2018 World Snooker Championship The win came 15 years after Williams' second world title in 2003 and he became, at the age of 43, the second oldest winner at the Crucible. Three-time world champion Mark Selby had won the title for the previous two years but lost in the first round 4–10 to Joe Perry. The 2018 World Snooker Championship was held on 21 April to 7 May 2018 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the 42nd consecutive year that the tournament was held at the Crucible, and the 50th consecutive year the championship was contested through the modern knockout format.
Mark Selby at the UK Championship, Selby won 6–5 on the colours and then had a more routine 6–2 semi-final victory over Shaun Murphy. In the final he had a 7–2 advantage over Ronnie O'Sullivan, but it was reduced to 7–4, before four breaks of 130 or more were made in a span of five frames, two by each player. Selby then finished the match with a 107 break to win his second UK title and mean he has completed the Triple Crown twice in his career. Selby could not get to a semi-final in the next seven tournaments, before winning through