2011 World Seniors Championship

The 2011 World Seniors Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Wyldecrest Park Homes World Seniors Championship) was a snooker tournament that took place between 5–6 November 2011 at the East of England Showground in Peterborough, England. The age criterion was raised from 40 to 45 compared to 2010.

Jimmy White was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 0–2 against Darren Morgan.

Darren Morgan won in the final 2–1 against Steve Davis. During the final Morgan also made the highest break of the tournament, an 86 in the penultimate frame.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £18,000

Runner-up: £8,000

Semi-finalist: £4,000

Quarter-finalist: £2,000

Last 16: £1,000 Round 3: £750

Total: £53,000

Main draw
The draw for the last 16 was made on the evening of 1 September 2011 at the Guildford Spectrum during the Premier League. The draw for quarter-finals and semi-finals were made on a random basis. All matches were best of 3 frames. Matches were played on a roll on/roll off basis. Play started at the allocated time each day with a 15-minute interval between matches, except the final after a 20-minute interval. The evening session didn't start before the time indicated on the format. All frames were subjected to a 30-second shot clock after ten minutes of play and the miss rule was altered so "" anywhere on the table was awarded after the third miss. All times are GMT.

Last 16

 * Saturday, 5 November – 13:00
 * 🇲🇹 Tony Drago 1–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis
 * 🇳🇿 Dene O'Kane 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neal Foulds
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Townsend 2–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Ventham
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Parrott 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Johnson


 * Saturday, 5 November – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White 2–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Knowles
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel Bond 0–2 Dennis Taylor
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Wilkinson 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Darren Morgan
 * 🇨🇦 Cliff Thorburn 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Doug Mountjoy

Quarter-finals

 * Sunday, 6 November – 13:00
 * 🇳🇿 Dene O'Kane 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Darren Morgan 2–0 🇨🇦 Cliff Thorburn
 * Dennis Taylor 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Parrott 2–1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karl Townsend

Semi-finals

 * Sunday, 6 November – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis 2–0 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Parrott
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White 0–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Darren Morgan

Final

 * Sunday, 6 November – 19:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis 1–2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Darren Morgan

Qualifying
These matches took place on 10 October 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England. There was only one century break during the qualifying. Tony Chappel made a 101 break against David Taylor.