2010 World Snooker Championship 2010 World Snooker Championship The 2010 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2010 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 2010 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. John Higgins, who entered the tournament as the defending champion, lost in the second round 11–13 against Steve Davis. In the semi-finals, Neil Robertson defeated Ali Carter 17–12 and Graeme Dott beat Mark Selby 17–14. Robertson won the final 18–13, becoming the first Australian in the modern era to win the title. Ivan
Mark Selby rookie Oliver Lines came from 0–4 behind to defeat him 6–4. In the invitational Champion of Champions tournament, he reached the quarter-finals, but lost 1–6 against Judd Trump. He suffered another early exit at the UK Championship when he lost 4–6 to David Morris in the last 64. Playing Shaun Murphy in the first round of the Masters, Selby fell 1–5 behind before recovering to 5–5, but lost the match 5–6 on the deciding frame. It was the first time that Selby lost in a deciding frame at the Masters, having won the previous 11 deciding frames. At the German