The 2022 World Mixed Doubles (officially the 2022 BetVictor World Mixed Doubles) was a non-ranking professional snooker team tournament that took place from 24 to 25 September 2022 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by bookmaker BetVictor, the event was televised by ITV. It was the first staging of the tournament since 1991, when Steve Davis and Allison Fisher defeated Stephen Hendry and Stacey Hillyard 5–4 in the final in Hamburg. It featured a total prize fund of £140,000, of which the winners received £60,000 (£30,000 per player).
Despite losing their first two round-robin matches, Robertson and Mink defeated Trump and Ng 4–0 in their last round-robin match to reach the final, where they defeated Selby and Kenna 4–2 to win the tournament. There were three century breaks made during the event. Selby made two of these, including the event's highest break of 134.
A breakdown of the prize money awarded for the event is shown below:[3]
Winners: £60,000 – (£30,000 per player)
Runners-up: £40,000 – (£20,000 per player)
Third in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player)
Fourth in group: £20,000 – (£10,000 per player)
Total: £140,000
Tournament Summary
All matches in the round-robin phase were a best-of-four, with the first two matches played on 24 September.[8] Ng and Trump won their opening frame against O'Sullivan and Evans, before Trump made a break of 75 to take a 2–0 lead. They also won the third frame, with Ng making a clearance before Evans made a break of 62 in the final frame. Speaking after the 3–1 win, Ng commented that her clearance in frame three had "huge pressure but luckily I handled it well".[8] In the opening frame of the next match, Selby made the highest break of the event, a 134 against Robertson and Mink.[8] Robertson made 64 in the next frame, but Selby made further breaks of 40 and 64 to win 3–1.[8]
O'Sullivan and Evans lost the opening frame by 11 points to Mink and Robertson, but completed a 3–1 victory which included an O'Sullivan 111 break in frame 2.[9] Selby and Kenna also won 3–1 over Trump and Ng which included a 68 break from Selby.[9] Going into the last round of matches Robertson and Mink were required to win all four frames to have a chance of qualifying for the final in their match against Trump and Ng.[10] Robertson and Mink won all four frames, including a break of 74 by Mink in frame three.[10] Selby and Kenna, who had already won two matches took the opening frame of their match against O'Sullivan and Evans qualifying them for the final.[10] They also won two of the next three to win the match 3–1 with Selby making breaks of 67 and 78.[10] Selby/Kenna finished the round-robin with nine frame wins, ahead of Robertson/Mink with six, both progressing to the final. O'Sullivan/Evans finished with five frame wins and Trump/Ng four.[10]
The final was played over the best of seven frames on the evening of 25 September. Selby made a break of 108 in the opening frame, but Robertson and Mink won the next three frames to lead 3–1. Selby made breaks of 42 and 40 to take frame 5, but Robertson and Mink won frame 6 to defeat Selby and Kenna 4–2.[11][1] Despite losing, Kenna suggested that the experience of the event was beneficial, hoping it "inspired some girls to give [snooker] a go."[1] Robertson credited his playing partner with the event victory saying "It was her performance in the last match before the final and that filled me full of confidence because I knew even if I were to make a mistake, if she was given an opportunity she would do really well."[1][12]
Draw
Round Robin
The results from the round-robin are shown below. Teams in bold denote match winners.[13][14]
There were three century breaks made during the event. The highest was a 134 made by Selby in the first frame of their group stage match against Robertson and Mink.[15]
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Mark Selby (ENG) (134)
