2021–22 snooker season

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2021–22 snooker season
Details
Duration18 July 2021 – 5 June 2022
Tournaments30–31 (16–17 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Zhao Xintong (CHN)
Masters 
World Championship 

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]

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.
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
R128 R96 R64 R32 R24 R16 QF R6 SF F W
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[]

  1. ^ First stage fourth-placed
  2. ^ First stage third-placed
  3. ^ First stage runner-up
  4. ^ Second stage fourth-placed
  5. ^ Second stage third-placed
  6. ^ Second stage runner-up
  7. ^ Third stage fourth-placed
  8. ^ Third stage third-placed
  9. ^ Third stage runner-up
  10. ^ Loss in second qualifying round

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tour Players 2021/22". World Snooker. 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "2020//2021 Season Points". snooker.org. 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Jimmy White Awarded New Invitational Tour Card". wst.tv. 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 (Provisional)" (PDF). wst.tv. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". WWS. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ Gilbert Secures First Ranking Title. World Snooker Tour. 13 August 2021.
  8. ^ Williams Lands 24th Ranking Crown. World Snooker Tour. 22 August 2021.
  9. ^ Snooker News: Reanne Evans Claims Record 10th UK Women's Title. Eurosport. 6 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Allen Lands Belfast Glory". World Snooker Tour. 17 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Robertson Downs Higgins in Classic Clash". World Snooker Tour. 7 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Trump Crowned Champion of Champions". World Snooker Tour. 21 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Lilley Crowned King of the Castle at Q Tour". WPBSA. 21 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Ng Comeback Claims Masters Title". WWS. 29 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Sensation Zhao is UK Champion". World Snooker Tour. 5 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Brilliant Brecel Claims Second Ranking Crown". World Snooker Tour. 12 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Success for Si at WPBSA Q Tour". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Ronnie O'Sullivan Produces Stirring Evening Fightback To Beat Neil Robertson To Win Final". Eurosport. 19 December 2021.

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