World Series of Snooker 2009/2010

The 2009/2010 Sportingbet.com World Series of Snooker was the second season of the World Series of Snooker. It had to be the first complete season to be sponsored by sportingbet.com,[1] but after the second event no other were held.

The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points would have determined seeding positions for the Grand Finals.

Contents

Champion of Champions Challenge

The first event of the 2009 World Series of Snooker was held at the INEC, Killarney, Ireland between 16 and 17 May 2009.[2][3]

Shaun Murphy won in the final 5–1 against Jimmy White.[4]

Players:

Wildcards:

  • Greg Casey
  • Tony Moore
  • Andrew Gray
  • Jason Devaney

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames
(with 10 reds)		   Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames
(with 15 reds)		   Final
Best of 9 Frames
(with 15 reds)
 Shaun Murphy 5  
 Greg Casey 0      Shaun Murphy 5  
 John Higgins 5    John Higgins 3  
 Andrew Gray 1        Shaun Murphy 5
 Ken Doherty 5        Jimmy White 1
 Tony Moore 4      Ken Doherty 4
 Jimmy White 5    Jimmy White 5  
 Jason Devaney 3  

Century breaks
World Series of Snooker
Champion of Champions Challenge
Tournament information
Dates 16–17 May 2009
Venue INEC
City Killarney
Country Ireland
Organisation(s) FSTC Sports Management
Format Non-ranking event
Highest break 131
Final
Champion Shaun Murphy
Runner-up Jimmy White
Score 5–1

Tournament in Prague

The second event of the 2009 World Series of Snooker was held at the Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn, Prague, Czech Republic between 17 and 18 October 2009.[5][6][7]

Jimmy White won in the final 5–3 against Graeme Dott.[8]

Players:

Wildcards:

  • Kryštof Michal
  • Osip Zusmanovic
  • Lukáš Křenek
  • Sishuo Wang

Main draw

Quarter-finals
Best of 9 Frames
(with 10 reds)		   Semi-finals
Best of 9 Frames
(with 10 reds)		   Final
Best of 9 Frames
(with 15 reds)
 Stephen Maguire 5  
 Kryštof Michal 0      Stephen Maguire 1  
 Graeme Dott 5    Graeme Dott 5  
 Osip Zusmanovic 0        Graeme Dott 3
 John Higgins 5        Jimmy White 5
 Lukáš Křenek 1      John Higgins 1
 Jimmy White 5    Jimmy White 5  
 Sishuo Wang 0  

Century breaks
World Series of Snooker
Tournament in Prague
Tournament information
Dates 17–18 October 2009
Venue Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn
City Prague
Country Czech Republic
Organisation(s) FSTC Sports
Management
Format Non-ranking event
Highest break 103
Final
Champion Jimmy White
Runner-up Graeme Dott
Score 5–3

Points table

Rank Player Total
1 Jimmy White 3 5 8
2 Shaun Murphy 5 – 5
3 Graeme Dott – 3 3
4 John Higgins 1 1 2
5= Ken Doherty 1 – 1
5= Stephen Maguire – 1 1

References

  1. ^ "Sportingbet.com to sponsor World Series of Snooker". Bullet Business. 2009-05-26. http://social.bulletbusiness.com/content/sportingbetcom-sponsor-world-series-snooker. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  2. ^ "Champion of Champions Challenge". World Series of Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. http://www.theworldseriesofsnooker.com/Events.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 
  3. ^ "Champion of Champions Challenge (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-professional-tournaments-word-series-09-10-killarney-main.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-18. 
  4. ^ "Murphy's Not Bitter". Eurosport. 2009-05-18. http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2009/05/murphys-not-bitter.html. Retrieved 2010-09-24. 
  5. ^ "Televised Professional Snooker comes to Prague". World Series of Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.theworldseriesofsnooker.com/News.asp?ID=29. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 
  6. ^ "Playing Schedule". World Series of Snooker. Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. http://www.theworldseriesofsnooker.com/PragueSchedule.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  7. ^ "Prague (Results)". Global Snooker. http://www.global-snooker.com/World-Series-of-Snooker-2009-Prague.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-17. 
  8. ^ "White storms to title in Prague". Eurosport. 2009-10-18. http://eurosport.yahoo.com/18102009/58/white-storms-title-prague.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
Ranking events
Pro Challenge Series
World Series of Snooker
Non-ranking events
Variant events
Full results by season
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