2008–09 snooker season

The 2008–09 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 June 2008 and 10 May 2009. Four players missed the fourth ranking event of the season, the Bahrain Championship, and therefore lost ranking points; this was due to a clash with some Premier League matches whose date had already been approved by the game's governing body.[1]

2008–09 snooker season
Details
Duration4 June 2008 – 10 May 2009 (2008-06-04 – 2009-05-10)
Tournaments34 (8 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Shaun Murphy
Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship John Higgins

New professional players

Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2007/2008 professional Main Tour.

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[10]

World Snooker Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
4 Jun 8 Jun  CHN Jiangsu Classic Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Nanjing Wuxi Ding Junhui Mark Selby 6–5 [11]
8 Jul 13 Jul  THA Six-red Snooker International Montien Riverside Hotel Bangkok Ricky Walden Stuart Bingham 8–3 [12]
24 Aug 31 Aug  NIR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Ronnie O'Sullivan Dave Harold 9–3 [13][14]
29 Sep 5 Oct  CHN Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Ricky Walden Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 [15]
11 Oct 18 Oct  SCO Grand Prix S.E.C.C. Glasgow John Higgins Ryan Day 9–7 [16]
8 Nov 15 Nov  BHR Bahrain Championship Bahrain International Exhibition Centre Manama Neil Robertson Matthew Stevens 9–7 [17]
21 Nov 26 Nov  ENG Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Judd Trump Mark Joyce 6–1 [18]
11 Sep 7 Dec  ENG Premier League Potters Leisure Resort Hopton-on-Sea Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Selby 7–2 [19]
13 Dec 21 Dec  ENG UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford Shaun Murphy Marco Fu 10–9 [20]
11 Jan 18 Jan  ENG Masters Wembley Arena London Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Selby 10–8 [21][22]
16 Feb 22 Feb  WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Ali Carter Joe Swail 9–5 [23][24]
5 Jan 26 Mar  ENG Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Judd Trump Mark Selby 3–2 [25][26]
30 Mar 5 Apr  CHN China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Peter Ebdon John Higgins 10–8 [27]
18 Apr 4 May  ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Shaun Murphy 18–9 [28]
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 [29]
14 Sep 14 Sep  ENG UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–1 [30]
11 Oct 11 Oct  ENG East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 [31]
15 Nov 15 Nov  ENG British Open Newmarket Snooker & Bowl Newmarket Emma Bonney June Banks 3–1 [32]
7 Feb 7 Feb  ENG South Coast Classic Q Ball Snooker Club Eastbourne Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 [33]
7 Mar 7 Mar  ENG Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 3–1 [34]
4 Apr 8 Apr  ENG World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–2 [35]

Pontin's International Open Series
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
23 Jun 27 Jun  WAL PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Bjorn Haneveer Andrew Atkinson 6–2 [36][37]
3 Aug 8 Aug  WAL PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Xiao Guodong Noppadol Sangnil 6–5 [36][38]
25 Aug 29 Aug  WAL PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Shokat Ali Michael White 6–3 [36][39]
19 Oct 24 Oct  WAL PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Craig Steadman Mike Hallett 6–1 [36][40]
9 Nov 14 Nov  WAL PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Chris Norbury Alfie Burden 6–2 [36][41]
27 Feb 4 Mar  WAL PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Xiao Guodong Jack Lisowski 6–0 [36][42]
25 Mar 29 Mar  WAL PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Lee Page 6–3 [36][43]
5 May 9 May  WAL PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Joe Jogia Ben Woollaston 6–5 [36][44]

Other events
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
21 Jun 22 Jun  JEY World Series of Snooker Jersey Fort Regent Saint Helier John Higgins Mark Selby 6–3 [45]
12 Jul 13 Jul  GER World Series of Snooker Berlin Tempodrom Berlin Graeme Dott Shaun Murphy 6–1 [46]
27 Jul 3 Aug  ENG Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Xiao Guodong Ben Woollaston 6–2 [47][48]
2 Aug 3 Aug  IRL Irish Classic Celbridge Snooker Club Kildare Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien 5–2 [49]
28 Aug 31 Aug  GER Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth Shaun Murphy Mark Selby 4–0 [50]
19 Sep 21 Sep  BEL Belgian Open Sportcentrum De Pollepel Duffel Ricky Walden Graeme Dott 4–0 [51]
23 Oct 26 Oct  AUT Austrian Open BRP-Rotax-Halle Wels Ryan Day Jamie Cope 6–3 [52]
25 Oct 26 Oct  POL World Series of Snooker Warsaw EXPO XXI Warsaw Ding Junhui Ken Doherty 6–4 [53]
22 Nov 23 Nov  RUS World Series of Snooker Moscow Krilya Sovetov Sports Arena Moscow John Higgins Ding Junhui 5–0 [54]
20 Dec 21 Dec  NED Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Stuart Bingham Joe Swail 6–3 [55]
9 Jan 10 Jan  WAL Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie Cope Craig Steadman 4–1 [56]
8 May 10 May  POR World Series of Snooker Grand Final Pavilhão Arena Portimão Shaun Murphy John Higgins 6–2 [57]

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 2008/2009

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.[58][59]

No. Ch. Player Points 2006/07 Points 2007/08 Total
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 207502970050450
2 Stephen Maguire 195502597545525
3 Shaun Murphy 213502370045050
4 Mark Selby 182752005038325
5 John Higgins 231001482537925
6 Stephen Hendry 173751690034275
7 Ali Carter 157501842534175
8 Ryan Day 144501942533875
9 Peter Ebdon 180001497532975
10 Neil Robertson 205501240032950
11 Ding Junhui 163251586932194
12 Joe Perry 121751825030425
13 Graeme Dott 18675846927144
14 Marco Fu 89251807527000
15 Mark King 123251367526000
16 Mark Allen 106501507525725

World ranking points
Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2008/2009

[60][61][62]

No.  Ch  Player Points 07/08 NIT SM GP BC UK WO CO WSC Points 08/09 Total
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 2970050004000312570028501900250038002387553575
2 Stephen Maguire 259752500320087525004800250070050002207548050
3 Shaun Murphy 2370070070087570075002500250080002347547175
41 John Higgins 148253200190062500375019004000100003100045825
52 Ali Carter 184253200700400070048005000190038002410042525
62 Ryan Day 1942519002500500019001050700320050002125040675
73 Mark Selby 20050190032002375010502500190050001792537975
86 Marco Fu 18075700250023757006000250070038001927537350
91 Neil Robertson 124007001900875500028503200190064002282535225
104 Stephen Hendry 16900700700237532001050700250050001622533125
115 Mark Allen 1507525005758753200285070070064001780032875
12 Joe Perry 182501900190023751900375070070014001462532875
132 Ding Junhui 15869700700312502850190070038001377529644
145 Peter Ebdon 1497570070023757002850700500014001442529400
157 Mark Williams 15100190025007195753750575140028001421929319
161 Mark King 13675700190087570028501900190038001462528300

Points distribution

2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events:[63]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Northern Ireland Trophy Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Shanghai Masters Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Grand Prix Unseeded loser 500 813 1125 1438 1750 2375 3125 4000 5000 6250
Seeded loser 250 407 563 719 875 – – – – –
Bahrain Championship Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
UK Championship Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Welsh Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

Notes
  1. Wayne Cooper qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
  2. Andy Lee qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
  3. Andrew Pagett qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
  4. Robert Stephen qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
  5. Vincent Muldoon qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
  6. Declan Hughes qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.

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