2024 World Seniors Championship

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2024 edition of the World Seniors snooker championship

2024 World Seniors ChampionshipTournament information

Dates| 8–12 May 2024 (2024-05-08 – 2024-05-12)
Venue| Crucible Theatre
City| Sheffield
Country| England
Organisation| World Seniors Tour
Format| Seniors event

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The 2024 World Seniors Championship (officially the 2024 Mr Vegas World Seniors Championship) is a snooker tournament that is taking place from 8 to 12 May 2024 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the sixth consecutive year that the tournament is held at the venue. Open to all players over 40 who are ranked outside the top 64 in the snooker world rankings, the event is the 15th edition of the World Seniors Championship, first held in 1991. Organised by the World Seniors Tour, the event is being broadcast domestically by Channel 5 and internationally by other broadcasters.

Jimmy White was the defending champion, having defeated Alfie Burden 5‍-‍3 in the 2023 final, but he lost 0‍-‍3 to Igor Figueiredo in the quarter-finals.

## Overview[edit]

The 2024 World Seniors Championship is a snooker tournament that is taking place from 8 to 12 May 2024 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[1] The 15th edition of the World Seniors Championship,[2] first played in 1991,[3] it is held at the Crucible for the sixth consecutive year and sponsored for the first time by online casino Mr Vegas.[4] A World Seniors Tour event, the tournament is open to all players over 40 who were ranked outside the top 64 in the snooker world rankings.[5] A 30-second shot clock is in place.[6] The event is being broadcast domestically on Channel 5 for the first time[1] and by Huya TV for viewers in Asia.[7]

### Participants[edit]

The main stage of the event features sixteen competitors.[4] Jimmy White, who defeated Alfie Burden 5‍-‍3 in the final of the 2023 edition[8] to claim a record-extending fourth title, is the defending champion.[9][10]

Former world champions Ken Doherty, Joe Johnson and Tony Drago were invited to take part in the event. Stephen Hendry was also invited to play, but decided not to enter.[citation needed] Four other players qualified as the winners of regional seniors titles: European seniors champion Darren Morgan, Pan-American seniors champion Igor Figueiredo, African seniors champion Mohamed Khairy, and Asia-Pacific seniors champion Tyson Crinis.[11] Khairy was unable to travel to the event due to visa issues for the second year in a row, and was replaced in the draw by Stuart Watson.[12] Tessa Davidson, topping the female rankings, became the second female player to take part in the final stages of the World Seniors Championship after Maria Catalano in the 2022 event.[13] Tony Knowles, James Wattana and Dechawat Poomjaeng were also invited.[11]

Four qualifying events were held ahead of the tournament. Andrew Norman booked his place for a Crucible debut via the first event, in which he defeated his brother-in-law Ben Hancorn.[14] In the final of the second one, Barry Pinches beat Lee Walker, 2022 champion of the World Seniors.[15] Michael Judge won over Fergal O'Brien in the final of the third, played in Carlow, Ireland.[16] Rodney Goggins whitewashed Nigel Howe in the final of the last one, which took place in Saint Helier.[17]

### Prize fund[edit]

The winner of the event will receive £20,000, which means an increase of £5,000 with regard to the previous year event.[11]

## Summary[edit]

### First round[edit]

Tessa Davidson, who lost her first round match against Igor Figueiredo with a 1‍-‍3 result, became the first female player to win a frame in the final stages of the World Seniors Championship.[13]

The first round matches were played as the best of five frames on 8 and 9 May.[12][4] In the opening match, two-time World Championship semi-finalist James Wattana took a 2‍-‍0 lead and then prevented Rodney Goggins's comeback with a half-century in the deciding frame to advance into the quarter-finals.[18][19] The 1997 world champion, Ken Doherty, shared the first two frames of his encounter with Tyson Crinis, but then took the third by only one point and made a break of 68 in the fourth to seal victory.[20][19] Stuart Watson, ranked first in the seniors rankings, whitewashed three-time world semi-finalist Tony Knowles, although Knowles scored points in all three frames.[21][19] In playing the 2021 semi-finalist Igor Figueiredo, Tessa Davidson became the second woman (after Maria Catalano in 2022) to ever take part in the main stage of the World Seniors Championship.[13] Figueiredo won the opening frame, but Davidson took the second one, also becoming the first female player to win a frame at that stage of the tournament.[13] Figueiredo then clinched victory with a 3‍-‍1 result.[22][13]

On the second day, the 1997 International Open runner-up Tony Drago won 3‍-‍1 over Michael Judge, with Drago scoring the exact same amount of points (73) in every frame he took.[23] In the fourth frame, Judge was on a break, but the blue ball bounced out of the back of the middle pocket after he seemed to have potted it.[24] "Sometimes, I repeat sometimes, you get what you pay for", complained world number one Mark Allen on social media.[25] Andrew Norman took the first two frames of his encounter with defending champion Jimmy White, who then produced a half-century of 54 in the third to halve the deficit and went on to force the decider.[26] Norman made a 52-point break in the deciding frame, but he did not manage to produce a good safety shot and let White in, who completed the comeback for a 3‍-‍2 win.[26][27] Barry Pinches scored 199 points without reply as he opened up a 2‍-‍0 lead over 1986 world champion Joe Johnson.[28] Johnson won the third frame on the final black ball to halve the deficit, but Pinches won the match 3‍-‍1.[29] The 2011 champion Darren Morgan was defeated 1‍-‍3 by Dechawat Poomjaeng in the last match of the first round.[26][30]

### Quarter-finals[edit]

Jimmy White (pictured in 2014) had reached the final of the World Seniors Championship for five years in a row, but he was whitewashed by Igor Figueiredo in the quarter-finals.

The quarter-final matches are being played as the best of five frames on 10 May.[12][4] White, who had reached the final of the championship for the last five years in a row, was whitewashed 0‍-‍3 by Figueiredo.[31] In his match against Doherty, Poomjaeng made a 50-point break in the third frame to go 2‍-‍1 ahead, but Doherty produced breaks of 51 and 70 to turn the scores around.[32]

### Semi-finals[edit]

The semi-finals will be played as the best of seven frames on 11 May.[12][4]

### Final[edit]

The final, officiated by referee Leo Scullion, will be played as the best of nine frames on 12 May.[12][4]

## Main draw[edit]

The results for the main draw are shown below. Numbers given to the left of players' names are their seedings.[33] Match winners are denoted in bold.[34][12][4]

| First round
Best of 5 frames | | | Quarter–finals
Best of 5 frames | | | Semi–finals
Best of 7 frames | | | Final
Best of 9 frames |

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|  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | | |  |  |  |
| 1 |  Jimmy White (ENG) | 3 | | | |
|  |  Andrew Norman (ENG) | 2 |
| | 1 |  Jimmy White | 0 |
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| | |  |  Igor Figueiredo | 3 |
|  Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 3 |

|  Tessa Davidson (ENG) | 1 |
| |  Igor Figueiredo |  |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago |  |
|  Tony Knowles (ENG) | 0 | |

|  Stuart Watson (ENG) | 3 |
| |  Stuart Watson | 1 |
|  |
| | |  Tony Drago | 3 |
|  Tony Drago (MLT) | 3 |

|  Michael Judge (IRL) | 1 |
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|  Joe Johnson (ENG) | 1 | | |

|  Barry Pinches (ENG) | 3 |
| | Barry Pinches |  |
|  |
| | |  James Wattana |  |
|  James Wattana (THA) | 3 |

|  Rodney Goggins (IRL) | 2 |
| |  |  |  |
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| | | 2 |  Ken Doherty |  |
|  Darren Morgan (WAL) | 1 | |

|  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) | 3 |
| |  | Dechawat Poomjaeng | 2 |
|  |
| | | 2 |  Ken Doherty | 3 |
| 2 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 3 |

|  |  Tyson Crinis (AUS) | 1 |

### Final[edit]

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion
Crucible Theatre, 12 May 2024[12]

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Frame scores:
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## References[edit]

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30. ^ "Match Sheet: Last 16 - Darren Morgan vs Dechawat Poomjaeng". snookerscores.net. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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