2022 UK Seniors Championship
The 2022 UK Seniors Championship was a seniors' snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 7 January 2022 at the Bonus Arena in Hull, England. It was the first World Seniors Tour event of the 2021–22 snooker season.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–7 January 2022 |
| Venue | Bonus Arena |
| City | Hull |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Seniors Tour |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Highest break |  David Lilley (ENG) (109) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Peter Lines (ENG) |
| Runner-up | David Lilley (ENG) |
| Score | 4–1 |
← 2019 2023 → | |
Michael Judge was the defending champion, having defeated Jimmy White 4–2 in the 2019 edition of the event.[2] However, Judge lost 1–3 to Peter Lines in the first round. Lines went on to win the tournament, beating David Lilley 4–1 in the final.
The tournament was the final event in which 1980 World Champion and three-time Masters champion Cliff Thorburn competed.[3] He played his final match against Kuldesh Johal on 5 January 2022, eleven days before turning 74.
Tournament draw
Below are the results for the main draw. Seedings are shown in the leftmost boxes, and match winners are denoted in bold.[4]
| Last 16 Best of 5 frames | Quarter–finals Best of 7 frames | Semi–finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Michael Judge (IRL)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kuldesh Johal
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuldesh Johal (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ken Doherty
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Stephen Hendry (SCO)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barry Pinches (ENG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Stephen Hendry
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ken Doherty
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ken Doherty (IRL)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Lee Walker (WAL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Lines
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | David Lilley
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Patrick Wallace (NIR)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Cooper
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | John Parrott (ENG)
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Cooper (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jimmy White
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | David Lilley
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Joe Johnson (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rod Lawler (ENG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Joe Johnson
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | David Lilley
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | David Lilley (ENG)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philip Williams (WAL)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb Bonus Arena, Hull, England, 7 January 2022 | ||
| Peter Lines England |
4–1 | David Lilley England |
| Frame scores: 23–70, 67–66 (60 Lilley), 71–21, 58–25, 68–56 | ||
| 47 | Highest break | 60 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century breaks
A total of 2 century breaks were made during the tournament.[5]
- 109 – David Lilley
- 102 – Wayne Cooper
References
- "UK Seniors Snooker Moves to January 2022". seniorssnooker.com. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Judge Victorious at ROKiT UK Seniors Snooker Championship". WPBSA. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "End Of The Road For Thorburn". WPBSA. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "UK Seniors Championship 2022 | Last 16 Draw". seniorssnooker.com. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "UK Seniors Championship (4-7 Jan 2022) | Results". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.