2007 World Snooker Championship

Professional snooker tournament the snooker tournament the sport simulation video game World Snooker Championship 2007 (video game) August 2018 2007 888.com World Snooker Championship 2007 04 21 2007 05 7 y Crucible Theatre Sheffield England WPBSA Ranking event £941,000 £220,000 Ali Carter ENG (144) John Higgins SCO Mark Selby ENG 18–13 2006 2008 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 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales, and from 12 to 15 March at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The successful 16 qualifiers met the top 16 players from the snooker world rankings in 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 until 2009. Another 61 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds. Background alt=The Crucible Theatre from outside|thumb|upright=1.1|For the 31st consecutive year, the main stage of the tournament was held at the Crucible Theatre (pictured) in Sheffield, England. The inaugural 1927 World Snooker Championship, then known as the Professional Championship of Snooker, took place at various venues in England between November 1926 and May 1927. Joe Davis won the final—held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham from 9 to 12 May 1927—and went on to win the tournament 15 consecutive times before retiring undefeated after the 1946 edition (no tournaments were held from 1941 to 1945 because of World War II).Everton Clive The History of Snooker and Billiards Partridge Press Haywards Heath 1986 978-1-85225-013-3 50Turner Chris World Professional Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 2008 31 March 2024 6 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160606102115/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html dead11 July 1978 Joe Davis, a snooker champion who retired unbeaten, Was 77 https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/joe-davis-a-snooker-champion-who-retired-unbeaten-was-77.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20231022194142/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/11/archives/joe-davis-a-snooker-champion-who-retired-unbeaten-was-77.html 22 October 2023 31 March 2024 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 The tournament went into abeyance after only two players contested the 1952 edition, due to a dispute between the Professional Billiards Players' Association (PBPA) and the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC). The PBPA established an alternative tournament, the World Professional Match-play Championship, of which the six editions held between 1952 and 1957 are retroactively regarded as legitimate continuations of the World Snooker Championship. However, due to waning public interest in snooker during the post-war era, that tournament was also discontinued, and the world title was uncontested between 1958 and 1963. Then-professional player Rex Williams was instrumental in reviving the World Snooker Championship on a challenge basis in 1964. John Pulman, winner of the 1957 World Professional Match-play Championship, defended the world title across seven challenge matches between 1964 and 1968. The World Snooker Championship reverted to an annual knockout tournament for the 1969 edition, marking the beginning of the championship's "modern era".Nunns Hector Hendon David Full history https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/full-history/ WPBSA 31 March 2024 31 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240331092827/https://wpbsa.com/about-us/history/full-history/ liveWright Joe Who has won the most World Snooker Championship titles? Hendry, O'Sullivan, Davis and the players with the most trophies https://www.sportingnews.com/us/snooker/news/most-world-snooker-championship-titles-hendry-osullivan-davis-trophies/joqsk1qyc3vivgpfptced4rl The Sporting News 30 April 2023 31 March 2024 14 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240114220848/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/snooker/news/most-world-snooker-championship-titles-hendry-osullivan-davis-trophies/joqsk1qyc3vivgpfptced4rl live The 1977 edition was the first staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, where it has remained since.Halo World Championship https://www.wst.tv/worldchampionship World Snooker Tour 10 April 2024 10 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240410053119/https://www.wst.tv/cazooworldchampionship/ liveWorld Snooker Championship in Sheffield https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/headline-events/world-snooker-championship/ Sheffield City Council 31 March 2024 25 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240225012256/https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/headline-events/world-snooker-championship/ live The most successful player in the modern era was Stephen Hendry, having won the title seven times.World Snooker Championship 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan plays down record-equalling seventh title https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/61301395 Sutcliffe Steve BBC Sport 3 May 2022 29 March 2024 22 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231022211824/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/61301395 liveBetfred World Championship World Snooker 27 March 2022 https://wst.tv/tournaments/betfred-world-championship/ 14 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210514143520/https://wst.tv/tournaments/betfred-world-championship/ dead Hendry was also the tournament's youngest winner, having captured his first title at the 1990 event, aged 1969-01-13 1990-04-29 and.Millington Sarah Looking back to 1990: when Stephen Hendry became a snooker champion https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24091190.looking-back-1990-stephen-hendry-became-snooker-champion/ News and Star 2 February 2024 31 March 2024 31 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240331125625/https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24091190.looking-back-1990-stephen-hendry-became-snooker-champion/ live en Ray Reardon became the oldest winner when he secured his sixth title at the 1978 event, aged 1932-10-08 1978-04-29 and.Snooker World Records https://www.snooker.org/plr/records.shtml snooker.org 6 May 2025 Graeme Dott was the defending champion, having won his first title at the 2006 championship, defeating Peter Ebdon 1814 in the final.Late dash of Dott pulls Ebdon's revival up short https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/may/03/snooker.sport The Guardian 10 May 2024 3 May 2006 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101420/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/may/03/snooker.sport live Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the 2007 tournament was sponsored by online casino 888.com.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=243 888.com World Championship (2007) snooker.org 10 May 2024 23 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231023095555/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=243 live Format The 2007 World Snooker Championship took place from 21 April to 7 May 2007 in Sheffield, England. The tournament was the last of seven ranking events in the 2006–07 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour.The 2009/2010 Season http://www.snooker.org/trn/0607/ snooker.org 15 May 2024 15 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215065144/http://www.snooker.org/trn/0607/ live It featured a 32-player main draw that was held at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a qualifying draw that was played at Pontin's, in Prestatyn, Wales from 23 February to 2 March and from 12 to 15 March. This was the 31st consecutive year that the tournament had been staged at the Crucible.http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_history-23.htm History worldsnooker.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080625054148/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_history-23.htm 25 June 2008 usurped The main stages of the event were broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0784vk7/episodes/guide Snooker: World Championship - Episodes 15 May 2024 BBC Sport 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100404/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0784vk7/episodes/guide live The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players.In the event of the defending champion being ranked outside the top 16, he would replace the player ranked world number 16 as an automatic qualifier. Dott was seeded first overall as the defending champion, and the remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings.2010 World Snooker Championship Snooker Scene April 2010 Everton, Clive The number of frame frames required to win a match increased throughout the tournament. The first round consisted of best-of-19-frames matches, with the final match being played over a maximum of 35 frames. All 16 non-seeded spots in the main draw were filled with players from the qualifying rounds. The draw for the televised stage of the World Championship was made on 19 March 2007 and announced on the following day.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6467739.stm O'Sullivan faces Ding at Crucible 20 March 2007 15 May 2024 BBC Sport 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6467739.stm liveO'Sullivan raises draw suspicions https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/17/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship20071 The Guardian 17 April 2007 29 August 2025 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:World Snooker Championship 2007 http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-archive-world-snooker-championship-2007.asp Global Snooker 28 October 2010 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110310182352/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-archive-world-snooker-championship-2007.asp 10 March 2011 Downer Chris Crucible Almanac 2012 130 70% 50% Winner: £220,000 Runner-up: £110,000 Semi-final: £42,000 Quarter-final: £22,000 Last 16: £14,000 Last 32: £10,600 Last 48: £7,400 Last 64: £4,500 50% Stage one highest break: £1,000 Stage two highest break: £10,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000 Stage two maximum break: £147,000 Total: £941,000 Summary Qualifying Two preliminary qualifying rounds and four qualifying rounds for the tournament took place at Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 22 February and 2 March.2007 888.com World Championship Qualifying http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2007-888-qual1.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20070819071719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2007-888-qual1.htm 19 August 2007Where it's at 2006/07 Snooker Scene December 2006 17–19 The final qualifying round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12 and 15 March 2007. Members of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) that were not part of the 96-player main tour were permitted to compete in pre-qualifying.Pre-qualifying Snooker Scene April 2007 10 Three-time semi-finalist Tony Knowles lost 4–5 to Del Smith. Smith's highest break in the match was 35, while Knowles had a best break of 34. Knowles was eligible as a former WPBSA board member, and Smith, who defeated Barry Stark 5–4 in the second round, retained his WPBSA membership to continue as a WPBSA coach. James Leadbetter made breaks of 138 and 126 in defeating Les Dodd 10-8.First qualifying round Snooker Scene April 2007 10 The youngest player in the tournament, Judd Trump, 17, compiled breaks of 142 and 116 when he beat Bradley Jones 10–8 in the second round.Second qualifying round Snooker Scene April 2007 11 Robin Hull withdrew from his third round match against Mark Joyce after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat.888.com world championship: qualifying round 3 Snooker Scene May 1999 13 The six-time runner-up Jimmy White failed to qualify for the main event for only the second time in 27 years when he lost 4–10 to Jamie Burnett.Burnside Brian White 'devastated' to miss place at Crucible The Independent 3 March 2007 66 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/198703330/ Newspapers.com Mark Allen recorded three century breaks in his 10–4 win against Robert Milkins.Snooker The Daily Telegraph 13 March 2007 66 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/198704995/ Newspapers.com 1991 champion John Parrott recovered from 3–6 against David Gray to win 10–4.888.com world championship: final qualifying round Snooker Scene May 1999 17–20 Ding Junhui became the first Chinese player to qualify for the main tournament, defeating Mark Davis 10–6.Snooker The Daily Telegraph 15 March 2007 81 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/198705255/ Newspapers.com Trump was the third-ever 17-year-old to qualify, overcoming James Wattana 10–5 after leading 9–1.Hendon David The Guardian 16 March 2007 A2 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/198705459/ Trump triumphs and will play at Crucible at 17 Newspapers.com First round thumb|alt=Graeme Dott playing a shot|Graeme Dott (pictured in 2014) was the defending champion, but he lost to Ian McCulloch 710 in the first round, succumbing to what has been called the 'Crucible curse'. The first round was played between 21 and 26 April as the best of 19 frame frames held over two session sessions. The defending champion, Graeme Dott, lost 710 to Ian McCulloch. This made Dott the 14th first-time champion who failed to defend his title since the tournament moved to the Crucible Theatre in 1977, succumbing to what has been called the 'Crucible curse'.https://snookerhq.com/2024/04/21/sorcery-sheffield-strikes-again-what-is-the-crucible-curse/ Sorcery in Sheffield strikes again – what is the Crucible Curse? SnookerHQ David Caulfield 21 April 2024 10 May 2024 23 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240423163233/https://snookerhq.com/2024/04/21/sorcery-sheffield-strikes-again-what-is-the-crucible-curse/ live "The way Ian [McCulloch] plays frustrated the life out of me," Dott said.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6579661.stm Champion Dott suffers shock exit 21 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241127133236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6579661.stm live In his match against Steve Davis, John Parrott compiled a century break of 126 and manufactured a 61 lead, but Davis stopped the rot with a break of 100 and produced further breaks of 69 and 70 to tie the match at 66. Parrott then compiled an 80 and a 64, and, although Davis forced a deciding frame with a break of 96, Parrott prevailed. Peter Ebdon, the winner of the 2006 UK Championship during the season, was faced with the 1995 runner-up, Nigel Bond. Ebdon manufactured a 40 lead, but Bond stopped the rot taking the following frame on the blue ball and then produced breaks of 40, 68, 46 and 114 to go 54 in front for the first time.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/22/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Bond shows his steel 22 April 2007 The Guardian 13 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100914/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/22/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live Ebdon turned the scores around once again with back-to-back breaks of 60, but Bond compiled yet another 60 to tie the scores 66. Bond made a century break as Ebdon won four out of the five last frames of the match for a 107 victory. 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. He won 104 over Michael Holt, whose "inability to deal with frustration" was heavily criticised by snooker commentator Clive Everton, writing for The Guardian. "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. Andy Hicks, a semi-finalist in 1995, was beaten by the 15th seed Ali Carter, who compiled century breaks of 112 and 129 en route to a 104 win.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/27/snooker.sport Higgins eases into second round as Holt self-destructs 27 April 2007 The Guardian 13 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100858/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/27/snooker.sport live Two qualifiers, Fergal O'Brien and Joe Swail, also won their first-round matches in a deciding frame. In a match that featured two century breaks, O'Brien was 64, 85 and 96 ahead of Barry Hawkins, but Hawkins made breaks of 129, 78 and 66 to tie the match 99. O'Brien won the 19th frame 7125 to win the match. "It's horrible having come back from 96 down to level at 99 and then get beaten," Hawkins said.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6581657.stm O'Brien stumbles to Hawkins win 23 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 7 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307015056/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6581657.stm live Swail fell 04 behind the two-time world champion Mark Williams, but replied with breaks of 66, 63, 53, 62, 71 and 72 to equalise. Swail also made a century break of 114 in the match, and breaks of both 65 and 56 in the decider, winning 109.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6587977.stm Swail edges Williams in thriller 24 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 23 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250323094517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6587977.stm live Also a qualifier, Mark Selby saw Stephen Lee compile breaks of 126, 64, 67 and 71 as he went 05 behind. However, Selby won eight frames in a row, later winning 107. "At 50 up I should have put my foot onto 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. thumb|left|alt=Mark Allen playing a shot|Mark Allen (pictured in 2015) was the only debutant to win his first-round match, a 107 defeat of the 1997 champion and third seed Ken Doherty. There were five debutants in this year's tournament: Mark Allen, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, David Gilbert and Joe Delaney. Allen, who faced the 1997 champion and third seed Ken Doherty, was the only one of the five who won his first-round match. Aided by break breaks of 92 and 95 in the first two frames, Allen led 40. Doherty made a 135 century break to level the scores at 7 each, but Allen clinched a 107 victory with three consecutive half-century breaks.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/24/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Debutant overcomes nerves to stun Doherty 24 April 2007 The Guardian 15 November 2021 3 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141003105332/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/24/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live Trump became only the third 17-year-old, after Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan, to qualify for the Crucible,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6456321.stm Trump books Crucible appearance 15 March 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6456321.stm live where he 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 65. However, Murphy won five frames in a row to advance into the second round. "The amount of talent he showed me at times baffled me. He was like Jimmy White when he first came here," Murphy said of Trump.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6583849.stm Murphy battles past valiant Trump 23 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 9 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230409161957/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6583849.stm live Gilbert, ranked 67th in the world, also took five consecutive frames, featuring one century break, to lead seven-time champion Stephen Hendry 51, but he eventually lost 710. "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.Hendry's focus steers him through https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/26/snooker.sport The Guardian 10 May 2024 26 April 2007 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100916/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/26/snooker.sport live Delaney won two deciders against Barry Pinches and Alan McManus to reach the Crucible, but, having trailed 05, he was beaten 210 by Matthew Stevens.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=194 Joe Delaney snooker.org 28 August 2025 19 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119094344/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=194 livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6579933.stm Stevens canters to easy victory 22 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101517/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6579933.stm live Ding, considered by bookmakers to be among the favourites for the title, was drawn against O'Sullivan, who alleged that the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association draw had been fixed. O'Sullivan noted that he had been drawn to Marco Fu in the first round of the 2003 edition and to the 2004 European Open and 2004 UK Championship winner Stephen Maguire in both 2004 and 2005. "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. He later withdrew the accusation, and made no formal complaint to the WPBSA, who maintained that the draw was "100% genuine".Viner Brian Interview: Snooker player Ding Junhui https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/interview-snooker-player-ding-junhui-445427.html The Independent UK 20 April 2007 3 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100209050445/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/interview-snooker-player-ding-junhui-445427.html 9 February 2010 dead https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6562751.stm O'Sullivan draw fix claim denied 27 April 2007 BBC Sport 17 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070428182432/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6562751.stm 28 April 2007 live O'Sullivan compiled a century break and further breaks of 58, 50, 60, 63, 63, 70, 87 and 72 to claim a 102 victory. Neil Robertson, champion of both the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2007 Welsh Open,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/30/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Robertson reins in the Rocket to set up tense finale 30 April 2007 The Guardian 13 May 2024 10 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080510155450/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/apr/30/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live made a half-century of 79 as he took a 40 lead over Ryan Day, 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 510. "Springy cushion cushions, many kick kicks and errors accounted for a lower standard than expected," wrote Everton about the match. Breaks of 84 and 80 aided Anthony Hamilton into a 50 lead against Marco Fu. Even though Fu made a century break, Hamilton took two frames by a single point and one on the re-spotted black, and won 103.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6580327.stm Hamilton eases past below-par Fu 22 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 30 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130063801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6580327.stm live Maguire defeated Joe Perry by the same margin, compiling breaks of 66, 64, 83, 124, 68 and 56 in the process. "I don't like to make excuses but he had a nice run of the balls and at this level it makes a difference," Perry said.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6586303.stm Maguire seals comfortable victory 24 April 2007 BBC Sport 28 August 2025 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101529/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6586303.stm live Second round thumb|alt=Snooker player John Parrott|The 1991 champion John Parrott (pictured in 2008) was defeated 813 by Shaun Murphy in the second round and never played at the final stages of the World Snooker Championship again. The second round of the event was played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 26 and 30 April. Breaks of 65 and 100 helped Murphy to a four-frame lead against Parrott, who recovered and equalled the scores at 88, making a 123 break in the process.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/28/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Murphy turns the screw and puts an end to Parrott's party Everton Clive 28 April 2007 The Guardian 15 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003204608/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/28/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 3 October 2015 live Murphy then made a total clearance of 131 and won five consecutive frames for a 138 victory. "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 Parrott about the final session.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6597317.stm Murphy makes Crucible last eight 27 April 2007 13 May 2024 BBC Sport 16 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416025922/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6597317.stm live This was the last time Parrot reached the final stages of the World Championship.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=408 John Parrott snooker.org 13 May 2024 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101148/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=408 live Hamilton made two centuries as he completed a 138 victory over McCulloch. "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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6598115.stm Hamilton cruises past McCulloch 28 April 2007 13 May 2024 BBC Sport 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101434/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6598115.stm live This was the last appearance at the Crucible for McCulloch.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=103 Ian McCulloch snooker.org 13 May 2024 13 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240513142339/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=103 live Maguire took a six-frame lead into the final session of his match against Swail. Swail made breaks of 82, 72, 56 and 77 to trail by three at 811.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6600627.stm Angry Maguire reaches last eight 28 April 2007 13 May 2024 BBC Sport 13 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240513151445/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6600627.stm live Maguire was told off by the referee, Michaela Tabb, for punching the table in desperation after missing a pot. Maguire, who later praised Swail as a "comeback player", won the last two frames for a 138 victory. Stevens won the first four frames in his match against Allen. Allen replied with two century breaks of 101 and 118 and a further half-century of 65. Stevens then made an 85 followed by a 101 and took two more frames to move to 83. Going 97 into the last session, the pair compiled one more century break each. Allen could have made it 1011, but he failed to pot a black ball in a frame which then went in Stevens's direction, who closed the match with a 139 score.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6601417.stm Stevens comes through Allen test 28 April 2007 13 May 2024 BBC Sport 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6601417.stm live Carter won six frames on the trot, featuring breaks of 78, 72 twice and 111, to lead Hendry 124 going into the final session. Hendry, chasing a record-extending eighth title, had changed cue cues three weeks ahead of the tournament, but blamed the poor performance on his lack of confidence and on his inability to reproduce his "practice form" on the Crucible table. Carter produced a further half-century as he closed the match with a 136 victory. "His safety play was some of the best that's ever been played against me. I don't think I've ever been snooker snookered so much in my life," praised Hendry.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6603987.stm In-form Carter ends Hendry hopes 30 April 2007 13 May 2024 BBC Sport 6 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230406221333/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6603987.stm live Higgins compiled breaks of 98, 135 and 100 in the second session against O'Brien, which ended 124, and he only needed one more frame at the resumption to secure victory, and he took it at the first chance. "I felt I wasn't going to miss," said Higgins, who was praised by his rival for being "brilliant".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6604593.stm Higgins clinches emphatic victory 30 April 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 14 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240514072325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6604593.stm live Robertson faced O'Sullivan, whom he had defeated en route to both of his tournament wins during the season, 51 in the quarter-finals of the Grand Prixhttps://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1017 Royal London Watches Grand Prix (2006) snooker.org 13 May 2024 3 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230603082724/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1017 live and 54 at the same stage of the Welsh Open.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1036 Welsh Open (2007) snooker.org 13 May 2024 30 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230530013701/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1036 live 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. At the resumption, O'Sullivan compiled another century to go 83 in front, but Robertson replied winning six frames on the trot, featuring breaks of 53, 77, 140 and 117. O'Sullivan then compiled breaks of 129, 96, 52 and 88 for a 1310 win. In his match against Ebdon, who admitted to "never" turning up during the event, Selby compiled consecutive century breaks of 100, 122 and 119 in the second session to go into the last one with a 106 lead. Further centuries of 130 and 116 put Selby one away from victory. Ebdon replied with a break of 97, but Selby claimed victory with another half-century. "My preparation was meticulous and I expected to play a lot better," lamented Ebdon.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6605633.stm Sizzling Selby knocks out Ebdon 30 April 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 14 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214150843/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6605633.stm live Quarter-finals thumb|left|alt=Stephen Maguire playing a shot|Stephen Maguire (pictured in 2012), playing Anthony Hamilton in his first-ever appearance in the quarter-finals of the World Championship, produced four century breaks for a 137 win. The quarter-finals of the event were played as the best of 25 frames, held over three sessions, between 1 and 2 May. Maguire, who faced Hamilton, had had a trophyless season coming into the World Championship, but he was still pleased with the good results he had got.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6611947.stm Awesome Maguire reaches last four 2 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 14 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240514080031/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6611947.stm live Maguire was playing in the quarter-finals for the first time, having been defeated in the first round in both 2004 and 2005 and in the second round in 2006.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=2 Stephen Maguire snooker.org 14 May 2024 18 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240218053325/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=2 live Century breaks of 106 and 143 ensured Maguire a 97 lead going into the final session. In the last session, Maguire produced a break of 96 and then compiled further centuries of 137 and 108 to secure a place in the semi-finals. "He was better all the way through the match," conceded Hamilton. Higgins took a 31 lead against O'Sullivan, who then produced breaks of 54, 65 and 60 to draw level at the end of the first session.O'Sullivan level after Higgins fails to pull away https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/02/snooker.sport The Guardian 14 May 2024 2 May 2007 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100904/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/02/snooker.sport live Higgins dominated the second session and this allowed him to put himself 115 ahead, compiling the 350th century break of his career in the process. O'Sullivan launched a comeback in the final session, but Higgins held it off and, in his own words, kept his "composure at the end" to seal a 139 victory. "Obviously he was the favourite, he's a great player, he's won everything, but I fancied winning. I have beat him a few times and backed myself to win the match," said Higgins.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6612805.stm Higgins ends O'Sullivan title bid 2 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 19 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419082524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6612805.stm live The other two matches went into deciders. Stevens faced Murphy in a repeat of the 2005 final, which Murphy had won 1816. Murphy trailed 03 and 511 as Stevens notched century breaks of 118 and 108 and further half-centuries of 64, 61, 52, 57 and 81. Despite only needing two more frames in the last session to advance into the semi-finals, Stevens could not prevent Murphy's comeback, who produced breaks of 92, 60, 61 and 94 for a 1312 victory. The match was regarded by the BBC as a "classic".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6611839.stm Murphy fightback shocks Stevens 2 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 9 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070509000308/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6611839.stm live Selby, playing in the quarter-finals of the World Championship for the first time, shared the first six frames of his encounter with Carter. Selby then compiled a century break of 121 and opened up a two-frame advantage for the first time in the duel, but Carter replied with a 144, which was the highest break of the tournament, and followed it up with three more frames for a 75 lead. Selby took four on the trot and secured a lead going into the final session. Carter forced the decider with a break of 78 in the 24th frame, but Selby went on to win producing a half-century of his own.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6612799.stm Selby finally shakes off Carter 2 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 14 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131214150840/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6612799.stm live Semi-finals thumb|alt=Snooker player Mark Selby|Qualifier Mark Selby (pictured in 2008) won consecutive deciding frame deciding frames–against Ali Carter in the quarter-finals and against Shaun Murphy in the semi-finals–to earn a place in the final of the World Championship for the first time in his career. The semi-finals were played as the best of 33 frames, held over four sessions, between 3 and 5 May. Maguire and Higgins produced one century break each as they reached the end of the first session tied at four frames each.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/03/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Higgins fights back against Maguire 3 May 2007 The Guardian 14 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515100927/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/03/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live The scores were still balanced at the end of the second session.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/04/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 Higgins and Maguire deadlocked as semi heads for tense finale 4 May 2007 The Guardian 14 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101236/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/04/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live Maguire could have gone two in front at 108, but he went in-off into one of the corner pocket corner pockets after potting a black ball black that was frame ball.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/05/snooker.sport Maguire shrugs off freak foul to burst clear of Higgins 5 May 2007 The Guardian 14 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101236/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/05/snooker.sport live Maguire then took the next three frames and a 129 lead, and he was also 1410 ahead. In turning the scores around for a 1715 victory, Higgins made two further century breaks. The second one, a 122 in the 29th frame, was the 1,000th century break ever made at the Crucible.Snooker: Selby pockets a place in the final; Snooker: 888.com World Championship from Sheffield http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25184550.html 6 May 2007 10 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140611124237/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25184550.html 11 June 2014 usurped dmy-all HighBeam Research Sunday Sun - Newcastle-upon-Tyne subscriptionLyon Sam Dirs Ben John Higgins (Sco) 17–15 Stephen Maguire (Sco) https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6619753.stm BBC Sport 19 April 2014 5 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20140420040815/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6619753.stm 20 April 2014 live Higgins, who was praiseful of Maguire's "unbelievable pots", thought that having given up on alcohol was helping with his game as he was more focused on practicing. "I just used to go out and enjoy myself and not practice for a few weeks. The weekends were all about going for a few drinks after watching Celtic and going to a club afterwards so I was never practising at weekends," he stated. Maguire regretted not having won the match despite having been four frames ahead. "I am absolutely numb. I threw away a great opportunity to win the title and can't believe what I've done," he lamented.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6620629.stm Classy Higgins books final berth 5 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 15 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215170816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6620629.stm live Selby, a qualifier and playing in the semi-finals of the World Championship for the first time, fell 15 behind Murphy, who compiled breaks of 70, 101 and 55. Selby had missed easy balls in the first few frames allowing Murphy chances, but managed to put two more frames on the board to head into the interval only two behind.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/04/snooker.sport Murphy leads as Selby struggles 5 May 2007 The Guardian 14 May 2024 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101105/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/04/snooker.sport live At the end of the second session, the deadlock had yet to be broken at 88. The last session began at 1212, and saw Murphy produce breaks of 101 and 132 and Selby compile a 104, for a total of seven century breaks in the match. The balance was restored once again at 14 each and Murphy then went 1614 ahead, only one away from victory, after taking a frame in which Selby needed a four-point snooker to tie, got six penalty points after snookering Murphy behind the pink ball pink but then failed to pot the blue to let his opponent in again. Selby came back and, after forcing the second consecutive decider, he wrapped up victory with a break of 64. "I held myself tegether very well, I thought, and now I'm living a dream. This is what I've dreamt of since I was a kid," said Selby after the match. He also thought there was "every chance" he would go on to win the tournament.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6621799.stm Selby pips Murphy to reach final 5 May 2007 14 May 2024 BBC Sport 19 December 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071219181858/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6621799.stm live Final thumb|left|alt=John Higgins playing a shot|John Higgins (pictured in 2008) defeated Mark Selby 1813 to win the World Championship for the second time. The final was played as a best-of-35-frames, held over four sessions on 6 and 7 May, between Higgins and Selby. Higgins was competing in his third World Championship final, having lost one and won the other one.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=237 John Higgins snooker.org 15 May 2024 15 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240215224957/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=237 live Selby, a qualifier, made his first appearance in the final. Having made his debut two years earlier, he had never made it past the second round. Selby was competing in the second ranking final of his career, after he was defeated in the 2003 Scottish Open.https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=17 Mark Selby snooker.org 15 May 2024 5 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230405151224/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=17 live Eirian Williams took charge of his third world final, having officiated the 2001 and 2005 finals.http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/EirianWilliams https://web.archive.org/web/20150412033215/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/EirianWilliams 12 April 2015 Eirian Williams worldsnooker.com 11 November 2010 15 May 2024 dead Although both players scored points in the first two frames, Higgins took them for a 20 early lead. Selby replied with three frames on the trot to turn the scores around, featuring a break of 67 and a century break of 116. Higgins then went on to win seven consecutive frames for a 93 advantage. The second session ended with an eight-frame cushion for Higgins, a lead that had never been reversed in a World Championship final played at the Crucible.Experience counts as Higgins surges into commanding lead https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/07/snooker.sport The Guardian 15 May 2024 7 May 2007 Clive Everton 15 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240515101159/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/07/snooker.sport live In the afternoon session, Selby constructed breaks of 109, 61, 62, 42 and 56 as he took six consecutive frames to cut the deficit to only two at 1012. Two more frames were scheduled to be played, but it was not possible due to slow play. "I was so delighted. If we had stayed on, Mark [Selby] would have definitely made it 1212 because I was gone at that stage," said Higgins afterwards. At the resumption, Higgins went three clear at 1310, but Selby took three of the next four, including one which lasted 55 minutes, and went only one behind at 1314. Higgins then won four consecutive frames, featuring breaks of 57, 129 and 78, to win the match and claim the championship.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm World Snooker 2007 - Final report 8 May 2007 15 May 2024 BBC Sport 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210626/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm liveHiggins rallies to take title after Selby comeback https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/08/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 The Guardian 15 May 2024 8 May 2007 Paul Weaver 1 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160801161914/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/may/08/snooker.worldsnookerchampionship2007 live The last ball of the final was potted at 12:54 a.m. BST, just two minutes later than in the previous final and making it the latest final ever.John Higgins held off a dogged fightback from Mark Selby to claim his second World Snooker Championship title at The Crucible https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm BBC Sport 3 October 2011 8 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20120423181807/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6633177.stm 23 April 2012 live Higgins claimed his second world title nine years after he won his first. "To join people like Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams is a special feeling for me. This is the second one and hopefully there'll be a third and fourth and so on," said Higgins on becoming a double world champion. He also ensured he would be world number one coming into the following season. Selby, who climbed to 11th in the rankings,https://www.snooker.org/Rnk/0708/ranking.asp World Rankings 2007/2008 snooker.org 15 May 2024 14 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240514151423/https://www.snooker.org/rnk/0708/ranking.asp live felt "proud" and promised to "give it a better shot" the following edition. "I didn't really think I could win it, but when I got back to 1210, I was believing I could," he said afterwards. Main draw The draw for the main tournament is shown below. The numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the seedings for the 16 seeded players (116). The match winners are shown in bold. The first round draw was conducted on BBC Breakfast on 19 March and presented a day later. high numbered auto Round 1 (Last 32)Best of 19 frames Round 2 (Last 16)Best of 25 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 25 frames Semi-finalsBest of 33 frames FinalBest of 35 frames 21 April Graeme Dott SCO (1) player seeding 7 Ian McCulloch ENG 10 21 & 22 April Anthony Hamilton ENG (16) player seeding 10 Marco Fu HKG 3 23 & 24 April Stephen Maguire SCO (9) player seeding 10 Joe Perry ENG 3 24 April Mark Williams WAL (8) player seeding 9 Joe Swail NIR 10 25 & 26 April John Higgins SCO (5) player seeding 10 Michael Holt ENG 4 22 & 23 April Barry Hawkins ENG (12) player seeding 9 Fergal O'Brien IRL 10 25 April Neil Robertson AUS (13) player seeding 10 Ryan Day WAL 5 22 & 23 April Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG (4) player seeding 10 Ding Junhui CHN 2 23 & 24 April Ken Doherty IRL (3) player seeding 7 Mark Allen NIR 10 21 & 22 April Matthew Stevens WAL (14) player seeding 10 Joe Delaney IRL 2 21 & 22 April Steve Davis ENG (11) player seeding 9 John Parrott ENG 10 23 April Shaun Murphy ENG (6) player seeding 10 Judd Trump ENG 6 21 & 22 April Peter Ebdon ENG (7) player seeding 10 Nigel Bond ENG 7 24 & 25 April Stephen Lee ENG (10) player seeding 7 Mark Selby ENG 10 25 & 26 April Ali Carter ENG (15) player seeding 10 Andy Hicks ENG 4 24 & 25 April Stephen Hendry SCO (2) player seeding 10 David Gilbert ENG 7 26, 27 & 28 April ENG Ian McCulloch 8 ENG Anthony Hamilton (16) player seeding 13 27 & 28 April SCO Stephen Maguire (9) player seeding 13 NIR Joe Swail 8 28, 29 & 30 April SCO John Higgins (5) player seeding 13 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 29 & 30 April AUS Neil Robertson (13) player seeding 10 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) player seeding 13 27 & 28 April NIR Mark Allen 9 WAL Matthew Stevens (14) player seeding 13 26 & 27 April ENG John Parrott 8 ENG Shaun Murphy (6) player seeding 13 29 & 30 April ENG Peter Ebdon (7) player seeding 8 ENG Mark Selby 13 28, 29 & 39 April ENG Ali Carter (15) player seeding 13 SCO Stephen Hendry (2) player seeding 6 1 & 2 May ENG Anthony Hamilton (16) player seeding 7 SCO Stephen Maguire (9) player seeding 13 1 & 2 May SCO John Higgins (5) player seeding 13 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) player seeding 9 1 & 2 May WAL Matthew Stevens (14) player seeding 12 ENG Shaun Murphy (6) player seeding 13 1 & 2 May ENG Mark Selby 13 ENG Ali Carter (15) player seeding 12 3, 4 & 5 May SCO Stephen Maguire (9) player seeding 15 SCO John Higgins (5) player seeding 17 3, 4 & 5 May ENG Shaun Murphy (6) player seeding 16 ENG Mark Selby 17 6 & 7 May SCO John Higgins (5) player seeding 18 ENG Mark Selby 13 Final: frame scores (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 6 & 7 May 2007Referee: Eirian WilliamsDowner Chris Crucible Almanac 2012 143 John Higgins (5) player seeding 1813 Mark Selby 53 (53) 71 (124) 06 (1210) 63 (1813) (frame 30) 129 116 (frame 5) 3 2 9 6 SCO John Higgins wins the 2007 World Snooker Championship Higgins Selby 73 58 19 25 10 97 (97) 98 86 75 (75) 75 (70) 101 (100) 70 59 98 78 (53) 106 (106) N/A 36 0 35 4 0 48 N/A N/A 81 63 75 22 54 71 57 (57) 129 (129) 78 (78) N/A 25 32 95 76 (67) 132 (116) 0 24 5 0 9 24 61 75 0 55 0 N/A 73 110 (109) 65 (61) 74 (62) 66 72 (56) N/A N/A 40 70 2 82 77 33 43 1 1 N/A Qualifying results The two preliminary qualifying rounds and four qualifying rounds for the tournament took place at Pontin's Prestatyn, Wales between 22 February and 2 March.2007 888.com World Championship Qualifying http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2007-888-qual1.htm Global Snooker Centre https://web.archive.org/web/20070819071719/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2006-7/2007-888-qual1.htm 19 August 2007Where it's at 2006/07 Snooker Scene December 2006 17–19 The final qualifying round took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield between the 12 and 15 March 2007. Pre-qualifying and Round 1 no Pre-qualifying Round 1Best of 9 frames Pre-qualifying Round 2Best of 19 frames Qualifying Round 1Best of 19 frames Bradley Jones ENG 5 Neil Selman ENG 0 Del Smith ENG 5 Tony Knowles ENG 4 Bradley Jones ENG 5 Stephen Ormerod ENG 0 Les Dodd ENG w/o David Singh IND w/d withdrew Ali Bassiri ENG 0 Phil Seaton ENG 5 Del Smith ENG 5 Barry Stark ENG 0 Issara Kachaiwong THA 8 Bradley Jones ENG 10 James Leadbetter ENG 10 Les Dodd ENG 8 Roy Stolk NLD 10 Phil Seaton ENG 7 Ben Woollaston ENG 10 ENG Del Smith 3 Rounds 2–5 no Round 2Best of 19 frames Round 3Best of 19 frames Round 4Best of 19 frames Round 5Best of 19 frames 200 Alfie Burden ENG 10 Robert Stephen SCO 9 Liu Song CHN 10 Dene O'Kane NZL 3 Judd Trump ENG 10 Bradley Jones ENG 8 Tian Pengfei CHN 10 Roy Stolk NLD 2 Mark Joyce ENG 10 Mohammed Shehab UAE 6 Paul Wykes ENG 3 Alex Borg MLT 10 Lee Page ENG 10 NIR Dermot McGlinchey 1 Matthew Couch ENG 10 Jamie Jones WAL 5 Ian Preece WAL 10 Ben Woollaston ENG 8 Liang Wenbo CHN 10 Jeff Cundy ENG 5 Paul Davison ENG 10 Peter Lines ENG 8 Passakorn Suwannawat THA 10 Patrick Einsle GER 4 Chris Melling ENG 6 David Morris IRL 10 Lee Spick ENG 10 Sean Storey ENG 4 Chris Norbury ENG 9 James Leadbetter ENG 10 Andrew Higginson ENG 10 Mark Boyle SCO 4 Dave Gilbert ENG 10 Alfie Burden ENG 9 Tony Drago MLT 9 Liu Song CHN 10 Shokat Ali PAK 7 Judd Trump ENG 10 Joe Jogia ENG 10 Tian Pengfei CHN 4 Robin Hull FIN w/d Mark Joyce ENG w/o Rory McLeod ENG 10 Alex Borg MLT 6 Paul Davies WAL 10 Lee Page ENG 1 Jimmy Michie ENG 10 Matthew Couch ENG 4 Joe Delaney IRL 10 Ian Preece WAL 7 Mike Dunn ENG 10 Liang Wenbo CHN 3 Jamie Burnett SCO 10 Paul Davison ENG 5 David Roe ENG 8 Passakorn Suwannawat THA 10 Andrew Norman ENG 10 David Morris IRL 8 Mark Allen NIR 10 Lee Spick ENG 5 Stuart Pettman ENG 3 James Leadbetter ENG 10 Scott MacKenzie SCO 6 Andrew Higginson ENG 10 Gerard Greene NIR 6 Dave Gilbert ENG 10 Adrian Gunnell ENG 10 Liu Song CHN 8 Jamie Cope ENG 7 Judd Trump ENG 10 Drew Henry SCO 10 Joe Jogia ENG 7 Fergal O'Brien IRL 10 Mark Joyce ENG 4 Tom Ford ENG 8 Rory McLeod ENG 10 Michael Judge IRL 10 Paul Davies WAL 5 Mark Davis ENG 10 Jimmy Michie ENG 2 Barry Pinches ENG 9 Joe Delaney IRL 10 Dave Harold ENG 10 Mike Dunn ENG 3 Jimmy White ENG 4 Jamie Burnett SCO 10 Marcus Campbell SCO 10 Passakorn Suwannawat THA 9 Dominic Dale WAL 10 Andrew Norman ENG 8 Rod Lawler ENG 5 Mark Allen NIR 10 John Parrott ENG 10 James Leadbetter ENG 7 Ricky Walden ENG 10 Andrew Higginson ENG 9 Mark King ENG 6 Dave Gilbert ENG 10 Michael Holt ENG 10 Adrian Gunnell ENG 7 James Wattana THA 5 Judd Trump ENG 10 Joe Perry ENG 10 Drew Henry SCO 5 Stuart Bingham ENG 5 Fergal O'Brien IRL 10 Andy Hicks ENG 10 Rory McLeod ENG 4 Marco Fu HKG 10 Michael Judge IRL 9 Ding Junhui CHN 10 Mark Davis ENG 6 Alan McManus SCO 9 Joe Delaney IRL 10 Joe Swail NIR 10 Dave Harold ENG 9 Nigel Bond ENG 10 Jamie Burnett SCO 6 Ryan Day WAL 10 Marcus Campbell SCO 5 Ian McCulloch ENG 10 Dominic Dale WAL 4 Robert Milkins ENG 4 Mark Allen NIR 10 David Gray ENG 7 John Parrott ENG 10 Mark Selby ENG 10 Ricky Walden ENG 6 Century breaks Main stage centuries A total of 68 century breaks were made during the main stage of the tournament, which was joint equal highest in the history of the tournament (with the tournament held in 2002) until 2009. A 144 by Ali Carter was the highest break of this stage.Downer Chris Crucible Almanac 2012 152Crucible Centuries http://www.snooker.org/Plr/wc_centuries.shtml snooker.org 5 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110523045039/http://www.snooker.org/plr/wc_centuries.shtml 23 May 2011 144, 129, 112, 111 Ali Carter 143, 137, 131, 124, 108, 106, 102 Stephen Maguire 140 Neil Robertson 135, 134, 129, 122, 113, 110, 106, 104, 104, 100, 100 John Higgins 135 Ken Doherty 132, 131, 101, 101, 100 Shaun Murphy 130, 129, 128, 122, 121, 119, 116, 116, 111, 109, 104, 100 Mark Selby 129, 109, 105, 104, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan 129 Barry Hawkins 126, 123 John Parrott 126 Stephen Lee 120 Fergal O'Brien 118, 108, 101 Matthew Stevens 118, 101 Mark Allen 114, 104 Nigel Bond 114, 104 Joe Swail 111, 107 Anthony Hamilton 110 Ian McCulloch 107 Marco Fu 103 Ding Junhui 100 Steve Davis 100 Ryan Day 100 Dave Gilbert Qualifying stage centuries A total of 61 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds. The highest was a 145 compiled by Rory McLeod. 145 Rory McLeod 142, 116, 106, 101 Judd Trump 141, 107 David Morris 139 Tian Pengfei 139 Mark Selby 138, 126, 112 James Leadbetter 138 Robert Milkins 136 Stuart Bingham 135 Ian Preece 134, 126 Ben Woollaston 132 Marcus Campbell 132 Jamie Cope 131 Dominic Dale 130, 115, 114, 106, 104, 103 Jamie Burnett 130 Mark Joyce 130 Jimmy White 129, 117, 100 Mark Davis 128, 124, 117, 102 Mark Allen 128 Nigel Bond 127 Ricky Walden 126, 114 Ding Junhui 124 Shokat Ali 123, 115 Matthew Couch 120 Joe Delaney 115 Alfie Burden 112, 101, 101 Joe Jogia 112 Passakorn Suwannawat 111, 106 Bradley Jones 110, 104 Dave Gilbert 105 Liang Wenbo 104 Dave Harold 104 Andy Hicks 104 Issara Kachaiwong 103 Jimmy Michie 103 Liu Song 102 Ian McCulloch 101 Roy Stolk 100 Scott MacKenzie Notes lower-alpha References 30em 2007 2007 World Championship World Snooker Championship Category:Sports competitions in Sheffield World Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship