2017 World Seniors Championship


The 2017 World Seniors Championship was an invitational senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe, England, from 22 to 24 March 2017. Qualifying for the tournament was open to non-tour players, who were aged 40 and over on 1 January 2017.
In addition to the winner's cheque the champion received a place in the qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Professional Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
Mark Davis was the prior champion. However he was not eligible for this year's edition, as it was exclusively for non-tour players.
Snooker Legends organised the event for the first time having replaced the WPBSA who previously sanctioned the event.
Peter Lines won the tournament without losing a single frame. He beat John Parrott 4–0 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 events
  2. Cliff Thorburn – 1 world title, 4 triple crown events
  3. John Parrott – 1 world title, 2 triple crown events, 9 ranking events
  4. Dennis Taylor – 1 world title, 2 triple crown events, 2 ranking events
  5. Joe Johnson – 1 world title, 1 triple crown event
  6. Patsy Fagan – 1 triple crown event
  7. Tony Knowles – 2 ranking events
  8. Willie Thorne – 1 ranking event
Steve Davis, Ray Reardon, Terry Griffiths, Tony Meo and Doug Mountjoy were invited to take part, but declined.

Qualifying

Four qualifying events took place during February and March 2017:
Each qualifier took their place alongside the eight invited players in the main draw of the championship.

Main draw

50+ breaks