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
2017 World Snooker Championship pair were level at 12 frames apiece, moving to 16–13 ahead. Needing just one frame to win, Selby would lose two frames to a resiliant Ding, before picking up a break of 72 to win the match. In the championships' other semifinal John Higgins qualified for his sixth World Championship final over a span of 19 years and his first in six years. He did so with a 17–8 victory over Barry Hawkins, which World Snooker referred to as a "demolition". The final, contested by Mark Selby and John Higgins, was a repeat fixture of the 2007 final which Higgins