World Snooker Championship 2022 Draw, Players and Winner Prediction

Statistics:

Dates	16 April – 2 May 2022
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organization	World Snooker Tour
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£2,395,000
Winner’s share	£500,000
Highest break	Graeme Dott (SCO) (147)
Defending champion(2021)	Mark Selby (ENG)

Prize fund:

The winner of the event receives £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below:

• Winner: £500,000
• Runner-up: £200,000
• Semi-finalists: £100,000
• Quarter-finalists: £50,000
• Last 16: £30,000
• Last 32: £20,000
• Last 48: £15,000
• Last 80: £10,000
• Last 112: £5,000
• Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000

A bonus of £40,000 will be offered for a maximum break made at the Crucible, or £10,000 for a maximum made in the qualifying rounds. These bonuses are in addition to the £15,000 highest break prize.

Main Draw:

	First-round		Second round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals
	Best of 19 frames		Best of 25 frames		Best of 25 frames		Best of 33 frames
	16 April
	Mark Selby (ENG) (1)
	22 & 23 April
	Jamie Jones (WAL)
	19 April
	Yan Bingtao (CHN) (16)
		26 & 27 April
	Chris Wakelin (ENG)
	16 & 17 April
	Barry Hawkins (ENG) (9)
	21 & 22 April
	Jackson Page (WAL)
	17 & 18 April
	Mark Williams (WAL) (8)
		28, 29 April & 30 April
	Michael White (WAL) (a)
	20 April
	Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)
	24 & 25 April
	Ding Junhui (CHN)
	18 & 19 April
	Stuart Bingham (ENG) (12)
		26 & 27 April
	Lyu Haotian (CHN)
	17 & 18 April
	Anthony McGill (SCO) (13)
	23, 24 & 25 April
	Liam Highfield (ENG)
	20 & 21 April
	Judd Trump (ENG) (4)
	Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
	18 & 19 April
	Neil Robertson (AUS) (3)
	23, 24 & 25 April
	Ashley Hugill (ENG)
	19 & 20 April
	Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14)
		26 & 27 April
	Matthew Stevens (WAL)
	20 & 21 April
	Luca Brecel (BEL) (11)
	24 & 25 April
	Noppon Saengkham (THA)
	19 & 20 April
	John Higgins (SCO) (6)
		28, 29 April & 30 April
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
	16 & 17 April
	Zhao Xintong (CHN) (7)
	21, 22 & 23 April
	Jamie Clarke (WAL)
	16 & 17 April
	Shaun Murphy (ENG) (10)
		26 & 27 April
	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
	18 April
	Mark Allen (NIR) (15)
	22 & 23 April
	Scott Donaldson (SCO)
	16 & 17 April
	Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) (2)
	David Gilbert (ENG)

Final Format:

Final: (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 1 & 2 May 2022 Referee: Olivier Marteel
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Session 1: –
Frame	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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Session 2: – (–)
Frame	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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Session 3: – (–)
Frame	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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Session 4: – (–)
Frame	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Highest break
	Century breaks
	50+ breaks
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