2018–19 snooker season

The 2018–19 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 10 May 2018 and 6 May 2019.[1] The season was made up of ranking tournaments, non-ranking tournaments and variant tournaments. In total, 46 events were competed in the 2018–19 season, beginning with the pro–am 2018 Vienna Open, and ending with the 2019 World Snooker Championship.[2]

2018–19 snooker season
Nations that hosted a World Snooker Tour, Challenge Tour or World Seniors Tour event during the 2018–19 season
Details
Duration10 May 2018 – 6 May 2019
Tournaments45 (20 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters Judd Trump
World Championship Judd Trump
See also: 2018 in cue sports and 2019 in cue sports

To be eligible to play in most tournaments, players had to have qualified to play on the World Snooker Tour, however, some wildcard former professional, and amateur players were eligible in certain competitions. The season also saw four events strictly for over 40s, as a part of the World Seniors Tour.

Players
Players on the Main Tour
by nation
 Australia 1
 Belgium 1
 China 24
 Cyprus 1
 Egypt 2
 England 55
 Finland 1
 Germany 2
 Hong Kong 2
 Iran 2
 Ireland 2
 Israel 1
 Malaysia 1
 Northern Ireland 4
 Norway 1
 Pakistan 1
 Poland 1
 Scotland 9
  Switzerland 1
 Thailand 4
 Wales 12
Total 128

The Main Tour consists of 128 professional players for the 2018/2019 season.[3] The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2018 World Championship and the 34 players earning a two-year card the previous year (excluding Lyu Haotian, who already climbed into the top 64 of the world rankings following the first year of his two-year tour card) automatically qualified for the season. Next, eight places were allocated from the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List, who had not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, two players came from the CBSA China Tour and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, and four Event 3 winners). The six remaining entries on to the tour were allocated from the international amateur events.[4]

Due to the disputes between the IBSF and the WPBSA, the WPBSA decided that the winners of the tournaments organised by the IBSF or any continental confederations which were not affiliated to the World Snooker Federation would not be awarded tour cards.[5] The only exception was the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, which had been concluded before the decision was made.[4]

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[4][3]

Calendar

The following table outlines the dates and results for all the ranking and major invitational events.[13][14]

Date[note 1] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
05-10 05-13  AUT P/A Vienna Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna Michael Georgiou Ross Muir 5–4 [15]
06-02 06-03  ENG CT Challenge Tour 1 Meadowside Leisure Centre Burton upon Trent Brandon Sargeant Luke Simmonds 3–1 [16]
07-10 07-11  ENG CT Challenge Tour 2 Preston Guild Hall Preston David Grace Mitchell Mann 3–0 [17]
07-12 07-15  ROU P/A Golden Q Cup Golden Q Snooker Club Baia Mare Luca Brecel Michael Georgiou 5–1 [18]
07-28 07-28  LAT CT Challenge Tour 3 Arena Riga Riga Barry Pinches Jackson Page 3–2 [19]
07-27 07-29  LAT WR Riga Masters Arena Riga Riga Neil Robertson Jack Lisowski 5–2 [20]
07-28 07-31  ENG P/A Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy Gloucester Andrew Norman Harvey Chandler 4–2 [21]
07-31 08-04  CHN NR Haining Open International Campus Zhejiang University Haining Mark Selby Li Hang 5–4 [22]
08-06 08-12  CHN WR World Open Yushan Number One Middle School Yushan Mark Williams David Gilbert 10–9 [23]
08-22 08-26  GER WR Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle Fürth Kyren Wilson Peter Ebdon 4–2 [24]
08-27 08-28  GER CT Challenge Tour 4 Stadthalle Fürth Mitchell Mann Dylan Emery 3–0 [25]
09-03 09-08  THA NR Six-red World Championship Bangkok Convention Center Bangkok Kyren Wilson Ding Junhui 8–4 [26]
09-10 09-16  CHN NR Shanghai Masters Regal International East Asia Hotel Shanghai Ronnie O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins 11–9 [27]
09-18 09-19  ENG CT Challenge Tour 5 Cueball Derby Derby David Lilley Brandon Sargeant 3–1 [28]
09-24 09-30  CHN WR China Championship Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre Guangzhou Mark Selby John Higgins 10–9 [29]
10-04 10-05  BEL CT Challenge Tour 6 De Soeverein Lommel David Grace Ben Hancorn 3–0 [30]
10-01 10-07  BEL WR European Masters De Soeverein Lommel Jimmy Robertson Joe Perry 9–6 [31]
10-13 10-14  ENG CT Challenge Tour 7 Preston Guild Hall Preston Joel Walker Jenson Kendrick 3–0 [32]
10-15 10-21  ENG WR English Open K2 Crawley Stuart Bingham Mark Davis 9–7 [33]
10-24 10-25  ENG WST UK Seniors Championship Bonus Arena Hull Ken Doherty Igor Figueiredo 4–1 [34]
10-24 10-25  MAC TE Macau Masters JW Marriott Hotel Macau Macau Barry Hawkins
Ryan Day
Zhou Yuelong
Zhao Xintong		 Mark Williams
Marco Fu
Joe Perry
Zhang Anda		 5–1
10-25 10-25  MAC NR Six-red Macau Masters JW Marriott Hotel Macau Macau Barry Hawkins Mark Williams 3–2
10-28 11-04  CHN WR International Championship Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre Daqing Mark Allen Neil Robertson 10–5 [35]
11-05 11-11  ENG NR Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry Ronnie O'Sullivan Kyren Wilson 10–9 [36]
11-12 11-18  NIR WR Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall Belfast Judd Trump Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 [37]
11-24 11-25  HUN CT Challenge Tour 8 Snooker Terminál Budapest Simon Bedford David Lilley 3–1 [38]
11-27 12-09  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Allen 10–6 [39]
12-10 12-16  SCO WR Scottish Open Emirates Arena Glasgow Mark Allen Shaun Murphy 9–7 [40]
01-05 01-06  IRL WST Seniors Irish Masters Goffs Kill Jimmy White Rodney Goggins 4–1 [41]
01-13 01-20  ENG NR Masters Alexandra Palace London Judd Trump Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–4 [42]
01-26 01-27  ENG CT Challenge Tour 9 Star Snooker Academy Sheffield Adam Duffy Matthew Glasby 3–1 [43]
01-30 02-03  GER WR German Masters Tempodrom Berlin Kyren Wilson David Gilbert 9–7 [44]
02-04 02-10  ENG WR World Grand Prix The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham Judd Trump Ali Carter 10–6 [45]
02-11 02-17  WAL WR Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Neil Robertson Stuart Bingham 9–7 [46]
02-21 02-24  ENG WR Shoot Out Watford Colosseum Watford Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Michael Holt 1–0 [47]
02-27 03-03  IND WR Indian Open Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty Kochi Matthew Selt Lyu Haotian 5–3 [48]
03-03 03-03  NIR WST Seniors 6-Red World Championship Waterfront Hall Belfast Jimmy White Aaron Canavan 4–2 [49]
03-06 03-07  ENG CT Challenge Tour 10 South West Snooker Academy Gloucester George Pragnall Callum Lloyd 3–2 [50]
03-04 03-10  ENG WR Players Championship Preston Guild Hall Preston Ronnie O'Sullivan Neil Robertson 10–4 [51]
01-01 03-14  ENG NR Championship League Ricoh Arena and Barnsley Metrodome Coventry/Barnsley Martin Gould Jack Lisowski 3–1 [52]
03-15 03-17  GIB WR Gibraltar Open Tercentenary Sports Hall Gibraltar Stuart Bingham Ryan Day 4–1 [53]
03-19 03-24  WAL WR Tour Championship Venue Cymru Llandudno Ronnie O'Sullivan Neil Robertson 13–11 [54]
04-01 04-07  CHN WR China Open Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Beijing Neil Robertson Jack Lisowski 11–4 [55]
04-11 04-11  ENG WST Seniors Masters Crucible Theatre Sheffield Joe Johnson Barry Pinches 2–1 [56]
04-20 05-06  ENG WR World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Judd Trump John Higgins 18–9 [57]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event
P/A = Pro–am event
CT = Challenge Tour event
WST = World Seniors Tour

Official rankings
Main articles: Snooker world rankings 2018/2019 and Snooker world ranking points 2018/2019

Points distribution

2018/2019 points distribution for world ranking events:[58]

Round
Tournament
 R144 R128 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W
Riga Masters — £0 — £1,500 — £3,000 £4,000 £6,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
World Open — £0 — £4,000 — £8,000 £13,000 £20,000 £32,500 £75,000 £150,000
Paul Hunter Classic — £0 — £600 — £1,000 £1,725 £3,000 £4,500 £10,000 £20,000
China Championship — £0 — £4,000 — £7,500 £13,000 £20,000 £32,000 £75,000 £150,000
European Masters — £0 — £3,000 — £4,000 £6,000 £11,000 £17,500 £35,000 £75,000
English Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
International Championship — £0 — £4,000 — £8,500 £13,500 £21,500 £32,000 £75,000 £175,000
Northern Ireland Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
UK Championship — £0 — £5,000 — £10,000 £15,000 £22,500 £35,000 £75,000 £170,000
Scottish Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
German Masters — £0 — £3,000 — £4,000 £5,000 £10,000 £20,000 £35,000 £80,000
World Grand Prix — — — — — £5,000 £7,500 £12,500 £20,000 £40,000 £100,000
Welsh Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
Shoot Out — £0[note 2] — £500 — £1,000 £2,000 £4,000 £8,000 £16,000 £32,000
Indian Open — £0 — £2,000 — £4,000 £6,000 £10,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
Players Championship — — — — — — £10,000 £15,000 £30,000 £50,000 £125,000
Gibraltar Open — £0 — £1,500 — £2,500 £3,000 £4,000 £6,000 £12,000 £25,000
Tour Championship — — — — — — — £20,000 £40,000 £60,000 £150,000
China Open — £0 — £5,000 — £11,000 £18,000 £27,000 £45,000 £90,000 £225,000
World Championship £0 — £10,000 — £15,000 £20,000[note 3] £30,000 £50,000 £100,000 £200,000 £500,000

Finalists in ranking tournaments
Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Winning tournaments
1 Neil Robertson  Australia 3 3 6 2018 Riga Masters
2019 Welsh Open
2019 China Open
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan  England 3 1 4 2018 UK Championship
2019 Players Championship
2019 Tour Championship
3 Judd Trump  England 3 0 3 2018 Northern Ireland Open
2019 World Grand Prix
2019 World Championship
4 Mark Allen  Northern Ireland 2 1 3 2018 International Championship
2018 Scottish Open
Stuart Bingham  England 2 1 3 2018 English Open
2019 Gibraltar Open
6 Kyren Wilson  England 2 0 2 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
2019 German Masters
7 Mark Williams  Wales 1 0 1 2018 World Open
Mark Selby  England 1 0 1 2018 China Championship
Jimmy Robertson  England 1 0 1 2018 European Masters
Matthew Selt  England 1 0 1 2019 Indian Open
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  Thailand 1 0 1 2019 Shoot Out
12 John Higgins  Scotland 0 2 2
David Gilbert  England 0 2 2
Jack Lisowski  England 0 2 2
15 Ali Carter  England 0 1 1
Joe Perry  England 0 1 1
Mark Davis  England 0 1 1
Shaun Murphy  England 0 1 1
Peter Ebdon  England 0 1 1
Lyu Haotian  China 0 1 1
Michael Holt  England 0 1 1
Ryan Day  Wales 0 1 1
Total20204020 of 20 tournaments completed

Notes
  1. Dates use the month-day format
  2. First round losers in the Shoot Out receive £250 prize money which do not count towards the prize money rankings.
  3. Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

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