2010 World Seniors Championship

The 2010 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 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]

Not to be confused with 2010 World Senior Curling Championships.

World Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Dates5–7 November 2010
VenueCedar Court Hotel
CityBradford
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£50,000
Winner's share£20,000
Final
Champion Jimmy White
Runner-up Steve Davis
Score4–1
← 1991
2011 →

The event had last been held in 1991, when Cliff Wilson won in the final 5–4 against Eddie Charlton, to become the inaugural champion.[2]

Jimmy White won in the 2010 final 4–1 against Steve Davis and claimed his 30th career title.[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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Qualifying Tournament

These matches took place between 29 and 30 May 2010 at the Cue Garden, Bradford, England. There was only one century break in qualifying - a 144 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
Peter Lines 2
Mike Hallett 0 Peter Lines 3
Tony Drago 2 Tony Drago 0
Tony Knowles 0 Peter Lines 3
Joe Swail 2 Nigel Bond 4
David Taylor 0 Joe Swail 2
Nigel Bond 2 Nigel Bond 3
Dave Harold 0

References
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  2. 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.
  3. "White Crowned Senior Champion". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  4. "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  5. "Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. "Davis To Face Johnson In World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  7. "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  8. "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  9. "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  10. "Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  11. "Results (Qualifying)". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  12. "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  13. "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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