World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 3-12 Apr 2023; Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England; Type: Qualifying (see main event); Twitter: #WorldSnookerChampionship ; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 4 (Last 48; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	0	Scott Donaldson [49]
	Donaldson withdrew during the interval after four frames citing health reasons. 146 by Day in the first frame.
2		Pang Junxu [33]	10	-	5	Xu Si [65]
	This will be Pang's first Crucible appearance
3		Jimmy Robertson [25]	10	-	2	Anthony Hamilton [40]
4		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	5	Zhou Yuelong [24]
5		Hossein Vafaei [21]	10	-	6	Jackson Page [53]
6		David Grace [60]	10	-	5	Andrew Higginson (a)
7		Joe Perry [29]	10	-	9	Mark Davis [61]	re-rack in frame 18
	Decided on the final black						re-rack in frame 18
8		David Gilbert [20]	10	-	7	Matthew Stevens [52]	Re-racks in frame 14 and 17
9		Anthony McGill [19]	10	-	6	Cao Yupeng [46]
10		Noppon Saengkham [30]	10	-	9	Zhang Anda [62]
	Decided on the final black
11		Matthew Selt [27]	10	-	6	Graeme Dott [38]
12		Ricky Walden [22]	10	-	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]
13		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	7	Jordan Brown [42]
	This will be Si's first Crucible appearance
14		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	8	Chris Wakelin [26]
	This will be Wu's first Crucible appearance
15		Fan Zhengyi [34]	10	-	6	Stephen Maguire [31]
	This will be Fan's first Crucible appearance
16		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	8	Barry Hawkins [18]
	This will be Jones' first Crucible appearance
Qual Round 3 (Last 80; Losers receive £10,000 / £0)
1		Ryan Day [17]	10	-	8	Ashley Hugill [81]
2		Scott Donaldson [49]	10	-	7	Yuan Sijun [48]
3		Xu Si [65]	10	-	7	Jamie Jones [32]
4		Pang Junxu [33]	10	-	6	Ken Doherty [97]
5		Anthony Hamilton [40]	10	-	9	Oliver Lines [57]
6		Jimmy Robertson [25]	10	-	6	Ben Mertens [89]
7		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	9	Liam Highfield [41]
8		Zhou Yuelong [24]	10	-	4	James Cahill [88]
9		Hossein Vafaei [21]	10	-	4	Andrew Pagett [85]	Re-spotted black in frame 1 (64-64)
10		Jackson Page [53]	10	-	6	Martin Gould [44]
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	8	Joe O'Connor [28]
12		David Grace [60]	10	-	8	Sam Craigie [37]
13		Mark Davis [61]	10	-	8	Lyu Haotian [36]
14		Joe Perry [29]	10	-	8	Sanderson Lam [93]
15		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	3	Jamie Clarke [45]
16		David Gilbert [20]	10	-	3	Barry Pinches [84]
17		Anthony McGill [19]	10	-	9	John Astley [83]	Re-spotted black in frame 16
18		Cao Yupeng [46]	10	-	6	Ben Woollaston [51]
19		Noppon Saengkham [30]	10	-	6	Martin O'Donnell (a)
20		Zhang Anda [62]	10	-	5	Xiao Guodong [35]
21		Graeme Dott [38]	10	-	6	Andy Hicks [59]
22		Matthew Selt [27]	10	-	7	Peter Lines [70]
23		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [43]	10	-	5	Mark Joyce [54]
24		Ricky Walden [22]	10	-	6	Ian Burns [75]
25		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	5	Tom Ford [23]	Re-rack in frame 9
26		Jordan Brown [42]	10	-	7	Dominic Dale [55]
27		Chris Wakelin [26]	10	-	2	Aaron Hill [90]
28		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	2	Tian Pengfei [39]
29		Fan Zhengyi [34]	10	-	8	Iulian Boiko (a)
30		Stephen Maguire [31]	10	-	4	Alfie Burden [95]
31		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	9	Robbie Williams [47]
32		Barry Hawkins [18]	10	-	4	David Lilley [82]
Qual Round 2 (Last 112; Losers receive £5,000 / £0)
1		Ashley Hugill [81]	10	-	8	Lukas Kleckers [80]
2		Scott Donaldson [49]	10	-	1	Liam Davies (a)	Re-rack in frame 8
3		Xu Si [65]	10	-	4	Zak Surety [96]
4		Ken Doherty [97]	10	-	6	Hammad Miah [64]
5		Oliver Lines [57]	10	-	9	Michael Holt (a)	Re-rack in frame 8
6		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	6	Julien Leclercq [72]
7		Elliot Slessor [56]	10	-	3	Ian Martin (a)	Re-spotted black in frame 6
8		James Cahill [88]	10	-	6	Lei Peifan [73]
9		Andrew Pagett [85]	10	-	7	Duane Jones [76]	Pagett trailed 3-6 but won 7 of the next 8 frames.
10		Jackson Page [53]	10	-	2	Ross Muir (a)
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	7	Louis Heathcote [69]
12		David Grace [60]	10	-	8	Sean O'Sullivan [101]
	O'Sullivan had a total clearance with all blacks in frame 3. Unfortunately no max though as he potted two reds after the 10th black. So "only" 140. :-( Watch on Twitter: Part 1 and Part 2. Amazingly it's not a first. Liang Wenbo did the same in the 2018 Riga Masters. Watch on Twitter.
13		Mark Davis [61]	10	-	8	Michael Georgiou (a)
14		Sanderson Lam [93]	10	-	5	Mitchell Mann [68]
15		Matthew Stevens [52]	10	-	8	Dechawat Poomjaeng [109]	Stevens won the final frame after needing two snookers
16		Barry Pinches [84]	10	-	6	Fraser Patrick [77]
17		John Astley [83]	10	-	8	Craig Steadman [78]
18		Ben Woollaston [51]	10	-	6	Daniel Wells (a)
19		Martin O'Donnell (a)	10	-	4	Jimmy White [67]	Re-rack in frame 14
20		Zhang Anda [62]	10	-	3	Stan Moody (a)
21		Andy Hicks [59]	10	-	7	Jamie O'Neill [102]
22		Peter Lines [70]	10	-	6	Haydon Pinhey (a)	Pinhey conceded frame 12 when 54-1 down with 59 points remaining
23		Mark Joyce [54]	10	-	3	Anton Kazakov [118]
24		Ian Burns [75]	10	-	9	Dylan Emery [86]
25		Si Jiahui [74]	10	-	7	Florian Nüßle (a)	N��le was 1-9 down.
26		Dominic Dale [55]	10	-	6	Asjad Iqbal [106]
27		Aaron Hill [90]	10	-	3	Michael White [71]
28		Wu Yize [58]	10	-	7	Allan Taylor [103]
29		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	5	Stuart Carrington [63]
30		Alfie Burden [95]	10	-	7	Alexander Ursenbacher [66]
31		Jak Jones [50]	10	-	6	Adam Duffy [111]
32		David Lilley [82]	10	-	9	Gerard Greene [79]
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Ashley Hugill [81]	10	-	8	George Pragnell (a)
2		Liam Davies (a)	10	-	8	Fergal O'Brien [112]	Davies won frame 16 on a respotted black. He'd already needed foul points to force the respot.
3		Zak Surety [96]	10	-	6	Farakh Ajaib (a)
4		Ken Doherty [97]	10	-	5	Reanne Evans (f) [115]
5		Michael Holt (a)	10	-	8	Ng On Yee (f) [104]	Re-spotted black in frame 15.
	Ng's 115 in frame 2 is the highest break ever by a woman in the World Championship. It's also her first century at the World Snooker Tour.						Re-spotted black in frame 15.
6		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	3	Victor Sarkis [116]
7		Ian Martin (a)	10	-	8	Ryan Thomerson [105]
8		James Cahill [88]	10	-	4	Stephen Hendry [119]
9		Andrew Pagett [85]	10	-	9	Gao Yang (a)
10		Ross Muir (a)	10	-	5	Oliver Brown [108]
11		Andrew Higginson (a)	10	-	3	Andy Lee [92]
12		Sean O'Sullivan [101]	10	-	9	Liam Graham (a)	Seven times foul and a miss against O'Sullivan in frame 18
13		Michael Georgiou (a)	10	-	4	Peng Yisong [100]
14		Sanderson Lam [93]	10	-	7	Liam Pullen (a)
15		Dechawat Poomjaeng [109]	10	-	7	Mink Nutcharut (f) [113]
	Mink's 100 in frame 13 was her first century break as a professional, and the first by a woman at the World Championship since Kelly Fisher in 2002
16		Barry Pinches [84]	10	-	6	Ross Bulman (a)
17		John Astley [83]	10	-	9	Steven Hallworth (a)	Hallworth was 7-3 down
18		Daniel Wells (a)	10	-	2	Himanshu Jain [110]
19		Martin O'Donnell (a)	10	-	5	Marco Fu [94]
20		Stan Moody (a)	10	-	7	Andres Petrov [99]
21		Jamie O'Neill [102]	10	-	5	Bulcsu Revesz (a)
22		Haydon Pinhey (a)	10	-	5	Dean Young [91]
23		Anton Kazakov [118]	10	-	6	Mohamed Ibrahim [107]
24		Dylan Emery [86]	10	-	4	Ma Hailong (a)
25		Florian Nüßle (a)	10	-	2	Michael Judge [87]
26		Asjad Iqbal [106]	10	-	3	Jenson Kendrick [114]
27		Aaron Hill [90]	10	-	3	Baipat Siripaporn (af)
28		Allan Taylor [103]	10	-	0	Filips Kalnins (a)
29		Iulian Boiko (a)	10	-	2	Muhammad Asif [98]
30		Alfie Burden [95]	10	-	3	Rebecca Kenna (f) [117]
31		Adam Duffy [111]	10	-	8	Billy Castle (a)
32		David Lilley [82]	10	-	7	Rory McLeod (a)	Frame 16 was re-racked but postponed due to the imminent subsequent session.

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