In the first round of this World Championship, a total of three seeded players (Murphy, Hawkins, Brechel) were out, only higher than 2009 and 2021, which is the second fewest one-round trip for seeded players in this century. Since the establishment of the 32-player format for the first round in 1982, seeded players have had the most first-round exits in 1992 and 2012, both of which were eight, and the seeded players with the fewest first-round exits were in 1983 and 1993, both of which were one- There are seven defending champions and six world firsts who have gone through a round trip; with the exception of Hendry in 2000 and Selby in 2018, the remaining five defending champions have fallen under the Crucible curse. In 2018, Selby was the only player to hold the title of defending champion + world number one double, but was eliminated in the first round.
Statistics of the first round of outs of seeded teams at previous World Championships
*Data as of April 22, 2002
*Data reference @ Cross Trail Garden 1388
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