The Crucible Curse?

[Obligation]

I'm just giving this a little nudge:

I'm interested in the answer to this:

'Out of interest what are the records of first time winners in the other events?'

[Marc]

The way Ding is playing i think he is the most likely winner of the worlds next year! but he could very well go off the boil, like maguire did after he won a couple of tournaments..So i will wait till april before i place any bets..just in case

[Semih_Sayginer]

i dont think Dott will do it, but think it will be done in the next 5-10 years

[Alex0paul]

I reckon Matthew Stevens could do it. However I will probably be proved completely wrong.