Main Draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). The draw for the televised stage of the World Snooker Championship was made on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 at 9.45am GMT on Radio Sheffield.
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | |||||||||||
| Best of 19 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 25 frames | Best of 33 frames | |||||||||||
| 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (16) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (16) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Gould | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (16) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Ryan Day (8) | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Ebdon (9) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Bond | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Ryan Day (8) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Day (8) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 30 April, 1 & 2 May | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Lee | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (16) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 17 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 25, 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Holt | 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Perry (12) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| Jamie Cope | 10 | |||||||||||||
| John Higgins (5) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (13) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Graeme Dott (13) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (4) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Walden | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (3) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Higginson | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Marco Fu (14) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Marco Fu (14) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (3) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (6) | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (11) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 23 & 24 April | ||||||||||||||
| Liang Wenbo | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ding Junhui (11) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (6) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (6) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 30 April, 1 & 2 May | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (3) | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (10) | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (7) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 25, 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (7) | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 21 & 22 April | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (10) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (10) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 28 & 29 April | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (10) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (2) | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King (15) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 26 & 27 April | ||||||||||||||
| Rory McLeod | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Mark King (15) | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 22 & 23 April | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (2) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (2) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Burnett | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 3 May & 4 May 2009. Referee: Michaela Tabb | ||
| John Higgins (5) Scotland |
18–9 | Shaun Murphy (3) England |
| 83–0, 85–6, 79–20, 7–83, 50–96, 4–114, 49–63, 69–34, 98–1, 12–87, 70–51, 95–11, 70–45, 132–0, 82–0, 128–6, 64–42, 0–91, 60–49, 76–43, 28–70, 49–79, 94–26, 80–59, 106–21, 0–78, 105–0 | 3 century breaks: 2 (Higgins) & 1 (Murphy) Highest break by Higgins: 128 |
83–0, 85–6, 79–20, 7–83, 50–96, 4–114, 49–63, 69–34, 98–1, 12–87, 70–51, 95–11, 70–45, 132–0, 82–0, 128–6, 64–42, 0–91, 60–49, 76–43, 28–70, 49–79, 94–26, 80–59, 106–21, 0–78, 105–0 |
| John Higgins wins the 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship | ||
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