2023 WST Classic
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–22 March 2023 |
| Venue | Morningside Arena |
| City | Leicester |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £427,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of England.svg Mark Selby (ENG) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pang Junxu (CHN) |
| Score | 6–2 |
The 2023 WST Classic was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 March 2023 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England.[1] It was the 13th ranking event of the 2022–23 season and the inaugural staging of the WST Classic, which the World Snooker Tour added to the calendar midway through the season to replace the cancelled 2023 Turkish Masters.[2][3] The last qualifying event before the 2023 Tour Championship,[4] the tournament was streamed on Matchroom.live in all territories apart from China, Hong Kong, and Thailand, where it was carried by local broadcasters.[4] The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000.[5]
Pang Junxu reached the first ranking final of his career, where he faced Mark Selby. Competing in his home city, Selby defeated Pang 6–2 to win his 22nd ranking title.
There were 88 century breaks made during the event. Judd Trump made his 900th century break in professional competition during his first-round match against David Lilley, becoming the third player—after Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins—to reach that milestone.[6] Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the highest break of the tournament, a maximum break in the fifth frame of his last-64 match against Xu Si. This was Un-Nooh's fourth competitive maximum break.[7]
Format
[edit | edit source]The tournament featured 128 players. The top 64 players in the snooker world rankings after the Players Championship were seeded in the draw, with the remaining 64 players drawn at random against them.[5] Matches were played as the best of seven frames up to and including the quarter-finals. The semi-finals were played over the best of nine frames. The final was played over the best of 11 frames. The last three rounds were all played on the final day.[5]
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]The event featured a prize fund of £427,000, with the winner receiving £80,000. The breakdown of prize money for this event is shown below:[8]
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £17,500
- Quarter-final: £11,000
- Last 16: £7,500
- Last 32: £4,500
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £427,000
Tournament draw
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Section 2
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Section 3
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Section 4
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Bottom half
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Section 6
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Section 7
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Finals
[edit | edit source]| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 11 frames | ||||||||
| England Gary Wilson (16) | 4 | |||||||||
| Germany Lukas Kleckers | 1 | |||||||||
| England Gary Wilson (16) | 4 | |||||||||
| China Pang Junxu (44) | 5 | |||||||||
| China Pang Junxu (44) | 4 | |||||||||
| England Oliver Lines (61) | 3 | |||||||||
| China Pang Junxu (44) | 2 | |||||||||
| England Mark Selby (2) | 6 | |||||||||
| England Stuart Bingham (14) | 2 | |||||||||
| England Ali Carter (11) | 4 | |||||||||
| England Ali Carter (11) | 0 | |||||||||
| England Mark Selby (2) | 5 | |||||||||
| Scotland John Higgins (10) | 2 | |||||||||
| England Mark Selby (2) | 4 | |||||||||
Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 11 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer Morningside Arena, Leicester, England, 22 March 2023 | ||
| Pang Junxu (44) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
2–6 | Mark Selby (2) File:Flag of England.svg England |
| Frame scores: 0–104 (104), 0–138 (138), 79–18, 27–87, 0–120 (120), 64–16, 33–81, 0–83 | ||
| 75 | Highest break | 138 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 3 |
Century breaks
[edit | edit source]A total of 88 century breaks were made during the event.[12]
- 147, 115 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 143, 140 – Shaun Murphy
- 141, 123 – Daniel Wells
- 140 – Mark Joyce
- 139 – Pang Junxu
- 138, 138, 120, 105, 104 – Mark Selby
- 138, 130, 104 – Xu Si
- 137, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 137 – Stephen Maguire
- 136, 135, 126, 126, 121, 102 – John Higgins
- 136 – Andrew Higginson
- 135, 135, 121, 107, 103 – Gary Wilson
- 135, 104, 103 – Hossein Vafaei
- 135 – Anthony McGill
- 133 – Ding Junhui
- 132 – Jimmy White
- 131, 113 – Judd Trump
- 131 – Jamie Jones
- 131 – Andrew Pagett
- 130 – Graeme Dott
- 129, 112 – Barry Hawkins
- 129, 106, 101 – Ali Carter
- 129, 101 – Jack Lisowski
- 128, 102, 102 – Zhou Yuelong
- 128 – John J. Astley
- 127 – Tom Ford
- 126 – Noppon Saengkham
- 123 – Si Jiahui
- 122 – Xiao Guodong
- 120, 118, 117 – Lyu Haotian
- 120 – David Grace
- 115, 113 – Haydon Pinhey
- 115, 103 – Chris Wakelin
- 113, 100 – David Gilbert
- 110 – Jackson Page
- 109, 100 – Stuart Bingham
- 109 – Lukas Kleckers
- 109 – Matthew Selt
- 107 – Anton Kazakov
- 107 – Ben Mertens
- 105, 101 – Kyren Wilson
- 105 – Jenson Kendrick
- 104, 103 – Jamie Clarke
- 104 – Anthony Hamilton
- 103, 100 – Neil Robertson
- 102 – Mark Davis
- 101 – James Cahill
- 101 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
- 100 – Fan Zhengyi
- 100 – Liam Highfield
- 100 – Yuan Sijun
Notes
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