The 2022 World Mixed Doubles (officially the 2022 BetVictor World Mixed Doubles) was a non-

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professional

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team tournament that took place from 24 to 25 September 2022 at the

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. Organised by the

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and sponsored by bookmaker

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, the event was televised by

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. It was the first staging of the tournament since 1991, when

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and

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defeated

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and

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5–4 in the final in

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. It featured a total prize fund of £140,000, of which the winners received £60,000 (£30,000 per player). The event featured the top four men from the

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and the top four women from the

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rankings. The teams were selected via a draw that took place on 6 August 2022.

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was paired with

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Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player, a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently sixth on the list of all-time ranki ...

with

Ng On-yee Ng On-yee (; born 17 November 1990) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player who has won three IBSF World Snooker Championships and three World Women's Snooker world championships. She held the number one position in the World Women's Sno ...

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with

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, and

Neil Robertson Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United ...

with

Mink Nutcharut Nutcharut Wongharuthai (, ; born 7 November 1999), better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai professional snooker player who is the reigning World Women's Snooker Champion. She and Neil Robertson are also the reigning World Mixed Doubles champion ...

. The tournament was played as a round-robin with four- matches, followed by a final between the top-two placed teams. The team members made alternate visits to the table rather than playing alternate shots. Despite losing their first two round-robin matches, Robertson and Mink defeated Trump and Ng 4–0 in their last round-robin match to reach the final, where they defeated Selby and Kenna 4–2 to win the tournament. Selby made the event's highest break of 134.

Format

The World Mixed Doubles was played for the first time since 1991 in 2022. In 1991, the event was played in Hamburg, Germany, and was won by

and

, who defeated

and

5–4 in the final. The 2022 edition was played with four teams made up of the top four ranked players from the

and the

Tour. The event took place on 24 and 25 September 2022 at the

. Sponsored by bookmaker

, the event was televised by

. The four teams competed in a

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with matches played as the best-of-four . The two teams that won the most frames over the round-robin progressed to the final, contested over the best-of-seven frames. Instead of , the event was played using . The teams were selected via a draw that took place on 6 August 2022. The

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winner

was paired with 12-time

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winner

, 2019 World Snooker Championship winner

with

, and

with reigning women's world champion

Prize Fund

A breakdown of the prize money awarded for the event is shown below: * Winners: £60,000 – (£30,000 per player) * Runners-up: £40,000 – (£20,000 per player) * Third in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player) * Fourth in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player) * Total: £140,000

Tournament Summary

All matches in the round-robin phase were a best-of-four, with the first two matches played on 24 September. Ng and Trump won their opening frame against O'Sullivan and Evans, before Trump made a of 75 to take a 2–0 lead. They also won the third frame, with Ng making a before Evans made a break of 62 in the final frame. Speaking after the 3–1 win, Ng commented that her clearance in frame three had "huge pressure but luckily I handled it well". In the opening frame of the next match, Selby made the highest break of the event, a 134 against Robertson and Mink. Robertson made 64 in the next frame, but only won one frame as Selby made breaks of 40 and 64 to win 3–1. The final was played over the best of seven frames on the evening of 25 September. Robertson and Mink defeated Selby and Kenna 4–2.

Draw

Round Robin

The results from the round-robin is shown below. Teams in bold denote match winners.

Final

Century breaks

There were three

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s made during the event. The highest was a 134 made by Selby in the first frame of their group stage match against Robertson and Mink. * 134, 107 –

* 111 –

References

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