Former world champions Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, and Joe Johnson were among seven invited players.

Unable to attend the event due to visa issues, African seniors champion Mohamed Khairy was replaced in the draw by Tony Knowles.

Lee Walker was the defending champion, having defeated Jimmy White 5–4 in the 2022 final, but he lost 1–3 to Gerard Greene in the last 16.

Mark Davis made the tournament's highest break of 137 in his quarter-final match against Tony Drago.

The 2023 World Seniors Championship was a snooker tournament that took place from 3 to 7 May 2023 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.

Seven players were invited to the event: Mark Davis, Ken Doherty, Tony Drago, Stephen Hendry, Joe Johnson, Lee Walker, and Jimmy White.

[11] A further four players reached the main draw by winning qualifying events during the season at the Crucible Sports and Social Club in Reading, held respectively from 28 to 30 October 2022, 13 to 15 January 2023, 17 to 19 February 2023, and 10 to 12 March 2023.

[11] Unable to travel due to visa issues, Khairy withdrew from the event and was replaced in the draw by Tony Knowles.

[23] Drago whitewashed Puopolo, making a highest break of 73 and recording an average shot time of 13 seconds and a pot success rate of 95 percent.

[27][29] In his post-match interview, a tearful Drago revealed that he had learned of a close friend's death that day, and said "I just wanted to win so much for him".

White made breaks of 74, 56, and 68 to win 4–1 and reach his sixth World Seniors final, his fifth consecutively.

[32] However, White made an 84 break in frame eight to win the match 5–3 and clinch a record-extending fourth World Seniors title at age 61.