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
1931 World Snooker Championship 1931 World Snooker Championship The 1931 World Snooker Championship was a snooker tournament held at the Lounge Hall in Nottingham, England. Despite a surge in popularity in the game, only two players competed for the title: defending champion Joe Davis and Tom Dennis, previously twice runner-up. Davis won his fifth World title by defeating Dennis 25–21. Dennis led 19–16 at one stage but Davis won 9 of the next 11 frames to take the Championship. Only two players entered, Joe Davis and Tom Dennis and so only one match was necessary. The match was played from Monday 27 April to