2021–22 snooker season
Details | |
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Duration | 18 July 2021 – 5 June 2022 |
Tournaments | 30–31 (16–17 ranking events) |
Triple Crown winners | |
UK Championship | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
Masters | |
World Championship | |
← 2020–21 → |
The 2021–22 snooker season is an ongoing professional snooker season with tournaments being played from July 2021 to June 2022.
Players[]
The World Snooker Tour in the 2021–22 season consists of a field of 122 professional players.[1] The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2021 World Championship, and 27 of the players who earned a two-year tour card the previous year automatically qualified for the season. Next, eight places were allocated to the top eight on the One Year Ranking List who had not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another four players came from the CBSA China Tour, and a further 14 places were eligible through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, four Event 3 winners, and two from the Order of Merit).
New professional players[]
All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[1]
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Top-up players[]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic restricting the number of amateur qualification tournaments that could be run and thus the total size of the Main Tour for this season, World Snooker Tour announced that the following six players are guaranteed an invite to all eligible snooker events this season, alongside amateurs appointed by local governing bodies for the Home Nations Series. This was due to their performance on the Q School Order of Merit:
Calendar[]
The following table outlines the dates and results for all the ranking events of the World Snooker Tour, major invitational events, the Q Tour, the World Seniors Tour, and World Women's Snooker.[4][5][6]
Due to the continuing impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on countries around the world, most information given below is provisional and is subject to last minute changes.
Start | Finish | Country | Rank | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
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18 Jul | 13 Aug | ENG | WR | Championship League | Morningside Arena | Leicester | David Gilbert (ENG) | Mark Allen (NIR) | 3–1 | [7] |
16 Aug | 22 Aug | ENG | WR | British Open | Morningside Arena | Leicester | Mark Williams (WAL) | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 6–4 | [8] |
4 Sep | 5 Sep | ENG | WWS | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | Reanne Evans (ENG) | Rebecca Kenna (ENG) | 4–0 | [9] | |
9 Oct | 17 Oct | NIR | WR | Northern Ireland Open | Waterfront Hall | Belfast | Mark Allen (NIR) | John Higgins (SCO) | 9–8 | [10] |
1 Nov | 7 Nov | ENG | WR | English Open | Marshall Arena | Milton Keynes | Neil Robertson (AUS) | John Higgins (SCO) | 9–8 | [11] |
15 Nov | 21 Nov | ENG | NR | Champion of Champions | Bolton Whites Hotel | Bolton | Judd Trump (ENG) | John Higgins (SCO) | 10–4 | [12] |
19 Nov | 21 Nov | ENG | QT | Q Tour 1 | Castle Snooker Club | Brighton | David Lilley (ENG) | Si Jiahui (CHN) | 5–1 | [13] |
27 Nov | 28 Nov | ENG | WWS | Frames Sports Bar | London | Ng On Yee (HKG) | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 4–3 | [14] | |
23 Nov | 5 Dec | ENG | WR | UK Championship | York Barbican | York | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | Luca Brecel (BEL) | 10–5 | [15] |
6 Dec | 12 Dec | WAL | WR | Scottish Open | Venue Cymru | Llandudno | Luca Brecel (BEL) | John Higgins (SCO) | 9–5 | [16] |
10 Dec | 12 Dec | WAL | QT | Q Tour 2 | Terry Griffiths Matchroom | Llanelli | Si Jiahui (CHN) | Michael White (WAL) | 5–4 | [17] |
13 Dec | 19 Dec | ENG | WR | World Grand Prix | Coventry Building Society Arena | Coventry | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 10–8 | [18] |
4 Jan | 7 Jan | ENG | WST | Bonus Arena | Hull | |||||
9 Jan | 16 Jan | ENG | NR | Masters | Alexandra Palace | London | ||||
15 Jan | 16 Jan | ENG | WWS | The Winchester | Leicester | |||||
20 Jan | 23 Jan | ENG | WR | Shoot Out | Morningside Arena | Leicester | ||||
26 Jan | 30 Jan | GER | WR | German Masters | Tempodrom | Berlin | ||||
28 Jan | 30 Jan | ENG | QT | Q Tour 3 | The Winchester | Leicester | ||||
20 Dec | 3 Feb | ENG | NR | Championship League | Morningside Arena | Leicester | ||||
7 Feb | 13 Feb | ENG | WR | Players Championship | Aldersley Leisure Village | Wolverhampton | ||||
10 Feb | 14 Feb | ENG | WWS | World Women's Championship | Ding Junhui Snooker Academy | Sheffield | ||||
21 Feb | 27 Feb | ENG | WR | European Masters | Marshall Arena | Milton Keynes | ||||
28 Feb | 6 Mar | WAL | WR | ICC Wales, Celtic Manor Resort | Newport | |||||
7 Mar | 13 Mar | TUR | WR | Turkish Masters | Antalya | |||||
14 Mar | 20 Mar | tbc | WR | Potential ranking event | tbc | tbc | ||||
18 Mar | 20 Mar | ENG | QT | Q Tour 4 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | ||||
24 Mar | 26 Mar | GIB | WR | tbc | Gibraltar | |||||
26 Mar | 27 Mar | IRL | WST | Goffs | Kill | |||||
28 Mar | 3 Apr | WAL | WR | Tour Championship | Venue Cymru | Llandudno | ||||
1 Apr | 3 Apr | BEL | WWS | Bruges | ||||||
16 Apr | 2 May | ENG | WR | World Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | ||||
5 May | 8 May | ENG | WST | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | |||||
4 Jun | 5 Jun | ENG | WST | Alexandra Palace | London |
WR = World ranking event |
NR = Non-ranking event |
QT = Q Tour event |
WST = World Seniors Tour |
WWS = World Women's Snooker |
World ranking points[]
The 2021–22 snooker season will feature the following points distribution for world ranking events:
Round Tournament
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R128 | R96 | R64 | R32 | R24 | R16 | QF | R6 | SF | F | W |
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Championship League | 0 [note 1] |
1,000 [note 2] |
2,000 [note 3] |
4,000 [note 4] |
5,000 [note 5] |
6,000 [note 6] |
8,000 [note 7] |
9,000 [note 8] |
11,000 [note 9] |
23,000 | 33,000 |
British Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 5,000 | N/A | 7,000 | 12,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 45,000 | 100,000 |
Northern Ireland Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
English Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
UK Championship | 0 | N/A | 6,500 | 12,000 | N/A | 17,000 | 24,500 | N/A | 40,000 | 80,000 | 200,000 |
Scottish Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
World Grand Prix | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 12,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 |
Shoot Out | 0 | N/A | 500 | 1,000 | N/A | 2,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 8,000 | 20,000 | 50,000 |
German Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,000 [note 10] |
4,000 | N/A | 5,000 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 35,000 | 80,000 |
Players Championship | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10,000 | 15,000 | N/A | 30,000 | 50,000 | 125,000 |
European Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 6,000 | 11,000 | N/A | 17,500 | 35,000 | 80,000 |
Welsh Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
Turkish Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,500 | 5,500 | N/A | 7,500 | 12,500 | N/A | 20,000 | 45,000 | 100,000 |
Tour Championship | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20,000 | N/A | 40,000 | 60,000 | 150,000 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Tour Players 2021/22". World Snooker. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "2020//2021 Season Points". snooker.org. 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy White Awarded New Invitational Tour Card". wst.tv. 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 (Provisional)" (PDF). wst.tv. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". WWS. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Gilbert Secures First Ranking Title. World Snooker Tour. 13 August 2021.
- ^ Williams Lands 24th Ranking Crown. World Snooker Tour. 22 August 2021.
- ^ Snooker News: Reanne Evans Claims Record 10th UK Women's Title. Eurosport. 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Allen Lands Belfast Glory". World Snooker Tour. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Robertson Downs Higgins in Classic Clash". World Snooker Tour. 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Trump Crowned Champion of Champions". World Snooker Tour. 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Lilley Crowned King of the Castle at Q Tour". WPBSA. 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Ng Comeback Claims Masters Title". WWS. 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Sensation Zhao is UK Champion". World Snooker Tour. 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Brilliant Brecel Claims Second Ranking Crown". World Snooker Tour. 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Success for Si at WPBSA Q Tour". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan Produces Stirring Evening Fightback To Beat Neil Robertson To Win Final". Eurosport. 19 December 2021.
External links[]
- Seasons in snooker
- 2021 in snooker
- 2022 in snooker
- Current snooker seasons