2006 Pot Black
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 September 2006 |
| Venue | Royal Automobile Club |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £40,000 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 |
| Highest break | 119 – Mark Williams |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Williams |
| Runner-up |  John Higgins |
| Score | 1–0 (119–13) |
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The 2006 Pot Black was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was held on 2 September 2006 at the Royal Automobile Club in London, England. All matches were played over one frame.[1] Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost in the first round 0–1 (64–70) against John Higgins.
Mark Williams won the final 1–0 (119–13) against John Higgins. During the final Williams compiled a 119 break, the highest in the tournament's history.[2]
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]
- Winner: £10,000
- Runner-up: £6,000
- Semi-final: £4,000
- Quarter-final: £3,500
- Highest break: £2,000
- Total: £40,000
Main draw
[edit]Players highlighted in bold are the match winners.[3]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Matthew Stevens
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins
| 1 | |||||||||||||
 Peter Ebdon
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 1 | |||||||||||||
 Ken Doherty
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 1 | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Williams claims Pot Black prize". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ a b "2006 Pot Black Cup". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007.