Snooker season 2009/2010

The snooker season 2009/10 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2009 and 2010. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.

Contents

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score[1] Reference
05-16 05-17 WS Champion of Champions Challenge INEC Killarney Shaun Murphy Jimmy White 5–1 [2]
06-04 06-07 Jiangsu Classic Wuxi Sports Center Wuxi Mark Allen Ding Junhui 6–0 [3]
06-22 06-26 OS PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Jack Lisowski Liam Highfield 6–5 [4][5]
07-07 07-12 Six-red World Grand Prix Montien Riverside Hotel Bangkok Jimmy White Barry Hawkins 8–6 [6]
07-07 07-12 Beijing International Challenge Beijing University Students Gymnasium Beijing Liang Wenbo Stephen Maguire 7–6 [7]
07-13 07-17 General Cup International General Snooker Club Hong Kong Ricky Walden Liang Wenbo 6–2 [8]
07-22 07-26 Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Stuart Bingham Simon Bedford 6–0 [9]
07-22 07-26 World Games Jhongjheng Martial Arts Stadium Kaohsiung Nigel Bond David Grace 3–0 [10]
07-24 07-26 Irish Classic Celbridge Snooker Club Kildare Joe Swail Fergal O'Brien 5–0 [11]
07-27 07-31 OS PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Liam Highfield Neal Jones 6–2 [4][12]
07-28 07-30 PC Pro Challenge Series – Event 1 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Stephen Maguire Alan McManus 5–2 [13]
08-13 08-16 Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth Shaun Murphy Jimmy White 4–0 [14]
08-23 08-28 OS PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Paul Davison Kyren Wilson 6–4 [4][15]
08-31 09-01 PC Pro Challenge Series – Event 2[n 2] Pontin's Prestatyn Ken Doherty Martin Gould 6–2 [16]
09-07 09-13 WR Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Ronnie O'Sullivan Liang Wenbo 10–5 [17]
10-03 10–11 WR Grand Prix Kelvin Hall Glasgow Neil Robertson Ding Junhui 9–4 [18]
10–17 10–18 WS Tournament in Prague Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn Prague Jimmy White Graeme Dott 5–3 [19]
10–19 10–23 OS PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie Jones Jak Jones 6–0 [4][20]
10–26 10–29 Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn Rory McLeod Andrew Higginson 6–1 [21]
11-09 11–11 PC Pro Challenge Series – Event 3 Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Leicester Robert Milkins Joe Jogia 5–3 [22]
11–14 11–15 Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Stuart Bingham Ken Doherty 3–1 [23]
09–03 11–29 Premier League Snooker Potters Leisure Resort Hopton-on-Sea Shaun Murphy Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–3 [24]
12-05 12–13 WR UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford Ding Junhui John Higgins 10–8 [25]
12-07 12–11 OS PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Anthony McGill Farakh Ajaib 6–0 [4][26]
12–15 12–18 Six-red World Championship INEC Killarney Mark Davis Mark Williams 6–3 [27]
01-10 01-17 Masters Wembley Arena London Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 [28]
01-25 01-31 WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport John Higgins Ali Carter 9–4 [29]
02-16 02-18 PC Pro Challenge Series – Event 5 George Scott Snooker Club Liverpool Barry Hawkins Michael Holt 5–1 [30]
02-28 03-05 OS PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Kyren Wilson Liam Highfield 6–4 [4][31]
01-04 03-25 Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Marco Fu Mark Allen 3–2 [32]
03-29 04-04 WR China Open Beijing University Students Gymnasium Beijing Mark Williams Ding Junhui 10–6 [33]
04-11 04-16 OS PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Paul Davison Justin Astley 6–2 [4][34]
04-17 05-03 WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Neil Robertson Graeme Dott 18–13 [35]
05-04 05-08 OS PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Jack Lisowski Justin Astley 6–1 [4][36]
WR = World ranking event
PC = Pro Challenge Series
OS = Pontin's International Open Series
WS = World Series of Snooker event
Other, non-ranking event
Variant event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2009/2010

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.

No.[37] Player Points 2007/08 Points 2008/09 Total[38]
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 29700 23875 53575
2 Stephen Maguire 25975 22075 48050
3 Shaun Murphy 23700 23475 47175
4 John Higgins 14825 31000 45825
5 Ali Carter 18425 24100 42525
6 Ryan Day 19425 21250 40675
7 Mark Selby 20050 17925 37975
8 Marco Fu 18075 19275 37350
9 Neil Robertson 12400 22825 35225
10 Stephen Hendry 16900 16225 33125
11 Mark Allen 15075 17800 32875
12 Joe Perry 18250 14625 32875
13 Ding Junhui 15869 13775 29644
14 Peter Ebdon 14975 14425 29400
15 Mark Williams 15100 14219 29319
16 Mark King 13675 14625 28300

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2009/2010

Points distribution

2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events.[39]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Shanghai Masters Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –
Grand Prix Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –
UK Championship Unseeded loser 640 1040 1440 1840 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000
Seeded loser 320 520 720 920 1120 – – – – –
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 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –
World Championship Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ Dates use the month day format
  2. ^ This tournament used the six-red snooker format

References

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