Ding Junhui
Career finals -- Ranking finals : 20 ( 14 titles , 6 runners-up )
Table:
Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score

Winner

1.

2005

China Open

Stephen Hendry

9–5

Winner

2.

2005

UK Championship

Steve Davis

10–6

Winner

3.

2006

Northern Ireland Trophy

Ronnie O'Sullivan

9–6

Runner-up

1.

2009

Grand Prix

Neil Robertson

4–9

Winner

4.

2009

UK Championship (2)

John Higgins

10–8

Runner-up

2.

2010

China Open

Mark Williams

6–10

Winner

5.

2012

Welsh Open

Mark Selby

9–6

Winner

6.

2013

Players Tour Championship Finals

Neil Robertson

4–3

Winner

7.

2013

Shanghai Masters

Xiao Guodong

10–6

Winner

8.

2013

Indian Open

Aditya Mehta

5–0

Winner

9.

2013

International Championship

Marco Fu

10–9

Winner

10.

2014

German Masters

Judd Trump

9–5

Runner-up

3.

2014

Welsh Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan

3–9

Winner

11.

2014

China Open (2)

Neil Robertson

10–5

Runner-up

4.

2016

World Snooker Championship

Mark Selby

14–18

Winner

12.

2016

Shanghai Masters (2)

Mark Selby

10–6

Runner-up

5.

2016

International Championship

Mark Selby

1–10

Winner

13.

2017

World Open

Kyren Wilson

10–3

Runner-up

6.

2018

World Grand Prix

Ronnie O'Sullivan

3–10

Winner

14.

2019

UK Championship (3)

Stephen Maguire

10–6

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The 2005 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 March - 3 April 2005 at the Haidian Stadium in Beijing , China . This was the penultimate ranking event of the 2004/2005 season , preceding the 2005 World Championship . The event was last held in 2002 , where Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Anthony Hamilton 9-8 . Ding Junhui won in the final 9-5 against Stephen Hendry . Ding became the second youngest player after Ronnie O'Sullivan to capture a ranking title . Along with several other Chinese players , Ding gave up his normal tournament entry position in order to accept an offer to enter the tournament as a wild-card player and thus he did not receive either prize money or ranking points for his tournament win .
The China Open is a professional snooker tournament . It is one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997 . The reigning champion is Neil Robertson .
Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE ( born 13 January 1969 ) is a Scottish former professional snooker player and current commentator for the BBC and ITV . One of the most successful players in the history of snooker , he has won snooker 's most prestigious tournament , the World Snooker Championship , a record seven times and holds the record for most seasons as world number one ( 9 ) . His first world title in 1990 , at the age of 21 , made him the youngest-ever World Champion , a record that he still holds . Hendry also won six Masters titles ( including five consecutively ) , and five UK Championship titles . His total of 18 Triple Crown tournament wins is surpassed only by O'Sullivan 's 19 . One of only three players to have won all three Triple Crown events in a single season , Hendry is the only player to have achieved the feat twice , in the 1989/1990 and 1995/1996 seasons . He shares the record for the most ranking titles ( 36 ) with Ronnie O'Sullivan . A prolific break builder , he recorded a total of 775 career century breaks , and made 11 officially-recognised maximum breaks in professional competition . He was awarded an MBE in 1994 , and voted BBC Scotland 's Sports Personality of the Year in 1987 and 1996 . In May 2012 , after featuring in his 27th consecutive World Championship , he announced his retirement from the game , bringing to an end his record 23 consecutive seasons in the top 16 of the world rankings .
The 2005 UK Championship ( called the 2005 Travis Perkins UK Championship for sponsorship purposes ) was the 2005 edition of the UK Championship , a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport 's three Triple Crown events . It was held at the Barbican Centre in York , North Yorkshire from 5 to 18 December 2005 . The competition was the second of six World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ( WPBSA ) ranking events in the 2005/2006 season and the tournament 's 29th edition . It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport . Ding Junhui won the tournament , defeating six-time world champion Steve Davis ten frames to six ( 10-6 ) in the final for his second career ranking title . He was the first non-British and Irish person to win the UK Championship , the second youngest player to win it since Ronnie O'Sullivan triumphed in the 1993 competition . In the semi-finals Ding beat Joe Perry 9-4 and Davis defeated seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 9-6 . The tournament 's highest break of 145 was shared by Davis , John Higgins and Michael Holt . The UK Championship preceded the Malta Cup and followed the Grand Prix .
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament . It is one of snooker 's prestigious Triple Crown events , along with the World Championship and the Masters . It is the second-biggest ranking tournament , after the World Championship . Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record seven times , followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five . Ding Junhui is the reigning champion .
Steve Davis , OBE ( born 22 August 1957 ) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead , London . He dominated the sport during the 1980s , when he reached eight World Championship finals in nine years , won six world titles , and held the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons . He is also remembered among the wider public for the 1985 World Championship final against Dennis Taylor , which was decided on the final black and still holds the record for the UK 's largest post-midnight television audience , with 18.5 million viewers . Davis won a total of 28 ranking events , placing him fourth on the all-time list . In addition to his six world titles , he won the Masters three times and the UK Championship six times , for a total of 15 Triple Crown titles , behind only Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 19 ) and Stephen Hendry ( 18 ) . During the 1987-88 season , he became the first player to win all three Triple Crown events in a single season , and remains one of only three players ( along with Hendry and Mark Williams ) to achieve this . The first player to earn over £1 million in the professional game , he earned a total of £5.5 million in career prize money . He compiled a career total of 355 competitive century breaks , including the first officially recognised and first televised maximum break in professional competition , at the Classic in 1982 . Named the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year in 1988 , he remains the only snooker player ever to win the award . Davis ' dominance of snooker ended with the emergence of Hendry in the 1990s , but he continued to compete at a high level over the next two decades . He won the Masters in 1997 , reached the final of the UK Championship in 2005 , and was still a top-16 player when he turned 50 during the 2007/2008 season . In 2010 , aged 52 , he made a record 30th ( and final ) appearance at the World Championship , and defeated reigning world champion John Higgins to become the oldest world quarter-finalist since 1983 .
The 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy was the 2006 edition of the Northern Ireland Trophy snooker tournament , held from 13 to 20 August 2006 , at the Waterfront Hall , Belfast , Northern Ireland . Ding Junhui defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan by nine frames to six ( 9-6 ) in the final to lift his third ranking title whilst still a teenager . In the semi-finals , Ding defeated Stephen Lee 6-1 , and O'Sullivan beat Dominic Dale 6-0 . O'Sullivan made the highest break with his 140 . The defending champion , Matthew Stevens , lost in round 3 . The tournament , consisting of the top 32 and 16 qualifiers , was the first of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season , preceding the Grand Prix .
The Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional snooker tournament .
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan OBE ( born 5 December 1975 ) is an English professional snooker player who is one of the most successful players in the history of the sport . Since turning professional in 1992 , he has won five World Championships , a record seven Masters titles , and a record seven UK Championships , setting a record total of 19 titles in Triple Crown tournaments . He shares the record for the most ranking titles ( 36 ) with Stephen Hendry and also holds the record as the youngest winner of a ranking title ( 1993 UK Championship , aged 17 years and 358 days ) as well as the youngest winner of the Masters ( in 1995 , aged 19 years and 69 days ) . In the 2017/2018 season , O'Sullivan won five ranking events in a single season , a record that he shares with Hendry , Ding Junhui and Mark Selby . His career prize money of over £11 million is the highest amount earned by any player in snooker history . A prolific break-builder , O'Sullivan is the only player to have reached 1,000 career century breaks . He has also achieved the highest number of officially recognized maximum breaks in professional competition ( 15 ) , and the fastest competitive maximum break , compiled in a time of 5 minutes and 8 seconds at the 1997 World Championship . He first became world number one in the 2002/2003 season and held the position for five out of eight seasons , ending in May 2010 . He regained the top ranking in March 2019 after a nine-year absence , the longest time any player has spent between spells as world number one , and held it until August 2019 . O'Sullivan has often been a controversial figure in the sport . Noted for his unpredictable temperament and his struggles with alcohol , drugs , and depression , he has received many warnings and sanctions from the sport 's governing body over his conduct and comments . He took a prolonged break from the sport during the 2012/2013 season and is known for repeatedly declaring his intention to retire .
The 2009 Grand Prix was a professional ranking tournament that took place between 3-11 October 2009 at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow , Scotland . Neil Robertson won in the final 9-4 against Ding Junhui .
The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament . It had previously been known as the Professional Players Tournament , the LG Cup and the Grand Prix . During 2006 and 2007 , it was played in a unique round-robin format , more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker . The knock-out format returned in 2008 with an FA Cup-style draw . The random draw was abandoned after the 2010 edition . Judd Trump is the defending champion .
Neil Robertson ( born 11 February 1982 ) is an Australian professional snooker player . He made his first breakthrough into the top professional ranks in the 2006/2007 season . He won the 2010 World Championship and was the world number one later in the same year , a ranking that he attained again in 2013 and 2014 . On 10 November , Neil Robertson won the 2019 Champion of Champions tournament for the second time in his career . Robertson is the only Australian to have won a ranking event , and was undefeated in his first six televised finals . Robertson is also one of thirteen players to win both the world and UK titles , and one of eleven to win the Triple Crown of World Championship , UK Championship and Masters . As a prolific break-builder , Robertson has compiled more than 700 century breaks in professional competition . During the 2013/2014 season he became the first player to make 100 centuries in a single season , and is still the only one . Robertson is the most successful player from outside the United Kingdom in the sport 's history . He plays left-handed .
The 2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5-13 December 2009 at the Telford International Centre in Telford , England . This was the first time that the UK Championship was sponsored by Pukka Pies , and thus the winning player also received his weight in the sponsor 's product . [ deprecated source ] Ding Junhui won in the final 10-8 against John Higgins .
John Higgins , MBE ( born 18 May 1975 ) is a Scottish professional snooker player . Since turning professional in 1992 , he has won 30 ranking titles , including four World Championships and three UK Championships , as well as two Masters titles , making him one of the most successful players in the history of the sport . In terms of world titles in the modern era , Higgins is fifth behind Stephen Hendry ( 7 ) , Steve Davis ( 6 ) , Ray Reardon ( 6 ) and Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 5 ) . His 30 career ranking titles puts him in third place behind Hendry ( 36 ) and O'Sullivan ( 36 ) . Known as a prolific break-builder , he has compiled more than 750 century breaks in professional tournament play , second only to O'Sullivan . He has also compiled 9 competitive maximum breaks , placing him third behind O'Sullivan ( 15 ) and Hendry ( 11 ) . For 16 consecutive full seasons from 1996/1997 to 2011/2012 , Higgins never fell below 6th in the world rankings , and was world number 1 on four occasions . In 2010 , the News of the World tabloid newspaper carried out a sting operation in a hotel room in Ukraine , which claimed to show Higgins and his then-manager arranging to lose specific frames in future matches for money . Although an investigation cleared Higgins of match-fixing allegations , it found that he had brought the sport into disrepute by failing to report , and giving the impression of agreeing with , an invitation to breach the sport 's betting rules . The WPBSA banned Higgins from professional competition for six months and fined him £75,000 . He returned to the tour midway through the 2010/2011 season . After his return to snooker , Higgins added a third UK Championship title and claimed his fourth world title in 2011 .
The 2010 Sanyuan Foods China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 March and 4 April 2010 at the Beijing University Students ' Gymnasium in Beijing , China . This was the first time that the China Open was sponsored by Sanyuan Foods . Peter Ebdon was the defending champion , but he lost 2-5 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals . Mark Williams won in the final , 10-6 , against Ding Junhui .
Mark James Williams , MBE ( born 21 March 1975 ) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion , winning in 2000 , 2003 , and 2018 . Aged 43 when he triumphed in May 2018 , he became the second oldest winner of the World Championship at the Crucible ( Ray Reardon was the oldest winner in 1978 , aged 45 ) . Often noted for his single-ball long potting ability , Williams has earned the nickname The Welsh Potting Machine . Williams has been ranked the world number 1 for a total of three seasons in his career ( 1999/2000 , 2000/2001 , and 2002/2003 ) . His most successful season to date was 2002/2003 , when he won the acclaimed treble of tournaments ( known as the Triple Crown ) : the UK Championship , the Masters , and the World Championship . In doing so , he became only the third player , after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry , to win all three Triple Crown events in one season . In addition , he is the first player ( and to date , the only player ) to win all three versions of the professional World Championship - the World Snooker Championship , the Six-red World Championship and the World Seniors Championship . The first left-handed player to win the World Championship , Williams has won 22 ranking tournaments overall , including two UK Championships ( 1999 and 2002 ) , making him fifth on the all-time list . He has also won the Masters on two occasions ( 1998 and 2003 ) . His form began to decline after his second World Championship title in 2003 ; he then dropped out of the top 16 following the 2007/2008 season , but he regained his place for 2009/2010 . Having failed to win a tournament from 2011 until 2017 , he proceeded to win three events in 2018 , including his third World Championship . Williams has compiled more than 470 century breaks during his career , as well as two maximum breaks in competition .
The 2012 888真人 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13-19 February 2012 at the Newport Centre in Newport , Wales . This was the first time , that 888真人 sponsored the event . John Higgins was the defending champion , but he lost 3-4 against Ding Junhui in the last 16 . Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9-6 in the final .
The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament , a part of the Home Nations Series . It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship , which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players . Since the tournament 's creation in 1992 , Mark Williams has been the only Welsh player to win the championship ( in 1996 and 1999 ) . John Higgins holds the record for the most wins , with five Welsh Open titles . Ronnie O'Sullivan has won four titles , while Stephen Hendry has won the tournament three times . Shaun Murphy is the reigning champion .
Mark Anthony Selby ( born 19 June 1983 ) is an English professional snooker player . He has been World Snooker Champion three times and was number one in the world rankings for over four years continuously . He has won 17 ranking titles , which puts him in seventh place by ranking tournament wins in history . Selby joined the main professional snooker tour in 1999 at the age of 16 , after competing on the UK Challenge Tour in 1998 . [ citation needed ] He was runner-up to John Higgins at the 2007 World Snooker Championship . Having won three Masters titles ( 2008 , 2010 , and 2013 ) , two UK Championships ( 2012 and 2016 ) , and three World Championships ( 2014 , 2016 , and 2017 ) , he was the sixth player to win all of snooker 's Triple Crown events at least twice . His other ranking titles include the Welsh Open in 2008 , the Shanghai Masters in 2011 , the German Masters in 2015 , the China Open in 2015 , 2017 , and 2018 , the Paul Hunter Classic in 2016 , the International Championship in 2016 and 2017 , the China Championship in 2018 , the English Open in 2019 , and the Scottish Open also in 2019 . Known as a patient , tough competitor with strong safety play , Selby is also a prolific break-builder and has compiled over 600 century breaks in his professional career . His nickname , The Jester from Leicester , was given to him by snooker compere Richard Beare . Selby is also a pool player . He was the 2006 WEPF eight-ball pool world champion and was the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship runner-up .
The 2013 Players Tour Championship Grand Final ( also known as the 2013 Dafabet Players Tour Championship Grand Finals for sponsorship purposes ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12-17 March 2013 at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway , Ireland . It was the ninth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season . Stephen Lee was the defending champion , but he could n't compete due to his suspension from professional snooker . Ding Junhui won his sixth ranking title by defeating Neil Robertson 4-3 in the final . Ding also made the 97th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Allen . This was Ding 's fifth 147 break and the ninth in the 2012/2013 season .
The Players Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament . Ronnie O'Sullivan is the current champion .
The 2013 Bank of Communications Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16-22 September 2013 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai , China . It was the third ranking event of the 2013/2014 season . John Higgins was the defending champion , but he lost 1-5 against Mark Davis in the last 16 . Ding Junhui won his seventh ranking title by defeating Xiao Guodong 10-6 in the final . This was the first time that two Chinese players had reached the final of a ranking event , but was also the first of three consecutive ranking finals between Asian players , all of which were won by Ding .
The Shanghai Masters is a professional snooker tournament . Originally a ranking event but in 2018 it became a non-ranking invitation event . Ronnie O'Sullivan is the reigning champion . Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2018 title , the first time it has been defended .
Xiao Guodong ( Chinese : 肖国栋 , born 10 February 1989 ) is a Chinese professional snooker player . Xiao turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships .
The 2013 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament held between 14-18 October 2013 at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi , India . It was the first ranking event held in India , and the fourth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season . Ding Junhui won his eighth ranking title by defeating Aditya Mehta 5-0 in the final . Ding became the first player to win two consecutive ranking titles in the same season since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2002/2003 , who won the 2003 European Open and the 2003 Irish Masters . At the tournament Mehta became the first Indian player to reach the final of a ranking event .
The Indian Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament . Matthew Selt is the reigning champion .
Aditya Mehta ( born 31 October 1985 in Mumbai , Maharashtra ) is an Indian former professional snooker player . Mehta participated on the World Snooker Tour for the 2007/08 season , and again continuously between 2011 and 2018 . He reached a highest World ranking of 49 . Mehta reached the final of ranking event for the first time at the 2013 Indian Open where he played Ding Junhui , but lost 0-5 . He has several medals at the Asian and World Games . He won the gold medal at the men 's event at the 2013 World Games , and the team event at the 2009 Asian Games . Mehta compiled a total of 41 century breaks whilst on tour , the highest of which was at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic where Mehta made his first ever maximum break in competition .
The 2013 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 October and 3 November 2013 at the Chengdu Eastern Music Park in Chengdu , China . It was the fifth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season . Judd Trump was the defending champion , but he lost 5-6 against Alan McManus in the last 64 . Ding Junhui won his ninth ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 10-9 in the final . Ding became the first player to win three consecutive ranking titles since Stephen Hendry in 1993 . This was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking final , after Ding defeating Xiao Guodong at the Shanghai Masters and Aditya Mehta at the Indian Open .
The International Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament . The reigning champion is Judd Trump .
Marco Fu Ka-chun , MH , JP ( Chinese : 傅家俊 , born 8 January 1978 ) is a Hong Kong professional snooker player . He won the 2007 Grand Prix , beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final , and was the runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship and the 2011 Masters . He also won the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open and the 2016 Scottish Open and was runner-up in the 2013 German Masters and 2013 International Championship . In addition , Fu reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice - in 2006 and in 2016 . Fu 's career high world ranking is fifth , achieved in 2017 . As a prolific break-builder , Fu has compiled 500 century breaks in professional competition , including four maximum 147 breaks . He currently resides in London .
The 2014 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 January-2 February 2014 at the Tempodrom in Berlin , Germany . It was the seventh ranking event of the 2013/2014 season . Two maximum breaks were compiled during the qualifying stage of the tournament at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley , England . Dechawat Poomjaeng made the 101st official maximum break during his match against Zak Surety . This was Poomjaeng 's first 147 break . Just one day later Gary Wilson made the 102nd official maximum break during the match against Ricky Walden . This was Wilson 's first 147 break . It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to five . Ali Carter was the defending champion , but he lost 4-5 against Dechawat Poomjaeng in the last 64 . Ding Junhui won his 10th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 9-5 in the final . Ding became the first player to win four ranking events in a single season since Stephen Hendry in 1990/1991 .
The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament , which was first held in 1995 . Judd Trump is the reigning champion .
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The 2014 BetVictor Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 February and 2 March 2014 at the Newport Centre in Newport , Wales . It was the eighth ranking event of the 2013/2014 season , and the second time that BetVictor sponsored the event . It was also the last time that the event was held in Newport . Stephen Maguire was the defending champion , but he lost 3-4 against Joel Walker in the last 16 . Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 26th ranking title by defeating Ding Junhui 9-3 in the final . This was O'Sullivan 's third Welsh Open title after 2004 and 2005 , to equal the record jointly held by John Higgins and Stephen Hendry . In the last frame of the final O'Sullivan made the 105th official maximum break . This was O'Sullivan 's record 12th competitive maximum break .
The 2014 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament , that took place between 31 March and 6 April 2014 at the Beijing University Students ' Gymnasium in Beijing , China . It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2013/2014 season . Ding Junhui won his 11th ranking title by defeating defending champion Neil Robertson 10-5 in the final , and became the sixth on the list of players with the most ranking titles behind Stephen Hendry ( 36 titles ) , Steve Davis ( 28 ) , Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 26 ) , John Higgins ( 25 ) and Mark Williams ( 18 ) . Ding also equalled Hendry 's record from 1990/1991 to win five ranking titles in a single season .
The 2016 World Snooker Championship [ a ] was a professional snooker tournament , that took place from 16 April to 2 May 2016 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . The event was the 40th year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the venue . It was the tenth and last ranking event of the 2015/2016 season . The defending champion was Stuart Bingham , having defeated Shaun Murphy in the 2015 event final . Bingham lost 9-10 against Ali Carter in the first round falling to the Crucible curse , becoming the 17th first-time champion unable to defend his title at the venue . China 's Ding Junhui and Scot Alan McManus set a new record in their semi-final for the most century breaks achieved in a professional match , scoring ten . Ding also setting a new record for the most centuries by one player in a single world championship match with seven . Ding defeated McManus to become the first Asian player ever to reach a World Championship final . In the other semi-final , Englishman Mark Selby and Hongkonger Marco Fu set a new record for the longest frame of snooker ever played at the Crucible , at 76 minutes 11 seconds . After beating Robert Milkins 10-6 , Sam Baird 13-11 , Kyren Wilson 13-8 , and Fu 17-15 , Selby defeated Ding 18-14 in the final to claim his second world title , having won the 2014 event previously . A total of 86 century breaks were made at the event , the same number as the previous year , with Kyren Wilson making the tournament 's highest break of 143 . The total global audiences for the tournament exceeded 300 million , with 210 million viewers in China alone .
The World Snooker Championship is the leading snooker tournament both in terms of prestige and prize money . The first championship was held in 1927 and was won by Joe Davis . Davis won the first 15 championships before retiring from the event , undefeated , after his 1946 success . In the 1950s snooker went into a period of decline and the championship was not held after 1952 , although an unofficial championship was held until 1957 . In 1964 the championship was revived on a challenge basis and in 1969 the championship became a knock-out event again . Since 1977 it has been played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . The tournament is currently played over 17 days and ends on the first Monday in May . In the modern era ( since 1969 ) , the best record is that of Stephen Hendry , who won the title seven times . Steve Davis and Ray Reardon both won six times while Ronnie O'Sullivan has won five titles . The current champion is Judd Trump , whose 2019 win was his first .
The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19-25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai , China . It was the fifth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season . Kyren Wilson was the defending champion , but he lost 2-5 to Michael Holt in the last 32 . Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen . It was Maguire 's third professional maximum break . Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career , defeating Mark Selby 10-6 in the final . He also became the first second-time winner in the history of the event .
The 2016 International Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 30 October 2016 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing , China . It was the eighth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season . John Higgins was the defending champion but he lost 2-6 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals . Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title by beating Ding Junhui 10-1 in the final . This match was a repeat of the 2016 World Championship final , in which Selby beat Ding by the 18-14 scoreline , and also the second consecutive ranking event final in China to feature both players , previous one , at the Shanghai Masters , being won 10-6 by Ding .
The 2017 Yushan World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18-24 September 2017 in Yushan , China . It was the fifth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season . Qualifying took place between 6-9 August in Preston . Ali Carter was the defending champion but he chose not to participate . Ding Junhui won his 13th ranking title , defeating Kyren Wilson 10-3 in the final . It was Ding 's first ranking event win since the 2016 Shanghai Masters , a year earlier .
The World Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament . It had previously been known as the Professional Players Tournament , the LG Cup and the Grand Prix . During 2006 and 2007 , it was played in a unique round-robin format , more similar to association football and rugby tournaments than the knock-out systems usually played in snooker . The knock-out format returned in 2008 with an FA Cup-style draw . The random draw was abandoned after the 2010 edition . Judd Trump is the defending champion .
Kyren Wilson ( born 23 December 1991 ) is an English snooker player who turned professional in 2010 , after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings . Wilson won his first ranking title at the 2015 Shanghai Masters when , ranked 54th in the world , he defeated Judd Trump 10-9 in the final .
The 2018 Ladbrokes World Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament , taking place from 19 to 25 February 2018 at the Guild Hall in Preston , England . It was the fifteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season . Barry Hawkins was the defending champion , but he did not qualify for this edition of the tournament . Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth ranking title of the season and 32nd ranking title overall , beating Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final .
The World Grand Prix is a professional ranking snooker tournament . The inaugural edition was played in 2015 at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno , Wales . The reigning champion is Neil Robertson .
The 2019 UK Championship ( also known as the 2019 Betway UK Championship for sponsorship reasons ) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 26 November to 8 December 2019 . The 43rd edition of the UK Championship , it was the seventh ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2019/2020 season . The event was broadcast on BBC Sport in the United Kingdom and on Eurosport throughout Europe . The tournament was sponsored by betting company Betway . The defending champion , Ronnie O'Sullivan , had won the previous two championships , defeating Shaun Murphy 10-5 in the 2017 final , and Mark Allen 10-6 in the 2018 final . O'Sullivan was eliminated in the last 16 by Ding Junhui , who won the match 6-4 and proceeded to reach the final of the event , defeating compatriots Liang Wenbo and Yan Bingtao , both 6-2 , in the two intervening rounds . Ding 's opponent in the final was Stephen Maguire , who had won his semi-final 6-0 against Mark Allen . Ding defeated Maguire 10-6 to win his third UK championship . Barry Hawkins compiled a maximum break in the fourth frame of his first round match with Gerard Greene . It was the first maximum break to be made at the UK Championship since 2016 , and the third of Hawkins ' career . There were a total of 139 century breaks in the event .
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament . It is one of snooker 's prestigious Triple Crown events , along with the World Championship and the Masters . It is the second-biggest ranking tournament , after the World Championship . Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record seven times , followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five . Ding Junhui is the reigning champion .
Stephen Maguire ( born 13 March 1981 ) is a Scottish professional snooker player . After turning professional in 1998 , he ranked in the top 16 consecutively for 11 years from 2005 to August 2016 , reaching as high as second for two of those seasons . He has won five major ranking tournaments , including the UK Championship in 2004 . As a prolific break-builder , Maguire has compiled more than 420 century breaks , including three maximum breaks .