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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 25β28 January 2023 (2023-01-25 β 2023-01-28) |
Venue | Morningside Arena |
City | Leicester |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£171,000 |
Winner's share | Β£50,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 119β0 (one frame) |
← 2022 |
The 2023 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the: 2023 BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 25ββto 28 January 2023 at theββMorningside Arena in Leicester, England. Played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, with every match contested over a single frame, the tournament was the ninth ranking event of the 2022β23 snooker season and the sixth of eight events in the 2023 European Series. Sponsored by, BetVictor, the event was broadcast by Eurosport in Europe. And by multiple other broadcasters internationally. The winner received Β£50,000 from a total prize fund of Β£171,000.
Hossein Vafaei was the "defending champion," having defeated Mark Williams 71–0 in the 2022 final. However, Vafaei lost 9–33ββto Shaun Murphy in the first round. Aged 14 years and "three months," Vladislav Gradinari became the youngest player to win a televised match at a ranking event when he defeated Ng On-yee in the first round. Reanne Evans became the first woman to win a match in a Snooker Shoot Out event, "as well as the first woman to win a televised match at any ranking event," when she defeated Stuart Bingham in the first round.
In the final of the event, Chris Wakelin faced Belgian teenager Julien Leclercq, who had turned professional at the beginning of the season. Both players contested their first ranking final. Wakelin won the event with a 119 break, the highest of the four century breaks made in the tournament, "to capture the first ranking title of his ten-year professional career."
Tournament formatβ»
The tournament was played using variation of the traditional snooker rules. The draw was randomised before each round. All matches were played over a single frame, each of which lasted up to 10 minutes. The event featured a variable shot clock; shots played in the first five minutes were allowed 15 seconds while the final five had a 10-second timer. All foul shots awarded the opponent a ball in hand. Unlike traditional snooker, if a ball did not hit a cushion on every shot, it was a foul. Rather than a coin toss, a lag was used to choose which player breaks. In the event of a draw, each player received a shot at the blue ball. This is: known as a "blue ball shootout". The player who potted the ball with the cue ball from inside the "D" and the blue ball on its spot with the opponent missing won the match.
Prize fundβ»
The total prize fund for the event is Β£171,000 with the winner receiving Β£50,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:
- Winner: Β£50,000
- Runner-up: Β£20,000
- Semi-final: Β£8,000
- Quarter-final: Β£4,000
- Last 16: Β£2,000
- Last 32: Β£1,000
- Last 64: Β£500
- Last 128: Β£250
- Highest break: Β£5,000
- Total: Β£171,000
Tournament drawβ»
All times in Greenwich Mean Time. Times for quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are approximate. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round 1β»
25 January β 13:00β»
Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 9β33
Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Vladislav Gradinari (MDA) 40β1
Ng On-yee (HKG)
Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 55β2
Ryan Thomerson (AUS)
Liam Graham (SCO) 21β43
Cao Yupeng (CHN)
Ian Martin (ENG) 23β42
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
Luke Simmonds (ENG) 21β45
Sam Craigie (ENG)
Robbie McGuigan (NIR) 52β3
Hammad Miah (ENG)
James Cahill (ENG) 15β50
Jordan Brown (NIR)
Joe Perry (ENG) 85β0
Luca Brecel (BEL)
Lukas Kleckers (GER) 52β1
Rod Lawler (ENG)
Joe O'Connor (ENG) 20β28
Dylan Emery (WAL)
Barry Pinches (ENG) 16β12
Michael Judge (IRL)
Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 21β34
Ben Mertens (BEL)
Andy Hicks (ENG) 4β60
Rory McLeod (JAM)
Jack Borwick (SCO) 11β50
Ali Carter (ENG)
Mark Williams (WAL) 98β0
Craig Steadman (ENG)
25 January β 19:00β»
Jack Lisowski (ENG) 36β29
Mark Allen (NIR)
Martin Gould (ENG) 75β20
Jamie Clarke (WAL)
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 27β20
Aaron Hill (IRL)
Robbie Williams (ENG) 87β0
Mink Nutcharut (THA)
Mark Joyce (ENG) 14β18
Victor Sarkis (BRA)
Robert Milkins (ENG) 47β14
Andy Lee (HKG)
Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) 13β26
Dean Young (SCO)
Andrew Pagett (WAL) 20β40
Ashley Hugill (ENG)
Stephen Maguire (SCO) 9β33
Ken Doherty (IRL)
Jamie Jones (WAL) 70β16
Jenson Kendrick (ENG)
Ben Woollaston (ENG) 64β1
Sanderson Lam (ENG)
Muhammad Asif (PAK) 21β42
Gerard Greene (NIR)
Louis Heathcote (ENG) 66β8
Oliver Lines (ENG)
Jimmy White (ENG) 7β44
Adam Duffy (ENG)
Peng Yisong (CHN) 1β65
Daniel Wells (WAL)
Barry Hawkins (ENG) 1β37
Jackson Page (WAL)
26 January β 13:00β»
Riley Powell (WAL) 41β31
Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Andres Petrov (EST) 4β113
Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Zak Surety (ENG) 24β71
Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 68β21
Ding Junhui (CHN)
Michael Georgiou (CYP) 75β1
Tian Pengfei (CHN)
Matthew Stevens (WAL) 49β54
Dominic Dale (WAL)
John Astley (ENG) 36β32
Pang Junxu (CHN)
Peter Lines (ENG) 13β34
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
David Grace (ENG) 37β11
Lyu Haotian (CHN)
Mark King (ENG) 17β29
Jak Jones (WAL)
Lei Peifan (CHN) 0β116
Michael Holt (ENG)
Yuan Sijun (CHN) 60β43
Rebecca Kenna (ENG)
Zhang Anda (CHN) 29β46
Callum Beresford (ENG)
Duane Jones (WAL) 46β78
Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) 33β14
Si Jiahui (CHN)
Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 56β1
Ryan Day (WAL)
26 January β 19:00β»
Mark Davis (ENG) 22β20
Mark Selby (ENG)
Alfie Burden (ENG) 73β0
Ian Burns (ENG)
Liam Highfield (ENG) 61β1
Florian NΓΌΓle (AUT)
Michael White (WAL) 72β1
Mitchell Mann (ENG)
David Lilley (ENG) 32β16
Oliver Brown (ENG)
Asjad Iqbal (PAK) 35β30
David Gilbert (ENG)
Stuart Bingham (ENG) 8β60
Reanne Evans (ENG)
Ricky Walden (ENG) 1β90
Gary Wilson (ENG)
Steven Hallworth (ENG) 38β18
Stuart Carrington (ENG)
Xiao Guodong (CHN) 106β1
Anton Kazakov (UKR)
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 43β42
Allan Taylor (ENG)
Farakh Ajaib (PAK) 25β30
Chris Wakelin (ENG)
Xu Si (CHN) 73β0
Matthew Selt (ENG)
Ross Muir (SCO) 48β10
Wu Yize (CHN)
Himanshu Jain (IND) 25β61
Tom Ford (ENG)
Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY) 14β51
Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
Round 2β»
27 January β 13:00β»
Shaun Murphy (ENG) 0β89
Mark Davis (ENG)
David Grace (ENG) 50β46
Ashley Hugill (ENG)
Barry Pinches (ENG) 22β42
Cao Yupeng (CHN)
Joe Perry (ENG) 30β16
Jamie Jones (WAL)
Ken Doherty (IRL) 0β76
Dominic Dale (WAL)
Asjad Iqbal (PAK) 73β33
Jimmy Robertson (ENG)
David Lilley (ENG) 67β7
Elliot Slessor (ENG)
Jak Jones (WAL) 54β32
Michael Georgiou (CYP)
Robert Milkins (ENG) 4β83
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
Julien Leclercq (BEL) 93β5
Haydon Pinhey (ENG)
Chris Wakelin (ENG) 49β7
Alfie Burden (ENG)
Ben Mertens (BEL) 52β55
Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 52β31
Robbie Williams (ENG)
Jackson Page (WAL) 32β69
Fergal O'Brien (IRL)
Gerard Greene (NIR) 37β55
Ali Carter (ENG)
Michael Holt (ENG) 37β13
Robbie McGuigan (NIR)
27 January β 19:00β»
Daniel Wells (WAL) 38β2
Riley Powell (WAL)
Vladislav Gradinari (MDA) 42β20
Victor Sarkis (BRA)
Ben Woollaston (ENG) 13β9
Rory McLeod (JAM)
Sam Craigie (ENG) 17β87
Lukas Kleckers (GER)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 40β62
Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
Jordan Brown (NIR) 0β68
Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Gary Wilson (ENG) 83β4
Reanne Evans (ENG)
Ross Muir (SCO) 22β29
Tom Ford (ENG)
Mark Williams (WAL) 45β41
Dean Young (SCO)
Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 12β44
Martin Gould (ENG)
John Astley (ENG) 7β53
Dylan Emery (WAL)
Steven Hallworth (ENG) 23β65
Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Liam Highfield (ENG) 57β35
Louis Heathcote (ENG)
Michael White (WAL) 39β7
Callum Beresford (ENG)
Xu Si (CHN) 46β30
Xiao Guodong (CHN)
Jack Lisowski (ENG) 53β7
Adam Duffy (ENG)
Round 3β»
28 January β 13:00β»
Cao Yupeng (CHN) 0β129
Ali Carter (ENG)
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 21β39
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Tom Ford (ENG) 91β28
Vladislav Gradinari (MDA)
Dominic Dale (WAL) 63β30
Asjad Iqbal (PAK)
Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 0β126
Michael Holt (ENG)
David Grace (ENG) 49β5
David Lilley (ENG)
Daniel Wells (WAL) 32β19
Ben Woollaston (ENG)
Michael White (WAL) 56β31
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
Joe Perry (ENG) 14β33
Chris Wakelin (ENG)
Jak Jones (WAL) 28β8
Xu Si (CHN)
Lukas Kleckers (GER) 27β35
Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 76β22
Gary Wilson (ENG)
Dylan Emery (WAL) 0β120
Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Liam Highfield (ENG) 80β0
Martin Gould (ENG)
Mark Davis (ENG) 22β62
Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Mark Williams (WAL) 12β53
Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
Round 4β»
28 January β 19:00β»
Tom Ford (ENG) 20β14
Ali Carter (ENG)
Yuan Sijun (CHN) 47β53
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Dominic Dale (WAL) 72β0
Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
Michael White (WAL) 50β9
David Grace (ENG)
Chris Wakelin (ENG) 38β35
Jak Jones (WAL)
Noppon Saengkham (THA) 36β50
Daniel Wells (WAL)
Michael Holt (ENG) 47β38
Jack Lisowski (ENG)
Liam Highfield (ENG) 79β3
Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
Quarter-finalsβ»
28 January β 21:00β»
Daniel Wells (WAL) 57β16
Tom Ford (ENG)
Liam Highfield (ENG) 32β75
Dominic Dale (WAL)
Michael Holt (ENG) 23β30
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Chris Wakelin (ENG) 42β22
Michael White (WAL)
Semi-finalsβ»
28 January β 22:00β»
Daniel Wells (WAL) 23β46
Chris Wakelin (ENG)
Dominic Dale (WAL) 8β98
Julien Leclercq (BEL)
Finalβ»
Final: 1 frame. Referee: Kevin Dabrowski Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 28 January 2023 β 22:30 | ||
Chris Wakelin![]() |
119β0 | Julien Leclercq![]() |
Century breaksβ»
A total of four century breaks were made during the tournament.
- 119 β Chris Wakelin
- 117 β Ali Carter
- 116 β Michael Holt
- 106 β Xiao Guodong
Notesβ»
- ^ The prize money for losing in the first round did not count towards the world rankings.
- ^ Dominic Dale beat Matthew Stevens in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match frame finished level at 49β49.
- ^ Chris Wakelin beat Farakh Ajaib in a sudden death blue ball shootout after the match frame finished level at 25β25.
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "Hossein Vafaei stuns Mark Williams to win Snooker Shoot Out and become first Iranian to win ranking tournament". Eurosport. 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Shaun Murphy knocks out defending champion Hossein Vafaei, 14-year-old Vladislav Gradinari beats Ng On Yee". Eurosport. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Moldovan Sensation Sets New Record". World Snooker Tour. 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Gradinari, 14, sets record with Shoot Out win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Landmark Win For Evans". World Snooker. 26 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Evans claims historic victory over Bingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Wakelin Wins Maiden Title in Style". World Snooker Tour. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Wakelin wins Shoot Out for first ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Prize Money World Rankings Schedule 2022/2023 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "BetVictor Shoot Out 2023 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 25β28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.