 His quarter-final victory over Marko Pusa saw Walton achieve an incredible 14 consecutive legs.Not surprisingly, the result was a 5–0 whitewash.Walton then beat Wayne Mardle 5–3 in the semi-final and Ted Hankey 6–2 in the final to become World Champion and also one of only a few players to have held both the Winmau World Masters and World Championship simultaneously.