World Series of Snooker 2009/2010

Logo of the World Series of Snooker

The Sportingbet.com World Series of Snooker was played for the second season and final time in the 2009/2010 season. The World Series of Snooker were a series of invitational events. It was sponsored by sportingbet.com,^[1] but after the second event no others were held.

The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points would have determined seeding positions for the Grand Finals.

World Series of Snooker – Killarney[]

The first event of the World Series of Snooker 2009/2010 was held at the , Killarney, Ireland between 16 and 17 May 2009. Shaun Murphy won in the final 5–1 against Jimmy White.[2] Players[] Professionals: Shaun Murphy Ken Doherty John Higgins Jimmy White Wildcards: Greg Casey Tony Moore Andrew Gray Jason Devaney Main draw[] Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames Final Best of 9 Frames                   Shaun Murphy 5 Greg Casey 0 Shaun Murphy 5 John Higgins 3 John Higgins 5 Andrew Gray 1 Shaun Murphy 5 Jimmy White 1 Ken Doherty 5 Tony Moore 4 Ken Doherty 4 Jimmy White 5 Jimmy White 5 Jason Devaney 3 Century breaks[] 131, 129 – Shaun Murphy 118 – Ken Doherty 100 – Jimmy White

World Series of Snooker World Series of Snooker Killarney Tournament information Dates 16–17 May 2009 (2009-05-16 – 2009-05-17) Venue City Killarney Country Ireland Organisation FSTC Sports Management Format Non-ranking event Highest break 131 Final Champion Shaun Murphy Runner-up Jimmy White Score 5–1 Snooker tournament

World Series of Snooker – Prague[]

The second and final event of the World Series of Snooker 2009/2010 was held at the , Prague, Czech Republic between 17 and 18 October 2009.[3] Jimmy White won in the final 5–3 against Graeme Dott Players[] Professionals: Stephen Maguire Graeme Dott John Higgins Jimmy White Wildcards: Krystof Michal Osip Zusmanovic Lukas Krenek Sishuo Wang Main draw[] Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames Final Best of 9 Frames                   Stephen Maguire 5 Kryštof Michal 0 Stephen Maguire 1 Graeme Dott 5 Graeme Dott 5 Osip Zusmanovic 0 Graeme Dott 3 Jimmy White 5 John Higgins 5 Lukáš Křenek 1 John Higgins 1 Jimmy White 5 Jimmy White 5 Sishuo Wang 0 Century breaks[] 103 – Jimmy White 100 – Graeme Dott World Series of Snooker World Series of Snooker Prague Tournament information Dates 17–18 October 2009 (2009-10-17 – 2009-10-18) Venue City Prague Country Czech Republic Organisation FSTC Sports Management Format Non-ranking event Highest break 103 Final Champion Jimmy White Runner-up Graeme Dott Score 5–3 Snooker tournament Points table[] Rank Player Total 1 Jimmy White 3 5 8 2 Shaun Murphy 5 – 5 3 Graeme Dott – 3 3 4 John Higgins 1 1 2 5 Ken Doherty 1 – 1 6 Stephen Maguire – 1 1 References[] ^ "Sportingbet.com to sponsor World Series of Snooker". Bullet Business. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009. ^ "Murphy's Not Bitter". Eurosport. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2010. ^ "Televised Professional Snooker comes to Prague". World Series of Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.