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| 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.
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." Jimmy White won in the 2010 final 4–1 against Steve Davis and claimed his 30th career title.
Prize fund※
The breakdown of prize money for this year is: shown below:
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. The draw for semi-finals was made on a random basis.
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.
Pre-qualifying※
- Friday, 5 November
Quarter-finals※
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Semi-finals※
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Final※
- Sunday, 7 November
Qualifying tournament※
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.
| 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
| 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※
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Davis To Face Johnson In World Seniors". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "White Finally Crowned World Champion". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Draw and Format". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Results (Qualifying)". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "2010 World Seniors Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "World Seniors Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2010.