International Championship final: Wilson beats Higgins 10–8
Kyren Wilson won his 12th career ranking title in China, taking three frames in a row before holding off John Higgins.
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Kyren Wilson won his 12th career ranking title in China, taking three frames in a row before holding off John Higgins.
Kyren Wilson beat John Higgins 10–8 in the International Championship snooker final in Nanjing, China, on 7 November 2026, earning his 12th career ranking title. The win followed Wilson’s Northern Ireland Open victory over Jak Jones, 9–2, and gave him a second consecutive ranking title.
Wilson, the 2024 world champion, earned the £175,000 (about $230,000) top prize. Higgins, a four-time world champion aged 51, missed the chance to become the oldest winner of a ranking event. He had also lost the previous International Championship final, to Wu Yize.
Higgins made a break of 141 to lead 2–1. Wilson responded with a 94 as he went 4–3 ahead, but Higgins made breaks of 71 and 75 to end the afternoon session leading 5–4. A break is the number of points a player scores in a single visit to the table.
The players split the first four frames of the evening session. Wilson then won three straight with breaks of 80, 52 and 101 to lead 9–7. Higgins pulled one frame back, but Wilson’s break of 61 in the 18th frame secured the title.
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