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2013–14 Snooker Season
The 2013–14 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 6 June 2013 and 5 May 2014. From this season every qualifying match was held open to the public at various venues in the United Kingdom, replacing the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. The number of wild-card players at the Chinese ranking events, except the Shanghai Masters, was reduced from eight to four and former Main Tour players were excluded. A professional player could not be selected for more than one wild-card match during the season. In all but three tournaments, every player participated in round one featuring 64 seeds for the first time in the history of snooker. In nine of the ranking tournaments all players took part in the first round, with the winners travelling to the final venue. At three events, the UK Championship, the Welsh Open and the PTC Finals, all matches were held at the final venue. The only three events using the old system were the Australian Goldfields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Asian Indoor And Martial Arts Games
The 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (), officially 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games () and also known as Incheon 2013 (), was a pan-continental event held in Incheon, South Korea from 29 June to 6 July 2013 that served as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming 2014 Asian Games, which was also held in the same city. It was the first event to be held under the "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games" name following the merger of two OCA events – Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games, inherited the edition numeral of the former. Doha, Qatar was initially scheduled to host the 4th Asian Indoor Games in 2011, but withdrawn in June 2008 due to "unforeseen circumstances", with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) chose Incheon instead as a replacement and postponed the games to 2013. Marketing The logo of the Games is a brush image of a Traditional Korean roof construction, Korean traditional 'Giwa' (Tile) Roof that resembles people – “人” (Hanja or Chinese chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Australian Goldfields Open
The 2013 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–14 July 2013 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the second ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Michael White attempted a maximum break in his qualifying match against Nigel Bond, but he missed the final black at 140. With this he became the fifth player along with Mark Selby, Ken Doherty, Barry Pinches and Robin Hull to do so in a professional tournament. Shaun Murphy criticised his fellow professionals after eight of the top 16 players and reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan decided not to register for the event. Another top 16 player, Ding Junhui, withdrew from the tournament at the last minute due to a passport issue. Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he lost 4–5 against Tom Ford in the last 16. Marco Fu won his second ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the final. Prize fund The total prize money of the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximum Break
A maximum break (also known as a maximum, a 147, or orally, a onefourseven) is the highest possible in snooker in normal circumstances and is a special type of . A player compiles a maximum break by potting all 15 with 15 for 120 points, followed by all six for a further 27 points. Compiling a maximum break is regarded as a highly significant achievement in the game of snooker, and may be compared to a ninedart finish in darts, a holeinone in golf, or a 300 game in tenpin bowling. Joe Davis made the first officially recognised maximum break in a 1955 exhibition match in London. At the Classic in January 1982, Steve Davis achieved the first recognised maximum in professional competition, which was also the first in a televised match. The following year, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum at the World Snooker Championship. As of April 2025, over 200 officially recognised maximum breaks have been made in professional tournament play. Ronnie O'Sull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Astley (snooker Player)
John J. Astley (born 13 January 1989) is an English former professional snooker player from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Career Early career Astley first came into prominence in 2007 by winning the national Under-19 title (defeating Michael Georgiou in the final), however wins in the amateur PIOS tournaments proved hard to come by. His attempts to qualify for the main tour via Q School in 2011 and 2012 were unsuccessful as well. Nevertheless, Astley gained enough sponsorship to be able to enter all the PTC events in the 2012–13 season as an amateur. He reached the last 32 stage three times and finished fourth highest ranked amateur on the Order of Merit, winning a tour card for 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. 2013/2014 Astley won his opening match of the season 5–2 against Mike Dunn to reach the main draw of the Wuxi Classic. In his first appearance in a ranking event Astley was whitewashed 5–0 by Robert Milkins. He won a match in a ranking event for the first time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 15 major ranking titles, including three UK Championships (2005 UK Championship, 2005, 2009 UK Championship, 2009, 2019 UK Championship, 2019), and in 2014, became the first Asian world number one. He has twice reached the final of the Masters (snooker), Masters, winning once in 2011 Masters (snooker), 2011. In 2016, he became the first Asian player to reach the final of the 2016 World Snooker Championship, World Championship. Ding began playing snooker at age nine and rose to international prominence in 2002 after winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship, Asian Under-21 Championship and the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship, Asian Championship. At age 15, he became the youngest winner of the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, IBSF World Under-21 Championship. In 2003, Ding turned pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN (UK)
TNT Sports 4 is a British sports television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the BT Group. It is part of the TNT Sports group of channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel was established by ESPN Inc. on August 3, 2009 as ESPN (or ESPN UK for disambiguation), after having acquired a share of rights to English Premier League football. It served as ESPN's first UK channel devoted to domestic sport, as its pan-European sister networks ESPN Classic and ESPN America were devoted to archive content and North American sport respectively. Alongside the Premier League, the channel acquired shares of the rights to the FA Cup, Scottish Premier League, Premiership Rugby, and UEFA Europa League among other properties. The channel also carried coverage of sport from the United States (such as the NBA, NFL, NHL, and U.S. college sports, some of which carried over from ESPN America), and ESPN original programmes. In 2012, ESPN began losing many of its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League Snooker
The Premier League Snooker was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It was held from 1987 until 2012. The tournament was played in a round-robin format over a number of weeks, normally from mid-September to early December, around the other World Snooker events in various locations. History The event started in 1987 as the Matchroom League. The inaugural event was won by Steve Davis, who retained the title in the following three years. The matches were of eight frames and all frames were played out. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The winner of the tournament was the player, who finished top of the league. In 1990 there was also a tournament in Europe, called International League. There had also been an earlier attempt to run a league-style format in snooker in 1984, which was called the Professional Snooker League. However it was beset by financial problems and was withdrawn after one season. In 1992 a play-off system was added. The top f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Champion Of Champions
The 1980 Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held from 2–12 October 1980 at the New London Theatre in Drury Lane, London. Summary 10 players contested the event, divided into two groups of 5. Within each group everyone played all the others in a round robin format. The winners of the groups played in the 19-frame final. In the round-robin stage matches were over 9 frames with all frames played, even after the match had been won. The New London Theatre had hosted the Masters between 1976 and 1978. Group B was completed first. Terry Griffiths needed to win his last two matches by good margins to finish ahead of Doug Mountjoy. He led Graham Miles 5–1 but eventually only won 6–3. This result left him having to beat Mountjoy by at least 6–3 to qualify. Mountjoy took a 4–3 lead and, although Griffiths won the match 5–4, Mountjoy qualified for the final. In group A, John Virgo won all his matches 5–4 to qualify ahead of Steve Davis. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Champion Of Champions
The 2013 Champion of Champions (officially the 2013 888casino Champion of Champions) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 19 and 24 November 2013 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. This was the first time that 888casino sponsored the event, which was broadcast live on ITV4. The event was last held in 1980, when Doug Mountjoy won in the final 10–8 against John Virgo. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 52nd professional title by defeating Stuart Bingham 10–8 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £100,000 * Runner-up: £50,000 * Semi-finals: £20,000 * Group runner-up: £10,000 * Group semi-finals: £5,000 * Total: £270,000 Players Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments from the start of the 2012-13 season to the 2013 Indian Open. The important events included all rankings events and winners the following non-rankings events: 2012 Premier League Snooker, 2013 Masters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Indian Open
The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14 and 18 October 2013, at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India. It was the first ranking event held in India, and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5–0 in the final. Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003, who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters. At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £13,500 * Quarter-final: £9,000 * Last 16: £6,000 * Last 32: £3,000 * Last 64: £2,000 * Televised highest break: £2,000 * Total: £300,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in New Delhi on 14 October 2013. The Indian wildcard p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Masters (snooker)
The 2014 Masters (officially the 2014 Dafabet Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 19 January 2014 at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. This was the first time that Dafabet sponsored the Masters. Ronnie O'Sullivan set a new record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a professional event in his 6–0 quarter-final win against Ricky Walden – winning in just 58 minutes. The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry, and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4. This was the third time these two players had met in a Masters final. Field Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 International Championship
The 2013 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 October and 3 November 2013 at the Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season. Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Alan McManus in the last 64. Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10–9 in the final. Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993. This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final, after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open. Prize fund The total prize money of the event was raised to £625,000 from the previous year's £600,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £125,000 * Runner-up: £65,000 * Semi-final: £30,000 * Quarter-final: £17,500 * Last 16: £12,000 * Last 32: £7,000 * Last 64: £ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
