Judd Trump is £100,000 richer after compiling his a centesimal century break of the season on the 2025 World Snooker Championship on Sunday.
The world primary made a break of 132 within the fifteenth body of his second-round conflict with Shaun Murphy on the Crucible Theatre.
For the primary time this season, WST put up a jackpot prize as an incentive for the sport’s heaviest scorers to provide extra ton breaks.
The primary participant in the course of the 2024/25 marketing campaign who might compile a century of century breaks would land the good-looking £100,000 sum.
Trump was at all times going to be probably the most doubtless candidates to succeed in the goal first, and so it has proved.
The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters champion compiled his first century break of the 2024/25 time period throughout a 6-2 victory over Mark Williams on the Shanghai Masters in July – an occasion he’d go on to win.
Two months later on the British Open in Cheltenham, Trump’s run of 102 throughout a quarter-final defeat to Mark Allen took his profession tally of century breaks to 1,000.
On the time, the 35 year-old turned solely the second participant in historical past after Ronnie O’Sullivan to succeed in the milestone, though John Higgins has since additionally joined the unique membership.
Trump compiled 11 century breaks en path to his second UK Championship success and entered the brand new 12 months with 51 from the season in complete.
A 23-ton burst on the invitational model of Championship League Snooker subsequently aided the Bristol potter’s trigger additional.
Trump entered this version of the World Snooker Championship on 93 and needing seven extra to realize the three-figure mark.
An excellent five-ton efficiency in his 10-4 victory over Zhou Yuelong within the opening spherical introduced him to throughout the brink.
“The cash (for the 100 centuries) doesn’t actually come into it,” Judd Trump advised the World Snooker Tour after the Zhou conflict.
“We’re aggressive animals, and I simply wish to make century after century, even when there was no prize.”
“There can be no higher place to do it than right here. Hopefully I can get it out of the way in which early in my subsequent match.
“The usual appears to be going up. The pockets aren’t taking part in massive, they’re a very good measurement, but it surely exhibits how excessive the talent stage is.”
Trump was in the end in a position to get it out of the way in which in his subsequent match.
He added quantity 99 with a break of 106 towards Murphy earlier than finishing the century of century breaks within the subsequent body, sparking exuberant celebrations from the Crucible crowd.
To place the 2019 world champion’s scoring prowess into context, Mark Selby is the subsequent most prolific break builder from this season with 73 centuries whereas Kyren Wilson – 4 instances a rating occasion winner this time period – ended on 62.
Century breaks: 2024/25 snooker season
(Sunday, April twenty seventh)
Judd Trump = 100
Mark Selby = 73
Kyren Wilson = 62
Shaun Murphy = 57
Jak Jones = 56
Xiao Guodong = 54
Mark Allen = 47
Wu Yize = 44
John Higgins = 43
Neil Robertson = 43
Jack Lisowski = 43
It’s the third time in snooker historical past {that a} participant has managed to perform the century of century breaks aim.
Neil Robertson turned the primary, memorably compiling his a centesimal of the 2013/14 season throughout a quarter-final World Championship overcome Trump.
The latter wasn’t pleased with the magnitude of Robertson’s celebrations on the time, however Trump himself then turned the subsequent participant to realize 100 centuries in the course of the 2019/20 marketing campaign.
On that event, the Englishman’s last tally of 102 tons fell only one shy of the document of 103 that Robertson had set six seasons earlier.
The longer Trump stays within the working on the 2025 World Snooker Championship, the extra doubtless it’s that he’ll eclipse that focus on this time.
He leads Murphy 10-6 heading into their third and last session within the final 16.
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