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.
2016 UK Championship Rod Lawler. It was Allen's first maximum break, and it was the fifth time in a row, that a maximum was made in a UK Championship. 105 centuries were made during the tournament, breaking last year's record of 104, which included 10 from both Selby and O'Sullivan. Mark Selby claimed his second UK title by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final. This was Selby's 10th ranking title. This also made him the sixth player to have completed the Triple Crown twice. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum