On January 24, 2022, the snooker single-time limited time game ended in Leicester. Liang Wenbo won three consecutive games as a "single seedling", but lost in the semi-finals due to a strange stroke error. Waffy won five consecutive games on final day, including Williams, who scored a perfect single-shot 71-point clean sheet in the final, becoming the fourth player to win the first individual ranking tournament in a single time limit and the 70th ranking champion in history.
In the third round of the game, Liang Wenbo fell behind Lin Shanfeng 24-35 seconds 50 seconds before the end of the game, he then completed the offensive combination of red, pink, red and blue, and after the 37-35 victory score, the game time was only the last 5 seconds left, and Liang Wenbo after the victory was once again passionately celebrated. The TOP16 players lost half of the round, mark Williams played 50+ and advanced with Allen, while Bingham and Selby lost to Oliver Lanes and Robbie Williams respectively.
The quarter-finals were uneventful, with Liang Wenbo winning another game as a "solo child", beating Lanes 56-28; Allen played the only 50+ of the round to advance with Mark Williams; and the quarterfinals also included two amateur players - Cassor and Womsley.
In the quarter-finals, Mark Williams scored a two-shot attack to win Clark 97-0; Liang Wenbo scored 49 points first, and Allen scored a high red ball in less than 4 minutes, but then made a half-table error in the face of a simple ball type that was expected to reverse the score, and Liang Wenbo won a thrilling victory. The two amateurs lost, with Wafi and Robbie Williams advancing together.
In the semifinals, Mark Williams scored 40 points for the first time, then scored a single 80 points after the opponent gave him a free-kick, and finally finished with a one-handed cut of a difficult black ball, beating Robbie Williams by a score of 124-1. Liang Wenbo took the lead, 48 in a single shot and the super score was imminent, hitting the point black ball without difficulty and making a mistake, Wafi then played a single 54 points, 61-48 to overtake the score, and finally won 92-48.
The final was a dream, Williams completed a high-quality kick-off, Wafi resolutely scored in the face of the extremely difficult far platform Tieku red ball, and perfectly called the color ball, and then played a single shot of 71 points in a flowing stream, achieving a super score, Williams directly conceded defeat with 5 minutes left in the game time, and Wafi won the ranking tournament for the first time after reaching the ranking final for the first time.
"Prince of Persia" Wafi from Iran became the fourth player to win the first individual ranking in a single time limited time after Georgiou, Tachaia and Holt, and he also became the 70th ranking champion in history. Wafi will receive a championship prize of £50,000, and the 123 points he scored will also bring him a £5,000 highest single-shot prize.
Past champions
Ranking tournament ↓↓↓
In 2022, H. Wafi 71-0 M. Williams
In 2021, R. Dai 67-24 M. Selby
In 2020, M. Holt 64-1 Zhou Yuelong
In 2019, T. Uno 74-0 M. Holt
In 2018, M. Georgiou 67-56 G. Dort
In 2017, A. McGill 67-19 Xiao Guodong
Non-ranking matches ↓↓↓
In 2016, R. Hull 50-36 L. Brechel
In 2015, M. White 54-48 Xiao Guodong
In 2014, D. Dell 77-19 S. Bingham
In 2013, M. Gould 104-0 M. Allen
In 2012, B. Hawkins 61-23 G. Dort
In 2011, N. Bond 62-23 R. Milkins
Results on the 23rd
Round 3
Jak Jones 22-63 M. Allen, I. Burns 17-36 M. Mann
S. Blackwell 23-29 D.A. Higginson, A. Hill 4-89(69) M. Williams
A. Taylor 1-63 H. Waffy, D. Young 92 (56)-1 M. Holt
L. Hayfield 27-48 D. Wormsley, M. Selter 46-3 A. Carter
O. Reines 63(51)-47 S. Bingham, D. Jones 22-54 S. Halworth
L. Clex 20-30 B. Cassol, M. Georgiou 70-15 K. Jowhar
K. Dahdi 50-52 C. Wakelin, N. Bond 7-32 J. Clark
Liang Wenbo 37-35 Lin Shanfeng, R. Williams 57-1 M. Selby
Quarter-finals
M. Williams 57-1 M. Celt, O. Reines 28-56 Liang Wenbo
J. Clark 44-36 M. Mann, H. Wafi 50-17 M. Georgiu
S. Halworth 21-46 D. Wormsley, R. Williams 39-14 A. Higginson
B. Casol 42-16 D. Young, C. Wakelin 6-79(78) M. Allen
Quarter-finals
M. Williams 97(52)-0 J. Clark, Liang Wenbo 49-21 M. Allen
H. Wafi 71-3 D. Wormsley, R. Williams 69-0 B. Cassol
semifinal
M. Williams 124(80)-1 R. Williams, H. Wafi 92(54)-48
final
M. Williams 0-71(71) H. Wafi