1971 World Snooker Championship

The 1971 World Snooker Championship professional snooker tournament took place in November 1970 at Sydney, Australia.^[1]

John Spencer won in the final 37–29 against Warren Simpson.

Notable moments

• This was the first time the championship was held outside the United Kingdom when it came to Australia. It was organised by Frank Holz on behalf of the Lewisham Hospital Sports Medicine Clinic. It would host over there again in 1975.

• The 1971 championship was also the only time when the championship was based on a round robin format.

• Ray Reardon's defeat meant he held the unenviable record as the player with the shortest reign as world champion.^[2]

• John Spencer won his second world title and earned £2,333. He beat Warren Simpson who, playing in his home country, reached the final at his first attempt.

• In the final, Spencer compiled three centuries in successive frames (105, 107, 126), becoming the first player to do so in major competition.^[2]

Round robin stage

Each competitor played 37 frames against four of the other eight.^[1][3]

Table

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Knockout stage

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Notes

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