Jimmy White knocked out of World Snooker Championship qualifying; The 2025 World Snooker Championship runs from Saturday, April 19 to Monday, Might 5. Kyren Wilson would be the defending champion, having defeated Jak Jones within the 2024 last
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Jimmy White will want both one other invitational tour card or a visit to Q College to stay on the circuit after dropping in World Championship qualifying
Jimmy White’s absence from the World Championship will stretch to twenty years after he misplaced within the second spherical of qualifying.
White, 62, has not featured on the Crucible since a first-round defeat again in 2006 and has misplaced in qualifying yearly since.
That file stretched to a nineteenth yr when he was overwhelmed by Ashley Carty.
The Rotherham potter beat the six-time finalist 10-5 on the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
White will want both one other invitational tour card or a visit to Q College to stay on the circuit, after struggling relegation.
Former German Masters winner Anthony Hamilton halted a sensational fightback from Steven Hallworth, who had trailed 9-0, crafting a momentum-defying clearance to win 10-8.
No participant has ever gained a best-of-19 match from 9-0 down however Hallworth gave the impression to be on track for historical past when he led 63-0 within the 18th body. The match appeared set for a last body, when Hamilton summoned a clearance of 69 to win on the black.
“That’s as hard as trying to get over the line in a ranking final. It’s a story that would follow you round for the rest of your life. If you lose from 9-0, you’re on quizzes and stuff. You don’t want that,” stated 53-year-old Hamilton.
“He was gone in the first session, I was gone there. It was a proper match of two halves. And when I say gone, I mean gone. It’s not like golf where you can have a little walk around. You are gone. You’ve been playing all these years and can’t make eight. So that was definitely the best break I’ve ever made.
“He was bossing every little thing. You see that scoreboard ticking and you’re all around the gaff! I stated to my mate at 8-0 I am not over the road right here, my eyes aren’t adequate to suppose this can be a executed deal. I knew I might lose the match.”
Fu makes historical past
Marco Fu made the seventh 16-red clearance in skilled snooker historical past
Marco Fu made the seventh 16-red clearance in skilled snooker historical past throughout his qualifying match in opposition to Ben Mertens on Thursday.
Hong Kong star Fu took the brown as an additional pink, then potted the inexperienced, and went on to take all 15 reds with colors then cleared the desk for a complete of 139.
The best break in snooker historical past was compiled by Jamie Burnett throughout the UK Championship qualifiers in 2004 when a free ball initially of the body helped him make a 148.
The seven 16-red clearances are:
148 – Jamie Burnett (2004 UK Championship)
141 – Ricky Walden (2008 UK Championship)
141 – Mark Selby (2018 China Open)
140 – Liam Highfield (2020 Scottish Open)
139 – Ryan Day (2023 Tour Championship)
139 – Marco Fu (2025 World Championship)
135 – Steve James (1990 World Championship)
Snooker rating event winners 2024/25
- Championship League: Ali Carter
- Xi’an Grand Prix: Kyren Wilson
- Saudi Arabia Masters: Judd Trump
- English Open: Neil Robertson
- British Open: Mark Selby
- Wuhan Open: Xiao Guodong
- Northern Eire Open: Kyren Wilson
- Worldwide Championship: Ding Junhui
- UK Championship: Judd Trump
- Shoot Out: Tom Ford
- Scottish Open: Lei Peifan
- German Masters: Kyren Wilson
- Welsh Open: Mark Selby
- World Open: John Higgins
- World Grand Prix: Neil Robertson
- Gamers Championship: Kyren Wilson
- Tour Championship – John Higgins
- World Championship – takes place April 19 to Might 5
Winners of non-ranking occasions
- Shanghai Masters: Judd Trump
- Champion of Champions: Mark Williams
- Riyadh Season Championship: Mark Allen
- The Masters: Shaun Murphy
- Championship League Invitational: Mark Selby
