2007–08 snooker season

The 2007–08 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 June 2007 and 15 May 2008. This season saw the introduction of a new ranking tournament in Shanghai, while the Malta Cup lost its status as a ranking tournament.

2007–08 snooker season
Details
Duration16 June 2007 – 15 May 2008 (2007-06-16 – 2008-05-15)
Tournaments32 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters Mark Selby
World Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan

New professional players

Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[3]

World Snooker Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
6 Aug 12 Aug  CHN Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Dominic Dale Ryan Day 10–6 [4]
7 Sep 12 Sep  ENG Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Barry Hawkins Kurt Maflin 6–4 [5]
6 Oct  ENG Pot Black Sheffield City Hall Sheffield Ken Doherty Shaun Murphy 1–0 [6]
13 Oct 21 Oct  SCO Grand Prix A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Marco Fu Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [7]
4 Nov 11 Nov  NIR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Stephen Maguire Fergal O'Brien 9–5 [8]
6 Sep 2 Dec  SCO Premier League A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 7–4 [9]
8 Dec 16 Dec  ENG UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Maguire 10–2 [10]
13 Jan 20 Jan  ENG Masters Wembley Arena London Mark Selby Stephen Lee 10–3 [11][12]
4 Feb 10 Feb  MLT Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Shaun Murphy Ken Doherty 9–3 [13][14]
11 Feb 17 Feb  WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 [15][16]
24 Mar 30 Mar  CHN China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Stephen Maguire Shaun Murphy 10–9 [17]
19 Apr 5 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Ronnie O'Sullivan Ali Carter 18–8 [18]
25 Feb 15 May  ENG Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Joe Perry Mark Selby 3–1 [19][20]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
13 Sep 13 Sep  ENG Wytech Masters North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 3–2 [21]
14 Sep 14 Sep  ENG UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–1 [22]
6 Oct 6 Oct  ENG East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Katie Henrick June Banks 3–1 [23]
10 Nov 10 Nov  ENG British Open Rushden Snooker Club Rushden Maria Catalano Emma Bonney 3–2 [24]
2 Feb 2 Feb  ENG South Coast Classic Q Ball Snooker Club Eastbourne Emma Bonney June Banks 3–2 [25]
1 Mar 1 Mar  ENG Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Maria Catalano Reanne Evans 3–2 [26]
3 May 7 May  ENG World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans June Banks 5–2 [27]

Pontin's International Open Series
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
16 Jul 20 Jul  WAL PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Simon Bedford Gary Wilkinson 6–3 [28][29]
5 Aug 10 Aug  WAL PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Kuldesh Johal Andrew Pagett 6–4 [28][30]
23 Sep 28 Sep  WAL PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Paul Davison Michael King 6–2 [28][31]
14 Oct 19 Oct  WAL PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Matthew Couch Michael Wild 6–3 [28][32]
11 Dec 15 Dec  WAL PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Peter Lines Daniel Wells 6–5 [28][33]
15 Feb 19 Feb  WAL PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Kuldesh Johal Simon Bedford 6–5 [28][34]
24 Mar 28 Mar  WAL PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie Jones Peter Lines 6–2 [28][35]
13 Apr 18 Apr  WAL PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Liam Highfield Justin Astley 6–2 [28][36]

Other events
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
16 Jun 17 Jun  POL Warsaw Snooker Tour Torwar Hall Warsaw Mark Selby John Higgins 5–3 [37]
12 Jul 15 Jul  HKG Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Queen Elizabeth Stadium Wan Chai John Higgins James Wattana 5–4 [38]
14 Aug 19 Aug  ENG Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Matthew Couch Neil Robertson 6–5 [39][40]
18 Aug 19 Aug  IRL Irish Classic Raphael's Snooker Club Dublin David Morris Fergal O'Brien 5–3 [41][42]
23 Aug 26 Aug  GER Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth Barry Pinches Ken Doherty 4–0 [43]
25 Sep 30 Sep  IRL Irish Professional Championship Red Cow Exhibition Centre Dublin Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien 9–2 [44]
27 Oct 2 Nov  MAC Asian Indoor Games Macau East Asian Games Dome Macau Mohammed Shehab James Wattana 4–3 [45]
15 Nov 18 Nov   SUI Swiss Open Billard Center Im Funken Zofingen Dave Harold Ken Doherty 5–0 [46]
1 Dec 2 Dec  WAL Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Joe Perry Ricky Walden 4–2 [47]
15 Dec 16 Dec  NED Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Michael Holt Barry Pinches 6–4 [48]
14 May 18 May  CHN Huangshan Cup Anhui Sport Bureau Hefei Ali Carter Marco Fu 5–3 [49][50]

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 2007/2008

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.[51][52][53]

No. Ch. Player Points 2005/06 Points 2006/07 Total
1 John Higgins 191502310042250
2 Graeme Dott 191001867537775
3 Shaun Murphy 163502135037700
4 Ken Doherty 202501555035800
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 128502075033600
6 Peter Ebdon 155501800033550
7 Neil Robertson 125752055033125
8 Stephen Hendry 151001737532475
9 Ding Junhui 144751632530800
10 Stephen Maguire 110001955030550
11 Mark Selby 91251827527400
12 Mark Williams 18300882527125
13 Stephen Lee 135001265026150
14 Ali Carter 95501575025300
15 Steve Davis 131001185024950
16 Ryan Day 100501445024500

World ranking points
Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2007/2008

[54][55]

No.  Ch  Player Points 2006/07 SM GP NI UK WO CO WSC Points 2007/08 Total
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2075070050002500750040000[56]100002970050450
28 Stephen Maguire 195501900237550006000700500050002597545525
3 Shaun Murphy 213507004000320048003200400038002370045050
47 Mark Selby 182753200175070048005000320014002005038325
54 John Higgins 231001900237570010502500250038001482537925
62 Stephen Hendry 173751900175019001050320070064001690034275
77 Ali Carter 157507002375190010502500190080001842534175
88 Ryan Day 1445040002375190010501900320050001942533875
93 Peter Ebdon 18000700312525001050700190050001497532975
103 Neil Robertson 20550700175025001050190070038001240032950
112 Ding Junhui 163251900719190037501900190038001586932194
126 Joe Perry 121755753125140028502500140064001825030425
1311 Graeme Dott 18675320071970010507007001400846927144
1413 Marco Fu 89251400625057537501400190028001807527000
156 Mark King 123255751750140028501400190038001367526000
1613 Mark Allen 106505751750320028501400250028001507525725

Points distribution

2007/2008 Points distribution for world ranking events:[57]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Shanghai Masters[58][59] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Northern Ireland Trophy[60] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
UK Championship[61] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Welsh Open[62] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[63] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[64][65] Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –
Tournament Stage 1 Group Stage 2 Group L16 QF SF F W
7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2 5–6 3–4
Grand Prix[66][67] 250 813 1125 1438 719[n 7] 1750[n 7] 2375 3125 4000 5000 6250

Notes
  1. Jimmy Robertson qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
  2. Martin Gould qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
  3. Gareth Coppack qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
  4. Fraser Patrick qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
  5. Rodney Goggins qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
  6. Patrick Wallace qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
  7. Only for seeded players

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