The draw for the 2011 Snooker World Championship was decided this week, ahead of the tournament, which takes place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK, between 16th April and 2nd May 2011.
The 2010 Champion, Neil Robertson is to face Judd Trump in the opening round, which also sees former champions Ronnie O’Sullivan face Dominic Dale and John Higgins face Stephen Lee in what appears, on paper, to be one of the most open World Championships in the sport’s history.
World Snooker Championship 2011 – 1st Round Matches
- Neil Robertson v Judd Trump
- Marco Fu v Martin Gould
- Graeme Dott v Mark King
- Ali Carter v Dave Harold
- Ding Junhui v Jamie Burnett
- Peter Ebdon v Stuart Bingham
- Stephen Hendry v Joe Perry
- Mark Selby v Jimmy Robertson
- Mark Williams v Ryan Day
- Jamie Cope v Andrew Pagett
- Mark Allen v Matthew Stevens
- Stephen Maguire v Barry Hawkins
- Shaun Murphy v Marcus Campbell
- Ronnie O’Sullivan v Dominic Dale
- Ricky Walden v Rory McLeod
- John Higgins v Stephen Lee
thinking of having a bet, looking at the 1st round matches above does that mean that for example Cope will play Junhui in the next round if they both win, because it is set out differently on bet365
The draw (above) now displays in the tournament order – second round matches shall be winner of 1v2, 3v4 and so on, down to 15v16.