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.

## Prize fund

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.
- Winner: £375,000
- Runner-up: £160,000
- Semi-final: £75,000
- Quarter-final: £37,500
- Last 16: £25,000
- Last 32: £16,000
- Last 48: £12,000
- Last 80: £8,000
- Total: £1,750,000

## Main draw

The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks. Match winners are shown in bold.

## Century breaks

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.
- 146, 128, 124, 122, 111, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 143, 139, 132, 131, 128, 121, 101, 100 Mark Selby
- 141, 135, 129, 127, 124, 120, 120, 111 John Higgins
- 139, 136, 132, 132, 128, 128, 120, 117, 117, 113, 111, 110, 103 Ding Junhui
- 137, 122 Stuart Bingham
- 135, 114 Stephen Maguire
- 132, 126, 115 Barry Hawkins
- 131 Xiao Guodong
- 130 Liang Wenbo
- 129, 116, 105, 102, 100, 100 Mark Allen
- 125 Ryan Day
- 124, 107, 101 Stuart Carrington
- 118, 115, 109, 105 Marco Fu
- 118, 112, 109 Shaun Murphy
- 113, 105 Neil Robertson
- 111, 104 Ali Carter
- 110 Kyren Wilson
- 109 Luca Brecel
- 109 Yan Bingtao
- 108, 100 Martin Gould
- 105 Graeme Dott
- 104 David Grace
- 103, 100 Gary Wilson

## Infobox (individual snooker tournament)

- **tournament name**: 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship
- **winners share**: £375,000
- **previous**: 2016 World Snooker Championship, 2016
- **score**: 18–15
- **highest break**: (146)
- **total prize fund**: Pound sterling, £1,750,000
- **logo**: World Snooker Championship 2015 Logo.png
- **format**: Snooker world rankings, Ranking event
- **organisation**: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, WPBSA / World Snooker
- **country**: England
- **location**: Sheffield
- **venue**: Crucible Theatre
- **dates**: 15 April – 1 May 2017
- **next**: 2018 World Snooker Championship, 2018