2015 World Seniors Championship

December 2014 May 2026 2015 World Seniors Championship 2015 03 2 2015 03 3 y Circus Arena Blackpool England WPBSA Seniors event £50,000 £18,000 WAL Mark Williams (140) WAL Mark Williams IRL Fergal O'Brien 2–1 2013 2016 The 2015 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Betway World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 2–3 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.Tournament Calendar 2014/2015 http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2014#current Snooker.org 21 December 2014 25 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625091256/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2014#current live The Circus Arena played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.New Criteria For World Seniors http://www.worldsnooker.com/new-criteria-for-world-seniors/ worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 1 September 2014 18 January 2016 27 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171227180337/http://www.worldsnooker.com/new-criteria-for-world-seniors/ live The age limit of the event was reduced from 45 to 40 years, allowing players such as Mark Williams, Peter Ebdon, Dominic Dale and Fergal O'Brien to enter. Players had to be aged 40 or above at the end of the 2015 World Championship (4 May 2015). Steve Davis was the defending champion,World Seniors Championship: Steve Davis beats Nigel Bond 2-1 in Portsmouth final http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/8983211/world-seniors-championship-steve-davis-beats-nigel-bond-2-1-in-portsmouth-final Sky Sports 21 October 2013 21 December 2014 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221190504/http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/8983211/world-seniors-championship-steve-davis-beats-nigel-bond-2-1-in-portsmouth-final live but he lost 0–2 against Fergal O'Brien in the quarter-finals. Mark Williams won his 26th professional title by defeating Fergal O'Brien 2–1 in the final.Williams Wins Senior Crown http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4533290,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 March 2015 3 March 2015 6 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150306173408/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4533290,00.html liveMark Williams wins the World Seniors Championship http://www1.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/9742641/mark-williams-wins-the-world-seniors-championship Sky Sports 3 March 2015 4 March 2015 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114813/http://www1.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/9742641/mark-williams-wins-the-world-seniors-championship live Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Shaw Jamie World Seniors Championship 2015 live scores and tournament schedule http://www.snooker-news.com/category/invitational-events/world-seniors-championship-2015-tournament-schedule-201503020002/ snooker-news.com 2 March 2015 3 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094854/http://www.snooker-news.com/category/invitational-events/world-seniors-championship-2015-tournament-schedule-201503020002/ 2 April 2015 deadBetway World Seniors Championship (2015) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=370 Snooker.org 21 December 2014 17 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150217031958/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=370 live Winner: £18,000 Runner-up: £8,000 Semi-finalist: £4,000 Quarter-finalist: £2,000 Last 16: £1,000 Total: £50,000 Main draw The draw for the last 16 was made on 3 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York during the UK Championship. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to the final stages in Blackpool. There were three century breaks during the tournament. Mark Williams made a 140 break against Darryn Walker and Fergal O'Brien made a 110 and 105 break against Peter Ebdon.World Seniors Championship: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13783 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 3 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150303130911/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13783 3 March 2015 live dmy no Last 16 Best of 3 frames Quarter-finals Best of 3 frames Semi-finals Best of 3 frames Final Best of 3 frames IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Peter Ebdon 0 ENG Steve Davis 2 ENG Rory McLeod 1 IRL Ken Doherty 2 ENG Jimmy White 0 WAL Darren Morgan 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 0 ENG John Parrott 2 CAN Cliff Thorburn 0 SCO Paul McPhillips 2 ENG Joe Johnson 1 WAL Dominic Dale 2 ENG Nigel Bond 0 WAL Mark Williams 2 ENG Darryn Walker 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Steve Davis 0 IRL Ken Doherty 2 WAL Darren Morgan 0 ENG John Parrott 2 SCO Paul McPhillips 0 WAL Dominic Dale 0 WAL Mark Williams 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 IRL Ken Doherty 0 ENG John Parrott 0 WAL Mark Williams 2 IRL Fergal O'Brien 1 WAL Mark Williams 2 Final Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio.Tower Circus, Blackpool, England, 3 March 2015.April 2022 Mark Williams 2–1 Fergal O'Brien 30–41, 87–4 (73), 94–0 73 Highest break 39 0 Century breaks 0 1 50+ breaks 0 Qualifying These matches were played on 20 and 21 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England.World Seniors Championship Qualifiers Draw & Results http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/eaacfc9d-8cc7-48d9-a7f0-83a7aacecb7f.pdf World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 December 2014 22 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222163253/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/eaacfc9d-8cc7-48d9-a7f0-83a7aacecb7f.pdf 22 December 2014 dead dmy-all World Seniors Snooker Championship 2015 Qualifiers Provisional Format http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ef/c4/0,,13165~181487,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221200042/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/ef/c4/0,,13165~181487,00.pdf 21 December 2014 live dmy-all World Seniors Championship Qualifiers (2014) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=387 Snooker.org 21 December 2014 22 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122101134/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=387 live There were two century breaks during the qualifying. Dominic Dale made a 129 break against Peter Delaney and Rory McLeod made a 104 break against Andrew Milliard.World Seniors Championship qualifiers: century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13791 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 21 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225015209/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13791 25 December 2014 live dmy Round 1Best of 3 frames Round 2Best of 3 frames Round 3Best of 3 frames Round 4Best of 3 frames no MLT Tony Drago 1 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Andrew Milliard 2 ENG Tony Taylor 1 IND David Singh w/d ENG Jamie Bodle w/o ENG Ian Brumby 2 ENG Ashley Beal 0 IRL Dessie Sheehan 1 IRL John Leahy 2 NIR Gerard Greene 2 ENG Balvinder Sembi 0 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Steve Meakin 1 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Andrew Milliard 0 ENG Alan Edmonds w/d ENG Jamie Bodle w/o ENG Ian Brumby 2 IRL John Leahy 1 NIR Gerard Greene 0 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Jamie Bodle 1 ENG Ian Brumby 2 SCO Alan McManus 0 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG Ian Brumby 0 Round 1Best of 3 frames Round 2Best of 3 frames Round 3Best of 3 frames Round 4Best of 3 frames no WAL Dominic Dale 2 ENG Peter Delaney 0 ENG Geoff Williams 2 ENG Stuart Parnell 1 ENG Mike Dunn w/d ENG Peter Bardsley w/o ENG Joe Perry w/d ENG Andrew Alexandrou w/o MRI Richard Somauroo 0 WAL Tony Chappel 2 SCO Scott MacFarlane 2 ENG Paul Davison 1 ENG Dave Harold 2 NED Raymon Fabrie 0 WAL Dominic Dale 2 ENG Geoff Williams 1 ENG Peter Bardsley 1 ENG Andrew Alexandrou 2 WAL Anthony Davies 1 WAL Tony Chappel 2 SCO Scott MacFarlane 0 ENG Dave Harold 2 WAL Dominic Dale 2 ENG Andrew Alexandrou 0 WAL Tony Chappel 2 ENG Dave Harold 0 WAL Dominic Dale 2 WAL Tony Chappel 0 Round 1Best of 3 frames Round 2Best of 3 frames Round 3Best of 3 frames Round 4Best of 3 frames no ENG Anthony Harris 2 ENG Shane Haines 0 ENG Darryn Walker 2 ENG Jamie Home 0 WAL Darren Thompson w/o ENG Anthony Hamilton w/d ENG Andy Hicks 0 ENG Peter Lines 2 ENG Johnathan Bagley w/o MLT Alex Borg w/d ENG Jamie Rous 2 ENG Tony Knowles 1 SCO David McLellan 1 FIN Robin Hull 2 ENG Anthony Harris 0 ENG Darryn Walker 2 ENG Paul Stockwell 0 WAL Darren Thompson 2 ENG Peter Lines 0 ENG Johnathan Bagley 2 ENG Jamie Rous 0 FIN Robin Hull 2 ENG Darryn Walker 2 WAL Darren Thompson 1 ENG Johnathan Bagley 2 FIN Robin Hull 1 ENG Darryn Walker 2 ENG Johnathan Bagley 0 Round 1Best of 3 frames Round 2Best of 3 frames Round 3Best of 3 frames Round 4Best of 3 frames no SCO Marcus Campbell w/o ENG Nigel Gilbert n/s ENG Mike Hallett 0 ENG Gary Filtness 2 ENG Karl Townsend 2 ENG Craig Barber 1 ENG Ian Barry Stark 2 ENG Rod Lawler 0 SCO Craig MacGillivray 2 ENG Hassan Vaizie 0 IRL Patsy Fagan 2 JAM Paul Moss 0 ENG Dean Reynolds 0 SCO Marcus Campbell 2 SCO Paul McPhillips 2 ENG Gary Filtness 0 ENG Karl Townsend 2 ENG Ian Barry Stark 1 SCO Craig MacGillivray 2 IRL Patsy Fagan 0 SCO Marcus Campbell 1 SCO Paul McPhillips 2 ENG Karl Townsend 0 SCO Craig MacGillivray 2 SCO Paul McPhillips 2 SCO Craig MacGillivray 1 Round 1Best of 3 frames Round 2Best of 3 frames Round 3Best of 3 frames Round 4Best of 3 frames no ENG David Roe 0 NIR Joe Swail 2 ENG Jimmy O'Shea 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Mark King 2 ENG Barry Pinches 0 ENG Les Dodd 0 ENG John Welsh 2 ENG Alex Peart 0 ENG Adrian Rosa 2 ENG Gary Miller 0 NIR Joe Swail 2 ENG Mark Davis 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 ENG Mark King 0 ENG John Welsh 2 ENG Adrian Rosa 0 NIR Joe Swail 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 2 ENG John Welsh 1 IRL Fergal O'Brien 2 ENG Gary Wilkinson 1 Centuries Main stage centuries 140 Mark Williams 110, 105 Fergal O'Brien http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=370 888casino.com World Seniors Championship (2015) - snooker.org 21 December 2014 17 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150217031958/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=370 dead Qualifying stage centuries 129 Dominic Dale References 2 2015 Category:2015 in snooker Category:2015 in English sport Category:Sport in Blackpool Category:2010s in Lancashire