2017 Six-red World Championship explained

Tournament Name:Six-red World Championship
Venue:Bangkok Convention Center
Location:Bangkok
Country:Thailand
Organisation:WPBSA
Total Prize Fund:10,000,000 baht
Winners Share:3,500,000 baht
Highest Break: Noppon Saengkham (75)
Stuart Bingham (75)
(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Winner: Mark Williams
Runner Up: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Score:8–2
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 to Marco Fu in the last 16.

Mark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 in the final.[2]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

Round-robin stage

The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.[4]

Group A

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133156+93
2 Ding Junhui321110+12
3 Tom Ford311112−11
4 Lyu Haotian30615−90

Group B

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1 Anthony McGill33159+63
2 Ryan Day311110+11
3311012−21
4 Muhammad Sajjad31611−51

Group C

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1321210+22
2 Kyren Wilson321311+22
3 Kristján Helgason311011−11
4 Ricky Walden31912−31

Group D

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1 Liang Wenbo32136+72
2 Michael Holt32108+22
3 Mark Davis311013−31
431713−61

Group E

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132118+32
2 Stuart Bingham32118+32
3 Stephen Maguire321110+12
4 Kamal Chawla30815−70

Group F

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1 Mark Willams33157+83
2 Mark King321312+12
3311210+21
4 Soheil Vahedi30415−110

Group G

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1 Graeme Dott33152+133
2 David Gilbert321112−12
3 Martin Gould311011−11
4 Andy Lee30415−110

Group H

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1 Marco Fu32139+42
2 Ben Woollaston321211+12
3 Michael White311012−21
4 Darren Morgan311013−31

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: ?
Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 9 September 2017.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
2–8Mark Williams
71–0 (71), 0–49, 1–55, 37–32,,,,,,
71Highest break50
150+ breaks1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 Red World Championship. Snooker.org. 11 July 2017. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912174623/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=637. live.
  2. Web site: Williams Takes Six Red Glory. 9 September 2017. World Snooker. 5 February 2018. 13 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171113194846/http://www.worldsnooker.com/williams-takes-six-red-glory/. live.
  3. Web site: Saengkham Shocks Defending Champion Ding - World Snooker. World Snooker. 4 September 2017. 6 September 2017. 5 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185736/http://www.worldsnooker.com/saengkham-shocks-defending-champion-ding/. live.
  4. Web site: SangSom 6 Red World Championship 2017 Match Schedules - Round Robin Stages. Billiard Sports Association of Thailand. 7 September 2017.

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