2017 Six-red World Championship

Six-red World Championship

Tournament information
Dates	4–9 September 2017 (2017-09-04 – 2017-09-09)
Venue	Bangkok Convention Center
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	WPBSA
Total prize fund	10,000,000 baht
Winner's share	3,500,000 baht
Highest break	Noppon Saengkham (75) Stuart Bingham (75) (Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75)
Final
Champion	Mark Williams
Runner-up	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Score	8–2
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker invitational tournament held between 4 and 9 September 2017 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The tournament was reduced from 48 players to 32.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 1–6 to Marco Fu in the last 16.

Mark Williams won the title, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–2 in the final.[2]

Prize money

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

• Winner: 3,500,000 baht
• Runner-up: 1,300,000 baht
• Semi-finalists: 750,000 baht
• Quarter-finalists: 375,000 baht
• Last 16: 150,000 baht
• Third in Group: 75,000 baht
• Fourth in Group: 50,000 baht
• Total: 10,000,000 baht

Round-robin stage

The top two players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.[4]

Group A

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Noppon Saengkham 3 3 15 6 +9 3 2 Ding Junhui 3 2 11 10 +1 2 3 Tom Ford 3 1 11 12 −1 1 4 Lyu Haotian 3 0 6 15 −9 0

Ding Junhui 1–5 Noppon Saengkham Lyu Haotian 2–5 Tom Ford Noppon Saengkham 5–4 Tom Ford Ding Junhui 5–3 Lyu Haotian Ding Junhui 5–2 Tom Ford Noppon Saengkham 5–1 Lyu Haotian

Group B

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Anthony McGill 3 3 15 9 +6 3 2 Ryan Day 3 1 11 10 +1 1 3 Passakorn Suwannawat 3 1 10 12 −2 1 4 Muhammad Sajjad 3 1 6 11 −5 1

Anthony McGill 5–4 Passakorn Suwannawat Muhammad Sajjad 0–5 Ryan Day Passakorn Suwannawat 5–2 Ryan Day Anthony McGill 5–1 Muhammad Sajjad Passakorn Suwannawat 1–5 Muhammad Sajjad Anthony McGill 5–4 Ryan Day

Group C

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3 2 12 10 +2 2 2 Kyren Wilson 3 2 13 11 +2 2 3 Kristján Helgason 3 1 10 11 −1 1 4 Ricky Walden 3 1 9 12 −3 1

Kyren Wilson 3–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Kristján Helgason 5–1 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2–5 Ricky Walden Kyren Wilson 5–3 Kristján Helgason Kyren Wilson 5–3 Ricky Walden Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–2 Kristján Helgason

Group D

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Liang Wenbo 3 2 13 6 +7 2 2 Michael Holt 3 2 10 8 +2 2 3 Mark Davis 3 1 10 13 −3 1 4 Atthasit Mahitthi 3 1 7 13 −6 1

Atthasit Mahitthi 1–5 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 3–5 Mark Davis Liang Wenbo 5–1 Atthasit Mahitthi Mark Davis 2–5 Michael Holt Liang Wenbo 5–0 Michael Holt Atthasit Mahitthi 5–3 Mark Davis

Group E

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Sunny Akani 3 2 11 8 +3 2 2 Stuart Bingham 3 2 11 8 +3 2 3 Stephen Maguire 3 2 11 10 +1 2 4 Kamal Chawla 3 0 8 15 −7 0

Sunny Akani 1–5 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 5–2 Kamal Chawla Kamal Chawla 4–5 Stephen Maguire Stuart Bingham 1–5 Sunny Akani Stuart Bingham 5–1 Stephen Maguire Sunny Akani 5–2 Kamal Chawla

Group F

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Mark Willams 3 3 15 7 +8 3 2 Mark King 3 2 13 12 +1 2 3 James Wattana 3 1 12 10 +2 1 4 Soheil Vahedi 3 0 4 15 −11 0

James Wattana 4–5 Mark King Mark Williams 5–1 Soheil Vahedi Soheil Vahedi 3–5 Mark King Mark Williams 5–3 James Wattana Mark Williams 5–3 Mark King James Wattana 5–0 Soheil Vahedi

Group G

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Graeme Dott 3 3 15 2 +13 3 2 David Gilbert 3 2 11 12 −1 2 3 Martin Gould 3 1 10 11 −1 1 4 Andy Lee 3 0 4 15 −11 0

Graeme Dott 5–1 David Gilbert Martin Gould 5–1 Andy Lee Martin Gould 4–5 David Gilbert Graeme Dott 5–0 Andy Lee Andy Lee 3–5 David Gilbert Martin Gould 1–5 Graeme Dott

Group H

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Marco Fu 3 2 13 9 +4 2 2 Ben Woollaston 3 2 12 11 +1 2 3 Michael White 3 1 10 12 −2 1 4 Darren Morgan 3 1 10 13 −3 1

Ben Woollaston 2–5 Michael White Marco Fu 5–2 Darren Morgan Marco Fu 5–2 Michael White Ben Woollaston 5–3 Darren Morgan Marco Fu 3–5 Ben Woollaston Darren Morgan 5–3 Michael White

Knockout stage

	Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 13 frames					Final Best of 15 frames
	Noppon Saengkham		5
	David Gilbert		6
						David Gilbert		4
						Anthony McGill		6
	Anthony McGill		6
	Mark King		5
											Anthony McGill		3
											Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		7
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		6
	Stuart Bingham		5
						Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		6
						Liang Wenbo		4
	Liang Wenbo		6
	Ben Woollaston		3
																Thepchaiya Un-Nooh		2
																Mark Williams		8
	Sunny Akani		2
	Michael Holt		6
						Michael Holt		2
						Mark Williams		6
	Mark Williams		6
	Kyren Wilson		3
											Mark Williams		7
											Marco Fu		3
	Graeme Dott		6
	Ryan Day		5
						Graeme Dott		5
						Marco Fu		6
	Marco Fu		6
	Ding Junhui		1

Final

Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: ? Bangkok Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 9 September 2017.
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Thailand	2–8	Mark Williams  Wales
71–0 (71), 0–49, 1–55, 37–32, 0–39, 9–38, 0–54, 0–50 (50), 6–49, 15–43
71	Highest break	50
1	50+ breaks	1

Maximum breaks

(Note: A maximum break in six-red snooker is 75.)

• Noppon Saengkham
• Stuart Bingham

References

1. "6 Red World Championship". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
2. "Williams Takes Six Red Glory". World Snooker. 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. "Saengkham Shocks Defending Champion Ding - World Snooker". World Snooker. 4 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
4. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship 2017 Match Schedules - Round Robin Stages" (PDF). Billiard Sports Association of Thailand. Retrieved 7 September 2017.^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• Official website