The 2010 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 5–7 November 2010 at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford, England.
The event had last been held in 1991, when Cliff Wilson won in the final 5–4 against Eddie Charlton, to become the inaugural champion. Jimmy White won in the 2010 final 4–1 against Steve Davis and claimed his 30th career title.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £20,000 Runner-up: £10,000 Semi-finalist: £4,000 Quarter-finalist: £2,500 Pre-qualifier: £2,000
Total: £50,000
Main draw The draw for the quarter-finals was made on the afternoon of 5 November 2010 at the venue of the event. The draw for semi-finals was made on a random basis.
All matches up to and including the quarter-finals were best of 3 frames, semi-finals were best of 5 frames and the final was the best of 7 frames. All times are GMT.
Pre-qualifying Friday, 5 November Peter Ebdon 0–2 Nigel Bond
Quarter-finals
Saturday, 6 November Ken Doherty 0–2 Nigel Bond Steve Davis 2–0 Joe Johnson
Saturday, 6 November Dennis Taylor 0–2 John Parrott Jimmy White 2–0 Cliff Thorburn
Semi-finals
Saturday, 6 November Steve Davis 3–1 Nigel Bond
Sunday, 7 November John Parrott 2–3 Jimmy White
Final Sunday, 7 November Steve Davis 1–4 Jimmy White
Qualifying tournament These matches took place between 29 and 30 May 2010 at the Cue Garden, Bradford, England. There was only one century break in qualifying - a 144 made by Peter Lines.
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