Snooker season 2017/2018

Snooker season 2017/2018
Details
Duration 4 May 2017 – 7 May 2018
Tournaments 35 (19 ranking events)
2018/2019 →

The 2017/2018 snooker season is an ongoing series of professional snooker tournaments to be played between 4 May 2017 and 7 May 2018.

The China Championship became the ranking event and was brought forward to a mid-August date and will run just ahead of the Paul Hunter Classic. The Shanghai Masters was withdrawn from the season calendar with the biennial team event World Cup returning in 2017. Another event not held every year returning in 2017 will be the 2017 IWGA World Games. The Shoot-Out has been brought forward to the start of February, ahead of both the World Grand Prix and Welsh Open events.[1]

The new World Seniors Tour will comprise four events (with Stephen Hendry participation), including the World Seniors Championship which will return to Scunthorpe in 2018.[2]

Players

Players in the Main Tour
by nation[3]
 Australia 3
 Belgium 1
 China 22
 Cyprus 1
 Egypt 1
 England 57
 Finland 1
 Germany 1
 Hong Kong 1
 India 1
 Iran 2
 Ireland 4
 Malaysia 1
 Malta 1
 Northern Ireland 3
 Norway 1
 Pakistan 1
 Scotland 10
  Switzerland 1
 Thailand 6
 Wales 12
Total 131

The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2017 World Championship, and the 31 player earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualified for the season (Rouzi Maimaiti has resigned his membership). Next 8 places were allocated to the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, and a further 12 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, and four best-ranked players in the Order of Merit). The rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body (NGB) nominations. Hamza Akbar received a tour card as a special dispensation in place of Americas nomination.[4][5]

The list of all professional players in the 2017/2018 season consist of 131 players, including the standard field of the 128 players and three invitational tour cards (James Wattana has second year of a two-year invitational tour card while Jimmy White and Ken Doherty were awarded the new two-year permission).[4][5] Beginning from this season, players with invitational tour cards are eligible to compete in any ranking event.[6] These players are seeded after main tour professionals, but above amateur top ups taken from the Q School ranking list.[7]

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[4][5]

Calendar

The following tables outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[15][16][17][18]

Date[n 1] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
05–04 05–07  AUT P/A Vienna Snooker Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna England David Grace England Nigel Bond 5–2 [19]
06–07 06–11  ENG P/A Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy Gloucester England Robert Milkins England Rob James 4–2
06–23 06–25  LAT WR Riga Masters Arena Riga Riga Wales Ryan Day Scotland Stephen Maguire 5–2
07–03 07–09  CHN NR World Cup (team event) Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi China China A England England 4–3
07–20 07–23  HKG NR Hong Kong Masters Queen Elizabeth Stadium Hong Kong Australia Neil Robertson England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–3
07–26 07–30  POL NR World Games Wrocław Congress Center Wrocław United Kingdom Kyren Wilson United Kingdom Ali Carter 3–1
07–28 07–29  CHN NR CVB Snooker Challenge (team event) Nanshan Culture & Sports Centre Shenzhen  Great Britain  China 26–9
08–16 08–22  CHN WR China Championship Guangzhou Sport University Guangzhou
08–22 08–27  GER WR Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle Fürth
09–04 09–09  THA VE Six-red World Championship
09–12 09–16  IND WR Indian Open Vishakhapatnam
09–18 09–24  CHN WR World Open Yushan Number One Middle School Yushan
10–02 10–08  BEL WR European Masters De Soeverein Lommel
10–16 10–22  ENG WR English Open Barnsley Metrodome Barnsley
10–17 10–21  CHN NR Haining Open Haining Sports Center Haining
10–23 10–26  ENG WST UK Seniors Championship Harlequin Theatre Redhill
10–29 11–05  CHN WR International Championship Daqing
11–06 11–12  ENG NR Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry
11–20 11–26  NIR WR Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall Belfast
11–28 12–10  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York
12–11 12–17  SCO WR Scottish Open Emirates Arena Glasgow
01–05 01–07  IRL WST Irish Seniors Masters Goffs Kildare
01–14 01–21  ENG NR The Masters Alexandra Palace London
01–26 01–28  ITA P/A Italian Snooker Open Via Galvani 39 Bolzano
01–31 02–04  GER WR German Masters Tempodrom Berlin
02–08 02–11  ENG WR Snooker Shoot-Out Watford Colosseum Watford
02–19 02–25  ENG WR World Grand Prix Preston Guild Hall Preston
02–26 03–04  WAL WR Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
03–07 03–11  GIB WR Gibraltar Open Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium Gibraltar
03–19 03–25  WAL WR Players Championship Venue Cymru Llandudno
03–20 03–24  ENG WST World Seniors Championship Baths Hall Scunthorpe
01–22 03–29  ENG NR Championship League
04–02 04–08  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing
04–12 04–12  ENG WST The Seniors Masters Crucible Theatre Sheffield
04–21 05–07  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
VE = Variant event
P/A = Pro–am event
WST = World Seniors Tour[2]

Official rankings

"Seeding revision 1" are the rankings at the start of the season, before the 2017 Riga Masters. These are not the same as the final rankings for the 2016/17 season. As well as players being added and removed as they join and leave the tour, the rankings at the start of the season excluded points gained in the 2015 Riga Open which had been included in the final rankings for 2016/17. "Seeding revision 2" included points gained in the 2017 Riga Masters.

Seeding revision 1

No. Ch. Name Points
1 Steady England Mark Selby 1,297,525
2 Steady Scotland John Higgins 563,000
3 Steady England Judd Trump 536,275
4 Steady China Ding Junhui 510,950
5 Rise1 Hong Kong Marco Fu 393,625
6 Fall1 England Barry Hawkins 376,500
7 Steady Australia Neil Robertson 358,125
8 Steady England Shaun Murphy 355,625
9 Steady England Stuart Bingham 312,862
10 Steady Northern Ireland Mark Allen 305,925
11 Steady China Liang Wenbo 302,500
12 Steady England Ali Carter 301,675
13 Steady England Kyren Wilson 301,400
14 Steady England Ronnie O'Sullivan 298,750
15 Rise1 England Martin Gould 210,975
16 Fall1 Wales Mark Williams 210,250

Seeding revision 2

No. Ch. Name Points
1 Steady England Mark Selby 1,297,525
2 Steady Scotland John Higgins 563,000
3 Steady England Judd Trump 536,275
4 Steady China Ding Junhui 510,950
5 Steady Hong Kong Marco Fu 393,625
6 Steady England Barry Hawkins 377,500
7 Steady Australia Neil Robertson 359,125
8 Steady England Shaun Murphy 355,625
9 Steady England Stuart Bingham 313,862
10 Steady Northern Ireland Mark Allen 305,925
11 Rise2 England Kyren Wilson 305,400
12 Fall1 China Liang Wenbo 302,500
13 Fall1 England Ali Carter 301,675
14 Steady England Ronnie O'Sullivan 298,750
15 Rise4 Wales Ryan Day 244,087
16 Steady Wales Mark Williams 225,250

Seeding revision 3

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 4

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 5

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 6

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 7

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 8

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 9

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Seeding revision 10

No. Ch. Name Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

World ranking points

Points distribution

2017/2018 points distribution for world ranking events:[20]

Tournament/Round→ R144 R128 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W
Riga Masters – £0 – – £1,000 – £2,000 £4,000 £6,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
China Championship – £0 – – £4,000 – £7,000 £12,000 £18,000 £32,000 £75,000 £150,000
Paul Hunter Classic – £0 – – £600 – £1,000 £1,725 £3,000 £4,500 £10,000 £20,000
Indian Open – £0 – – £2,000 – £4,000 £6,000 £10,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
World Open – £0 – – £4,000 – £7,000 £12,000 £18,000 £32,000 £75,000 £150,000
European Masters – £0 – – £2,000 – £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 – £7,000 £12,000 £18,000 £32,000 £75,000 £150,000
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 – – £2,000 – £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[n 2] – – £500 – £1,000 £2,000 £4,000 £8,000 £16,000 £32,000
Gibraltar Open – £0 – – £1,000 – £2,000 £3,000 £4,000 £6,000 £12,000 £25,000
Players Championship – – – – – – – £10,000 £15,000 £30,000 £50,000 £125,000
China Open – £0 – – £4,000 – £6,500 £8,000 £12,500 £21,000 £35,000 £85,000
World Championship £0 – – £8,000 – £13,500 £18,000[n 3] £27,500 £42,500 £85,000 £180,000 £425,000

Notes

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

References

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