World Series of Snooker 2008/2009
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The World Series of Snooker was played for the first time in the 2008/2009 season. It was a series of four non-ranking tournaments spread over Europe, where top professional players performed against regional wildcard players. The series consisted of four tournaments plus a Grand Finals for which the winner earned €50,000.
The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined the seeding positions for the Grand Final, where Shaun Murphy defeated John Higgins 6–2.
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The fourth event was held in Moscow, Russia between 22–23 November 2008.
John Higgins won in the final 5–0 against Ding Junhui.[10]
Players
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Professionals:
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Wildcards:
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 Anna Mazhirina
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 Shachar Ruberg
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 Sergey Vasiliev
- Ruslan Chinakhov
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 Sergey Isaenko
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Main draw
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Century breaks
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Points table
Grand Final
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The Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker was held in Portimão, Portugal between 8–10 May 2009.[13][14]
Shaun Murphy won in the final 6–2 against John Higgins.[15]
Players
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Group one:
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 Ryan Day
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 Lasse Munstermann
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 Michal Zielinski
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 Garry Britton
Group two:
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Knockout stage:
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Note: professional players in bold.
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Round-robin stage
Round one was played in a round robin format. The matches were best of seven frames. Each player played each other once. The winner and runner-up advanced to round two.
Group one
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Table
| POS |
Player |
MP |
MW |
FW |
FL |
FD |
PTS |
| 1 | Ryan Day |
3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 3 |
| 2 | Garry Britton |
3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 |
| 3 | Lasse Münstermann |
3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 1 |
| 4 | Michał Zieliński |
3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |
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Matches:
- Ryan Day 4–0 Garry Britton
- Michał Zieliński 1–4 Lasse Münstermann
- Ryan Day 4–1 Michał Zieliński
- Lasse Münstermann 2–4 Garry Britton
- Ryan Day 4–1 Lasse Münstermann
- Garry Britton 4–2 Michał Zieliński
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Group two
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Table
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Matches:
- Jimmy White 4–1 Itaro Santos
- Luca Brecel 4–2 Schachar Ruberg
- Jimmy White 4–0 Schachar Ruberg
- Itaro Santos 1–4 Luca Brecel
- Jimmy White 3–4 Luca Brecel
- Schachar Ruberg 2–4 Itaro Santos
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Knockout stage
Century breaks
References
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| | World Series of Snooker | |
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| | Variant events | |
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John Higgins 
Ding Junhui 
Mark Selby 
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