John Higgins (snooker player) title, which prompted Steve Davis to comment "I think John Higgins is the best snooker player I've ever seen in my life". Despite the victory, Higgins lost the world number one ranking to Mark Williams. Higgins had a poor 2011/2012 season, reaching only two quarter finals of major ranking events. His season-best performance was reaching the semi-finals of the Masters, where he lost 4–6 to Shaun Murphy. Before the start of his World Championship title defence, he admitted that his performance levels had not been good enough and that he had not been trying hard enough, managing just one or
Champion of Champions (snooker) In 2015, Neil Robertson defeated Mark Allen by 10–5 to claim his first title in this tournament. In 2016, John Higgins beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final., Ronnie O'Sullivan was beaten by Shaun Murphy in the 2017 final. Ronnie took back the trophy in 2018 after beating Kyren Wilson 10–9. Champion of Champions (snooker) The Champion of Champions is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It was held in 1978 and 1980 and was then revived in 2013 by Matchroom Sport. The reigning champion is Ronnie O'Sullivan. The Champion of Champions features winners of World Snooker events over the preceding