2010 World Seniors Championship

Not to be confused with 2010 World Senior Curling Championships.

2010 World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates| 5–7 November 2010 (2010-11-05 – 2010-11-07)
Venue| Cedar Court Hotel
City| Bradford
Country| England
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Seniors event
Total prize fund| £50,000
Winner's share| £20,000
Final
Champion|  Jimmy White
Runner-up|  Steve Davis
Score| 4–1

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The 2010 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 5–7 November 2010 at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford, England.[1]

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

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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

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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

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* Friday, 5 November
* Peter Ebdon 0–2 Nigel Bond

### Quarter-finals

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* Saturday, 6 November
* Ken Doherty 0–2 Nigel Bond
* Steve Davis 2–0  Joe Johnson

* Saturday, 6 November
* Dennis Taylor 0–2 John Parrott
* Jimmy White 2–0  Cliff Thorburn

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### Semi-finals

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* Saturday, 6 November
* Steve Davis 3–1  Nigel Bond

* Sunday, 7 November
* John Parrott 2–3 Jimmy White

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### Final

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* Sunday, 7 November
* Steve Davis 1–4 Jimmy White

## Qualifying tournament

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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 | | | Final
Best of 7 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
|  Peter Lines | 2 | | |
|  Mike Hallett | 0 |
| |  Peter Lines | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 0 |
|  Tony Drago | 2 |

|  Tony Knowles | 0 |
| |  Peter Lines | 3 |
|  |
| | |  Nigel Bond | 4 |
|  Joe Swail | 2 | |

|  David Taylor | 0 |
| |  Joe Swail | 2 |
|  |
| | |  Nigel Bond | 3 |
|  Nigel Bond | 2 |

|  Dave Harold | 0 |

## References

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1. ^ "Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
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. ^ a b "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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