Judd Trump
Career finals -- Ranking finals : 24 ( 15 titles , 9 runners-up )
Table:
Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score

Winner

1.

2011

China Open

Mark Selby

10–8

Runner-up

1.

2011

World Snooker Championship

John Higgins

15–18

Winner

2.

2011

UK Championship

Mark Allen

10–8

Runner-up

2.

2012

Shanghai Masters

John Higgins

9–10

Winner

3.

2012

International Championship

Neil Robertson

10–8

Runner-up

3.

2014

German Masters

Ding Junhui

5–9

Winner

4.

2014

Australian Goldfields Open

Neil Robertson

9–5

Runner-up

4.

2014

UK Championship

Ronnie O'Sullivan

9–10

Runner-up

5.

2015

Shanghai Masters (2)

Kyren Wilson

9–10

Winner

5.

2016

China Open (2)

Ricky Walden

10–4

Winner

6.

2016

European Masters

Ronnie O'Sullivan

9–8

Runner-up

6.

2016

English Open

Liang Wenbo

6–9

Runner-up

7.

2017

Welsh Open

Stuart Bingham

8–9

Runner-up

8.

2017

Gibraltar Open

Shaun Murphy

2–4

Winner

7.

2017

Players Championship

Marco Fu

10–8

Winner

8.

2017

European Masters (2)

Stuart Bingham

9–7

Runner-up

9.

2017

Shanghai Masters (3)

Ronnie O'Sullivan

3–10

Winner

9.

2018

Northern Ireland Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan

9–7

Winner

10.

2019

World Grand Prix (2)

Ali Carter

10–6

Winner

11.

2019

World Snooker Championship

John Higgins

18–9

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The 2011 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2011 at the Beijing University Students ' Gymnasium in Beijing , China . Mark Williams was the defending champion , but he lost 4-5 against Stephen Lee in the first round , despite making four century breaks . Judd Trump won his first ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 10-8 in the final .
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 .
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 2011 World Snooker Championship ( also referred to as the 2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 2011 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . It was the 35th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible and was the last ranking event of the 2010/2011 season . The event was organised by the WPBSA and had a prize fund of £1,111,000 . The tournament was sponsored by Betfred.com . Neil Robertson was the defending champion , but lost 8-10 against Judd Trump in the first round . Trump became the youngest player since 1990 to reach the final where he lost to John Higgins . This was Higgins ' fourth world title , becoming only the fourth man to win four or more championships . Ding Junhui meanwhile became the first player from China to reach the semi-finals . Mark King and Ding Junhui made the highest breaks at the Crucible with 138 ; while James Wattana compiled the highest break of the tournament during qualifying with 141 . An audience of 3.93 million viewers watched the final session in Great Britain with 2.03 million watching the third session of the final . The second and fourth sessions of the final was the most watched programme on BBC Two for their particular weeks . Viewing figures on the BBC peaked at 6.6 million viewers .
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 .
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The 2011 williamhill.com UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3-11 December 2011 at the Barbican Centre in York , England . This was the first time that William Hill sponsored the event . John Higgins was the defending champion , but he lost in the second round 4-6 against Stephen Maguire . Judd Trump won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10-8 in the final .
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