On May 6, 2022, the Snooker Elders World Championship ended all the first round of competition, and finally maria Catalano, the only female player to participate in the World Championships, suffered a clean sheet in her debut, a round out of the game against Jimmy White, 58-year-old amateur Gary Fürthnis defeated the active professional Michael Jacques 3-1, the second round again encountered professional peter Lynes, and Nigel Bond, who had just announced his retirement this season, made a 3-0 clean sheet against Palotte. Jamaicans also won 3-0, with Wayne Cooper advancing to the round of 16 3-1, the most glued first-round match, with 2011 veterans champion Darren Morgan defeating Patrick Wallace 3-2.
It is reported that Maria Catalano is O'Sullivan's cousin, she is the first female player in history to participate in the World Championships of the Elders, Catalano has won 11 ranking championships, the world ranking was once the top, but this debut did not achieve the desired results. Although he once scored a high score of 50 points in the game, due to the low success rate of attack and defense, he eventually lost 3-0, and the opponent Tallat had a good performance of 81 per shot and won the opportunity to play against Jimmy White. Morgan and Wallace played a wonderful duel, Morgan won the first set, Wallace won the second set, Wallace won the black war in the 3rd set, Wallace lost by 51 points in the 4th game, and Morgan won the decider twice, winning with 53 points.
Michael Judge was the only 3 active professional players in the signing list who were not relegated, but they were eventually upset, scoring a single shot of 26 points in the whole game, and the opponent showed a single shot of 67 points, and finally lost 1-3 to the 56-year-old. Bond scored two 60+ and kept a clean sheet against 1991 World Champion John Parlot, who would announce his closing after the tournament and would not compete in any more competitive matches. Black ballman McLeod blasted two 50+s to win the second round 3-0 on aggregate against 1986 World Champion Joe Johnson, who is now 69 years old.