2021 WST Pro Series
The 2021 WST Pro Series is an ongoing professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 18 January to 21 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The event features 128 players, and is played over three stages of round-robin groups of eight players, with the Final Group winner as the tournament champion.[1] It is the first edition of the event.
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| Dates | 18 January – 21 March 2021 |
| Venue | Marshall Arena |
| City | Milton Keynes |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £420,500 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break | Gary Wilson (147) |
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| Score | Round-Robin |
Seven-time World Champion, Stephen Hendry, was due to make his return to the professional snooker tour, having initially retired in 2012. However, he withdrew before the tournament began.[2]
Gary Wilson made his third career maximum break in the second frame of his Group G match with Liam Highfield.[3]
Tournament format
There are 128 players taking part in the event. In the tournament's first stage they are divided into 16 groups of each eight players, with the top two players of each group advancing to the second group stage. The tournament draw was conducted on 8 January 2021.[1]
The second group stage will consist of four groups of each eight players, with the top two players of each group advancing to the final group.
The winner of the final group will be the tournament champion.
All matches are played as best of three frames, and players are ranked, using the following criteria:[4]
- Points scored (3 points for a win)
- Frame difference
- Head-to-head match
- If three players are tied a mini group of head-to-head matches/frame difference is used [5]
- Highest break
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below.[1]
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- Tournament total: £420,500
First group stage
The first group stage consists of 16 groups, each containing eight players, with the top two of each group advancing to the second group stage.[1]
Group A
Group A was played on 23 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 21 |
| 2 | Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 |  Alan McManus (SCO) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 |
| 4 |  Xu Si (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 |
| 5 | Michael Holt (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 |
| 6 |  Brian Ochoiski (FRA) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |
| 7 |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |
| 8 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 |
Group B
Group B was played on 19 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
| 2 |  Sunny Akani (THA) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | Pang Junxu (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 |
| 4 | Li Hang (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 |
| 6 |  Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 |
| 7 | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |
| 8 | Dean Young (SCO) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Aaron Hill was initially due to take part in Group B, but he withdrew and was replaced by Dean Young.
Group C
Group C was played on 21 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 21 |
| 2 | Sam Craigie (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 |
| 4 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 |
| 6 | Ashley Carty (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 |
| 7 | Billy Joe Castle (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 |
| 8 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
Group D
Group D will be played on 12 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Barry Hawkins (ENG) | |||||||
| 2 | Ricky Walden (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | |||||||
| 4 |  Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI) | |||||||
| 5 |  Gerard Greene (NIR) | |||||||
| 6 | Duane Jones (WAL) | |||||||
| 7 |  Farakh Ajaib (PAK) | |||||||
| 8 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
Group E
Group E will be played on 14 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Mark Selby (ENG) | |||||||
| 2 | Matthew Selt (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Joe O'Connor (ENG) | |||||||
| 4 | Stuart Carrington (ENG) | |||||||
| 5 |  Eden Sharav (ISR) | |||||||
| 6 |  Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | |||||||
| 7 |  Lukas Kleckers (GER) | |||||||
| 8 | Daniel Womersley (ENG) |
Group F
Group F will be played on 11 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Mark Allen (NIR) | |||||||
| 2 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) | |||||||
| 4 | David Grace (ENG) | |||||||
| 5 |  Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | |||||||
| 6 | Jordan Brown (NIR) | |||||||
| 7 | Riley Parsons (ENG) | |||||||
| 8 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) |
Group G
Group G was played on 20 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 15 |
| 2 | Lu Ning (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 |
| 4 | Liam Highfield (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Gary Wilson (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | John Astley (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 |
| 7 | Zhao Jianbo (CHN) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 |
| 8 |  Rory McLeod (JAM) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 |
Stephen Hendry was initially due to take part in Group G, but he withdrew and was replaced by John Astley.
Group H
Group H will be played on 11 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Yan Bingtao (CHN) | |||||||
| 2 | Ali Carter (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Mark Davis (ENG) | |||||||
| 4 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | |||||||
| 5 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) | |||||||
| 6 | Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | |||||||
| 7 |  Amine Amiri (MAR) | |||||||
| 8 | Kuldesh Johal (ENG) |
Group I
Group I will be played on 15 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | |||||||
| 2 | Tom Ford (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) | |||||||
| 4 | Mark Joyce (ENG) | |||||||
| 5 | Chen Zifan (CHN) | |||||||
| 6 | David Lilley (ENG) | |||||||
| 7 | Ben Hancorn (ENG) | |||||||
| 8 | Jamie Wilson (ENG) |
Group J
Group J will be played on 9 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | David Gilbert (ENG) | |||||||
| 2 | Martin Gould (ENG) | |||||||
| 3 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) | |||||||
| 4 | Ian Burns (ENG) | |||||||
| 5 | James Cahill (ENG) | |||||||
| 6 | Peter Lines (ENG) | |||||||
| 7 | Oliver Lines (ENG) | |||||||
| 8 |  Iulian Boiko (UKR) |
Group K
Group K was played on 22 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 |
| 2 | Dominic Dale (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 |
| 3 | Andy Hicks (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 |
| 4 | Si Jiahui (CHN) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Lee Walker (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 |
| 6 | Peter Devlin (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 |
| 7 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 |
| 8 | Mark King (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 |
Group L
Group L was played on 24 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Luo Honghao (CHN) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 18 |
| 2 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 |
| 3 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Leo Fernandez (IRL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 |
| 6 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 |
| 7 | Lei Peifan (CHN) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 |
| 8 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 |
Group M
Group M was played on 18 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Joe Perry (ENG) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 18 |
| 2 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 |
| 3 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 |
| 4 | Daniel Wells (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 | Jak Jones (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 9 |
| 6 | Rod Lawler (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 |
| 7 | Allan Taylor (ENG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 |
| 8 | Haydon Pinhey (ENG) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
Group N
Group N was played on 25 January 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 [6] |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Luca Brecel (BEL) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 15 [7] |
| 3 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 15 |
| 4 | Jackson Page (WAL) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 12 |
| 5 | Zak Surety (ENG) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 |
| 6 | Michael White (WAL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 |
| 7 | Brandon Sargeant (ENG) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 |
| 8 | Graeme Dott (SCO) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Group O
Group O will be played on 16 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Judd Trump (ENG) | |||||||
| 2 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | |||||||
| 3 | Ryan Day (WAL) | |||||||
| 4 | Jamie Jones (WAL) | |||||||
| 5 | Barry Pinches (ENG) | |||||||
| 6 | Jimmy White (ENG) | |||||||
| 7 | Steven Hallworth (ENG) | |||||||
| 8 | Sean Maddocks (ENG) |
Group P
Group P will be played on 13 March 2021.
Matches
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| Pos. | Player | P | W | L | FW | FL | FD | Pts |
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| 1 | Mark Williams (WAL) | |||||||
| 2 |  Kurt Maflin (NOR) | |||||||
| 3 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | |||||||
| 4 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | |||||||
| 5 | Robbie Williams (ENG) | |||||||
| 6 | Gao Yang (CHN) | |||||||
| 7 |  Alex Borg (MLT) | |||||||
| 8 | Oliver Brown (ENG) |
Second group stage
The second group stage will consist of four groups, each containing eight players, with the top two of each group advancing to the final group.[1]
Qualified players
Group 1
Group 1 will be played on 17 March 2021.
Matches
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Group 2
Group 2 will be played on 18 March 2021.
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Group 3
Group 3 will be played on 19 March 2021.
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Group 4
Group 4 will be played on 20 March 2021.
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Final stage
The Final group will consist of eight players, with the group winner as the tournament champion.[1]
Final Group
The Final group will be played on 21 March 2021.
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Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; FW = Frames won; FL = Frames lost; FD = Frame difference
Century breaks
Total:[8] 57
- 147, 106 Gary Wilson
- 143, 133, 105, 101, 100 Zhao Xintong
- 140 Rod Lawler
- 138 Mitchell Mann
- 136, 134, 111 Zhou Yuelong
- 136, 115, 112 Anthony McGill
- 136, 115 Yuan Sijun
- 136 Anthony Hamilton
- 135, 126, 113, 104, 101 Kyren Wilson
- 135, 109 Joe Perry
- 134, 124 Stuart Bingham
- 133 Ashley Hugill
- 131, 105 Lu Ning
- 126 Xiao Guodong
- 122 Jackson Page
- 121, 106, 104 Shaun Murphy
- 120 Luca Brecel
- 116 Martin O'Donnell
- 113, 101 Chris Wakelin
- 113 Louis Heathcote
- 112 Sam Craigie
- 111 Jak Jones
- 111 Alan McManus
- 110 Brian Ochoiski
- 107, 105 Michael Holt
- 107, 101 Zhao Jianbo
- 107 Xu Si
- 106, 103 Jack Lisowski
- 105 Jamie Clarke
- 104, 102 Allan Taylor
- 103 Kacper Filipiak
- 101 Andrew Higginson
- 101 Li Hang
References
- "WST Pro Series Draw". World Snooker. 8 January 2021.
- "Hendry Withdraws From WST Pro Series". World Snooker. 15 January 2021.
- "WST Pro Series snooker 2021: 'I'm buzzing' – Martin O'Donnell tops Group G, Gary Wilson hits 147 - Eurosport". www.eurosport.com. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- "WST Pro Series". Twitter. World Snooker. 18 January 2021.
- https://wst.tv/lisowski-and-brecel-progress/
- https://wst.tv/lisowski-and-brecel-progress/
- https://wst.tv/lisowski-and-brecel-progress/
- "WST Pro Series 2021 – Centuries". World Snooker. 18 January – 21 March 2021.
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