2018 World Seniors Championship


The 2018 World Seniors Championship was an invitational senior snooker tournament, taking place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 21 to 24 March 2018. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, aged 40 and over on 1 January 2018.
In addition to the winner's cheque the champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Professional Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
Peter Lines won the 2017 edition with a 4–0 victory against John Parrott in the final, but as a tour player he was not eligible for this year's edition.
Three of the eight invited players withdrew prior to the tournament. The five remaining seeds were defeated in the opening round.
The Championship was won by Aaron Canavan, who beat Patrick Wallace 4–3 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of the tournament prizes is shown below:

Seeded players

Players were seeded based on the titles won during their professional careers:
  1. Stephen Hendry – 7 world titles, 18 triple crown titles
  2. John Parrott – 1 world title, 2 triple crown titles, 9 ranking titles. Replaced by Lee Richardson, sixth in the amateur rankings
  3. Joe Johnson – 1 world title, 1 triple crown title
  4. Dennis Taylor – 1 world title, 2 triple crown titles, 2 ranking titles
  5. Tony Drago – 1 ranking final. Replaced by Simon Dent, fourth in the amateur rankings
  6. Tony Knowles – 2 ranking titles
  7. Cliff Thorburn – 1 world title, 4 triple crown titles, 2 ranking titles
  8. Willie Thorne – 1 ranking title. Replaced by Gary Filtness, the highest ranked amateur

    Qualifying

Eight qualifying events for the 2018 World Seniors Championship took place during the World Seniors Tour 2017/2018:
Each qualifier took their place alongside invited players and replacements in the main draw of the championship.

Main draw