Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te toa o mua o te ao a Ken Doherty kei te tata ki te wehe i te Betfred World Snooker Championships i te rauna tohu whakamutunga. Ko Doherty, nana nei i whakaara te taitara i te tau 1997, kei muri i a Mark Davis 8-1 i muri i te huihuinga tuatahi o ta raatau waahanga tuatoru i Ponds Forge i Sheffield. Ko te toa 45-tau te pakeke kei te anga whakamua ki te karo i te tuatoru o nga toa Crucible ki te hinga i tenei wiki, me Peter Ebdon me Steve Davis kua ngaro i te rauna tuarua. E rua noa iho ngā whārangi o Ken Doherty mai i te wehenga atu i ngā whakataetae o te Ao i Sheffield. E kai ana a Doherty i te pia o te Guinness i muri i tana wikitoria i te Whakataetae o te Ao i te tau 1997. Ko Graeme Dott, tētahi atu toa o mua, me haere mai i muri i te Wenerei ki te tuhi i tōna wāhi i roto i te huinga matua i a ia e whai ana i te tau 52 o te ao Yu Delu 5-4. I ētahi atu wāhi, ko te toa tuarua o te ao o mua, ko Matthew Stevens, kei mua i a Joe Swail 5-4 i a ia e tohe ana mo te putanga tuatahi o Crucible mai i te tau 2013. Ko Graeme Dott he toa o mua o te ao, i toa i te kaupapa whakaaturanga i te Crucible i te 2006.
Kei te raru a Ken Doherty i tana whakataetae whakamutunga o te Ao. Ko te toa o te ao 1997 e whai ana i a Mark Davis 8-1 i muri i te huihuinga tuatahi. Me hoki ano hoki a Graeme Dott ki te 5-4 ki raro ki a Yu Delu.