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2015 World Seniors Championship

The 2015 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Betway World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 2–3 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.


Tournament information
2–3 March 2015 (2015-03-02 – 2015-03-03)
Circus Arena
Blackpool
England
WPBSA
Seniors event
£50,000
£18,000
Mark Williams (140)
Mark Williams
Fergal O'Brien
2–1
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The 2015 World Seniors Championship (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Betway World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 2–3 March 2015 at the Circus Arena in Blackpool, England.

The Circus Arena played host to the tournament for the first time, having previously being held at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.

The age limit of the event was reduced from 45 to 40 years, allowing players such as Mark Williams, Peter Ebdon, Dominic Dale and Fergal O'Brien to enter. Players had to be aged 40 or above at the end of the 2015 World Championship (4 May 2015).

Steve Davis was the defending champion, but he lost 0–2 against Fergal O'Brien in the quarter-finals. Mark Williams won his 26th professional title by defeating Fergal O'Brien 2–1 in the final.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £18,000
  • Runner-up: £8,000
  • Semi-finalist: £4,000
  • Quarter-finalist: £2,000
  • Last 16: £1,000
  • Total: £50,000

The draw for the last 16 was made on 3 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York during the UK Championship. All former World Seniors Champions and World Snooker Champions, who registered for the event, were seeded through to the final stages in Blackpool. There were three century breaks during the tournament. Mark Williams made a 140 break against Darryn Walker and Fergal O'Brien made a 110 and 105 break against Peter Ebdon.

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Final: Best of 3 frames. Referee: Greg Coniglio.Tower Circus, Blackpool, England, 3 March 2015.
Mark Williams  Wales2–1Fergal O'Brien  Ireland
30–41, 87–4 (73), 94–0
73Highest break39
0Century breaks0
150+ breaks0

These matches were played on 20 and 21 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. There were two century breaks during the qualifying. Dominic Dale made a 129 break against Peter Delaney and Rory McLeod made a 104 break against Andrew Milliard.

  • 140 – Mark Williams

  • 110, 105 – Fergal O'Brien

  • 129 – Dominic Dale

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