, 11 players have won all three events. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan won each event five times or more. O'Sullivan has the most titles, having won 19 individual tournaments. Three players have won all three in the space of a season. Mark Williams, Steve Davis each won all three and Hendry having done so on two occasions.
A list of all winners of the three Triple Crown events is shown below by season:
Julio Anguita
Julio Anguita González (21 November 194116 May 2020) was a Spanish Communist politician. He was born in Fuengirola, Spain.
Anguita was Secretary General of the Communist Party from 1988 to 1998. He was also Mayor of Córdoba from 1979 to 1986. From 1989 to 2000, he was a Congressional Deputy and Coordinator of United Left.
Anguita died on 16 May 2020 in Córdoba of a heart attack, aged 78.
Claudie Haigneré
Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré (born 13 May 1957) is a French doctor, politician, and former astronaut. She was a member of the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002). She was born in Le Creusot, France. She is also the CEO of France Telecom.
Pilar Pellicer
Pilar Pellicer (born Pilar Pellicer López de Llergo; February 2, 1938 – May 16, 2020) was a Mexican actress. Pellicer won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for her role as the main character in "La Choca" (1974). Her other best known roles were as Admiradora in "The Life of Agustín Lara" (1959) and as Lydia "Day of the Evil Gun" (1968). Pellicer was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco.
Pellicer died of COVID-19 on May 16, 2020 in Mexico City, aged 82.
Henrik Pontén
Henrik Pontén (17 October 1965 – 15 May 2020) was a Swedish jurist. He was born in Kalmar, Sweden. He worked for the organization Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau), and was often seen representing the organization in the media.
He became well known in Swedish media during the Bahnhof raid and the raid against The Pirate Bay. Pontén studied law at Stockholm University.
In May 2009, a fake application with the Swedish Tax Agency was submitted to change his name to "Pirate Pontén".
In January 2020, Pontén was injured in a bike accident where it left him in a coma. He died on 16 May 2020 in Lidingö, Sweden at the age of 54.
K. Varadarajan
K. Varadarajan (October 4, 1946 – May 16, 2020) was an Indian politician and activist. He was a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Tamil Nadu of India. He also was Leader of All India Kisan Sabha.
Varadarajan died on May 16, 2020 at his home in Karur, Tamilnadu of respiratory failure, aged 73.
Jumada al-Ula
Jumada al-Awwal (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأَوَّل‎, 'Jumādā al-ʾAwwal'), also known as Jumada al-Ula (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ‎, 'Jumādā al-ʾŪlā') or Jumada Ⅰ, is the fifth month of the 12 lunar months in the Islamic calendar. The month spans 29 or 30 days.
Lynn Shelton
Lynn Shelton (August 27, 1965 – May 16, 2020) was an American movie and television director, screenwriter, editor, producer and actress. Her best known movies were "Humpday" and "Your Sister's Sister". She also directed some episodes of "GLOW", "Mad Men", "The Mindy Project" and "Shameless".
Shelton was born in Oberlin, Ohio. She was raised in Seattle, Washington. Shelton came out as bisexual in 2012.
Shelton died of a blood disease in Los Angeles on May 16, 2020, aged 54. She was in a relationship with comedian Marc Maron at the time of her death.
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, southwest of Cleveland. Oberlin is the home of Oberlin College.
The population was 8,286 at the 2010 census.
Saint-Gaudéric
Saint-Gaudéric is a commune of 115 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Jean-de-Barrou
Saint-Jean-de-Barrou is a commune of 254 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Jean-de-Paracol
Saint-Jean-de-Paracol is a commune of 124 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Julien-de-Briola
Saint-Julien-de-Briola is a commune of 89 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse is a commune of 736 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Salsigne
Salsigne is a commune of 390 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Gibigiana (Castiglioni)
Gibigiana is a type of table lamp. It was designed by the architect Achille Castiglioni, in 1980 and produced by Floss S.p.A..
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude
Saint-Marcel-sur-Aude is a commune of 2,005 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Just-et-le-Bézu
Saint-Just-et-le-Bézu is a commune of 44 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Saint-Martin-des-Puits
Saint-Martin-des-Puits is a commune of 28 people (2017). It is in the region Occitanie in the Aude department in the south of France.
Hanaford, Illinois
Hanaford is a village in Illinois in the United States.
2017 World Snooker Championship
The 2017 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 15 April to 1 May 2017 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 19th and final ranking event of the 2016–17 season, after the China Open. It was the 41st year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible.
The winner of the title was defending champion Mark Selby. He defeated John Higgins 18–15 in the final despite having fallen 4–10 behind in the second session of the match. Selby defeated Ding Junhui 17–15 in the semi-finals, whilst Higgins defeated Barry Hawkins 17–8. This was Selby's third World Championship win. He had also won the title in the 2014 and 2016 tournaments.
The total prize fund for the event was £1,750,000. The winner got the top prize of £375,000. There were 74 century breaks in the main stage of the championship, with a further 84 in qualifying. Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan made a break of 146 in the quarter-finals, the highest of the tournament. Gary Wilson scored a maximum break of 147 in qualifying during his first round win over Josh Boileau. The tournament was broadcast in Europe by the BBC and Eurosport, and internationally by World Snooker on Facebook.
The total prize money for the event was raised to £1,750,000 from the previous year's prize fund of £1,500,100. The winner of the event won £375,000. The prize money for the 2017 World Snooker Championship is shown below.
The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Match winners are shown in bold.
There were 74 century breaks made by 23 players in the main stage of the 2017 World Snooker Championship. The highest break of the tournament, a 146, was compiled by Ronnie O'Sullivan in his quarter-final loss to Ding Junhui.
Harvey
Harvey is an English family name or boys name derived from the Old Breton name "Huiarnviu".
Nine-ball
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a cue sport and a type of pool. The game comes from 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick, players must strike the white ball to pocket 9 colored billiard balls in order. An individual game is won by the player pocketing the 9-ball. Matches are usually played as a race to a set number of games, with the player who reaches the set number winning the match.
The sport has featured in popular culture, most notably in the 1956 novel "The Hustler" and its 1961 film adaptation, and the 1984 novel sequel "The Color of Money" and 1986 film "The Color of Money".
2014 World Snooker Championship