Selby scored a record-breaking six centuries in the 13-4 win, meaning he now has 54 in the season, beating another record previously held by his illustrious opponent.
Seven-time champion Hendry last won the world title in 1999 but he may not be back to the Crucible as he has now dropped out of the top 16 and would have to qualify next year as it stands.
Hendry's predicament was caused by Ding Junhui's victory in a deciding frame over the unseeded Stuart Bingham who had previously accounted for Peter Ebdon.
Bingham sensed another upset and led the match from the start, going in 5-3 and 9-7 up at the end of the first two sessions.
The feeling that Ding was going to be denied a place in the last eight again became stronger when Bingham needed just one more frame at 12-9 up after breaks of 101 and 134.
But the Chinese player responded to reel off four successive frames and reach the quarter finals at the Crucible for the first time ever.
Ding now faces a tough challenge against Selby who was installed last night as favourite for this year's championship by the bookmakers.
It is well known, though, that the 'Jester from Leicester' rarely struggles to get through the early rounds.
The latter stages are another matter altogether as Selby showed in losing his fourth ranking final out of five last month in China.
21-year-old Bristolian Judd Trump was the victor on that occasion and the youngster continued his good form in Sheffield.
Trump beat Neil Robertson 10-8 in the first round and Martin Gould 13-6 in the last 16.
The Trump-Gould tie had actually been a close match for a session and a half but then Gould missed the chance to take Frame 13 on the black.
Trump made the Pinner potter pay for his error and took the last four frames of the second session to lead 11-5.
Further breaks of 67 and 69 sealed the match for Trump who, having knocked out defending champion Robertson, now faces last year's runner-up Graeme Dott.
2006 world champion Dott edged past Allister Carter 13-11 after a match in which the Englishman should have done much better.
Somehow, despite looking more comfortable around the table, Carter offered enough chances to Dott for the Scot to lead 5-3 after the first session.
Though Carter then levelled at 8-8, gritty Dott made a comeback from 52-21 down in Frame 24 to win on the black. It was typical of the way the match had gone.
Undoubtedly, the tie of the next round will be Ronnie O'Sullivan versus John Higgins. After all, the two players share six world titles between them.
O'Sullivan, though, had no kind of form coming into this year's championships, having failed to win a competitive match since November.
So it is to his credit that he has been able to turn his game around somewhat in Sheffield, thrashing Dominic Dale 10-2 in round one before squeezing past rival Shaun Murphy in the last 16.
O'Sullivan has shown glimpses of his best snooker, compiling five of the 42 centuries scored so far in this year's tournament, including two tonight against Murphy.
But he still could not hide his vulnerability as Murphy closed the gap from 12-8 to 12-10 before he also got the first chance in Frame 23.
The 2005 champion looked like reducing the deficit to just one frame but, on a break of 56, he missed and a relieved O'Sullivan cleared up.
While O'Sullivan went through the mill towards the end of his match with Murphy, Higgins has had a relatively trouble-free passage through to the last eight.
First, he disposed of Stephen Lee 10-5, scoring four century breaks, before he shrugged off the challenge of the dogged Rory McLeod.
McLeod had come in for criticism during his soporific first round match with Ricky Walden after the players were hauled off having only completed eight of the nine frames in the first session.
The dreadful standard got no better in the second session - the 11th frame had a high break of 16 while Frame 13 had a best contribution of 21.
McLeod eventually prevailed 10-6, leaving Walden to lament that the match had been like visiting to the dentist.
Walden added: "Rory's a great guy but he really bogs the game down. If everyone played like that, we wouldn't have a game. The game would be dead."
But, while McLeod's average shot time was indeed a snail-like 33 seconds, Walden was hardly blameless in the encounter, clocking an average time of 29 seconds.
Unfortunately, though, McLeod treated us to more of the same in his last 16 match with Higgins and again the players failed to complete all the frames in the first session.
Higgins led 5-2 at the end of that break, having come from 2-0 down, and he was 10-5 up at the end of the second session.
A further two frames at the start of the final session put Higgins on the brink before the battling McLeod, to his credit, refused to give up and pulled two frames back for 12-7.
McLeod had chances to win Frame 20 but a series of poor shots eventually proved to be his downfall as Higgins wrapped up the match with a 47 clearance.
The final quarter final is between Mark J Williams and Mark Allen, who have also had contrasting paths to the last eight.
Williams, who has previously won this title in 2000 and 2003, has breezed through the opening two rounds of this year's competition.
In the first round, he beat compatriot Ryan Day 10-5 before an even more comprehensive victory in the last 16 over Jamie Cope.
Williams was never behind in his match against the 14th seed, winning the first four frames on the way to a 7-1 first session lead.
Cope took the first frame of the second session to reduce his arrears to 7-2 but Williams then won the next five frames, hitting rare century breaks of 106 and 109.
At least Cope avoided the indignity of being beaten with a session to spare by winning the final two frames to trail 12-4.
However, Williams put his opponent quickly out of misery in the final session by winning the first frame after the restart.
Of the eight men to reach the quarter finals, Allen has had the most dramatic Crucible ordeal so far with two victories in deciding frames.
In his first round match, the Northern Irishman looked to be heading for an early exit as he trailed Welshman Matthew Stevens 9-6.
But Stevens, who has lost 18-16 in a Crucible Final twice in his career, slumped to another narrow defeat as Allen pulled four frames out of the bag.
Allen was at it again in his last 16 match, coming from 12-9 down against Barry Hawkins to beat the qualifier 13-12.
In the run-up to this year's championships, the 25-year-old revealed he is suffering from depression and, after beating Hawkins, he said: "My preparations were very poor and I didn't expect too much here.
"But I've always been a fighter. My family have brought me up that way and that's one thing that'll never change, no matter what happens on or off the table."
The 11th seed from Antrim will need all that fighting character to reach the second Crucible semi final of his career.
But, then again, all of the remaining players will need to show mental strength - and, perhaps, enjoy a bit of luck - as these World Championships begin to reach their climax.
2011 WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS
FIRST ROUND
(Best of 19 frames)
FIRST ROUND
(Best of 19 frames)
First Quarter
Judd Trump beat Neil Robertson (1) 10-8
Martin Gould beat Marco Fu (16) 10-8
Graeme Dott (9) beat Mark King 10-7
Allister Carter (8) beat Dave Harold 10-3
Second Quarter
Ding Junhui (5) beat Jamie Burnett 10-2
Stuart Bingham beat Peter Ebdon (12) 10-8
Stephen Hendry (13) beat Joe Perry 10-9
Mark Selby (4) beat Jimmy Robertson 10-1
Third Quarter
Mark J Williams (3) beat Ryan Day 10-5
Jamie Cope (14) beat Andrew Pagett 10-7
Mark Allen (11) beat Matthew Stevens 10-9
Barry Hawkins beat Stephen Maguire (6) 10-9
Fourth Quarter
Shaun Murphy (7) beat Marcus Campbell 10-1
Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) beat Dominic Dale 10-2
Rory McLeod beat Ricky Walden (15) 10-6
John Higgins (2) beat Stephen Lee 10-5
SECOND ROUND
(Best of 25 frames)
(Best of 25 frames)
Judd Trump beat Martin Gould 13-6
Graeme Dott (9) beat Allister Carter (8) 13-11
Ding Junhui (5) beat Stuart Bingham 13-12
Mark Selby (4) beat Stephen Hendry (13) 13-4
Mark J Williams (3) beat Jamie Cope (14) 13-4
Mark Allen (11) beat Barry Hawkins 13-12
Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) beat Shaun Murphy (7) 13-10
John Higgins (2) beat Rory McLeod 13-7
QUARTER FINALS
(Best of 25 frames)
(Best of 25 frames)
Judd Trump beat Graeme Dott (9) 13-5
Ding Junhui (5) beat Mark Selby (4) 13-10
Mark J Williams (3) beat Mark Allen (11) 13-5
John Higgins (2) beat Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) 13-10
SEMI FINALS
(Best of 33 frames)
(Best of 33 frames)
Judd Trump beat Ding Junhui (5) 17-15
John Higgins (2) beat Mark J Williams (3) 17-14
Tournament Centuries (69)
138 Mark King, Ding Junhui
137 Mark J Williams
135 John Higgins
134 Stuart Bingham
133 Stephen Hendry
132 John Higgins
131 John Higgins
129 Mark Selby
128 Ding Junhui, Ronnie O'Sullivan
127 Neil Robertson, Mark Selby
125 Mark Selby, Mark J Williams
124 John Higgins, Mark Selby
123 Judd Trump, John Higgins
122 Judd Trump, Graeme Dott
121 John Higgins, Ding Junhui
120 Graeme Dott, John Higgins
119 Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui
117 Ding Junhui, Stephen Hendry, Barry Hawkins, Mark Selby
116 Ronnie O'Sullivan
115 Marco Fu, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Allister Carter, Mark Williams
114 Mark Allen, Stephen Hendry, Ding Junhui
113 Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark J Williams
112 Allister Carter
111 Graeme Dott
110 Judd Trump
109 Mark J Williams
108 Judd Trump, Mark Selby
107 Mark Selby
106 Mark J Williams
105 Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark J Williams
104 Allister Carter, Judd Trump, Mark J Williams
103 Mark Allen, Mark J Williams
102 Graeme Dott, Mark Allen, Ding Junhui, Judd Trump
101 John Higgins, Stephen Lee, Stuart Bingham
100 Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Marco Fu, Mark Selby, Mark Allen
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