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The 2005 Embassy
Embassy (cigarette)

Embassy is a brand of cigarettes from Imperial Tobacco. First sold in 1914 and relaunched as a coupon brand in 1962, in 1971 they were invited to sponsor the World Snooker Championships, which they did from then until 2005 at which time they had to pull out due to the government's ban on tobacco sponsorship....
 World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
 took place between the 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre
Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatre performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....
, Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 England. Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "The Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English people professional snooker player....
 looked to defend his world title which he won in 2004
World Snooker Championship 2004

The 2004 * Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Mark Williams looked to defend his world title which he won in World Snooker Championship 2003, but the final winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan, beating Graeme Dott by 18 frames to 8 in the final despite Dott having...
, but the final winner was the relatively fresh faced Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (snooker player)

Shaun Murphy is an English people professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Championship, and the 2005 World Snooker Championship.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting....
, beating Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens

Matthew Stevens is a Welsh people professional snooker player. Turning professional in 1994, Stevens reached number six in the Snooker world rankings 2000/2001 and spent the next seven seasons in the top 8, peaking at #4 for Snooker world rankings 2005/2006....
 by 18 frames to 16 in the final.








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The 2005 Embassy
Embassy (cigarette)

Embassy is a brand of cigarettes from Imperial Tobacco. First sold in 1914 and relaunched as a coupon brand in 1962, in 1971 they were invited to sponsor the World Snooker Championships, which they did from then until 2005 at which time they had to pull out due to the government's ban on tobacco sponsorship....
 World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship

The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
 took place between the 16 April and 2 May 2005 at the Crucible Theatre
Crucible Theatre

The Crucible Theatre is a theatre built in 1971 and located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. As well as theatre performances, it is home to the most important event in professional snooker, the World Snooker Championship....
, Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
 England. Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , nicknamed "The Rocket" due to his rapid playing style, is an English people professional snooker player....
 looked to defend his world title which he won in 2004
World Snooker Championship 2004

The 2004 * Embassy World Snooker Championship took place between the 17 April and 3 May 2004 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Mark Williams looked to defend his world title which he won in World Snooker Championship 2003, but the final winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan, beating Graeme Dott by 18 frames to 8 in the final despite Dott having...
, but the final winner was the relatively fresh faced Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (snooker player)

Shaun Murphy is an English people professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Championship, and the 2005 World Snooker Championship.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting....
, beating Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens

Matthew Stevens is a Welsh people professional snooker player. Turning professional in 1994, Stevens reached number six in the Snooker world rankings 2000/2001 and spent the next seven seasons in the top 8, peaking at #4 for Snooker world rankings 2005/2006....
 by 18 frames to 16 in the final.

Notable Moments


Notable moments from the championship include:

  • Eventual winner Shaun Murphy
    Shaun Murphy (snooker player)

    Shaun Murphy is an English people professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Championship, and the 2005 World Snooker Championship.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting....
     was 150-1 to win at the start of the tournament & became the first qualifier to win the tournament since Terry Griffiths
    Terry Griffiths

    Terrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Wales snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in World Snooker Championship 1979, and reached the World Snooker Championship 1988 final....
     in 1979.


  • John Parrott
    John Parrott

    John Parrott Order of the British Empire is an England professional snooker player.He won the World Snooker Championship in World Snooker Championship 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final....
     failed to qualify for the first time in his career, losing to Fergal O'Brien
    Fergal O'Brien

    Fergal O'Brien , and growing up in Bayside, Dublin, Dublin is an Republic of Ireland professional snooker player. He has won one ranking title and reached two other major finals, and spent 3 seasons as a top 16 player....
    .


  • Paul Hunter
    Paul Hunter

    Paul Alan Hunter was an English people professional snooker player. His media profile developed swiftly and he became known as the "David Beckham of the Baize" for his glamorous image....
     played his first match since being diagnosed with stomach cancer
    Stomach cancer

    Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs and the liver....
    . He lost to Michael Holt 8-10. In the the following year's event
    World Snooker Championship 2006

    The 2006 World Snooker Championship was that year's international profession snooker tournament. The final was contested between Peter Ebdon and Graeme Dott, and the victor was Dott by 18 frames to 14, earning him his first professional title in his 12-year career, and a Pound sterling200,000 cheque....
     he played his last competitive snooker match before his death in October 2006.


  • Mark Williams
    Mark Williams (snooker player)

    Mark James Williams, Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in World Snooker Championship 2000 and World Snooker Championship 2003....
     made only the 6th 147 maximum break at the World Championships in his 10-1 first round win against Robert Milkins
    Robert Milkins

    Robert Milkins is an England professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season....
    .


  • Steve Davis
    Steve Davis

    Steve Davis, Order of the British Empire, is an England professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Snooker Championship during the 1980s....
     made his first quarter-final since 1996. At 47 years and 8 months old, he is the oldest to reach this stage since Ray Reardon
    Ray Reardon

    Ray Reardon, MBE is a retired Wales snooker player. He dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six World Snooker Championship in that decade....
     did so at 52 years and 6 months old in 1985. Reardon went to the semi-final, ironically losing 5-16 to Davis.


  • This was the last Embassy-sponsored World Championship due to new legislation preventing the advertising of tobacco products in the UK coming into force. 888.com took the sponsorship the next year and did so until 2008


  • There were 64 centuries in the 2005 World Snooker Championship.


Results



Highest Break

147 by Mark Williams
Mark Williams (snooker player)

Mark James Williams, Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in World Snooker Championship 2000 and World Snooker Championship 2003....
.

Qualification

The matches were played at Pontin's, Prestatyn Sandys in February and March 2005.

  • Players in bold qualify to play in the main draw of the World Championship.


Results


1st Round (Best of 19 Frames)

Stuart Mann 10-8 Liu Song

Justin Astley 10-9 Steve James

Hugh Abernethy 10-6 Matt Selt

Ben Woolaston 10-6 Mark Joyce
Mark Joyce

Mark Joyce is an England professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce looks to have a bright future in snooker. He enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O?Donnell 8-3 in the final....


Lee Spick
Lee Spick

Lee Spick is an England snooker player currently ranked 65 in the world....
 10
-5 David Gilbert
David Gilbert (snooker player)

David Gilbert is an England professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction....


Craig Steadman
Craig Steadman

Craig Steadman is an internationally notable England amateur snooker player.Steadman reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6-3....
 10
-9 Kurt Maflin
Kurt Maflin

Kurt Maflin , is an internationally notable English people amateur snooker player, living in and representing Norway....


2nd Round (19 Frames) 3rd Round (19 Frames) 4th Round (19 Frames) Final Round (19 Frames)
Joe Delaney 10-8 David McDonnell Joe Delaney 10-2 Sean Storey
Sean Storey

Sean Storey is an English people professional snooker player.His best Snooker world rankings to date came in the World Snooker Championship in 2003, where he bowed out in the last 16, losing 7-13 to John Higgins ....
Fergal O'Brien
Fergal O'Brien

Fergal O'Brien , and growing up in Bayside, Dublin, Dublin is an Republic of Ireland professional snooker player. He has won one ranking title and reached two other major finals, and spent 3 seasons as a top 16 player....
 10
-3 Joe Delaney
Fergal O'Brien
Fergal O'Brien

Fergal O'Brien , and growing up in Bayside, Dublin, Dublin is an Republic of Ireland professional snooker player. He has won one ranking title and reached two other major finals, and spent 3 seasons as a top 16 player....
 10
-8 John Parrott
John Parrott

John Parrott Order of the British Empire is an England professional snooker player.He won the World Snooker Championship in World Snooker Championship 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final....
Adam Davies
Adam Davies

Adam Davies is an England-born Wales football , currently playing for Cambridge United F.C. in the Conference National. Super Defender Davies began his career as a schoolboy at Peterborough United F.C....
  10
-5 Mike Hallett
Mike Hallett

Mike Hallett is an England professional snooker player and television sports commentator....
Rod Lawler
Rod Lawler

Rod Lawler is an English people professional snooker. His best run a ranking tournament was in 1996, when he reached the final of the International Open, beating Stephen Hendry 5-3 in the second round, but his run ended in the final where he lost 9-3 to John Higgins ....
 10
-5 Adam Davies
Adam Davies

Adam Davies is an England-born Wales football , currently playing for Cambridge United F.C. in the Conference National. Super Defender Davies began his career as a schoolboy at Peterborough United F.C....
Nigel Bond
Nigel Bond

Nigel Bond is an England professional snooker player. He was ranked within the top 16 from 1992 to 1999. After a season outside the top 32, he regained his place there....
 10
-7 Rod Lawler
Rod Lawler

Rod Lawler is an English people professional snooker. His best run a ranking tournament was in 1996, when he reached the final of the International Open, beating Stephen Hendry 5-3 in the second round, but his run ended in the final where he lost 9-3 to John Higgins ....
Tony Drago
Tony Drago

Tony Drago is a professional snooker and Pocket billiards player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8-6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship....
 10
-4 Nigel Bond
Nigel Bond

Nigel Bond is an England professional snooker player. He was ranked within the top 16 from 1992 to 1999. After a season outside the top 32, he regained his place there....
Stuart Mann w-o Craig Butler Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (snooker player)

Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player who won the Grand Prix 2006 and the 2007 Welsh Open . Robertson is the first Australian to win a ranking tournament, and the only player to win two ranking tournaments in the Snooker season 2006/2007....
 10
-6 Stuart Mann
Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (snooker player)

Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player who won the Grand Prix 2006 and the 2007 Welsh Open . Robertson is the first Australian to win a ranking tournament, and the only player to win two ranking tournaments in the Snooker season 2006/2007....
 10
-8 Nick Dyson
Nick Dyson

Nick Dyson is an English professional snooker player. He is one of a few players to have scored more than one 147 in tournament play. He has reached the last 32 of eight tournaments, including the 1991 and 2001 World Championship, but never progressed beyond this stage....
Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (snooker player)

Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player who won the Grand Prix 2006 and the 2007 Welsh Open . Robertson is the first Australian to win a ranking tournament, and the only player to win two ranking tournaments in the Snooker season 2006/2007....
 10
-9 Mark King
Mark King (snooker player)

Mark King is a professional snooker player. He has not yet won a ranking tournament, but came close when he was a beaten finalist in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters ....
Alfie Burden 10-3 Jin Long
Jin Long

Jin Long is a China professional Snooker player. He has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7-3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three previous occasions....
Alfie Burden 10-3 Jimmy Michie
Jimmy Michie

Jimmy Michie is an English people professional snooker player from Pontefract, Yorkshire, placed at no. 61 in the Snooker world rankings 2007/2008, and a two-time World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Snooker world rankings, who has also reached the World Snooker Championship....
Dave Harold
Dave Harold

David 'Dave' Harold is an England professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter" ....
 10
-5 Alfie Burden
Barry Pinches
Barry Pinches

Barry Pinches is an England professional snooker player, recognisable for his bright and flamboyant waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C.....
 10
-6 Dave Harold
Dave Harold

David 'Dave' Harold is an England professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter" ....
Paul Wykes 10-9 Stefan Mazrocis
Stefan Mazrocis

Stefan Mazrocis is an international standard Netherlands amateur snooker player. He was born of Latvian people/English people parentage, spent his early snooker years of snooker in Leicester, England honing his snooker skills....
Paul Wykes 10-9 Gary Wilkinson
Gary Wilkinson

Gary Wilkinson is an English people professional snooker player....
Paul Wykes 10-9 Robin Hull
Robin Hull

Robin Hull is a retired Finland professional snooker player. For some time he was the sole Scandinavian player on the game's Snooker world rankings, although his accent reflects the fact that he was largely raised in London, and his father is English.....
Drew Henry
Drew Henry

Drew Henry is a Scottish professional snooker player, who has spent five seasons in the top 32 in the rankings so far in his career, peaking at #18, although he slipped out of this in 2005....
 10
-6 Paul Wykes
Tom Ford
Tom Ford (snooker player)

Tom Ford is an England professional snooker player from Leicester.As a junior, he played against Mark Selby frequently. His best run to date was in the 2005 Malta Cup where he beat Ken Doherty, but eventually lost to Stephen Hendry....
 10
-6 Justin Astley
Mike Dunn
Mike Dunn

Mike Dunn is an English snooker player who currently lives in Redcar. Dunn turned professional in 1991. His best performance in a ranking competition came in the 2005 Malta Cup when he beat five players including Marco Fu and David Gray to reach the last 16 eventually losing to Matthew Stevens 5-3....
 10
-6 Tom Ford
Tom Ford (snooker player)

Tom Ford is an England professional snooker player from Leicester.As a junior, he played against Mark Selby frequently. His best run to date was in the 2005 Malta Cup where he beat Ken Doherty, but eventually lost to Stephen Hendry....
Mark Selby
Mark Selby

Mark Selby is an English people professional snooker and pocket billiards player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 World Eight-ball Pool Federation List of World Eight-ball Champions....
 10
-2 Mike Dunn
Mike Dunn

Mike Dunn is an English snooker player who currently lives in Redcar. Dunn turned professional in 1991. His best performance in a ranking competition came in the 2005 Malta Cup when he beat five players including Marco Fu and David Gray to reach the last 16 eventually losing to Matthew Stevens 5-3....
Mark Selby
Mark Selby

Mark Selby is an English people professional snooker and pocket billiards player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 World Eight-ball Pool Federation List of World Eight-ball Champions....
 10
-2 Joe Perry
Joe Perry

Joe Perry may refer to:*Joe Perry *Joe Perry *Joe Perry *Joseph Perry ...
Shokat Ali
Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani people parents, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Shokat turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route....
 10
-6 Hugh Abernethy
Shokat Ali
Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani people parents, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Shokat turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route....
 10
-6 David Roe
David Roe

David Roe is an English people professional snooker player, and a four-time Snooker world rankings quarter-finalist. He has consistently held a Top-64 ranking since the Snooker season 1988/1989 season, peaking at no....
Shokat Ali
Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani people parents, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Shokat turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route....
 10
-7 Michael Judge
Michael Judge

Michael Judge is a professional snooker player from the Republic of Ireland. Unlike Ken Doherty and Fergal O'Brien he has not won a ranking event, coming closest in the 2004 Grand Prix, where he reached the semi-finals....
Quinten Hann
Quinten Hann

Quinten Hann is an Australian former professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. He was the 1999 List of World Eight-ball Champions....
 10
-5 Shokat Ali
Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani people parents, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Shokat turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route....
Scott Mackenzie 10-3 Joe Jogia Scott Mackenzie 10-7 Anthony Davies
Anthony Davies

Anthony Davies was a Wales professional snooker player, born on December 06, 1969. He turned professional in 1990, and his best performance was at the 1995 Thailand open , where he reached the quarter-finals....
Ryan Day 10-5 Scott Mackenzie Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is a Scotland professional snooker player from Glasgow....
 10
-5 Ryan Day
Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez

Leo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour and professional status once again....
 10
-7 Paul S Davidson
Rory McLeod
Rory McLeod (snooker player)

Rory McLeod is an England professional snooker player. After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001-2002 season, paving the way for a solid journeyman career....
 10
-7 Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez

Leo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour and professional status once again....
James Wattana
James Wattana

James Wattana as Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm, then renamed to Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm in 2003) is a Thai people professional snooker player....
 10
-8 Rory McLeod
Rory McLeod (snooker player)

Rory McLeod is an England professional snooker player. After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001-2002 season, paving the way for a solid journeyman career....
Allister Carter
Allister Carter

Allister Carter is an English people professional snooker player, who lives in Tiptree . He reached the final of the World Snooker Championship 2008, his first major final....
 10
-0 James Wattana
James Wattana

James Wattana as Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm, then renamed to Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm in 2003) is a Thai people professional snooker player....
Darren Morgan
Darren Morgan

Darren Morgan is a Wales snooker player, who was the World Amateur Champion in 1987, and played on the main World Snooker tour 1988–2005....
 10
-9 Ben Woollaston
Ben Woollaston

Ben Woollaston is a professional snooker player from Leicester. He first entered the professional tour for the snooker season 2004/2005 season but was unable to retain his place for the following season's tour....
Darren Morgan
Darren Morgan

Darren Morgan is a Wales snooker player, who was the World Amateur Champion in 1987, and played on the main World Snooker tour 1988–2005....
 10
-5 Jamie Burnett
Jamie Burnett

Jamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland...
Darren Morgan
Darren Morgan

Darren Morgan is a Wales snooker player, who was the World Amateur Champion in 1987, and played on the main World Snooker tour 1988–2005....
 10
-6 Patrick Wallace
Patrick Wallace

Patrick Wallace is a professional snooker player from Dungannon in Northern Ireland. He is an accountancy graduate from Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast ....
Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)

Anthony Hamilton is an English people professional snooker player noted for his break-building technique and distinctive appearances. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32....
 10
-2 Darren Morgan
Darren Morgan

Darren Morgan is a Wales snooker player, who was the World Amateur Champion in 1987, and played on the main World Snooker tour 1988–2005....
Lee Spick
Lee Spick

Lee Spick is an England snooker player currently ranked 65 in the world....
 10
- 7 Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui

Ding Junhui is a People's Republic of China snooker player, born in Yixing, Jiangsu, and is now a resident of England during the snooker season....
Lee Spick
Lee Spick

Lee Spick is an England snooker player currently ranked 65 in the world....
 10
-7 Bjorn Haneveer
Bjorn Haneveer

Bjorn Haneveer is a Belgium professional snooker player.Six times Belgian Snooker Champion, , he lost in the final of the European Championship in Scotland in June, 2000....
Stuart Bingham
Stuart Bingham

Stuart Bingham is an English people professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional....
 10
-2 Lee Spick
Lee Spick

Lee Spick is an England snooker player currently ranked 65 in the world....
Michael Holt 10-8 Stuart Bingham
Stuart Bingham

Stuart Bingham is an English people professional snooker player. He was 1996 World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional....
Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
 10
-1 Sean O'Neil
Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
 10
-5 Nick Walker
Nick Walker

Nick Walker was a professional snooker player, born in Chester, England on August 4 1973. He turned professional in 1991, and reached the last 16 of three Snooker world rankings events before his retirement in 2005....
Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
 10
-8 Brian Morgan
Brian Morgan

Brian Morgan is an England professional snooker player and coach. He is a former World Under-21 champion, and was among the top 32 players in the professional snooker world rankings for several years....
Gerard Greene
Gerard Greene

Gerard Greene is a left-handed Northern Irish professional snooker player, who has represented Northern Ireland in international events , as his parents are from Belfast....
 10
-5 Paul Davies
Paul Davies

Paul Charles William Davies Order of Australia is a British-born physicist, writer and Presenter, currently a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science....
Andrew Norman
Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman is an England professional snooker player who lives in Bristol. He has progressed up the Snooker World Rankings in the last two seasons by jumping 30 places....
10
-4 Craig Steadman
Craig Steadman

Craig Steadman is an internationally notable England amateur snooker player.Steadman reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6-3....
Marcus Campbell
Marcus Campbell

Marcus Campbell is a Scotland professional snooker. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently provisionly ranked at 40....
 10
-7 Andrew Norman
Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman is an England professional snooker player who lives in Bristol. He has progressed up the Snooker World Rankings in the last two seasons by jumping 30 places....
Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (snooker player)

Shaun Murphy is an English people professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Championship, and the 2005 World Snooker Championship.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting....
 10
-3 Marcus Campbell
Marcus Campbell

Marcus Campbell is a Scotland professional snooker. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently provisionly ranked at 40....
Shaun Murphy
Shaun Murphy (snooker player)

Shaun Murphy is an English people professional snooker player who is the reigning UK Championship, and the 2005 World Snooker Championship.Murphy is noted for his widely acclaimed cue action and his consistent long potting....
 10
-8 Joe Swail
Joe Swail

Joe Swail is a professional snooker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has reached ten major ranking semi-finals, including the World Snooker Championship 2000 and World Snooker Championship 2001 World Snooker Championships but only one final....
Brian Salmon wo- David Hall Adrian Gunnell
Adrian Gunnell

Adrian Gunnell is an English people professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage....
 10
-3 Brian Salmon
Adrian Gunnell
Adrian Gunnell

Adrian Gunnell is an English people professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage....
 10
-4 Stuart Pettman
Stuart Pettman

Stuart Pettman is an English people professional snooker player. The ginger-haired Preston native has qualified for the World Championship twice, in 2003 and 2004, beating Shaun Murphy in qualifying for the latter....
Robert Milkins
Robert Milkins

Robert Milkins is an England professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season....
 10
-3 Adrian Gunnell
Adrian Gunnell

Adrian Gunnell is an English people professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage....
Simon Bedford
Simon Bedford

Simon Bedford is an England professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the World Snooker Championship 1998 beating Gary Wilkinson 10-9, before losing 10-6 to Steve Davis....
 10
-2 Rodney Goggins
Rodney Goggins

Rodney Goggins is an Ireland professional snooker player.Born in County Wexford. He earned his place on the 2007/08 professional Tour by finishing top of the Irish senior rankings last season....
Andy Hicks
Andy Hicks

Andy Hicks is an English people professional snooker player presently from Cornwall. Hicks, nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", is a World Snooker Championship semi-finalist and he has been ranked in the top 20 players in the world, but has never broken into the top 16....
 10
-7 Simon Bedford
Simon Bedford

Simon Bedford is an England professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the World Snooker Championship 1998 beating Gary Wilkinson 10-9, before losing 10-6 to Steve Davis....
Andy Hicks
Andy Hicks

Andy Hicks is an English people professional snooker player presently from Cornwall. Hicks, nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", is a World Snooker Championship semi-finalist and he has been ranked in the top 20 players in the world, but has never broken into the top 16....
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-5 Mark Davis
Mark Davis (snooker player)

Mark Davis is an English people professional snooker player from St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex, England. The highlight of his career so far was winning the Benson & Hedges Championship in 2002, earning him an appearance at the Masters ....
Andy Hicks
Andy Hicks

Andy Hicks is an English people professional snooker player presently from Cornwall. Hicks, nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", is a World Snooker Championship semi-finalist and he has been ranked in the top 20 players in the world, but has never broken into the top 16....
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-5 Dominic Dale
Dominic Dale

Dominic Dale is a Wales professional snooker player and occasional snooker commentator and presenter for the BBC....
Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden

Ricky Walden is a snooker professional, born in England but living in Flintshire, Wales. At 6'4" he is tall for a snooker player, and he has a noticeably slouching posture....
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-7 Gary Wilson
Gary Wilson

Gary Wilson may refer to:* Gary Wilson , American experimental musician best known for his 1977 album, You Think You Really Know Me* Gary Wilson , Canadian politician...
Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden

Ricky Walden is a snooker professional, born in England but living in Flintshire, Wales. At 6'4" he is tall for a snooker player, and he has a noticeably slouching posture....
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-0 Lee Walker
Lee Walker

Lee Walker is a Wales professional snooker player.Walker reached the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship in 1997, with victories over Dave Harold 10-7 and Alan McManus 13-10, before he lost 13-8 to Alain Robidoux....
Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden

Ricky Walden is a snooker professional, born in England but living in Flintshire, Wales. At 6'4" he is tall for a snooker player, and he has a noticeably slouching posture....
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-9 Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins

Barry Hawkins is an English people professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent four seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings, although he is yet to win a match in the final stages of the World Snooker Championship....
Ian McCulloch
Ian McCulloch (snooker player)

Ian McCulloch is an English people professional snooker player from Walton-Le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire. He is known for his ability to grind opponents down through protracted safety exchanges and disjointed breakbuilding....
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-9 Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden

Ricky Walden is a snooker professional, born in England but living in Flintshire, Wales. At 6'4" he is tall for a snooker player, and he has a noticeably slouching posture....


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