{"id":9024,"date":"2026-05-04T14:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9024"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:06:59","slug":"the-youngest-snooker-world-champions-as-wu-yize-bids-to-join-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=9024","title":{"rendered":"The youngest snooker world champions as Wu Yize bids to join list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274369791.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28229715\" alt=\"Halo World Championship 2026 - Day 16\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wu Yize is trying to conquer the world at just 22 years old (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wu Yize will not quite become the youngest ever winner of the World Snooker Championship if he beats Shaun Murphy on Monday, but he won\u2019t be far away.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has been superb on his way to his first Crucible final, downing Lei Peifan, Mark Selby, Hossein Vafaei and Mark Allen in Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>He has made a brilliant start to the final against Murphy and started the last day of the tournament 10-7 ahead of the Englishman in a race to 18.<\/p>\n<p>If the Chinese star can complete the victory then he will become the second youngest world champion on the baize.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hendry holds the record for the youngest ever winner of the World Snooker Championship, doing so in 1990 at 21 years and 106 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot beat Jimmy White 18-12 in that 1990 final, setting a record that looks unlikely to be broken any time soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tAre you snooker loopy?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>You&#8217;re in the right place. I&#8217;m Phil Haigh, and I cover the game we all love for <strong>Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In my new newsletter, The Table, I analyse the biggest talking points, pull back the curtain on the sport and crown the biggest winners and losers every week.<\/p>\n<p>The next edition will look back on what has been a great World Championship yet again, so there&#8217;s no better time to sign up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB-MAIN-8adc.png?w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27997408\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Phil has been reporting on snooker for over a decade, since working in World Snooker&#8217;s press office in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It will not be broken this year, with Wu aged 22 years and 202 days as he tries to conquer the Crucible for the first time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1226213.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28229716\" alt=\"STEPHEN HENDRY\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Stephen Hendry holds the record as youngest world champ (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Murphy is the second youngest player to win this tournament, doing so in 2005 at 22 years and 265 days when he beat Matthew Stevens in the final as a qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The Magician was only a little younger than John Higgins was when he beat Ken Doherty to win the final in Sheffield in 1998 at 22 years and 351 days.<\/p>\n<p>Only two players have finished runner-up at the Crucible at a younger age than Wu is now, with Judd Trump and Jimmy White reaching a final and falling short at tender ages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYoungest World Snooker Championship winners\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1990 Stephen Hendry 21 years 106 days<\/li>\n<li>2005 Shaun Murphy 22 years 265 days<\/li>\n<li>1998 John Higgins 22 years 351 days<\/li>\n<li>1981 Steve Davis 23 years 241 days<\/li>\n<li>2000 Mark Williams 25 years 41 days<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump lost to Higgins in 2011 at just 21 years and 254 days, while White was beaten by Davis in the 1984 final at 22 years and 5 days.<\/p>\n<p>White nearly reached the final two years earlier, but lost 16-15 to Alex Higgins in an iconic semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The Whirlwind since said he has seen the bright side of defeat to the Northern Irishman, worrying that glory at such a young age could have killed him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-916448108.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28229849\" alt=\"Jimmy White snooker\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jimmy White was a star at a very young age (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I would\u2019ve died if I\u2019d beaten Higgins and won the World Championship in 1982 because I\u2019d just found cocaine and I liked to drink,\u2019 White told The Guardian in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I always liked cocaine \u2013 whether drunk or sober. It was no one\u2019s fault but my own. I\u2019d just become famous, because we only had four channels in them days and, instead of queuing round the block to get into a West End nightclub, I was getting the treatment. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had such fun, even though I can\u2019t remember much.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: World Snooker Championship 2026 prize money: How much does the winner get?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Wu Yize like \u2018trying to lasso a stag\u2019 for Shaun Murphy in Crucible final<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Shaun Murphy fighting to join elite snooker club in World Championship final<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--snooker\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>The Table<\/h4>\n<p>Stay ahead of snooker&#8217;s next big break with Metro&#8217;s resident expert Phil Haigh in his new weekly 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