MARK ALLEN fired a tongue-in-cheek message to rival Jack Lisowski after he was pipped to a major cash prize.
Allen was in pole position to pick up the £150,000 Home Nations Series bonus, awarded to whoever does the best across the English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Opens.
Mark Allen sent his rivals a congratulatory message after he was snubbed for a major bonusCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
Jack Lisowski’s Welsh Open run means that he pockets a £150,000 bonusCredit: Getty
secured victory at the English Open, and made the semis in the Scottish and Northern Ireland events.
However, a shock first-round exit to David Grace at the Welsh Open left his hefty prize hanging in the balance.
It was an opportunity that was quickly snatched up by English cueist Lisowski, after he stunned five-time Champion in the semi-finals at the tournament on Saturday.
That result was enough to break Allen’s heart and net Lisowski the bonus.
But the former world No1 took losing out on the prize well, writing on social media: “What a break Jack Lisowski, fair play!
“Not sure I’m ever gonna win that bonus. 4th time in 6 years I’ve been 2nd.”
Lisowski only managed to reach the round of 16 at the English Open, and suffered a first-round exit at the Scottish Open to Wang Yuchen.
But his claim to the bonus came largely from his campaign at the Northern Ireland Open, where he stunned 9-8 to win the competition in October.
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
and share the record for the , with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 –
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 –
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 –
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 –
- 1991 –
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 –
- 1998 –
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 –
- 2001 –
- 2002 –
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 –
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 –
- 2015 –
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 –
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 –
- 2024 –
- 2025 –
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
His tournament in Wales didn’t get off to the smoothest of starts, with his second-round clash with Xiao Guodong producing a bizarre and tense moment.
Lisowski set up to power the cue ball into the blue and leave it at the other end of the table in their third frame.
But the cue ball took an awkward bounce and ended up cannoning off the table altogether.
A furious Lisowski initially put down his cue and stormed out of the arena, but he eventually returned to secure a narrow 4-3 win.
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