2022 World Mixed Doubles (snooker)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 24–25 September 2022 |
| Venue | Marshall Arena |
| City | Milton Keynes |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Non-ranking team event |
| Total prize fund | £140,000 |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Selby (ENG) (134) |
| Final | |
| Champion |
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| Runner-up |
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| Score | 4–2 |
2024 → | |
The 2022 World Mixed Doubles (officially the 2022 BetVictor World Mixed Doubles) was a non-
The event featured the top four men from the snooker world rankings and the top four women from the World Women's Snooker rankings.[2] The teams were selected via a draw that took place on 6 August 2022. Ronnie O'Sullivan was paired with Reanne Evans, Judd Trump with Ng On-yee, Mark Selby with Rebecca Kenna, and Neil Robertson with Mink Nutcharut.[3] The tournament was played as a round-robin with four-frame matches, followed by a final between the top-two placed teams.[2][4] The team members made alternate visits to the table rather than playing alternate shots.[1]
Despite losing their first two round-robin matches, Robertson and Mink defeated Trump and Ng 4–0 in their last round-robin match to reach the final, where they defeated Selby and Kenna 4–2 to win the tournament.[5][6] Selby made the event's highest break of 134.
Format
The World Mixed Doubles was played for the first time since 1991 in 2022.
The teams were selected via a draw that took place on 6 August 2022. The
Prize Fund
A breakdown of the prize money awarded for the event is shown below:[7]
- Winners: £60,000 – (£30,000 per player)
- Runners-up: £40,000 – (£20,000 per player)
- Third in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player)
- Fourth in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player)
- Total: £140,000
Tournament Summary
All matches in the round-robin phase were a best-of-four, with the first two matches played on 24 September.[10] Ng and Trump won their opening frame against O'Sullivan and Evans, before Trump made a break of 75 to take a 2–0 lead. They also won the third frame, with Ng making a clearance before Evans made a break of 62 in the final frame. Speaking after the 3–1 win, Ng commented that her clearance in frame three had "huge pressure but luckily I handled it well".[10] In the opening frame of the next match, Selby made the highest break of the event, a 134 against Robertson and Mink.[10] Robertson made 64 in the next frame, but only won one frame as Selby made breaks of 40 and 64 to win 3–1.[10]
The final was played over the best of seven frames on the evening of 25 September. Robertson and Mink defeated Selby and Kenna 4–2.[11][5]
Draw
Round Robin
The results from the round-robin is shown below. Teams in bold denote match winners.[12][13]
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Final
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 26 September 2022.[5] | ||
| Mark Selby (ENG) Rebecca Kenna (ENG)
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2–4 |  Neil Robertson (AUS) Mink Nutcharut (THA)
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| 108–8 (107), 0–78 (69), 23–61, 25–75 (67), 82–0, 6–105 | ||
| 107 | Highest break | 69 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
There were three century breaks made during the event. The highest was a 134 made by Selby in the first frame of their group stage match against Robertson and Mink.[14]
- 134, 107 – Mark Selby
- 111 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
References
- ^ a b c d "Snooker breaks new ground with BetVictor world mixed doubles". World Snooker Tour. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ronnie O'Sullivan heads cast as world doubles returns to snooker circuit as mixed event after 31-year absence". Eurosport. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Bisset, Roddy (6 August 2022). "BetVictor World Mixed Doubles Teams Drawn". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Top female players join men in mixed doubles event". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Wongharuthai and Robertson win mixed doubles title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Robertson And Nutcharut Win Landmark Doubles Title". World Snooker. 25 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ a b "BetVictor World Mixed Doubles – The Rules". World Snooker. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Top female players join men in mixed doubles event". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Bisset, Roddy (6 August 2022). "BetVictor World Mixed Doubles Teams Drawn". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Winning Starts For Trump / On Yee and Selby / Kenna". World Snooker. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Robertson And Nutcharut Storm Into Final". World Snooker. 25 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Ardalen, Hermund. "BetVictor World Mixed Doubles Championship (2022) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Matches | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.