维基百科

User:Addis-Bot/20140530/Crucible curse

< User:Addis-Bot

The "Crucible curse" (also known as the "The curse of the Crucible") refers to the fact that no first-time snooker world champion has retained his title the following year since the event moved to the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in 1977.[1][2][3][4] The last player to successfully defend his first world title was John Pulman in 1964, when the championship was still decided by challenge matches.[5]

The curse 编辑

The following first-time champions did not retain their title the following year. Of the fifteen players to have won their first championship at the Crucible Theatre, five lost in their first match as defending champion (Terry Griffiths in 1980, Steve Davis in 1982, Dennis Taylor in 1986 Graeme Dott in 2007, and Neil Robertson in 2011) and only two went on to reach the final: Joe Johnson in 1987 and Ken Doherty in 1998.

Year[5][6] Defending champion[5][6] Progress Result Opponent Ref
1980   Terry Griffiths Second round[N 1] 10–13   Steve Davis [7]
1981   Cliff Thorburn Semi-finals 10–16   Steve Davis [8]
1982   Steve Davis First round 1–10   Tony Knowles [9]
1986   Dennis Taylor First round 6–10   Mike Hallett [10]
1987   Joe Johnson Final 14–18   Steve Davis [11]
1991   Stephen Hendry Quarter-finals 11–13   Steve James [12]
1992   John Parrott Quarter-finals 12–13   Alan McManus [13]
1998   Ken Doherty Final 12–18   John Higgins [14]
1999   John Higgins Semi-finals 10–17   Mark Williams [15]
2001   Mark Williams Second round 12–13   Joe Swail [16]
2002   Ronnie O'Sullivan Semi-finals 13–17   Stephen Hendry [17]
2003   Peter Ebdon Quarter-finals 12–13   Paul Hunter [18]
2006   Shaun Murphy Quarter-finals 7–13   Peter Ebdon [19]
2007   Graeme Dott First round 7–10   Ian McCulloch [20]
2011   Neil Robertson First round 8–10   Judd Trump [21]

In the meantime, the title was won by players who had already been world champions, and thus the "curse" did not apply. Three players have won consecutive titles at the Crucible: Steve Davis (1983–1984 and 1987–1989), Stephen Hendry (1992–1996) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (2012–2013), but only after they experienced the "curse".[5][22]

Pre-Crucible 编辑

Even before the World Championship was staged at the Crucible, no player in the modern game successfully defended his first world title. Of all first-time world champions, only three retained their title at the next World Championship: Joe Davis in 1928, his brother Fred in 1949 and John Pulman at his first challenge match in 1964. Additionally, Ray Reardon, Alex Higgins and John Spencer won the World Championship before the event was moved to the Crucible in 1977, but they all failed to retain the title after winning it for the first time at the Crucible.

Year[5][6] Defending champion[5][6] Progress Result Opponent Ref
1970   John Spencer Semi-finals 33–37   Ray Reardon [23]
1971   Ray Reardon Semi-finals 15–34   John Spencer [24]
1973   Alex Higgins Semi-finals 9–23   Eddie Charlton [25]

Notes 编辑

  1. ^ Griffiths, along with the other top 8 seeds, received a bye in the first round, thus the second round was his first match.

参考资料 编辑

  1. ^ Dee, John. Murphy aiming to exorcise the Crucible curse. London: The Daily Telegraph. 14 April 2006 [21 April 2007]. 
  2. ^ Dee, John. Cruise for Ebdon as Crucible curse strikes champ. nationalmultimedia.com. 28 April 2006 [21 April 2007]. 
  3. ^ Crucible Curse Strikes Ebdon. Sporting Life. 30 April 2003 [21 April 2007]. （原始内容存档于16 July 2011）. 
  4. ^ Jackson, Jamie. Australia's Neil Robertson aiming to break the curse of the Crucible. London: guardian.co.uk. 15 April 2011 [23 April 2011]. 
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Turner, Chris. World Professional Championship. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. [21 April 2011]. （原始内容存档于16 April 2013）. 
  6. ^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Hall of Fame. Snooker.org. [19 April 2014]. 
  7. ^ 1980 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  8. ^ 1981 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  9. ^ 1982 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  10. ^ 1986 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  11. ^ 1987 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  12. ^ 1991 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  13. ^ 1992 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  14. ^ 1998 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  15. ^ 1999 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  16. ^ 2001 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  17. ^ 2002 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  18. ^ 2003 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  19. ^ 2006 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  20. ^ 2007 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  21. ^ Betfred.com World Championship (2011). Snooker.org. [23 February 2011]. 
  22. ^ Dirs, Ben. Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Barry Hawkins to win fifth World title. BBC Sport. 6 May 2013 [6 May 2013]. 
  23. ^ 1970 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  24. ^ 1971 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
  25. ^ 1973 World Championships Results. Snooker Database. [28 December 2010]. 
早期赛事
比洞赛（英语：World Professional Match-play Championship）
挑战赛（英语：1964–68 World Snooker Championships）
淘汰赛
克鲁西布时代
相关条目

Template:Snooker lists

取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Addis-Bot/20140530/Crucible_curse&oldid=36367771”