What is the Triple Crown in snooker?
Q: What is the Triple Crown in snooker?
A: The Triple Crown in snooker is winning three tournaments - the World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters.
Q: What are the three events that make up the Triple Crown Series?
A: The three events that make up the Triple Crown Series are the World Championship, the UK Championship, and the Masters.
Q: What is the meaning of the term "Triple Crown event"?
A: Each individual tournament that makes up the Triple Crown Series is called a Triple Crown event.
Q: What does it mean to have "won the Triple Crown" in snooker?
A: Players who win all three Triple Crown events are said to have "won the Triple Crown" either over their career or in one season alone.
Q: When did the Triple Crown date back to?
A: The Triple Crown dates back to the 1969 World Snooker Championship, when the event changed reverted to a knockout format from the prior "challenge" basis.
Q: How many players have won all three Triple Crown events as of 2020?
A: As of 2020, 11 players have won all three Triple Crown events.
Q: Who are the players with the most Triple Crown event wins?
A: Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan won each event five times or more. O'Sullivan has won the most titles, having won 19 individual tournaments.
