2007 World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 April – 7 May 2007 |
| Venue | Crucible Theatre |
| City | Sheffield |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £941,000 |
| Winner's share | £220,000 |
| Highest break |  Ali Carter (ENG) (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  John Higgins (SCO) |
| Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Score | 18–13 |
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The 2007 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament. It was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 31st consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was staged at the venue. It started on 21 April 2007 and was scheduled to finish on 7 May 2007, but continued into the early hours of 8 May. The seventh and final ranking tournament of the 2006–07 snooker season, it was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored for the second time by online casino 888.com. The total prize fund was £941,000, of which the winner received £220,000.
The qualifying rounds took place from 23 February to 2 March and from 12 to 15 March 2007 at Pontin's, in Prestatyn, Wales. The 16 qualifiers and the top 16 players from the snooker world rankings reached the tournament's main stage at the Crucible. Graeme Dott was the defending champion, having defeated Peter Ebdon 18–14 in the 2006 final. He lost in the first round to Ian McCulloch and became another world champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first world title.
John Higgins won his second World title by defeating qualifier Mark Selby 18–13 in the final. Ending at 12:54 a.m. BST, the final broke the record for the latest finish time in a World Snooker Championship final, narrowly beating the 2006 final by two minutes. A total of 68 century breaks were compiled during the event's main stage, the highest being a 144 made by Ali Carter. It was the joint highest number with the 2002 event. Another 61 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds.
Overview[edit]
The first World Snooker Championship final took place in 1927 at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, and was won by Joe Davis.[1] Since 1977 the tournament has been held annually at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[2] The 2006 event marked the 31st consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 38th successive year that the World Championship was contested through the modern knockout format.[3][4][5] Scottish player Stephen Hendry had been the most successful participant at the World Championship in the modern era, having won the title seven times.[6] Scottish player Graeme Dott won his first title at the 2006 championship, defeating English player Peter Ebdon 18–14 in the final.[7] Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the 2007 tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com.[8]
Prize fund[edit]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[9][10]
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Tournament summary[edit]
First round[edit]
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The first round was played between 21 and 26 April as the best of 19 frames played over two sessions.[8] The defending champion, Graeme Dott, lost 7–10 to 2005 semi-finalist Ian McCulloch.[11] This made Dott the 14th first-time champion who failed to defend his title since the tournament moved to the Crucible in 1977, succumbing to what has been called the 'Crucible curse'.[11] Six-time world champion Steve Davis was drawn against John Parrott, winner in 1991.[8] Parrott compiled a century break of 126 and manufactured a 6–1 lead, but Davis stopped the rot with a break of 100 and produced further breaks of 69 and 70 to restore the balance.[8] Parrott then compiled an 80 and a 64, and, although Davis forced a deciding frame with a break of 96, Parrott prevailed.[8]
Peter Ebdon, world champion in 2002, runner-up in the previous event and winner of the 2006 UK Championship during the season, was faced with the 1995 champion, Nigel Bond.[12] Ebdon manufactured a 4–0 lead, but Bond stopped the rot taking the following frame on the blue and then produced breaks of 40, 68, 46 and 114 to go 5–4 in front for the first time.[12] Ebdon turned the scores around once again with back-to-back breaks of 60, but Bond compiled yet another 60 to restore the balance at 6–6.[8] Bond made a century break as Ebdon won four out of the five last frames of the match for a 10–7 result.[8] John Higgins, champion of the tournament in the 1998 edition, had not made it further than the semi-finals of the 2006 UK Championship during the season.[13] He won 10–4 over Michael Holt, whose "inability to deal with frustration" was heavily critised by Clive Everton, writing for The Guardian.[13] "I've tried to work on the mental side of my game for seven years but nothing seems to change. I can't accept it when things go wrong. I sit there and feel so annoyed", said Holt.[13] Andy Hicks, a semi-finalist in 1995, was thrown out by Ali Carter, who compiled century breaks of 112 and 129 en route to a 10–4 win.[12]
Two qualifiers, Fergal O'Brien and Joe Swail, also won their first-round matches in the decider. In a match that featured two century breaks, O'Brien was 6–4, 8–5 and 9–6 ahead of Barry Hawkins, but he saw his advantadge disappear after Hawkins made a century of 129 and further half-centuries of 78 and 66.[8] Swail fell 0–4 behind 2000 and 2003 world champion Mark Williams, but continued to produce breaks of 66, 63, 53, 62, 71 and 72 to equalise.[8] Swail also made a century break of 114 in the match, and breaks of both 65 and 56 in the decider.[8] Also a qualifier, Mark Selby saw Stephen Lee compile breaks of 126, 64, 67 and 71 as he went 0–5 behind.[14][8] However, Selby won eight frames on the trot to turn the match around, before the last four frames were shared for a 10–7 result.[14][8] "At 5–0 up I should have put my foot on his throat. He didn't play well and won, that's the biggest frustration. I thought he was going to bottle it because he's not a big-time player", claimed Lee in the post-match interview.[14]
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There were five debutants in this year's tournament: Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, David Gilbert and Joe Delaney. Allen, who was faced by the 1997 champion and third seed Ken Doherty, was the only one of the five who won his first-round match.[15] Aided by breaks of 92 and 95 in the first two frames, Allen powered to a 4–0 early lead.[15] Doherty made a 135 century break to level the scores at 7 each, but Allen clinched a 10–7 victory with three consecutive half-centuries.[15] Trump won four qualifying matches to set up a first-round encounter with Shaun Murphy, the 2005 champion. Although Murphy won the first three frames with breaks of 81, 96 and 52, Trump compiled breaks of 93, 57 and 85 to go ahead at 6–5.[8] However, Murphy won five on the spin to advance into the second round.[8] Gilbert, ranked 67th in the world, also took five consecutive frames, featuring one century break, to lead seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 5–1,[8] but he eventually lost 7–10.[14] "I kept missing, missing and missing. I suppose I twitched up completely. I didn't feel nervous but I suppose the Crucible jitters got me at the end", said Gilbert afterwards.[14] Delaney won two deciders against Barry Pinches and two-time world semi-finalist Alan McManus to reach the Crucible, but, having trailed 0–5, he was beaten 2–10 by the 2000 and 2005 runner-up Matthew Stevens.[8]
Ding, considered by bookmakers to be among the favourites for the title,[16][17] was drawn against Ronnie O'Sullivan, who alleged that the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association draw had been fixed.[16] O'Sullivan noted that he had been drawn to Marco Fu in the first round of the 2003 edition and to 2004 European Open and 2004 UK Championship winner Stephen Maguire in both 2004 and 2005.[16] "I've had Marco Fu, Stephen Maguire twice and now Ding in the first round. It's definitely fixed. Whoever is doing that is trying to stitch me up", claimed O'Sullivan.[16] He later withdrew the accusation[18] and made no formal complaint to the WPBSA, who maintained that the draw was "100% genuine".[16] O'Sullivan compiled a century break and further breaks of 58, 50, 60, 63, 63, 70, 87 and 72 to claim a 10–2 victory.[8]
Neil Robertson, champion throughout the season of both the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 Welsh Open,[19] made a half-century of 79 as he took a 4–0 lead over Ryan Day,[8] who had only made it past the first round of the World Championship once, in the previous edition. Day made the only century break of the match, but went on to lose 5–10.[8][14] "Springy cushions, many kicks and errors accounted for a lower standard than expected", wrote Everton about the match.[14] Breaks of 84 and 80 aided Anthony Hamilton into a 5–0 lead against Marco Fu.[8] Despite the latter making a century break, Hamilton took two frames by a single point and won 10–3.[8] Maguire, semi-finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open during the season, defeated Joe Perry by the same margin, compiling breaks of 66, 64, 83, 124, 68 and 56 in the process.[8]
Second round[edit]
The second round of the event was played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 26 and 30 April.[8] Breaks of 65 and 100 helped Murphy to a four-frame lead against Parrott,[8] who recovered and restored the balance at 8–8 thanks to a century break of 123.[20] Murphy kick-started the third and last session with a total clearance of 131 and won all five frames for a 13–8 victory.[8][20] "It's been a very long time since I've been that nervous. I felt as though I'd got a family of ferrets in my waistcoat", said about the last session Parrott,[21] who would never reach the final stages of the World Championship again.[22] Breaks of 68, 64 and 56 enabled McCulloch to remain at touching distance of Hamilton, who then made two half-centuries and two centuries of his own for a 13–8 victory.[8] "The match was rubbish until halfway through but I enjoyed the battle", admitted Hamilton, who had not made it to the quarter-finals since the 2004 edition.[23] This would also prove to be the last appearance at the Crucible for McCulloch.[24]
Maguire took a six-frame lead into the final session of his second-round match against Swail, who began the last segment of the encounter with a break of 82, followed by further breaks of 72, 56 and 77 to edge closer at 8–11.[25][8] Maguire, who would later praise Swail as a "comeback player", was told off by referee Michaela Tabb for punching the table in desperation after missing a pot, but he managed to prevent his rival from turning the scores around and sealed victory with a 13–8 result by taking two fought frames.[25] In another match, Allen replied with two century breaks of 101 and 118 and a further half-century of 65 to move closer to Stevens, who kick-started the match taking four consecutive frames.[8] Stevens then made an 85 followed by a 101 and took two more frames to move to 8–3.[8] Going 9–7, the pair compiled one more century break each.[8] Allen could have made it 10–11, but he failed to pot a black ball in a frame which then went in Stevens's direction, who closed the match with a 13–9 score.[8][26]
Robertson faced O'Sullivan, whom he had defeated en route to both of his tournament wins during the season,[19] 5–1 in the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix[27] and 5–4 at the same stage of the Welsh Open.[28] With breaks of 87 for O'Sullivan and of 104 for Robertson, the first two frames were shared, but Robertson went on to miss some pots, fell behind and O'Sullivan wrapped up a four-frame cushion at the end of the first session with another century break.[19] At the resumption, O'Sullivan compiled another century to go 8–3 in front,[19] but Robertson replied winning six frames on the trot, featuring breaks of 53, 77, 140 and 117.[8] O'Sullivan then compiled breaks of 129, 96, 52 and 88 for a 13–10 win.[8] Carter won six frames on the trot, featuring breaks of 78, 72 twice and 111, to lead Hendry 12–4 going into the final session.[29] The Scottish player, chasing a record-extending eighth title, had changed cues three weeks ahead of the tournamet, but blamed the poor performance on his lack of confidence and on his inability to reproduce his "practice form" on the Crucible table.[29] Carter produced a further half-century as he closed the match with an 13–6 victory.[29] "His safety play was some of the best that's ever been played against me. I don't think I've ever been snookered so much in my life", praised Hendry.[29]
Quarter-finals[edit]
The quarter-finals of the event were played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 1 and 2 May.[8]
- Shaun Murphy came back from 7–12 down to win his quarter-final match 13–12 against Matthew Stevens, a feat never before accomplished in a best-of-25-frame match.[30]
Semi-finals[edit]
The semi-finals were played as the best of 33 frames, held over four sessions, between 3 and 5 May.[8]
- In frame 29 of his semi-final match, John Higgins compiled the Crucible's 1,000th century break.[31][32]
Final[edit]
The final was played as a best-of-35-frames, held over four sessions on 6 and 7 May, between Higgins and Selby.[8]
- Future four-time world champion Mark Selby reached his first final this year. He had a surprising run to the final, as he was a qualifier, he had only made his Crucible debut two years earlier, and he had not previously progressed beyond the last 16.
- The final had the latest finish in World Championship history, with the conclusion of the 31st and final frame coming at 12:54 a.m. BST, just two minutes later than in 2006.[33]
- John Higgins' second world title came nine years after his first,[34] the longest gap between wins since his namesake Alex Higgins. This was the longest gap between titles at the Crucible until 2018.
Main draw[edit]
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). The first round draw was done by presenters Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams of BBC Breakfast on 19 March and it was announced on Breakfast at 7.30 am BST the next day.[9][35][36][37][38]
| First round Best of 19 frames | Second round Best of 25 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames | Semi-finals Best of 33 frames | Final Best of 35 frames | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (1) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26, 27 & 28 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian McCulloch | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian McCulloch | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton (16) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton (16) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 & 2 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Marco Fu | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Hamilton (16) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (9) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (9) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Perry | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (9) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Joe Swail | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mark Williams (8) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3, 4 & 5 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (9) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28, 29 & 30 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Holt | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Fergal O'Brien | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (12) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 & 2 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Neil Robertson (13) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Day | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (13) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 & 7 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ding Junhui | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (3) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 & 28 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens (14) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens (14) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 & 2 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens (14) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (6) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (11) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Parrott | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (6) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (6) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3, 4 & 5 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (6) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon (7) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 & 30 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon (7) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee (10) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 & 2 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 & 26 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (15) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (15) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28, 29 & 30 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Hicks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (15) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (2) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (2) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Gilbert | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 6 & 7 May 2007. Referee: Eirian Williams[39] | ||
| John Higgins (5) Scotland
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18–13 | Mark Selby England
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| 73–25, 58–32, 19–95, 25–76, 10–132, 97–0, 98–24, 86–5, 75–0, 85–9, 101–24, 70–61, 59–75, 98–0, 78–55, 116–0, 36–73, 0–110, 36–65, 4–74, 0–66, 48–72, 81–40, 63–70, 75–2, 22–82, 54–77, 71–33, 57–43, 129–1, 78–1 | Century breaks: 5 (Higgins 3, Selby 2) Highest break by Higgins: 129 |
73–25, 58–32, 19–95, 25–76, 10–132, 97–0, 98–24, 86–5, 75–0, 85–9, 101–24, 70–61, 59–75, 98–0, 78–55, 116–0, 36–73, 0–110, 36–65, 4–74, 0–66, 48–72, 81–40, 63–70, 75–2, 22–82, 54–77, 71–33, 57–43, 129–1, 78–1 |
| John Higgins wins the 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship
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Preliminary qualifying[edit]
The preliminary qualifying rounds for the tournament took place in Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales.[9][40]
Round 1
| Bradley Jones |
5–0 | Neil Selman
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| Del Smith |
5–4 | Tony Knowles
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Round 2
| Bradley Jones |
5–0 | Stephen Ormerod
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| Les Dodd |
w/o-w/d |  David Singh
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| Ali Bassiri |
0–5 | Phil Seaton
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| Del Smith |
5–0 | Barry Stark
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Qualifying[edit]
Qualifying for the 2007 World Snooker Championship, was held between 23 February to 2 March 2007 at Pontin's, Prestatyn, Wales. The final qualifying round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12–15 March 2007.[9][40]
Round 1
 Issara Kachaiwong |
8–10 | Bradley Jones
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 Roy Stolk |
10–7 | Phil Seaton
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| Ben Woollaston |
10–3 | Del Smith
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| James Leadbetter |
10–8 | Les Dodd
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Rounds 2–5
Century breaks[edit]
Televised stage centuries[edit]
There were 68 centuries scored in the televised stage of the 2007 championship, which was joint equal highest in the history of the tournament (with the tournament held in 2002) until 2009.[41][42]
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Qualifying stage centuries[edit]
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