52] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [78] 10-8 England Andrew Higginson [51] Head to head Details  Pencil

Respot black in the 18th frame

10 England Elliot Slessor [62] 10-3 England Martin O'Donnell [30] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] 10-2 Israel Eden Sharav [91]   Details  Pencil
12 England Anthony Hamilton [43] 10-5 Scotland Scott Donaldson [22] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Ashley Carty [74] 10-8 England Robert Milkins [42] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Norway Kurt Maflin [39] 10-1 England Matthew Selt [26] Head to head Details  Pencil

Respot black in frame 3

15 China Liang Wenbo [31] 10-9 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [63] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Scotland Alan McManus [47] 10-5 England Louis Heathcote [79]   Details  Pencil
Qual Round 3 Pencil
(Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1 Wales Jamie Clarke [80] 6-4 England Joe Perry [17] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [49] 6-3 China Tian Pengfei [48] Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [65] 6-5 Iran Hossein Vafaei [32]   Details  Pencil
4 Wales Ryan Day [33] 6-4 England Barry Pinches [97] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 England Stuart Carrington [40] 6-4 China Luo Honghao [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
6 England Tom Ford [25] 6-3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 England Mark King [41] 6-3 Ireland Ken Doherty [56] Head to head Details  Pencil
8 England Ian Burns [72] 6-3 England Michael Holt [24] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 6-0 England David Grace [76] Head to head Details  Pencil
10 England Martin Gould [53] 6-4 England Chris Wakelin [44]   Details  Pencil
11 Wales Matthew Stevens [28] 6-4 Wales Ian Preece (a)   Details  Pencil
12 England Ricky Walden [37] 6-3 England Mark Joyce [60] Head to head Details  Pencil
13 Scotland Anthony McGill [36] 6-1 Wales Jak Jones [61] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Sam Baird [68] 6-4 England Mark Davis [29] Head to head Details  Pencil
15 England Liam Highfield [52] 6-5 China Lu Ning [45] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [20] 6-1 Wales Dominic Dale [77]   Details  Pencil
17 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [78] 6-3 England Gary Wilson [19] Head to head Details  Pencil
18 England Andrew Higginson [51] 6-5 Wales Daniel Wells [46] Head to head Details  Pencil
19 England Martin O'Donnell [30] 6-4 England Mike Dunn [67] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England Elliot Slessor [62] 6-1 England Ben Woollaston [35] Head to head Details  Pencil
21 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] 6-4 Wales Michael White [59] Head to head Details  Pencil
22 Israel Eden Sharav [91] 6-2 China Lü Haotian [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Anthony Hamilton [43] 6-3 England Sam Craigie [54]   Details  Pencil
24 Scotland Scott Donaldson [22] 6-3 Wales Jackson Page [86] Head to head Details  Pencil
25 England Ashley Carty [74] 6-4 England Jimmy Robertson [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Robert Milkins [42] 6-1 England Jimmy White [107] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England Matthew Selt [26] 6-3 England Allan Taylor (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
28 Norway Kurt Maflin [39] 6-5 England Joe O'Connor [58] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [63] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 China Liang Wenbo [31] 6-2 England Alfie Burden [66] Head to head Details  Pencil
31 Scotland Alan McManus [47] 6-3 China Wu Yize (a)   Details  Pencil
32 England Louis Heathcote [79] 6-3 England Allister Carter [18]   Details  Pencil
Qual Round 2 Pencil
(Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1 Wales Jamie Clarke [80] 6-1 England Mitchell Mann [81] Head to head Details  Pencil
2 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [49] 6-2 Germany Lukas Kleckers (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
3 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [65] 6-1 Jamaica Rory McLeod (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Barry Pinches [97] 6-5 England Craig Steadman [64] Head to head Details  Pencil
5 China Luo Honghao [57] 6-5 England Peter Lines [104] Head to head Details  Pencil

Lines was 5-1 up. Decided on the final pink.

6 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] 6-2 England Oliver Lines [73] Head to head Details  Pencil
7 Ireland Ken Doherty [56] 6-4 Scotland Fraser Patrick [105]   Details  Pencil
8 England Ian Burns [72] 6-2 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [88] Head to head Details  Pencil
9 England David Grace [76] 6-1 England Hammad Miah [85]   Details  Pencil
10 England Martin Gould [53] 6-0 Morocco Amine Amiri [108] Head to head Details  Pencil
11 Wales Ian Preece (a) 6-5 England John Astley [69] Head to head Details  Pencil
12 England Mark Joyce [60] 6-3 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [101]   Details  Pencil
13 Wales Jak Jones [61] 6-2 England Jake Nicholson (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
14 England Sam Baird [68] 6-4 Belgium Ben Mertens (a)   Details  Pencil
15 England Liam Highfield [52] 6-1 Malta Alex Borg [110] Head to head Details  Pencil
16 Wales Dominic Dale [77] 6-4 China Fan Zhengyi [84]   Details  Pencil
17 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [78] 6-1 China Chen Feilong [83]   Details  Pencil
18 England Andrew Higginson [51] 6-0 England Hayden Staniland (a)   Details  Pencil
19 England Mike Dunn [67] 6-5 Poland Kacper Filipiak [94] Head to head Details  Pencil
20 England Elliot Slessor [62] 6-2 Poland Antoni Kowalski (a)   Details  Pencil
21 Wales Michael White [59] 6-5 England Jamie O'Neill [102]   Details  Pencil
22 Israel Eden Sharav [91] 6-3 England Nigel Bond [70] Head to head Details  Pencil
23 England Sam Craigie [54] 6-0 England Andy Hicks [106] Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Wales Jackson Page [86] 6-2 England Harvey Chandler [75]   Details  Pencil
25 England Ashley Carty [74] 6-4 Scotland Ross Muir (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
26 England Jimmy White [107] 6-4 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [55] Head to head Details  Pencil
27 England Allan Taylor (a) 6-1 Wales Lee Walker [71] Head to head Details  Pencil

145 by Taylor in frame 3 is the highest break of the event so far

28 England Joe O'Connor [58] 6-3 Wales Duane Jones [103] Head to head Details  Pencil
29 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [63] 6-3 England Rod Lawler [98] Head to head Details  Pencil
30 England Alfie Burden [66] 6-3 Wales Tyler Rees (a)   Details  Pencil
31 China Wu Yize (a) 6-4 England Robbie Williams [50]   Details  Pencil
32 England Louis Heathcote [79] 6-3 Wales Kishan Hirani [82]   Details  Pencil
Qual Round 1 Pencil
(Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1 England Mitchell Mann [81] 6-2 England Paul S Davison (a)   Details  Pencil
2 Germany Lukas Kleckers (a) w/o England Sydney Wilson (a) Head to head   Pencil

Wilson withdrew because of being unwell.

3 Jamaica Rory McLeod (a) 6-5 England Billy Joe Castle [96] Head to head Details  Pencil
4 England Barry Pinches [97] 6-0 Scotland Dean Young (a)   Details  Pencil
5 England Peter Lines [104] 6-1 England Connor Benzey (a)   Details  Pencil
6 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [89] 6-1 France Brian Ochoiski (a)   Details  Pencil
7 Scotland Fraser Patrick [105] 6-1 England Sean Maddocks (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
8 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [88] 6-3 Ukraine Iulian Boiko (a)   Details  Pencil
9 England Hammad Miah [85] 6-5 Austria Florian Nüßle (a)   Details  Pencil
10 Morocco Amine Amiri [108] w/o Pakistan Hamza Akbar (a)     Pencil

Akbar withdrew because of visa issues.

11 Wales Ian Preece (a) 6-5 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [92]   Details  Pencil
12 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [101] 6-2 England Adam Duffy (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
13 England Jake Nicholson (a) 6-2 England Brandon Sargeant [100] Head to head Details  Pencil
14 Belgium Ben Mertens (a) 6-2 England James Cahill [93]   Details  Pencil
15 Malta Alex Borg [110] 6-4 England Patrick Whelan (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
16 China Fan Zhengyi [84] 6-4 Wales Dylan Emery (a)   Details  Pencil
17 China Chen Feilong [83] 6-2 Ireland Aaron Hill (a)   Details  Pencil
18 England Hayden Staniland (a) 6-1 England Riley Parsons [109]   Details  Pencil
19 Poland Kacper Filipiak [94] 6-3 Wales Andrew Pagett (a)   Details  Pencil
20 Poland Antoni Kowalski (a) 6-4 England David Lilley [99]   Details  Pencil
21 England Jamie O'Neill [102] 6-5 England Oliver Brown (a)   Details  Pencil
22 Israel Eden Sharav [91] 6-3 England Daniel Womersley (a)   Details  Pencil
23 England Andy Hicks [106] 6-3 England Reanne Evans (af) Head to head Details  Pencil
24 Wales Jackson Page [86] 6-3 England Chae Ross (a)   Details  Pencil
25 Scotland Ross Muir (a) 6-2 China Si Jiahui [87]   Details  Pencil
26 England Jimmy White [107] 6-3 Russia Ivan Kakovskii (a)   Details  Pencil
27 England Allan Taylor (a) 6-1 Iran Sohail Vahedi [90] Head to head Details  Pencil
28 Wales Duane Jones [103] 6-1 England Christopher Keogan (a) Head to head Details  Pencil
29 England Rod Lawler [98] 6-5 Ireland Ross Bulman (a)   Details  Pencil
30 Wales Tyler Rees (a) 6-5 Poland Adam Stefanow [95]   Details  Pencil
31 China Wu Yize (a) 6-4 England Ashley Hugill (a)   Details  Pencil
32 Wales Kishan Hirani [82] 6-5 Finland Robin Hull (a) Head to head Details  Pencil

Hirani was 5-1 down. Decided on the last pink.