2027 World Snooker Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Template:Start and end dates |
| Venue | Hyperion Arena |
| City | Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £2,750,000 |
| Winner's share | £600,000 |
| Highest break |  Ewan Mitchell (ENG) (147 break) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Zhang Kai (CHN) |
| Runner-up |  Dominic Hale (SCO) |
| Score | 18–16 |
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The 2027 Hyperion World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament held from 17 April to 3 May 2027 at the Hyperion Arena in Manchester, England. It was the final ranking event of the 2026–27 snooker season and the third edition of the tournament to be held at the Hyperion venue. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it continued to serve as the sport’s most prestigious competition.
Defending champion Zhang Kai (CHN) successfully defended his title, becoming the first back-to-back world champion since Mark Selby (ENG) in 2016–2017. In a dramatic final, he defeated former champion Error creating thumbnail: Dominic Hale (SCO) 18–16, coming from 14–16 behind to win the last four frames. The event featured a record **96 century breaks**, including a maximum break of 147 by Error creating thumbnail: Ewan Mitchell (ENG) in round one.
Prize fund[edit | edit source]
The total prize fund for the 2027 championship was £2,750,000:
- Winner: £600,000
- Runner-up: £300,000
- Semi-finalists: £140,000
- Quarter-finalists: £70,000
- Last 16: £40,000
- Last 32: £20,000
- Highest break: £25,000
- Maximum break: £147,000
- Total: £2,750,000
Final[edit | edit source]
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Hyperion Arena, Manchester, 2 & 3 May 2027. Referee: Catherine Doyle. | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: Zhang Kai (CHN) | 18–16 | Error creating thumbnail: Dominic Hale (SCO) |
| 74–89, 101–4, 102–0, 56–91, 73–75, 100–14, 48–76, 97–5, 110–9, 13–81, 65–82, 116–12, 42–84, 121–3, 0–96, 108–26, 52–83, 138–1, 68–92, 89–101, 132–7, 78–16, 46–80, 109–22, 59–61, 98–31, 44–92, 115–5, 99–18, 62–84, 94–91, 104–19, 100–6 | Century breaks: Zhang (7), Hale (6) Highest: Zhang – 138, Hale – 121 |
Template:Country data China Zhang Kai defends the world title for the first time in his career. |
Main draw[edit | edit source]
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Century breaks[edit | edit source]
A record 96 century breaks were made during the 2027 tournament.
- 147 – Ewan Mitchell
- 138, 132, 121, 116, 110 – Zhang Kai
- 134, 121, 115, 108 – Dominic Hale
- 137, 112 – Remy Chauvet
- 129, 100 – Liam Radcliffe
- 127 – Zhang Rui
- 124 – Nathan Rivers
- 122 – Daniel Yates
- 119 – Kiran Malhotra
- 115 – Michael Chen
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