2010 World Seniors Championship

Wyldecrest Park Homes
World Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–7 November 2010
Venue	Cedar Court Hotel
City	Bradford
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£50,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Final
Champion	Jimmy White
Runner-up	Steve Davis
Score	4–1
← 1991 2011 →

The 2010 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]

The event was last held in 1991. Cliff Wilson won in the final 6–4 against Eddie Charlton, to become the inaugural champion.^[2]

Jimmy White won in the final 4–1 against Steve Davis.^[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

• Friday, 5 November – 19:30
  • Peter Ebdon 0–2 Nigel Bond

Quarter-finals

Saturday, 6 November – 11:00 Ken Doherty 0–2 Nigel Bond Steve Davis 2–0 Joe Johnson

Saturday, 6 November – 15:00 Dennis Taylor 0–2 John Parrott Jimmy White 2–0 Cliff Thorburn

Semi-finals

Saturday, 6 November – 19:15 Steve Davis 3–1 Nigel Bond

Sunday, 7 November – 12:00 John Parrott 2–3 Jimmy White

Final

• Sunday, 7 November – 15:00
  • Steve Davis 1–4 Jimmy White

Qualifying

These matches took place between 29 to 30 May 2010 at the Cue Garden, Bradford, England. There was only one century break at qualifying (144) and was 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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5. "Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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7. "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
8. "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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10. "Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
11. "Results (Qualifying)". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
12. "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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