WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Qualifying Predictions

I need to apologise, but I cannot give in-depth analysis on the World Championships at this stage. This is due to a lot of other commitments such as marathon preparation, jobs etc. that just have to take priority. Here are the predictions below and please tweet/Facebook me if you wish to talk and debate!

I will be more in-depth in the final qualifying stages i.e. the Last 48. The predicted winners are in bold. I already done more analysis on the qualifying stages as a whole, and you can find it here: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: A summary

If you want more in depth stuff, check out Snookerbacker’s post – it’s seriously good: http://www.snookerbacker.com/2017/04/03/world-championship-qualifiers-preview-2/

Mark Williams vs. Zhao Xintong

Liam Highfield vs. Andres Petrov (a)

Stuart Carrington vs. Alex Borg

Andrew Higginson vs. Michael Georgiou

Winner: Mark Williams vs. Andrew Higginson

Tom Ford vs. Jamie Bodle (a)

Chris Wakelin vs. Elliot Slessor

Matthew Selt vs. David John

Hossein Vafaei vs. Hatem Yassen

Winner: Chris Wakelin vs. Hossein Vafaei

Robin Hull vs. Reanne Evans (af)

Matthew Stevens vs. Lee Walker

Noppon Saengkham vs. Jak Jones

Anthony Hamilton vs. Craig Steadman

Winner: Robin Hull vs. Anthony Hamilton

Li Hang vs. Fraser Patrick

Mike Dunn vs. Andy Hicks (a)

Nigel Bond vs. Ng On Yee (af)

Stephen Maguire vs. Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn

Winner: Li Hang vs. Stephen Maguire

Mark King vs. Paul Davison

Zhang Anda vs. Fang Xiongman

Xiao Guodong vs. Tyler Rees (a)

Sam Baird vs. Ross Vallance (a)

Winner: Mark King vs. Sam Baird

Ben Woollaston vs. Chris Totten (a)

Ken Doherty vs. Jason Weston

Zhou Yuelong vs. Christopher Keogan

Ian Burns vs. Ian Preece

Winner: Ben Woollaston vs. Zhou Yuelong

Alfie Burden vs. Adam Duffy

Jamie Jones vs. Jamie Curtis-Barrett

Dechawat Poomjaeng vs. Chen Zhe

Graeme Dott vs. Allan Taylor

Winner: Jamie Jones vs. Graeme Dott

Tian Pengfei vs. Zhang Yong

Fergal O’Brien vs. Gerard Greene (a)

Rhys Clark vs. Wayne Townsend (a)

David Gilbert vs. Patrick Wallace (a)

Winner: Tian Pengfei vs. David Gilbert

Joe Perry vs. Zack Richardson (a)

Mei Xiwen vs. Akani Songsermsawad

Mark Joyce vs. Jordon Brown (a)

David Grace vs. Thor Chuan Leong

Winner: Joe Perry vs. Mark Joyce

Luca Brecel vs. Sean O’Sullivan

Joe Swail vs. Sanderson Lam

Dominic Dale vs. Boonyarit Kaettikun

Daniel Wells vs. Adam Stefanow (a)

Winner: Luca Brecel vs. Daniel Wells

Gary Wilson vs. Josh Boileau

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs. Peter Lines (a)

Ross Muir vs. Gareth Allen

Michael White vs. Aditya Mehta

Winner: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs. Michael White

Rory McLeod vs. Darryl Hill

Kurt Maflin vs. Sydney Wilson

Martin O’Donnell vs. Jackson Page (a)

Ricky Walden vs. Hammad Miah

Winner: Ricky Walden vs. Kurt Maflin

Michael Holt vs. Hamza Akbar

Jamie Cope vs. Eden Sharav

Peter Ebdon vs. Michael Wild

Jack Lisowski vs. Jimmy White

Winner: Michael Holt vs. Jack Lisowski

Alan McManus vs. Kurt Dunham

Rod Lawler vs. Xu Si (a)

Jimmy Robertson vs. Cao Yupeng

Oliver Lines vs. Duane Jones

Winner: Alan McManus vs. Jimmy Robertson

Yan Bingtao vs. Sam Craigie

Mark Davis vs. Mitchell Mann

Scott Donaldson vs. Wang Yuchen

Robert Milkins vs. Alexander Ursenbacher (a)

Winner: Yan Bingtao vs. Robert Milkins

Robbie Williams vs. James Cahill

Yu Delu vs. Itaro Santos

John Astley vs. Igor Figueiredo

Martin Gould vs. James Wattana

Winner: Martin Gould vs. Robbie Williams