Triple Crown (snooker)
The Triple Crown in snooker is winning three tournaments, the World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters. These three events together make up the Triple Crown Series. Each individual tournament is called a Triple Crown event. Players who win all three tournaments are said to have "won the Triple Crown", either over their career, or in one season alone. The Triple Crown dates back to the 1969 World Snooker Championship, when the event changed reverted to a knockout format from the prior "challenge" basis.
As of 2020[update], 11 players have won all three events. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan won each event five times or more. O'Sullivan has the most titles, having won 19 individual tournaments. Three players have won all three in the space of a season. Mark Williams, Steve Davis each won all three and Hendry having done so on two occasions.
Tournament winners
By season
A list of all winners of the three Triple Crown events is shown below by season:
Legend | |
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Player won all three Triple Crown tournaments in the same season | |
Player won two Triple Crown tournaments in the same season |
Multiple Triple Crown event winners
Player | Total | World Championship[7] | UK Championship[9] | Masters[8] | Winning span |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1993–2018 |
Stephen Hendry | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1989–1999 |
Steve Davis | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1980–1997 |
John Higgins | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1998–2011 |
Mark Selby | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2008-2021 |
Ray Reardon | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1970–1978 |
Mark Williams | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1998–2018 |
Alex Higgins | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1972–1983 |
John Spencer | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1969–1977 |
Neil Robertson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2010–2015 |
Cliff Thorburn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1980–1986 |
Ding Junhui | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2005–2019 |
Terry Griffiths | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1979–1982 |
Shaun Murphy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2005–2015 |
Judd Trump | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2011–2019 |
Doug Mountjoy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1977–1988 |
Paul Hunter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2001–2004 |
Peter Ebdon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2002–2006 |
John Parrott | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1991–1991 |
Stuart Bingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2015–2020 |
Dennis Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1985–1987 |
Matthew Stevens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2000–2003 |
Jimmy White | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1984–1992 |
Legend | |
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Player has won all Triple Crown events at least once | |
The names of active players are marked in bold |
Triple Crown (snooker) Media
Trophies of the Triple Crown tournaments, from left to right: UK Championship, World Snooker Championship, and Masters.
Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 23 Triple Crown titles—the most won by any player.
References
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- ↑ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 "Betfred World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 8.36 8.37 "Dafabet Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 "Betway UK Championship 2019". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2016)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2017)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2018)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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- ↑ "Dafabet Masters (2019)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ Harris, Daniel (6 May 2019). "World Snooker Championship: Trump beats Higgins 18–9 to win 2019 final". The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/may/06/world-snooker-championship-final-2019-judd-trump-v-john-higgins-live. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ↑ "Ding Junhui holds off Stephen Maguire to win third UK Championship". the Guardian. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "Masters 2020: Stuart Bingham fights back to beat Ali Carter and win title". BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/51168579. Retrieved 25 April 2020.