We take a look at every Snooker Shoot Out winner since Welsh potter Darren Morgan captured the title at the competition's inaugural staging in Stoke-on-Trent in 1990.
Such is the unpredictability and uniqueness of the Snooker Shoot Out it should come as no surprise that no player has managed to capture the title on more than one occasion.
To date, there have been 15 stagings of the event, each with a different winner.
Welshman Darren Morgan was the first Snooker Shoot Out champion back in 1990, although it wasn't until 2011 that the WST opted to reintroduce the event to their annual calendar.
Nigel Bond was the title-holder on that occasion, seeing off Robert Milkins in the Blackpool final, with Dominic Dale soon following in his footsteps as another hugely popular victor in 2014.
Now, a fun and light-hearted inclusion on the circuit, the tournament has handed lower-ranked players opportunities of capturing a ranking title, with the likes of Michael Georgiou and Michael Holt - who was a losing finalist 12 months before his triumph - both capitalising.
There have been high-profile winners of the competition too, including Mark Allen, Anthony McGill and Barry Hawkins, but it has been the more unexpected names who have often gone on to reign supreme.
Year: | Champion: | Runner-up |
1990 | Darren Morgan | Mike Hallett |
2011 | Nigel Bond | Robert Milkins |
2012 | Barry Hawkins | Graeme Dott |
2013 | Martin Gould | Mark Allen |
2014 | Dominic Dale | Stuart Bingham |
2015 | Michael White | Xiao Guodong |
2016 | Robin Hull | Luca Brecel |
2017 | Anthony McGill | Xiao Guodong |
2018 | Michael Georgiou | Graeme Dott |
2019 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Michael Holt |
2020 | Michael Holt | Zhou Yuelong |
2021 | Ryan Day | Mark Selby |
2022 | Hossein Vafaei | Mark Williams |
2023 (January) | Chris Wakelin | Julian Leclercq |
2023 (December) | Mark Allen | Cao Yupeng |