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The 2021 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2021 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 17 April to 3 May 2021 at the

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, England. It was the 45th consecutive year the

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was held at the Crucible Theatre and the 15th and final ranking event of the

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. It was organised by the

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. The event was sponsored by sports betting company

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and broadcast by the

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and

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. It featured a total prize fund of £2,395,000 of which the winner received £500,000. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 5 and 14 April 2021 at the

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in Sheffield. There were 128 participants in the qualifying rounds, consisting of a mix of professional and invited amateur players. The main stage of the tournament featured 32 players: the top 16 players from the

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and an additional 16 players from the qualifying rounds.

Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...

was the defending champion, having won his sixth world title at the previous year's event, where he defeated

Kyren Wilson Kyren Wilson (; born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Kettering and a five-time ranking event winner. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events, having reached the final at both the 2018 ...

18–8 in the final. O'Sullivan lost in the second round to

Anthony McGill Anthony McGill (born 5 February 1991) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of retired snooker player Alan McManus. McGill turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. He wo ...

12–13.

Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the ...

defeated

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex and r ...

18–15 in the final to win his fourth world title and the 20th ranking title of his career. There were a record 108

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s made at the Crucible, with an additional 106 made in qualifying rounds. The tournament's highest break was 144 by Murphy in the second round.

Background

The

features 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a

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format, each match played over a number of . The 32 players for the event are selected through a mix of the

and a pre-tournament qualifying stage. The first World Snooker Championship final took place in

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. The final was held at

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, England, and the title was won by

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. Since 1977, the event has been held at the

, England. It is organised by

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along with the

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(WPBSA). ,

Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish professional snooker player who dominated the sport during the 1990s, becoming one of the most successful players in its history. After turning professional in 1985 at age 16, Hendry ...

and

Ronnie O’Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...

are the event's most successful participants in the modern era, having both won the championship seven times. The 2020 championship had been won by English player

, who defeated compatriot

in the final 18–8 to win his sixth world title. The event was returned to its traditional April schedule after the 2020 championship was delayed to late July because of the

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. The winner of the 2021 championship received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000.

Format

The 2021 World Snooker Championship took place between 17 April and 3 May 2021 at the Crucible Theatre. The event featured a 32-player main draw, preceded by a 128-player qualifying draw held at the

. Qualifying for the event was played between 5 and 14 April, finishing three days before the start of the main draw. The qualifying stage was played over four rounds, and the higher-ranked players were

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ed and given byes to the later rounds. The tournament was the last of 15 ranking events in the 2020–21 season on the

. It was the 45th consecutive year that the tournament had been held at the Crucible, and the 53rd successive world championship to be contested through the modern knockout format. The tournament was sponsored by sports betting company

, as it had been since 2009. The top 16 players in the latest 2020–21 snooker world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was automatically seeded first overall. The remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings, released after the

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. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as the best of 19 frames, second-round matches and quarter-finals were played as the best of 25 frames, and the semi-finals were played as the best of 33 frames. The final was played over two days as a best-of-35-frames match.

Coverage

The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on the

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. The event was broadcast in Europe and Australia by Eurosport. Other international broadcasts were provided by

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in Canada, the United States, and Brazil. In territories where there was no other coverage, the event was broadcast by

. On 13 March 2021, World Snooker announced that the championship would welcome a limited number of spectators, as part of the Events Research Programme run by the British government in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Details were announced on 7 April, beginning with an audience of 33 per cent of the arena's full capacity for the first round, an increasing number of spectators through the tournament, and a full-capacity crowd to be admitted for the final. All spectators were tested for COVID-19 before and after attending the event.

Prize fund

The winner of the event received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: * Winner: £500,000 * Runner-up: £200,000 * Semi-finalists: £100,000 * Quarter-finalists: £50,000 * Last 16: £30,000 * Last 32: £20,000 * Last 48: £15,000 * Last 80: £10,000 * Last 112: £5,000 * Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000

Summary

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event was held between 5 and 14 April over four rounds, and 16 players qualified for the main stage. Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry was playing in the World Championship for the first time since announcing his retirement in 2012. He met six-time runner-up

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in the first round, the pair having met in four previous finals. Hendry defeated White 6–3, but lost his second-round match 1–6 to

Xu Si Xu Si (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Career Xu Si first started playing snooker aged 12 at his local club in Jieyang during the school holidays. After a few weeks he became determined to become a snooker pla ...

. The defeat for White meant he was not ranked high enough to remain on the World Snooker Tour, but he was later given an invitational place for the following two seasons. Three-time World Championship semi-finalist

Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player and current commentator who works for Eurosport. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has won two ranking events, the 1994 Du ...

announced his retirement after his second-round loss to

Bai Langning Bai Langning (, born 17 April 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Bai is one of eight Chinese players currently suspended from the professional tour amid a match-fixing investigation. Career Early career Bai Langning was born in J ...

. Bai reached the final round of qualifying by defeating

Ben Woollaston Ben Woollaston (born 14 May 1987) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. His sole professional title came at the minor-ranking third Players Tour Championship event in 2011. Woollaston's only ranking event final came at the ...

6–5. Two amateur players progressed through the first round. Julien Leclercq defeated

Soheil Vahedi Soheil Vahedi ( fa, سهیل واحدی, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional snooker player. Career In 2009 Vahedi entered the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish, Iran in which he reached ...

6–5 in the first round, but lost 2–6 to

Chang Bingyu Chang Bingyu (; born 8 August 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Chang is one of ten Chinese players currently suspended from the professional tour amid a match-fixing investigation. In January 2023, the WPBSA charged him with fi ...

. Florian Nüßle defeated world number 111

Ben Hancorn Ben Hancorn (born 24 May 1982) is an England, English former professional snooker player. Career In 2008, Hancorn was the runner up in the English Amateur Championship, losing the final to David Grace (snooker player), David Grace. Following thi ...

in the first round 6–2, but lost to world number 50 Mark King 3–6 in the second round. World number 84 Jamie Clarke was trailing 0–5 in his second-round match against

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, but won six frames in a row to win the match. He then defeated world number 20 Joe Perry 6–2 to reach the final round of qualifying. The fourth and final round of qualifying took place on 13 and 14 April. Matches in this round were played over the best of 19 frames. Four players were competing having started in the opening round: Bai Langning, Jamie Clarke,

Igor Figueiredo Igor Almeida Figueiredo (born October 11, 1977) is a Brazilian former professional snooker player. Career Amateur career Prior to entering the PIOS tour in 2009, Figueiredo had only played on 10-foot tables in his home country. Despite this, hi ...

, and Steven Hallworth, but all four lost their final qualifying match. Bai lost 5–10 to

Martin Gould Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He has appeared in four ranking finals and won one ranking title, the 2016 German Masters. Career Gould began his pr ...

; Clarke led 7–2, but won just one more frame, as he lost 8–10 to

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; Figueiredo lost 7–10 to

Mark Joyce Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Cha ...

and Hallworth lost to 2019 semi-finalist Gary Wilson 3–10.

First round

The draw for the main stage of the tournament was held on 15 April 2021. The opening round took place between 17 and 22 April, each match played as the best of 19 frames. Defending champion O'Sullivan played debutant Joyce in the opening match. O'Sullivan led 3–1, before Joyce made two half-century breaks to trail by one frame. O'Sullivan won the last two frames of the first session to take a 6–3 lead. Joyce won the first frame in the second session, but O'Sullivan took the next to lead 7–4 and then scored three century breaks of 124, 137, and 112 to win the match 10–4. Reigning Masters champion

Yan Bingtao Yan Bingtao (, born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the youngest player to win the Amateur World Snooker Championship after defeating Muhammad Sajjad 8–7. Having qualified to compete on the main tour for ...

played Gould, making five breaks higher than 50 and tying the score at 4–4, having only played eight frames in their opening session. Yan then made two century breaks to lead 8–5, and won the match 10–6. David Gilbert, the 2019 semi-finalist, won seven of the first eight frames of his match against

Chris Wakelin Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He practices in Bar 8 in Rugby. Career Early career Wakelin started playing snooker aged 8, when his parents Mark and Angie bought him his ...

, winning the first session 7–2 and the match 10–4. The 2010 champion and third seed

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 ...

led 6–3 over

Liang Wenbo Liang Wenbo (; born 25 March 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player based at the Oracle Snooker Club, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Liang, who plays left-handed, has reached one Triple Crown final, made three Masters appearances, and ...

after their first session. Robertson won all four frames in the second session to progress with a 10–3 victory. Jamie Jones had returned to the tour for the 2020–21 season, having lost his professional status in 2019 after serving a year-long ban for contravening betting regulations. Jones trailed

Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in ...

0–3, but pulled ahead to lead 5–4 after the first session, and took all five frames played in the second session to win the match 10–4. He commented that he felt the ban had caused him to "lose everything", while Maguire commented that he was "frustrated. I don’t think there's a word for how I played. If there is a word, I'd get fined!". The previous year's semi-finalist

led

Ricky Walden Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester. Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...

5–4 in the first session, and won five of the next six to win 10–5. Four-time champion

John Higgins John Higgins, (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 career ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (39) and Stephen Hendry ( ...

played qualifier

Tian Pengfei Tian Pengfei (, born 16 August 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He began his career by playing the Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. Tian played on the Main Tour in 2006 and competed on the ...

. The pair played just seven of the nine allotted frames in their opening session due to slow play, Tian winning four of the first five to lead 4–3. In the second session, Tian took three of the first four frames to lead 7–4. Higgins, however, won five frames in a row to lead 9–7 before the match was halted as their afternoon session overran. When the match resumed later, Higgins took the 17th frame to win 10–7. After the match, Higgins suggested that Tian would be "kicking himself" for not taking advantage of his own "soul destroying" performance. Jack Lisowski PHC 2016

Kyren Wilson trailed 1–5 in his match against Gary Wilson, but recovered by winning the last three frames of the opening session to only trail 4–5. He also took the first three frames of the second session to move ahead 7–5. Gary Wilson made two half-century breaks to tie the match 7–7, before Kyren scored a half century and a break of 119 to lead 9–7. Gary Wilson took frame 18, but Kyren Wilson won the match with a break of 73.

Jack Lisowski Jack Adam Lisowski (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire. He turned professional in 2010 by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings. A left-handed player, he is known for his atta ...

trailed

Ali Carter Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached numb ...

1–3, but ended up leading 5–4 after the first session. The pair were later tied at 8–8, before Carter won frame 17 and Lisowski won the next with a break of 82 to force a deciding frame. Lisowski made a break of 60 to win the final frame and the match. When interviewed afterwards, he admitted that Carter was the "worst draw" but added: "I've never won a tournament so why not make the World Championship the first one?" Mark Allen defeated

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, having led 7–2 after the first session and then winning three straight frames to take the match 10–2. The first session of the match between

Ding Junhui Ding Junhui (; born 1 April 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the most successful Asian player in the history of the sport. Throughout his career, he has won 14 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (200 ...

and

Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world and Masters champion. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional ...

ended with a on the final , Ding attempting a pot, in which the black ended in the opposite corner from where he was attempting a pot, giving him a 5–4 lead. Bingham made breaks of 60, 92, and 104, en route to a 9–8 advantage, before Ding took frame 18 to tie the match and force a deciding frame. This final frame was delayed until after the next session ended; Ding made a break of 45, but misjudged a pot on a , allowing Bingham to make a break of 70 to win the match. World number one

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 ...

defeated

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10–4, having won the opening session 7–2.

Barry Hawkins Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship ...

took a 6–3 lead over

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after their first session of play, and took four of the five frames in the second session to win the match 10–4. Three-time champion Mark Williams trailed 0–2 at the start of his match against

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, but won five of the next seven frames to take a 5–4 lead. On the resumption of play, Williams won five straight frames to take the match 10–4. Commenting afterwards he indicated he was not going to turn down any opportunity to pot a ball after that first session, that he would "go for everything". The 2005 champion

trailed 3–5 in his match against Mark Davis, but won the final frame of the first session with a break of 113. Murphy credited this century for giving him additional motivation for the second session as he won six of the eight frames to seal a 10–7 victory. The final match of the first round was contested between

and

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. Selby won the first three frames, before Maflin took the fourth with a break of 91. Maflin only scored six points across the next four frames as Selby finished the first session 8–1 ahead. He then took the next two frames to win the match 10–1. Only two of the sixteen qualifiers advanced to the second round.

Second round

The second-round matches were played from 22 to 26 April, as the best of 25 frames over three sessions. O'Sullivan met McGill, who had never defeated him in their six professional matches. O'Sullivan made breaks of 81, 105 and 138 to lead 4–1, but McGill won the final three frames to tie the match 4–4 after the first session. McGill also won the next four frames (seven in a row) with breaks of 71, 126 and 89. O'Sullivan won frame 13, before McGill won the next two. The final frame of the second session was won by O'Sullivan to trail 6–10. The third session saw O'Sullivan win the first five frames to lead 11–10. McGill won the next frame, before O'Sullivan won frame 23. McGill forced a deciding frame, tying the scores at 12–12 with a break of 136. O'Sullivan had the first chance to score points in the frame, but missed a pot on a red, allowing McGill to win the frame and match. Robertson met Lisowski and led 5–3 and then 9–7 after the second session. He made breaks of 126 and 87 to go 11–7 ahead, before going in the next, allowing Lisowski to win the frame. He made a break of 71 in frame 20 and won the match two frames later, a 13–9 victory. This was Robertson's sixth successive victory over Lisowski. Robertson, however, praised Lisowski's play, saying "Jack did really well throughout the whole match... I really want to see imdo well. He's such a nice guy and so talented". Wilson led Hawkins 9–4 before Hawkins won the final three frames of the second session to trail by two. Hawkins made breaks of 107 and 53 to tie the match at 9–9, but Wilson won four more frames to win 13–10. The match contained 22 breaks of 50 or above in the 23 frames played. In a rematch of the

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final, Williams played Higgins. Williams lost three of the first four frames, but won nine successive frames to lead 10–3. Higgins won the final three frames of the second session, but Williams took three of the next four frames, all with breaks over 70, to complete a 13–7 victory. Williams commented that he was playing as well as he had during the

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, in which he won all three

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events. The two remaining qualifiers left in the competition – Bingham and Jones – met in the second round. The pair were tied after the first session 4–4, with seven breaks over 50. During the second frame, with Bingham leading 109–0 with just two balls remaining, the referee awarded him the frame. Jones, however, wished to play on only to pot the , as he had not potted a ball to that point, but still lost the frame 109–6. Bingham won the second session, leading 10–6, before winning three frames in the third to win 13–6. Gilbert led Trump 3–1, but missed a black ball, allowing Trump to win the next four frames to lead after the first session. Gilbert won just two of the frames in the second session as Trump led 11–5 and went on to win 13–8. Murphy faced the last Chinese player remaining, Yan, and won the opening session 6–2, making the highest break of the tournament, a 144. Murphy also led by four frames after the second session 10–6, and won three of the four frames in the third session to win 13–7. Despite the loss, Yan made more half-century breaks than Murphy. Fourth seed Selby faced thirteenth seed Allen, and led 6–2 after the opening session, making six breaks over 50. Selby's lead was cut to 8–6, but he won the final frame of the second session to lead by three. He won the match taking four of the next five frames to win 13–7. Five of the top eight seeds made the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 27 and 28 April as best of 25 frames held over three sessions. Robertson played Wilson, and took a 5–3 lead after the opening session. After they were tied at 8–8 at the end of the second session, Wilson won five straight frames to win the match 13–8. Selby defeated Williams with a . With a of 99 per cent in the first four frames, Selby won the opening session 6–2, before winning seven of the next eight to win 13–3. Throughout the tournament, Williams was playing a where he rolled up to the reds, rather than play a to bring the to the , which other players such as O'Sullivan had also attempted. Williams defended the strategy and commented that he had received backlash from fans and fellow players. After making his 500th career century in frame five, Bingham led McGill 6–4 before McGill won five of the next six with breaks of 126, 83, 92, 130 and 75 to lead by two. In the final session, McGill won the first frame before Bingham made breaks of 75, 51, 90 and 91 to take an 11–10 lead. McGill had the first chance in frame 22, but went in-off, allowing Bingham to win the frame. However, McGill won the next two frames to force a deciding frame. McGill had the first chance in the final frame, but was unable to get position on a red after going into . Bingham, however, made a break of 125 to win the match, which he called "the best of my career". McGill, however was confident despite the loss, saying "What I am doing is working, I am going in the right direction." Murphy and Trump were tied at 4–4 after the first session, and then at 6–6 before Murphy won the last four frames of the second session to lead 10–6. Trump won five of the next six frames to tie the match at 11–11, during which Murphy made a high break of only 30. Murphy, however, won the next two frames to win the match 13–11.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played between 29 April and 1 May as the best of 33 frames held over four sessions. After Murphy won the opening frame, Wilson won the second frame and made a century break in frame three. After going 3–1 ahead, Wilson made breaks of 121 and 127, a total of 248 points without reply. Wilson ended the first session 6–2 ahead. After winning frame nine, Wilson was placed into a from which he failed to escape on several occasions, conceding 53 foul points to Murphy and allowing him to win the frame. Wilson won frames 11, 13 and 14 to lead by six frames at 10–4. Murphy won the final two frames of the session, punching the air in celebration, to trail by four. Wilson won the first frame of the third session, but Murphy won six of the next seven frames to tie the match 12–12. In the final session, Murphy won five straight frames to win the match 17–12. In total, Murphy won 13 out of the last 15 frames to win the match. After the match, Wilson commented that some of Murphy's celebrations were "theatrical", but Murphy replied that they were "in a theatre and we are putting on a show." Bingham took the opening frame against Selby, but trailed 1–3 into the mid-session interval. Bingham, however, made breaks of 92 and 82 in winning three straight frames to lead 4–3 and the match was tied at 4–4 after the first session. Selby made a break of 52 in frame nine, but still lost the frame as Bingham led again at 6–5. Selby won four of the next five frames to lead 9–7, during which he made two century breaks. Bingham tied the scores at 9–9 after breaks of 131 and 96, before frame 19 was also won by Bingham on the final black ball. During the frame, Selby was asked to play a shot by the referee after not having acted for three minutes. Bingham also won the next two frames, before the one after was halted twice for a and won by Selby. Selby won the next frame, but Bingham won the last of the session to lead 13–11. In the fourth session, Selby tied the score by winning the opening two frames, before Bingham won the next to lead 14–13. Selby then won three straight frames to get to one frame away from victory. Bingham won the next frame, but due to the length of the session, the remaining frames were delayed until the culmination of the other semi-final with the scores at 16–15. Returning three hours later, Selby won frame 32 after laying a snooker behind the green ball. This match was more than three and a half hours longer than the other semi-final, in part due to extended safety play and two frames having to be restarted twice.

Final

The final was played on 2 and 3 May as the best of 35 frames held over four sessions, between Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy. Both players had won the World Championship previously. Murphy was appearing in his fourth final, having won the title in 2005, and been runner-up in 2009 and 2015; Selby was playing in his fifth final, having won the event in 2014, 2016, and 2017, and been runner-up in 2007. The two players shared the same coach, Chris Henry. Murphy won the first two frames of the match, but missed a pot in the third frame on a break of 65, allowing Selby to win the frame. Selby compiled a break of 89 in frame four to draw level at 2–2. Murphy took three of the next four frames to lead by two after the first session. Selby then tied the score again at 6–6 by winning three of the first four frames in the second session, despite Murphy not missing a pot in the first three. Selby then won four of the next five frames to end the second session 10–7 ahead, as Murphy failed to pot a ball for an hour. Murphy won the first frame of the third session with a break of 77, but missed the final black ball in the next, allowing Selby to win frame 19. Murphy won the next frame, but Selby scored the first century break of the final, a 107, in frame 21. Selby won frame 22 to lead by four frames, before Murphy made a break of 100. Murphy also won the next frame, but trailed 11–14 after Selby won the final frame of the third session. Selby won the opening frame of the fourth and final session, before Murphy cleared the table with a break of 43 to cut Selby's lead to 15–12. The two went into the mid-session interval at 16–13 after Selby played a poor shot. After a safety battle, Selby won the next frame with a break of 120, and was one frame away from victory at 17–13. Murphy, however, won the next two frames with breaks of 100 and 102. After Murphy missed a pot on a red down the cushion in frame 33, Selby cleared the table to win the match 18–15. This was Selby's fourth championship, behind only Hendry (with seven),

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, and Ronnie O'Sullivan (each with six) in the modern era, and equal with John Higgins. Davis commented that Selby was the "best all-rounder we have ever seen", and suggested he may win more world championships than Hendry. The final was broadcast to a peak audience of 4.1 million viewers on domestic television, equating to 27 per cent of all viewers in the United Kingdom, compared with the 2.9 million viewers for the 2020 event. The win raised Selby from fourth in the world rankings up to world number two. Murphy, who had celebrated specific shots throughout the event, vowed to use the experience to be more of an entertainer for the coming 2021–22 season. He reflected: "In terms of performance, it turned my year around and ended a poor season on a high note." Selby commented: "To win it once against Ronnie O'Sullivan for the first time was a dream come true – to win it four times is something I could only have dreamed of."

Main draw

The results for the main draw are shown below. Numbers given in brackets are the players' seedings. Match winners are denoted in bold.

Qualifying

Qualifying for the main stages of the tournament took place between 5 and 14 April 2021 at the

in Sheffield. The WPBSA selected 16 amateur players to participate in the qualifying rounds together with the 112 professionals outside the top 16 of the world rankings. The amateur players were selected based on performances in the 2020–21 season, and because of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, performances in the 2019–20 season were also included.

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were initially invited, but withdrew and were replaced by Hamim Hussain and Julien Leclercq.

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, who was scheduled to enter in the third qualifying round, was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. Finally, additional amateur players were given places to fill out the remaining places.

Qualifying draw

The results from qualifying are shown below. Numbers given before players' names show world rankings of the top 112 players, while "a" indicates the amateur players in the draw. The match winners are denoted in bold text. {{2NTeam-NTeamBracket, rounds=4, brackets=16, RD1-teams=4, RD2-teams=4, RD3-teams=4 , RD1 = Round 1 (Last 144)
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Best of 11 frames , RD3 = Round 3 (Last 80)
Best of 11 frames , RD4 = Round 4 (Last 48)
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Zak Surety Zak Surety (born 4 October 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Stuart Bingham and Allan Taylor. Career As an amateur, Surety based in Basildon entered in Players Tour Championship events from their e ...

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Fan Zhengyi Fan Zhengyi (, born 27 January 2001) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2017, and turned professional in 2018. He had a breakthrough season in 2021–22 when he reached his first ra ...

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Ken Doherty Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter. As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur C ...

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Lee Walker Lee Walker (born 11 February 1976) is a Welsh former professional snooker player who is the reigning World Seniors Champion. He is both an official WPBSA and SightRight coach. Career After turning professional in 1994 at the age of 18, Walker r ...

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Oliver Lines Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football to snook ...

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Dylan Emery Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2. As a result of this win, he has earned a place on the ...

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Fraser Patrick Fraser Patrick (born 8 November 1985) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow. Career Patrick started his professional career in 2002 by playing Challenge Tour, where he spent three seasons without success. In 2007 Patrick ear ...

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Leo Fernandez Leo Fernandez (born 5 July 1976 in Limerick) is an Irish former professional snooker player. Snooker career Fernandez finished second on the PIOS Order of Merit in 2007 gaining promotion to the Main Tour for the 2007–08 season, although he fai ...

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, ENG , RD1-score11=0 , RD1-seed12= , RD1-team12={{flagathlete, Jamie Wilson, ENG , RD1-score12=6 , RD1-seed13=105 , RD1-team13={{flagathlete, Gao Yang, CHN , RD1-score13=6 , RD1-seed14=a , RD1-team14={{flagathlete,

Paul Davison Paul S. Davison (born 1 October 1971) is an English former professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire. First earning a place on the World Snooker Tour in 1992, he played on the tour until 1997, and has since regained his place o ...

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Andy Hicks Andrew Hicks (born 10 August 1973) is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", Hicks was a semi-finalist at both the World Snooker Championship and UK Championship in 1995, and the same stage at four other ranking ...

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Reanne Evans Reanne Evans (born 25 October 1985) is an English professional snooker player who competes on the World Women's Snooker Tour and the professional World Snooker Tour. She is the number one ranked player on the women's tour, and regularly featur ...

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, ENG , RD1-score19=6 , RD1-seed20=a , RD1-team20={{flagathlete, Connor Benzey, ENG , RD1-score20=3 , RD1-seed21=94 , RD1-team21={{flagathlete,

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, MAR , RD1-score22= w/d , RD1-seed23=100 , RD1-team23={{flagathlete, Brandon Sargeant, ENG , RD1-score23=6 , RD1-seed24=a , RD1-team24={{flagathlete,

Rebecca Kenna Rebecca Kenna (' Granger; born 11 January 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Keighley. She competes on the World Women's Snooker Tour, through which she also earned a tour card for the professional World Snooker Tour. She was run ...

, ENG , RD1-score24=4 , RD1-seed25=101 , RD1-team25={{flagathlete,

Zhao Jianbo Zhao Jianbo (, born 27 August 2003) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Zhao is among ten Chinese players currently suspended from World Snooker Tour events amid a match-fixing investigation. In January 2023, the WPBSA charged hi ...

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Rod Lawler Rod Lawler (born 12 July 1971) is an English professional snooker player. He is noted for his slow playing style which gave rise to his nickname, "Rod the Plod". After turning professional in 1990, Lawler has reached one ranking tournament fin ...

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Alex Borg Alex Borg (born 5 June 1969 in Mellieha) is a Maltese former professional snooker player. Borg currently resides in Mellieha, Malta. Career Borg first turned professional in 1991, and regularly appeared as a wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, ...

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, BRA , RD1-score33=6 , RD1-seed34= , RD1-team34={{flagathlete, Farakh Ajaib, PAK , RD1-score34=0 , RD1-seed35=110 , RD1-team35={{flagathlete, Rory McLeod, JAM , RD1-score35=6 , RD1-seed36=a , RD1-team36={{flagathlete,

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Peter Lines Peter Lines (born 11 December 1969) is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the semi-finals of one ranking tournament, the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. He reached his highest ranking, 42nd in the world, in 1999. He is the father ...

, ENG , RD1-score39=6 , RD1-seed40=a , RD1-team40={{flagathlete, Mark Lloyd, ENG , RD1-score40=5 , RD1-seed41=102 , RD1-team41={{flagathlete, Allan Taylor, ENG , RD1-score41=4 , RD1-seed42= , RD1-team42={{flagathlete,

, CHN , RD1-score42=6 , RD1-seed43=91 , RD1-team43={{flagathlete,

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, WAL , RD1-score43=6 , RD1-seed44=a , RD1-team44={{flagathlete, Hayden Staniland, ENG , RD1-score44=5 , RD1-seed45=107 , RD1-team45={{flagathlete, Steven Hallworth, ENG , RD1-score45=6 , RD1-seed46=a , RD1-team46={{flagathlete, Dean Young, SCO , RD1-score46=2 , RD1-seed47=86 , RD1-team47={{flagathlete, James Cahill, ENG , RD1-score47=6 , RD1-seed48= , RD1-team48={{flagathlete, Sean Maddocks, ENG , RD1-score48=1 , RD1-seed49=87 , RD1-team49={{flagathlete,

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, CHN , RD1-score57=6 , RD1-seed58=a , RD1-team58={{flagathlete, Ben Mertens, BEL , RD1-score58=5 , RD1-seed59=96 , RD1-team59={{flagathlete, Simon Lichtenberg, GER , RD1-score59=6 , RD1-seed60=a , RD1-team60={{flagathlete, Ivan Kakovskii, RUS , RD1-score60=3 , RD1-seed61=111 , RD1-team61={{flagathlete,

, ENG , RD1-score61=2 , RD1-seed62=a , RD1-team62={{flagathlete, Florian Nüßle, AUT , RD1-score62=6 , RD1-seed63=81 , RD1-team63={{flagathlete,

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, CHN , RD2-score04=5 , RD2-seed05=65 , RD2-team05={{flagathlete,

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, WAL , RD2-score07=6 , RD2-seed08=97 , RD2-team08={{flagathlete,

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, SCO , RD2-score10=2 , RD2-seed11=72 , RD2-team11={{flagathlete, Jak Jones, WAL , RD2-score11=6 , RD2-seed12= , RD2-team12={{flagathlete, Jamie Wilson, ENG , RD2-score12=4 , RD2-seed13=56 , RD2-team13={{flagathlete,

, CHN , RD2-score13=6 , RD2-seed14=105 , RD2-team14={{flagathlete, Gao Yang, CHN , RD2-score14=5 , RD2-seed15=73 , RD2-team15={{flagathlete,

, CHN , RD2-score15=6 , RD2-seed16=a , RD2-team16={{flagathlete, Julien Leclercq, BEL , RD2-score16=2 , RD2-seed17=76 , RD2-team17={{flagathlete, Eden Sharav, ISR , RD2-score17=6 , RD2-seed18=85 , RD2-team18={{flagathlete,

, ENG , RD2-score18=1 , RD2-seed19=52 , RD2-team19={{flagathlete,

, CHN , RD2-score19=6 , RD2-seed20=108 , RD2-team20={{flagathlete,

, ENG , RD2-score20=3 , RD2-seed21=69 , RD2-team21={{flagathlete, Jamie Jones, WAL , RD2-score21=6 , RD2-seed22=94 , RD2-team22={{flagathlete,

, ENG , RD2-score22=4 , RD2-seed23=60 , RD2-team23={{flagathlete,

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, ENG , RD2-score23=6 , RD2-seed24=100 , RD2-team24={{flagathlete, Brandon Sargeant, ENG , RD2-score24=3 , RD2-seed25=61 , RD2-team25={{flagathlete, Jimmy Robertson, ENG , RD2-score25=6 , RD2-seed26=101 , RD2-team26={{flagathlete,

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, CHN , RD2-score27=5 , RD2-seed28=93 , RD2-team28={{flagathlete,

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, IRL , RD2-score30=2 , RD2-seed31=77 , RD2-team31={{flagathlete,

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, WAL , RD2-score44=6 , RD2-seed45=53 , RD2-team45={{flagathlete,

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, CHN , RD2-score50=4 , RD2-seed51=55 , RD2-team51={{flagathlete,

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, GER , RD2-score52=2 , RD2-seed53=71 , RD2-team53={{flagathlete,

Jackson Page Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001 in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is a former European U-21 champion and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 European Snooker Ch ...

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, ENG , RD2-score55=6 , RD2-seed56= , RD2-team56={{flagathlete, Ashley Hugill, ENG , RD2-score56=3 , RD2-seed57=63 , RD2-team57={{flagathlete,

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, CHN , RD2-score58=5 , RD2-seed59=66 , RD2-team59={{flagathlete, Ian Burns, ENG , RD2-score59=6 , RD2-seed60=96 , RD2-team60={{flagathlete, Simon Lichtenberg, GER , RD2-score60=4 , RD2-seed61=50 , RD2-team61={{flagathlete, Mark King, ENG , RD2-score61=6 , RD2-seed62=a , RD2-team62={{flagathlete, Florian Nüßle, AUT , RD2-score62=3 , RD2-seed63=79 , RD2-team63={{flagathlete,

Chen Zifan Chen Zifan (, born 17 September 1995) is a Chinese professional snooker player who, in 2023, received a five-year ban from professional competition after committing match-fixing offences. In December 2022, Chen was suspended from the profes ...

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Zhou Yuelong Zhou Yuelong (; born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has been runner-up at three ranking events, the January 2020 European Masters, the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out, and the 2022 Northern Ireland Open. Career Between 2 ...

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, THA , RD3-score13=w/d , RD3-seed14=56 , RD3-team14={{flagathlete,

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, SUI , RD3-score52=6 , RD3-seed53=26 , RD3-team53={{flagathlete,

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, RD4-score09=7 , RD4-seed10=53 , RD4-team10={{flagicon, CHN

, RD4-score10=10 , RD4-seed11=69 , RD4-team11={{flagicon, WAL Jamie Jones , RD4-score11=10 , RD4-seed12=37 , RD4-team12={{flagicon, CHN

, RD4-score12=5 , RD4-seed13=36 , RD4-team13={{flagicon, CHN

, RD4-score13=7 , RD4-seed14=29 , RD4-team14={{flagicon, CHN

, RD4-score14=10 , RD4-seed15=45 , RD4-team15={{flagicon, ENG

, RD4-score15=10 , RD4-seed16=84 , RD4-team16={{flagicon, WAL Jamie Clarke , RD4-score16=8 , RD4-seed17=83 , RD4-team17={{flagicon, BRA

, RD4-score17=7 , RD4-seed18=46 , RD4-team18={{flagicon, ENG

, RD4-score18=10 , RD4-seed19=30 , RD4-team19={{flagicon, WAL Ryan Day , RD4-score19=5 , RD4-seed20=35 , RD4-team20={{flagicon, ENG

, RD4-score20=10 , RD4-seed21= , RD4-team21={{flagicon, CHN

, RD4-score21=5 , RD4-seed22=27 , RD4-team22={{flagicon, ENG

, RD4-score22=10 , RD4-seed23=107 , RD4-team23={{flagicon, ENG Steven Hallworth , RD4-score23=3 , RD4-seed24=22 , RD4-team24={{flagicon, ENG Gary Wilson , RD4-score24=10 , RD4-seed25=23 , RD4-team25={{flagicon, ENG

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, RD4-score31=5 , RD4-seed32=18 , RD4-team32={{flagicon, ENG

, RD4-score32=10

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

A record number of century breaks, 108, was made during the main event. There were 22 players that made at least one century break. The highest break was a 144 made by Shaun Murphy in his second-round match against Yan Bingtao. {{div col *144, 131, 124, 120, 117, 113, 109, 104, 103, 100, 100 {{ndash

*142, 135, 134, 134, 134, 132, 132, 125, 121, 120, 107, 101 {{ndash

*139, 133, 131, 127, 121, 119, 115, 110, 107, 102 {{ndash

*139, 116, 102 {{ndash Mark Allen *138, 137, 124, 112, 105 {{ndash

*138 {{ndash

*137, 135, 126, 126, 113, 110, 108, 105, 100, 100 {{ndash

*137, 126, 123, 107 {{ndash

*136, 130, 130, 126, 126, 119, 106, 105 {{ndash

*135, 127, 113, 107 {{ndash

*132, 111, 100 {{ndash David Gilbert *131, 131, 129, 127, 125, 122, 120, 119, 117, 108, 104, 102, 100 {{ndash

*130, 116, 101, 100 {{ndash

*126 {{ndash

*121, 116 {{ndash

*121 {{ndash Jamie Jones *116, 114, 111, 111, 107, 105, 105 {{ndash

*112, 105 {{ndash

*111, 108, 102, 101 {{ndash Mark Williams *111 {{ndash

*109 {{ndash

*105 {{ndash

{{div col end

Qualifying stage centuries

A total of 106 century breaks were made during the qualifying rounds. The highest was a 143 made by Mark Davis in his third-round match against Stuart Carrington. {{div col *143 {{ndash

*142, 137, 135, 110, 110, 106 {{ndash

*140, 140, 120, 108 {{ndash

*140 {{ndash

*139 {{ndash

*138, 131 {{ndash

*138 {{ndash

*137, 134, 125, 122 {{ndash

*137, 114, 114, 104 {{ndash Joe O'Connor *137, 112, 103 {{ndash

*136, 113, 102 {{ndash

*136 {{ndash

*135, 125, 111, 110, 100 {{ndash

*135 {{ndash

*134, 134 {{ndash

*133, 120 {{ndash

*133, 105, 104 {{ndash

*132 {{ndash

*132 {{ndash Michael Holt *131, 114, 100 {{ndash

*131, 108 {{ndash Gary Wilson *130, 123 {{ndash Jak Jones *130, 106 {{ndash

*130 {{ndash

*126, 120, 107, 100 {{ndash

*126, 117, 106 {{ndash

*125 {{ndash

*124, 116, 100 {{ndash

*124, 104 {{ndash

*123, 113, 104 {{ndash

*122 {{ndash

*121, 114, 110, 108 {{ndash

*120, 111 {{ndash Mark King *119, 106, 104 {{ndash

*117, 103, 101, 100, 100 {{ndash Jamie Jones *114 {{ndash Julien Leclercq *114 {{ndash Michael White *110 {{ndash

*109 {{ndash

*108, 103 {{ndash

*108 {{ndash

*106 {{ndash

*105 {{ndash Ashley Hugill *105 {{ndash

*104, 100 {{ndash

*103, 102 {{ndash Steven Hallworth *103, 100 {{ndash

*103 {{ndash

{{div col end

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