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Post by suedehead on May 4, 2009 22:36:23 GMT 1
Neither player was at their best yesterday but Higgins was almost unstoppable today. Murphy tried but there just didn't seem to be anything he could do. I'd also echo what shireblogger said earlier about Paul Hunter. He would surely have won the world title at least once by now
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Post by Panda on May 4, 2009 22:45:42 GMT 1
I'd also echo what shireblogger said earlier about Paul Hunter. He would surely have won the world title at least once by now Absolutely. And I don't think Matthew Stevens has ever recovered from the death of his friend.
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Post by Earl Purple on May 4, 2009 23:01:02 GMT 1
Hunter lost the semi-final in 2003 by the odd frame. He may have won it, but then Jimmy White never managed it so you can't tell.
John Higgins has the longest span between his first and last wins (counting from 1969 onward), 11 years. Alex Higgins had 10 years between his two wins (1972 and 1982). (Must be something about that name!). Stephen Hendry had a 9 year span (1990-1999), Ray Reardon, Steve Davis and John Spencer all had 8 year spans (1970-78, 1981-89 and 1969-77 respectively). Ronnie O'Sullivan 7 years (2001-2008) and Mark Williams 3 years (2000-2003).
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Post by Panda on May 5, 2009 15:57:43 GMT 1
Final world rankings following the World Championship:
The rankings are based on results in ranking tournaments over the last two seasons. At the end of the season, the top 64 keep their place on the Main Tour for next season, along with the top 8 from the One Year list (see further down) from outside the official top 64. Players who were promoted to the Tour for this season received starter points of 5088 (equal to the points earned by the lowest ranked qualifier from last season). Players who haven't qualified for next season's Main Tour are shown in red.
The top 16 receive automatic entry for every tournament, except the Shanghai Masters where defending champion Ricky Walden will qualify automatically instead of Mark King.
Last season's rankings are in brackets.
1(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan 53575 points 2(2) Stephen Maguire 48050 3(3) Shaun Murphy 47175 4(5) John Higgins 45825 5(7) Ali Carter 42525 6(8) Ryan Day 7(4) Mark Selby 8(14) Marco Fu 9(10) Neil Robertson 10(6) Stephen Hendry 11(16) Mark Allen 12(12) Joe Perry 13(11) Ding Junhui 14(9) Peter Ebdon 15(22) Mark Williams 16(15) Mark King 17(27) Barry Hawkins 18(19) Jamie Cope 19(28) Dave Harold 20(35) Ricky Walden 21(21) Stuart Bingham 22(20) Joe Swail 23(29) Steve Davis 24(34) Michael Holt 25(26) Stephen Lee 26(17) Matthew Stevens 27(40) Liang Wenbo 28(13) Graeme Dott 29(23) Nigel Bond 30(41) Judd Trump 31(24) Fergal O'Brien 32(33) Gerard Greene 33(31) Anthony Hamilton 34(32) Dominic Dale 35(25) Ian McCulloch 36(30) Michael Judge 37(62) Stuart Pettman 38(47) Mike Dunn 39(44) Rory McLeod 40(45) Jamie Burnett 41(37) Alan McManus 42(36) Adrian Gunnell 43(38) Andrew Higginson 44(18) Ken Doherty 45(42) Marcus Campbell 46(63) Martin Gould 47(58) Mark Davis 48(46) Jimmy Michie 49(48) Tom Ford 50(56) Andy Hicks 51(43) David Gilbert 52(50) Barry Pinches 53(39) John Parrott 54(57) Paul Davies 55(51) Robert Milkins 56(65) Jimmy White 57(59) Mark Joyce 58(64) David Morris 59(53) Liu Song 60(-) Jin Long 61(60) Rod Lawler 62(52) David Roe 63(61) Joe Delaney 64(-) Peter Lines 65(49) David Gray 66(55) Ian Preece 67(70) Matt Selt 68(68) Lee Spick 69(-) Matthew Couch 70(-) Daniel Wells 71(-) Li Hang 72(-) Simon Bedford 73(72) Patrick Wallace 74(54) Andrew Norman 75(-) Atthasit Mahitthi 76(76) James McBain 77(75) Rodney Goggins 78(-) Jamie Jones 79(-) Stephen Craigie 80(-) Kuldesh Johal 81(-) Vincent Muldoon 82(77) Supoj Saenla 83(-) Andy Lee 83(-) Aditya Mehta 85(-) Andrew Pagett 85(-) Lewis Roberts 87(70) Scott MacKenzie 88(-) Robert Stephen 89(-) Paul Davison 90(-) Wayne Cooper 91(-) Stefan Mazrocis 92(80) Liu Chuang 93(-) David Grace 94(-) Michael Georgiou 94(-) Chris McBreen 96(-) Declan Hughes
At the start of next season, the points from the 2007/08 season no longer count towards the rankings. Below is the One Year ranking list, showing points earned this season only. This will effectively become the provisional world ranking going into the first tournament of next season:
(Official world rankings in brackets)
1(4) John Higgins 31000 points 2(5) Ali Carter 24100 3(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan 23875 4(3) Shaun Murphy 23475 5(9) Neil Robertson 22825 6(2) Stephen Maguire 7(6) Ryan Day 8(8) Marco Fu 9(7) Mark Selby 10(11) Mark Allen 11(10) Stephen Hendry 12(20) Ricky Walden 13(23) Steve Davis 14(12) Joe Perry 15(16) Mark King 16(14) Peter Ebdon 17(19) Dave Harold 18(24) Michael Holt 19(15) Mark Williams 20(17) Barry Hawkins 21(30) Judd Trump 22(28) Graeme Dott 23(13) Ding Junhui 24(18) Jamie Cope 25(25) Stephen Lee 26(26) Matthew Stevens 27(27) Liang Wenbo 28(22) Joe Swail 29(37) Stuart Pettman 30(40) Jamie Burnett 31(33) Anthony Hamilton 32(21) Stuart Bingham 33(43) Andrew Higginson 34(32) Gerard Greene 35(38) Mike Dunn 36(39) Rory McLeod 37(46) Martin Gould 38(50) Andy Hicks 39(47) Mark Davis 40(41) Alan McManus 41(34) Dominic Dale 42(29) Nigel Bond 43(35) Ian McCulloch 44(45) Marcus Campbell 45(49) Tom Ford 46(36) Michael Judge 47(56) Jimmy White 48(31) Fergal O'Brien 49(48) Jimmy Michie 50(51) David Gilbert 51(42) Adrian Gunnell 52(60) Jin Long 53(61) Rod Lawler 54(55) Robert Milkins 55(44) Ken Doherty 56(54) Paul Davies 57(58) David Morris 58(53) John Parrott 59(63) Joe Delaney 60(64) Peter Lines 61(67) Matt Selt 62(69) Matthew Couch 63(68) Lee Spick 64(70) Daniel Wells 65(57) Mark Joyce 66(52) Barry Pinches 67(71) Li Hang 68(72) Simon Bedford 69(73) Patrick Wallace 70(75) Atthasit Mahitthi 71(66) Ian Preece 72(74) Andrew Norman 73(65) David Gray 74(78) Jamie Jones 75(76) James McBain 76(77) Rodney Goggins 77(59) Liu Song 78(79) Stephen Craigie 79(80) Kuldesh Johal 80(81) Vincent Muldoon 81(82) Supoj Saenla 82(62) David Roe 83(83) Andy Lee 83(83) Aditya Mehta 85(85) Andrew Pagett 85(85) Lewis Roberts 87(92) Liu Chuang 88(88) Robert Stephen 89(89) Paul Davison 90(87) Scott MacKenzie 91(90) Wayne Cooper 92(91) Stefan Mazrocis 93(93) David Grace 94(94) Michael Georgiou 94(94) Chris McBreen 96(96) Declan Hughes
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 5, 2009 18:41:44 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 5, 2009 19:30:58 GMT 1
I'll explain again.
The first list is the official world ranking, which is based on the last 2 seasons. Ronnie has earned the most ranking points over the last 2 seasons and so he is the official world #1 and will remain so until the end of next season, at least.
The second list is based on this season only. John Higgins earned the most ranking points this season and so he is top of that list. That list doesn't count for anything but it will become the provisional ranking list at the start of next season. It suggests Ronnie has some work to do if he's going to be #1 after next year's World Championship.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 5, 2009 20:50:42 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 5, 2009 21:01:43 GMT 1
It's the final event of the World Series, a series of events organised by John Higgins. Nothing to do with the World Championship or the world rankings.
This is the line-up for the tournament:
ROUND 1 (best of 7, 6 reds on table)
Group 1: Ryan Day Lasse Munstermann Michal Zielinski Garry Britton
Group 2: Jimmy White Schachar Ruberg Itaro Santos Luca Brecel
ROUND 2 (best of 9, 10 reds on table) Shaun Murphy v winner Group 1 Stephen Maguire v runner-up Group 1 Ken Doherty v winner Group 2 Steve Davis v runner-up Group 2
QUARTER-FINALS (best of 9, 10 reds on table) Graeme Dott, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and John Higgins receive byes.
SEMI-FINALS (best of 9, 15 reds)
FINAL (best of 11, 15 reds)
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Post by Panda on May 5, 2009 21:28:51 GMT 1
Round-up of this season's tournaments: NORTHERN IRELAND TROPHY: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Dave Harold in the final SHANGHAI MASTERS: Ricky Walden bt Ronnie O'Sullivan GRAND PRIX: John Higgins bt Ryan Day BAHRAIN CHAMPIONSHIP: Neil Robertson bt Matthew Stevens UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Shaun Murphy bt Marco Fu THE MASTERS: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Mark Selby WELSH OPEN: Ali Carter bt Joe Swail CHINA OPEN: Peter Ebdon bt John Higgins WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: John Higgins bt Shaun Murphy
Other events: JIANGSU CLASSIC: Ding Junhui bt Mark Selby SANGSOM 6-REDS: Ricky Walden bt Stuart Bingham PONTINS PRO-AM: Jamie Cope bt Craig Steadman PREMIER LEAGUE: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Mark Selby CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: Judd Trump bt Mark Selby IBSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (World Amateur Championship): Thepchaiya Un-Nooh bt Colm Gilcreest
World Series events: EVENT 1, JERSEY: John Higgins bt Mark Selby EVENT 2, GERMANY: Graeme Dott bt Shaun Murphy EVENT 3, POLAND: Ding Junhui bt Ken Doherty EVENT 4, RUSSIA: John Higgins bt Ding Junhui GRAND FINAL, PORTUGAL: ?
PIOS events: 1: Bjorn Haneveer bt Andrew Atkinson 2: Xiao Guodong bt Noppadol Sangnil 3: Shokat Ali bt Michael White 4: Craig Steadman bt Mike Hallett 5: Chris Norbury bt Alfie Burden 6: Xiao Guodong bt Jack Lisowski 7: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh bt Lee Page 8: ?
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 5, 2009 23:14:52 GMT 1
It's the final event of the World Series, a series of events organised by John Higgins. Nothing to do with the World Championship or the world rankings. This is the line-up for the tournament: ROUND 1 (best of 7, 6 reds on table) Group 1: Ryan Day Lasse Munstermann Michal Zielinski Garry Britton Group 2: Jimmy White Schachar Ruberg Itaro Santos Luca Brecel ROUND 2 (best of 9, 10 reds on table) Shaun Murphy v winner Group 1 Stephen Maguire v runner-up Group 1 Ken Doherty v winner Group 2 Steve Davis v runner-up Group 2 QUARTER-FINALS (best of 9, 10 reds on table) Graeme Dott, Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and John Higgins receive byes. SEMI-FINALS (best of 9, 15 reds) FINAL (best of 11, 15 reds) wow dude chhers organised by John Higgins. whys ronnye not in it cheers dude damm skippyy mooo uppppppppppppppppppppp g
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 5, 2009 23:16:15 GMT 1
Round-up of this season's tournaments: NORTHERN IRELAND TROPHY: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Dave Harold in the final SHANGHAI MASTERS: Ricky Walden bt Ronnie O'Sullivan GRAND PRIX: John Higgins bt Ryan Day BAHRAIN CHAMPIONSHIP: Neil Robertson bt Matthew Stevens UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Shaun Murphy bt Marco Fu THE MASTERS: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Mark Selby WELSH OPEN: Ali Carter bt Joe Swail CHINA OPEN: Peter Ebdon bt John Higgins WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: John Higgins bt Shaun Murphy Other events: JIANGSU CLASSIC: Ding Junhui bt Mark Selby SANGSOM 6-REDS: Ricky Walden bt Stuart Bingham PONTINS PRO-AM: Jamie Cope bt Craig Steadman PREMIER LEAGUE: Ronnie O'Sullivan bt Mark Selby CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE: Judd Trump bt Mark Selby IBSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (World Amateur Championship): Thepchaiya Un-Nooh bt Colm Gilcreest World Series events: EVENT 1, JERSEY: John Higgins bt Mark Selby EVENT 2, GERMANY: Graeme Dott bt Shaun Murphy EVENT 3, POLAND: Ding Junhui bt Ken Doherty EVENT 4, RUSSIA: John Higgins bt Ding Junhui GRAND FINAL, PORTUGAL: ? PIOS events: 1: Bjorn Haneveer bt Andrew Atkinson 2: Xiao Guodong bt Noppadol Sangnil 3: Shokat Ali bt Michael White 4: Craig Steadman bt Mike Hallett 5: Chris Norbury bt Alfie Burden 6: Xiao Guodong bt Jack Lisowski 7: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh bt Lee Page 8: ? cheers dude meean kool way u add dates not no ven any em happning tar damm skippyy uppp yoooooooooooooo wuuff ruuufff
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Post by Panda on May 6, 2009 15:31:37 GMT 1
I expect they asked him but it's a big ask just to get Ronnie to play in a ranking tournament overseas, let alone an exhibition event.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 6, 2009 19:35:29 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 7, 2009 10:57:28 GMT 1
I doubt it. He's more interested in jogging.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 8, 2009 0:37:18 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 13, 2009 22:08:21 GMT 1
Shaun Murphy beat John Higgins 6-2 in the World Series final in Portugal. The 2009 World Series gets underway this weekend in Ireland.
Former Crucible semi-finalist James Wattana will return to the Main Tour next season after winning the Asian Championship.
Joe Jogia, Xiao Guodong, Lee Page, Bjorn Haneveer, Stephen Rowlings, Ben Woollaston, Noppadol Sangnil and Craig Steadman finished as the top 8 in the PIOS rankings and are promoted to next season's Main Tour. Rowlings and Steadman will be making their Main Tour debuts.
Asian Under-21 champion Anda Zhang will also be on the Main Tour.
World Snooker has announced the provisional calendar for next season. I really hope it's not the final version. Only 6 ranking events so far...
June 3-7: Jiangsu Classic Invitational (non-ranking)
August 3-6: Shanghai Masters qualifying
September 7-13: SHANGHAI MASTERS
September 21-24: Grand Prix qualifying
October 3-11: GRAND PRIX
November 23-30: UK Championship qualifying
December 5-13: UK CHAMPIONSHIP
January 10-17: THE MASTERS (non-ranking)
January 19-22: Welsh Open qualifying
January 25-31: WELSH OPEN
February 2-5: China Open qualifying
TBC: CHINA OPEN
TBC: World Championship qualifying
April 17-May 3: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 18, 2009 12:34:30 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on May 18, 2009 13:30:33 GMT 1
Not as far as I'm aware. There was another World Series event in Ireland at the weekend (won by Shaun Murphy, who beat Jimmy White in the final) but I don't know where and when the next one is.
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Post by Panda on May 18, 2009 13:34:27 GMT 1
More players set to be on the Main Tour next season:
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (World amateur champion) Jimmy Robertson (English nomination) Mark Boyle (Scottish nomination) Michael White (Welsh nomination)
Glen Wilkinson has won the Oceania Championship but has turned down a Main Tour invite before so we'll see what happens...
10 places are still up for grabs. One place usually goes to the European Under-19 champion but at 14, the champion Luca Brecel is too young. Look out for him in a few years...
It's possible some of those relegated from the Main Tour will be reprieved with wild card nominations from World Snooker.
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 18, 2009 13:49:18 GMT 1
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