Betfred World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 18 Apr - 4 May 2015; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Mark Selby; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (143)

Final (Winner: £300,000; Runner-up: £125,000)
		Stuart Bingham [10]	18	-	15	Shaun Murphy [8]
	Session 1: 44-103 (68), 51-69 (59), 5-74 (65), 105-0 (105) 68-15 (56), 0-90 (90), 55-7, 73-30 (65) Session 2: 57-74 (74,57), 1-106 (106), 14-121 (121), 41-97 (51), 76-1 (76), 129-7 (123), 113-0 (89) 0-76 (76), 67-22 (53) Session 3: 87-4 (87), 68-40 (51), 112-0 (112), 95-23 (50) 4-80 (59), 87-0 (87), 0-84 (84), 86-7 (57) Session 4: 6-73, 102-6 (102), 55-75 (75), 29-68 (64) 0-76, 80-56, 68-3 (55), 88-1 (88) Referee: Olivier Marteel (his first worldsfinal) Bingham's 123 in frame 14 took this year�s century tally to 84 which beats the record from 2009. It ended on 86. Bingham had a chance of a 147 in frame 20 but missed the difficult last red and ended on 112. Frame 31 lasted more than 64 minutes. Bingham won it to lead 16-15. Bingham wins the last three frames to win the World Championship for the first time. He is the third oldest champion at the Crucible.
Semifinals (Losers receive £60,000)
		Shaun Murphy [8]	17	-	9	Barry Hawkins [5]	Murphy potted the final black in frame four but went in-off
	93-35 (92), 69-63 (BH 63), 103-24, 51-60 105-0 (105), 8-76 (69), 138-0 (138), 80-50 (79,50) 82-31 (73), 105-32 (105), 79-0 (79), 79-18 (72) 33-100 (79), 121-10 (121), 70-28, 86-0 (54) 65-1, 0-103 (103), 1-84 (57), 28-108 (104) 1-73 (73), 90-0 (90), 106-28 (106), 22-84 (76) 8-121 (103), 83-44 (83)						Murphy potted the final black in frame four but went in-off
		Stuart Bingham [10]	17	-	16	Judd Trump [6]	In frame 23 Bingham conceded 36 penalty points. An impressive century by Judd Trump took the match to a decider. It was the third frame in a row with a century and fourth in the last five. Bingham prevailed in the final frame though to reach his first World final.
	28-86, 66-64 (64,65), 47-64, 89-0 (89) 82-39, 75-56 (56,74), 0-81 (75), 77-0 (76) 63-43 (52), 6-119 (113), 51-72 (63), 74-9 (67) 75-41 (54), 35-66, 85-9 (85), 4-90 (64) 19-75 (61), 0-91 (91), 76-37 (67), 86-0 (62) 65-16, 78-23 (59), 79-87 (SB 56), 9-66 (65) 71-31, 0-88 (88), 5-103 (50), 110-8 (106) 0-76 (76), 102-15 (102), 14-114 (108) 0-129 (129), 62-6
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £30,000)
		Shaun Murphy [8]	13	-	8	Anthony McGill [32]	Murphy started the match with back to back centuries
		Barry Hawkins [5]	13	-	12	Neil Robertson [4]	Barry Hawkins won 6 frames in a row to go from 3-1 down to 7-3 up limiting Robertson to 8 points.
	Hawkins and Robertson made a total of eight centuries which is a record for best-of-25 matches at the Crucible.
		Judd Trump [6]	13	-	4	Ding Junhui [3]
		Stuart Bingham [10]	13	-	9	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]
	145 by Bingham ties Neil Robertson for the �10,000 high-break prize.
Round 2 (Last 16; Losers receive £20,000)
1		Anthony McGill [32]	13	-	9	Mark Selby [1]	McGill missed the black in frame 8 for a respot
2		Shaun Murphy [8]	13	-	5	Joe Perry [9]	Respot black in frame 8
3		Barry Hawkins [5]	13	-	11	Mark Allen [12]
4		Neil Robertson [4]	13	-	5	Ali Carter [13]
	145 by Robertson gives him a share of the �10,000 high-break prize with Bingham.
5		Ding Junhui [3]	13	-	9	John Higgins [14]
6		Judd Trump [6]	13	-	8	Marco Fu [11]
7		Stuart Bingham [10]	13	-	5	Graeme Dott [20]
8		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	13	-	5	Matthew Stevens [35]
Round 1 (Last 32; Losers receive £12,000 / £0)
1		Mark Selby [1]	10	-	9	Kurt Maflin [38]	Tremendous drama in the first match. Maflin came back from 8-4 down to lead 9-8 but defending champ Selby won 10-9 in the end after some great shots in the last frame.
2		Anthony McGill [32]	10	-	9	Stephen Maguire [16]
3		Joe Perry [9]	10	-	4	Zhang Anda [97]
4		Shaun Murphy [8]	10	-	3	Robin Hull [68]
5		Barry Hawkins [5]	10	-	9	Matthew Selt [31]	Selt was 7-2 and 9-4 behind
6		Mark Allen [12]	10	-	3	Ryan Day [21]	Allen won the last nine frames
7		Ali Carter [13]	10	-	5	Alan McManus [24]
8		Neil Robertson [4]	10	-	2	Jamie Jones [40]
9		Ding Junhui [3]	10	-	7	Mark Davis [19]
	Ding was on a max in frame nine but didn't realise it and went up for the blue ... Watch on Vine.
10		John Higgins [14]	10	-	5	Robert Milkins [18]
11		Marco Fu [11]	10	-	6	Jimmy Robertson [42]
12		Judd Trump [6]	10	-	6	Stuart Carrington [69]
13		Graeme Dott [20]	10	-	8	Ricky Walden [7]	Walden was on the way to a max in frame 12 but stopped on 104
14		Stuart Bingham [10]	10	-	7	Robbie Williams [58]
15		Matthew Stevens [35]	10	-	2	Mark J Williams [15]
16		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	10	-	3	Craig Steadman [80]	O'Sullivan was on his way to a max in the first frame but missed the 14th red

Betfred World Championship Qualifiers

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 8-15 Apr 2015; Venue: Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, England; View on separate page; Twitter: #SnookerWorldChamps; Notes: See also results (112)

Qual Round 3 (Last 48; Losers receive £9,000)
1		Craig Steadman [80]	10	-	6	Jamie Burnett [48]
2		Anthony McGill [32]	10	-	9	Mark King [33]
3		Jamie Jones [40]	10	-	8	Adam Duffy (a)
4		Alan McManus [24]	10	-	6	Mitchell Mann [99]
5		Ryan Day [21]	10	-	6	Jak Jones [109]
6		Stuart Carrington [69]	10	-	9	Li Hang [60]
7		Robin Hull [68]	10	-	4	Igor Figueiredo [95]
8		Graeme Dott [20]	10	-	7	Yu Delu [52]
9		Mark Davis [19]	10	-	3	Ken Doherty [46]
10		Matthew Stevens [35]	10	-	5	Joe Swail [67]
11		Kurt Maflin [38]	10	-	9	Fergal O'Brien [27]
12		Zhang Anda [97]	10	-	9	Liang Wenbo [22]
13		Jimmy Robertson [42]	10	-	9	Xiao Guodong [23]
14		Robbie Williams [58]	10	-	5	Michael Holt [26]
15		Matthew Selt [31]	10	-	8	Tom Ford [63]
16		Robert Milkins [18]	10	-	9	Andrew Higginson [50]
Qual Round 2 (Last 80; Losers receive £6,000)
1		Craig Steadman [80]	10	-	5	Michael White [17]
	140 by Steadman
2		Jamie Burnett [48]	10	-	8	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [49]
3		Mark King [33]	10	-	6	Marcus Campbell [64]
4		Anthony McGill [32]	10	-	6	Cao Yupeng [65]
5		Adam Duffy (a)	10	-	7	Sam Baird [72]
	Baird missed the pink on the way to a 147 in frame 12
6		Jamie Jones [40]	10	-	5	Tian Pengfei [84]
7		Mitchell Mann [99]	10	-	6	Gerard Greene [41]
8		Alan McManus [24]	10	-	4	Andrew Pagett [82]
9		Ryan Day [21]	10	-	2	Alex Davies [76]
10		Jak Jones [109]	10	-	5	Jack Lisowski [44]
11		Li Hang [60]	10	-	7	Gary Wilson [37]
12		Stuart Carrington [69]	10	-	7	Peter Ebdon [28]
13		Robin Hull [68]	10	-	6	Ben Woollaston [29]
14		Igor Figueiredo [95]	10	-	9	Rod Lawler [36]
	Figueiredo wins decider on the final black after having led 8-2 at one point
15		Yu Delu [52]	10	-	7	Mike Dunn [45]
16		Graeme Dott [20]	10	-	2	Fraser Patrick [77]
17		Mark Davis [19]	10	-	7	Oliver Lines [78]
18		Ken Doherty [46]	10	-	6	Lee Walker [112]
19		Matthew Stevens [35]	10	-	7	Peter Lines [62]
20		Joe Swail [67]	10	-	9	Dominic Dale [30]
21		Fergal O'Brien [27]	10	-	8	Chris Wakelin [70]
22		Kurt Maflin [38]	10	-	1	Steve Davis [115]
23		Zhang Anda [97]	10	-	9	Mark Joyce [43]
24		Liang Wenbo [22]	10	-	5	Zhou Yuelong [75]
25		Xiao Guodong [23]	10	-	5	Liam Highfield [74]
26		Jimmy Robertson [42]	10	-	6	T Tirapongpaiboon [111]
27		Robbie Williams [58]	10	-	8	Dechawat Poomjaeng [39]
28		Michael Holt [26]	10	-	2	Noppon Saengkham [71]
29		Matthew Selt [31]	10	-	8	Jimmy White [66]
30		Tom Ford [63]	10	-	8	David Gilbert [34]
31		Andrew Higginson [50]	10	-	3	Luca Brecel [47]
32		Robert Milkins [18]	10	-	6	Darryl Hill (a)
Qual Round 1 (Last 144; Losers receive £0)
1		Michael White [17]	10	-	8	Steven Hallworth [110]	White won seven in a row from 0-4 to 7-4
2		Craig Steadman [80]	10	-	5	Rhys Clark (a)
3		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [49]	10	-	8	Barry Pinches [90]
4		Jamie Burnett [48]	10	-	8	Alex Borg [98]
5		Mark King [33]	10	-	7	Michael Leslie [101]
6		Marcus Campbell [64]	10	-	2	Ivaylo Pekov (a)
7		Cao Yupeng [65]	10	-	8	Ross Muir [94]
8		Anthony McGill [32]	10	-	3	Hossein Vafaei
9		Adam Duffy (a)	10	-	6	Martin Gould [25]
10		Sam Baird [72]	10	-	7	Tony Drago [93]
11		Tian Pengfei [84]	10	-	2	Rory McLeod [57]
12		Jamie Jones [40]	10	-	3	Ashley Carty (a)
13		Gerard Greene [41]	10	-	4	Elliot Slessor [87]
14		Mitchell Mann [99]	10	-	4	Alfie Burden [56]
15		Andrew Pagett [82]	10	-	8	Lyu Haotian [73]
16		Alan McManus [24]	10	-	5	Michael Wasley [88]
17		Ryan Day [21]	10	-	7	Jamie Clarke (a)
18		Alex Davies [76]	10	-	6	Michael Georgiou [86]
19		Jak Jones [109]	10	-	7	Aditya Mehta [53]
20		Jack Lisowski [44]	10	-	7	Allan Taylor [102]
21		Gary Wilson [37]	10	-	5	Eden Sharav (a)
22		Li Hang [60]	10	-	1	Chris Melling [91]
23		Stuart Carrington [69]	10	-	6	Joel Walker [83]
24		Peter Ebdon [28]	10	-	6	Lu Ning [107]
25		Ben Woollaston [29]	10	-	8	Sean O'Sullivan (a)
26		Robin Hull [68]	10	-	3	Martin McCrudden (a)
27		Igor Figueiredo [95]	10	-	3	Nigel Bond [61]
28		Rod Lawler [36]	10	-	4	Michael Tomlinson (a)
29		Mike Dunn [45]	10	-	4	Itaro Santos (a)
30		Yu Delu [52]	10	-	0	Hans Blanckaert (a)
31		Fraser Patrick [77]	10	-	3	Brandon Sargeant (a)
32		Graeme Dott [20]	10	-	4	Mark Owens (a)
33		Mark Davis [19]	10	-	4	Joe O'Connor (a)
34		Oliver Lines [78]	10	-	7	Ian Glover [108]
35		Lee Walker [112]	10	-	9	David Morris [51]
	140 by Morris
36		Ken Doherty [46]	10	-	8	Reanne Evans (af)	In the last frame Doherty managed to get the snooker he required to avoid a deciding frame
37		Matthew Stevens [35]	10	-	5	Ahmed Saif [113]
38		Peter Lines [62]	10	-	6	Rodion Judin (a)
39		Joe Swail [67]	10	-	4	Alexander Ursenbacher [114]
40		Dominic Dale [30]	10	-	6	John Astley [81]
41		Fergal O'Brien [27]	10	-	5	Hammad Miah [96]
42		Chris Wakelin [70]	10	-	6	Nico Elton (a)
43		Steve Davis [115]	10	-	9	Jamie Cope [59]
	Davis won on the final black
44		Kurt Maflin [38]	10	-	5	David Grace [105]
45		Mark Joyce [43]	10	-	6	Ian Burns [85]
46		Zhang Anda [97]	10	-	3	Anthony Hamilton [54]
47		Zhou Yuelong [75]	10	-	8	Zak Surety [92]
48		Liang Wenbo [22]	10	-	4	Chris Norbury [104]
49		Xiao Guodong [23]	10	-	1	Ong Jia Jun Jaden (a)
50		Liam Highfield [74]	10	-	1	Oliver Brown (a)
51		T Tirapongpaiboon [111]	10	-	3	Kyren Wilson [55]
52		Jimmy Robertson [42]	10	-	7	Thor Chuan Leong
53		Dechawat Poomjaeng [39]	10	-	8	Daniel Wells (a)
54		Robbie Williams [58]	10	-	3	Lee Page [103]
55		Noppon Saengkham [71]	10	-	6	Lukas Kleckers (a)
56		Michael Holt [26]	10	-	3	Sydney Wilson (a)
57		Matthew Selt [31]	10	-	8	Lyu Chenwei [106]
58		Jimmy White [66]	10	-	3	James Wattana [116]
59		Tom Ford [63]	10	-	2	Andrew Norman [100]
	140 by Ford
60		David Gilbert [34]	10	-	5	George Pragnell (a)
61		Luca Brecel [47]	10	-	0	Saqib Nasir (a)
62		Andrew Higginson [50]	10	-	8	Scott Donaldson [89]
63		Darryl Hill (a)	10	-	9	James Cahill [79]
64		Robert Milkins [18]	10	-	6	William Lemons (a)

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