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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2008 Grand Prix

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 24748
2 = Stephen Maguire 16646
3 +1 Ali Carter 14668
4 -1 Mark Selby 14377
5 +2 John Higgins 13812
6 +3 Ryan Day 13016
7 -2 Shaun Murphy 12875
8 -2 Joe Perry 11741
9 -1 Marco Fu 10384
10 = Ricky Walden 9748
11 = Dave Harold 9257
12 +1 Stephen Hendry 8830
13 -1 Liang Wenbo 8758
14 +3 Jamie Cope 8688
15 +3 Peter Ebdon 8456
16 -1 Mark Allen 8391

In: Jamie Cope; Peter Ebdon
Out: Fergal O'Brien; Barry Hawkins

Top 32
In: Adrian Gunnell; Steve Davis
Out: Andrew Higginson; Graeme Dott

Top 64 and 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2008 Bahrain Championship - Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Manama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bahrain_Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manama

Snooker arrived on the island of Bahrain in 2008. 4 players were unfortunately unable to join the party as they stuck with the Premier League matches they had agreed to play on the same dates <doh>
Mark Selby, John Higgins, Ding Junhui and Steve Davis were the unlucky four. Ronnie O'Sullivan was also forced to pull out for medical reasons.

Neil Robertson took advantage of the watered-down field to win his third ranking title. He beat Matthew Stevens in a high-quality final.

There were two 147s in the event, from Liang Wenbo and Marcus Campbell.

QFs:
Matthew Stevens (30) 5-2 Dominic Dale (47)
Stephen Hendry (12) 5-2 Robert Milkins (76)
Mark Allen (16) 5-2 Barry Hawkins (18)
Neil Robertson (24) 5-2 Stephen Maguire (2)

SFs:
Stevens (30) 6-4 Hendry (12)
Robertson (24) 6-4 Allen (16)

Final:
Robertson (24) 9-7 Stevens (30)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2008 Bahrain Championship

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 23252
2 = Stephen Maguire 15654
3 +1 Mark Selby 14540
4 +1 John Higgins 13266
5 -2 Ali Carter 12759
6 = Ryan Day 12336
7 = Shaun Murphy 11753
8 = Joe Perry 9837
9 +1 Ricky Walden 9300
10 +2 Stephen Hendry 9077
11 -2 Marco Fu 9077
12 -1 Dave Harold 8941
13 +3 Mark Allen 8706
14 +10 Neil Robertson 8296
15 +3 Barry Hawkins 8283
16 +14 Matthew Stevens 7671

In: Neil Robertson; Barry Hawkins; Matthew Stevens
Out: Liang Wenbo; Jamie Cope; Peter Ebdon

Top 32
In: Michael Holt; Mark Davis
Out: Mark King; Tom Ford

Top 64
In: Robert Milkins; Mattehw Selt
Out: David Roe; Tian Pengfei

Top 128
In: Stefan Mazrocis; A Bulajiang
Out: Mark Boyle; Chris Melling

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2008 UK Championship - Telford International Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_UK_Championship

Shaun Murphy won his third title, his only UK Championship win to date. He defeated Marco Fu 10-9 in a tensely contested final.

21-year-old Ding Junhui made his second maximum break in his second round loss to John Higgins.

This tournament was sadly remembered more for match-fixing than for the snooker played.

L16
Joe Perry (8) 9-5 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Marco Fu (11) 9-5 Matthew Stevens (16)
Ali Carter (5) 9-5 Peter Ebdon (21)
Mark Williams (20) 9-7 Graeme Dott (43)
Shaun Murphy (7) 9-5 Mark Allen (13)
Stephen Lee (38) 9-5 Mark King (35)
John Higgins (4) 9-4 Ding Junhui (24)
Stephen Maguire (2) 9-8 Neil Robertson (14)

QFs
Fu (11) 9-7 Perry (8)
Carter (5) 9-8 Williams (20)
Murphy (7) 9-3 Lee (38)
Maguire (2) 9-7 Higgins (4)

SFs
Fu (11) 9-7 Carter (5)
Murphy (7) 9-4 Maguire (2)

Final
Murphy (7) 10-9 Fu (11)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2008 UK Championship, Mark Williams returns to the top 16

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 22140
2 = Stephen Maguire 16060
3 +2 Ali Carter 14374
4 +3 Shaun Murphy 14247
5 -1 John Higgins 12827
6 -3 Mark Selby 12221
7 +4 Marco Fu 12136
8 -2 Ryan Day 12014
9 -1 Joe Perry 10623
10 +10 Mark Williams 9270
11 +3 Neil Robertson 9160
12 -3 Ricky Walden 8890
13 = Mark Allen 8832
14 +1 Barry Hawkins 8567
15 -3 Dave Harold 8440
16 -6 Stephen Hendry 8327

In: Mark Williams
Out: Matthew Stevens

Top 32
In: Stephen Lee; Andrew Higginson; Rory McLeod
Out: Marcus Campbell; Michael Judge; Adrian Gunnell

Top 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Chris McBreen; Lewis Roberts; Li Yuan
Out: Mohammed Shehab; Dermot McGlinchey; Jeff Cundy

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 Welsh Open - Newport Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

The first ranking event of 2009 saw Ali Carter claim his first title, and Joe Swail make his only final appearance. Carter came back from 5-2 down, winning 7 in a row for a 9-5 victory.
Swail had beaten one of the favourites, Stephen Maguire, in the quarter-finals, while Carter's toughest match on paper was against Shaun Murphy at the same stage.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was beaten by Marco Fu in the last 16.

QFs
Anthony Hamilton (51) 5-3 Mark Selby (6)
Ali Carter (3) 5-2 Shaun Murphy (4)
Joe Swail (28) 5-4 Stephen Maguire (2)
Neil Robertson (11) 5-2 Marco Fu (7)

SFs
Carter (3) 6-5 Hamilton (51)
Swail (28) 6-4 Robertson (11)

Final
Carter (3) 9-5 Swail (28)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2009 Welsh Open, Stephen Hendry drops out of the top 16.

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21613
2 +1 Ali Carter 16436
3 -1 Stephen Maguire 16342
4 = Shaun Murphy 13728
5 = John Higgins 12943
6 +1 Marco Fu 12621
7 -1 Mark Selby 11787
8 = Ryan Day 10822
9 = Joe Perry 10322
10 +1 Neil Robertson 9788
11 -1 Mark Williams 9261
12 = Ricky Walden 9092
13 +15 Joe Swail 8738
14 = Barry Hawkins 8605
15 -2 Mark Allen 8527
16 +1 Matthew Stevens 8331

In: Joe Swail; Matthew Stevens
Out: Dave Harold; Stephen Hendry

Top 32
In: Michael Judge; Martin Gould; Anthony Hamilton; Stuart Pettman
Out: Rory McLeod; Steve Davis; Ian McCulloch; Andrew Higginson

Top 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Michael Georgiou
Out: Lee Page

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

With one event to go before the World Championship, the 2009 WC Qualifiers are taking place.

The following players are seeded and qualify automatically (our rankings on the left):
1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Ali Carter
3. Stephen Maguire
4. Shaun Murphy
5. John Higgins
6. Marco Fu
7. Mark Selby
8. Ryan Day
9. Joe Perry
10. Neil Robertson
15. Mark Allen
20. Stephen Hendry
22. Ding Junhui
26. Peter Ebdon
39. Mark King
45. Graeme Dott

Here are the results from the final qualifying round, with seeds on the left:

Mark Williams (11) 10-5 Tom Ford (44)
Joe Swail (13) 10-1 Matthew Couch (76)
Barry Hawkins (14) 10-9 Daniel Wells (93)
Matthew Stevens (16) 4-10 Martin Gould (30)
Dave Harold (17) 3-10 Liang Wenbo (19)
Jamie Cope (21) 10-5 Paul Davies (52)
Fergal O'Brien (24) 6-10 Jamie Burnett (53)
Stephen Lee (27) 10-8 Judd Trump (18)
Stuart Bingham (28) 10-6 Alan McManus (49)
Michael Judge (29) 4-10 Andrew Higginson (43)
Anthony Hamilton (31) 5-10 Ricky Walden (12)
Steve Davis (34) 10-8 Lee Spick (61)
Ian McCulloch (38) 7-10 Rory McLeod (33)
Dominic Dale (51) 7-10 Michael Holt (23)
Nigel Bond (56) 10-7 Mike Dunn (40)
Ken Doherty (64) 5-10 Gerard Greene (47)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 China Open - Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_China_Open_(snooker)

Peter Ebdon had been having a fallow couple of years, but he returned to form in China, just before the 09 World Championship. He won by beating Higgins, Hendry and Dave Harold, who had thrashed defending champion Stephen Maguire 5-0 in the first round.

This was to be journeyman Stuart Pettman's best ranking event, reaching as he did the semi-finals after beating Mark Allen, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott. Following this run, he goes up to 22nd in the rankings, and I imagine that will be his peak (just before his 34th birthday).

Only 2 qualifiers made it past the 7 Chinese wildcards this year. John Parrott withdrew allowing Cao Xinlong to go through, and 4 players won their matches. It was perhaps not a big surprise to see YuDelu, Tian Pengfei and Xiao Guodong beat Rod Lawler, David Gray and Michael Holt, but it was certainly a surprise to see Tang Jun knock Judd Trump out.

QFs:
Peter Ebdon (26) 5-1 Stephen Hendry (20)
Stuart Pettman (32) 5-2 Graeme Dott (45)
Ryan Day (8) 5-0 Shaun Murphy (4)
John Higgins (5) 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)

SFs:
Ebdon (26) 6-1 Pettman (32)
Higgins (5) 6-4 Day (8)

Final:
Ebdon (26) 10-8 Higgins (5)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2009 China Open

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21485
2 = Ali Carter 16133
3 = Stephen Maguire 15246
4 +1 John Higgins 14969
5 -1 Shaun Murphy 13470
6 = Marco Fu 12163
7 +1 Ryan Day 11870
8 -1 Mark Selby 11544
9 = Joe Perry 10233
10 +2 Ricky Walden 10219
11 -1 Neil Robertson 10017
12 -1 Mark Williams 9246
13 +13 Peter Ebdon 9032
14 -1 Joe Swail 8842
15 +1 Matthew Stevens 8252
16 +4 Stephen Hendry 8244

In: Peter Ebdon; Stephen Hendry
Out: Barry Hawkins; Mark Allen

Top 32
In: Rory McLeod
Out: Michael Judge

Top 64
In: Jin Long; Patrick Wallace; James McBain
Out: Ian Preece; Mark Joyce; Ken Doherty

Top 128
In: Tang Jun; Cao Xinlong
Out: Passakorn Suwannawat; Shokat Ali

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby SnookerEd25

Wow. Graeme Dott down to 45 just three years after his World title, and a couple of years after topping thses rankings! :shock:

He'll be back though, I have a feeling...:chin:

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

SnookerEd25 wrote:Wow. Graeme Dott down to 45 just three years after his World title, and a couple of years after topping thses rankings! :shock:

He'll be back though, I have a feeling...:chin:

Yes, his record has been awful since reaching number 1. He even got sympathy points while he was out with a broken arm. He would be further down if he had played and lost his first match in those events.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Worl ... ampionship

There were some quite big surprises in this Championship, with Mark Allen beating Ronnie O'Sullivan, and Neil Robertson taking care of Stephen Maguire and Ali Carter.

It was John Higgins who went home with the prize though, comfortably beating Shaun Murphy in the final. It was his 4th World title and his 20th ranking event win overall (from 33 finals).

Last 32
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 10-5 Stuart Bingham (31)
Mark Allen (21) 10-6 Martin Gould (24)
Peter Ebdon (13) 5-10 Nigel Bond (56)
Ryan Day (7) 10-4 Stephen Lee (29)
John Higgins (4) 10-5 Michael Holt (23)
Joe Perry (9) 6-10 Jamie Cope (28)
Graeme Dott (51) 10-8 Barry Hawkins (20)
Mark Selby (8) 10-6 Ricky Walden (10)
Shaun Murphy (5) 10-8 Andrew Higginson (42)
Marco Fu (6) 10-4 Joe Swail (14)
Ding Junhui (26) 10-8 Liang Wenbo (18)
Stephen Hendry (16) 10-7 Mark Williams (12)
Ali Carter (2) 10-5 Gerard Greene (40)
Neil Robertson (11) 10-2 Steve Davis (35)
Mark King (36) 10-6 Rory McLeod (32)
Stephen Maguire (3) 10-5 Jamie Burnett (47)

Last 16
O'Sullivan (1) 11-13 Allen (21)
Day (7) 13-5 Bond (56)
Higgins (4) 13-12 Cope (28)
Selby (8) 13-10 Dott (51)
Murphy (5) 13-3 Fu (6)
Hendry (16) 13-10 Ding (26)
Carter (2) 8-13 Robertson (11)
Maguire (3) 13-6 King (36)

Quarter-finals
Day (7) 11-13 Allen (21)
Selby (8) 12-13 Higgins (4)
Murphy (5) 13-11 Hendry (16)
Maguire (3) 8-13 Robertson (11)

Semi Finals
Higgins (4) 17-13 Allen (21)
Murphy (5) 17-14 Robertson (11)

Final
Murphy (5) 9-18 Higgins (4)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings of the 96 professionals at the end of the 2008-09 season:

1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21050
2 +4 John Higgins 20418
3 = Shaun Murphy 18501
4 -2 Stephen Maguire 16714
5 = Ali Carter 16526
6 +11 Neil Robertson 14474
7 -3 Mark Selby 13654
8 = Ryan Day 13044
9 +4 Mark Allen 12357
10 -1 Marco Fu 11776
11 -1 Stephen Hendry 10432
12 -5 Joe Perry 9929
13 +14 Ricky Walden 9360
14 +12 Mark Williams 9211
15 +1 Joe Swail 8750
16 -5 Peter Ebdon 8627
17 +1 Liang Wenbo 8295
18 -4 Jamie Cope 8087
19 +1 Matthew Stevens 7982
20 +1 Barry Hawkins 7950
21 +2 Dave Harold 7681
22 -7 Ding Junhui 7582
23 +26 Michael Holt 7581
24 +7 Judd Trump 7379
25 +33 Martin Gould 7299
26 +35 Stuart Pettman 6887
27 +1 Mark King 6736
28 +16 Stephen Lee 6417
29 -17 Fergal O'Brien 6345
30 -11 Stuart Bingham 6281
31 +28 Mark Davis 6205
32 +3 Anthony Hamilton 5966
33 -8 Graeme Dott 5940
34 +11 Rory McLeod 5847
35 -5 Andrew Higginson 5816
36 +2 Gerard Greene 5484
37 +4 Mike Dunn 5482
38 +30 Andy Hicks 5416
39 +8 Steve Davis 5347
40 -16 Michael Judge 5334
41 +34 Jimmy White 5323
42 -20 Ian McCulloch 5181
43 +5 Jamie Burnett 5175
44 -15 Nigel Bond 5095
45 -12 Marcus Campbell 4922
46 -4 Barry Pinches 4802
47 +9 Lee Spick 4702
48 +4 Alan McManus 4648
49 -15 Tom Ford 4580
50 -11 Paul Davies 4578
51 -15 Adrian Gunnell 4488
52 +21 Robert Milkins 4472
53 -16 Dominic Dale 4268
54 -3 David Gilbert 4095
55 -15 Jimmy Michie 4089
56 NEW Jin Long 4007
57 +7 Liu Chuang 3997
58 -5 David Morris 3975
59 +22 Matthew Selt 3869
60 +3 Rod Lawler 3770
61 +16 Patrick Wallace 3748
62 -16 John Parrott 3631
63 -31 Liu Song 3541
64 +15 James McBain 3424
65 -5 Ian Preece 3363
66 +14 Rodney Goggins 3250
67 NEW Matthew Couch 3203
68 NEW Daniel Wells 3173
69 -19 Mark Joyce 3098
70 -27 Ken Doherty 3030
71 -14 Joe Delaney 2981
72 -5 David Gray 2923
73 NEW Peter Lines 2852
74 NEW Li Hang 2624
75 -13 Scott MacKenzie 2584
76 NEW Simon Bedford 2581
77 NEW Atthasit Mahitthi 2562
78 NEW Jamie Jones 2540
79 +11 Supoj Saenla 2425
80 -26 David Roe 2351
81 NEW Kuldesh Johal 2271
83 -14 Andrew Norman 2111
85 NEW Aditya Mehta 1932
86 NEW Stephen Craigie 1879
87 NEW Vincent Muldoon 1809
88 NEW Andy Lee 1684
89 NEW Robert Stephen 1635
91 NEW Andrew Pagett 1592
92 NEW Paul Davison 1577
93 NEW Wayne Cooper 1507
98 NEW Lewis Roberts 1259
99 NEW David Grace 1233
104 NEW Stefan Mazrocis 935
114 NEW Michael Georgiou 547
117 NEW Chris McBreen 448
128 NEW Declan Hughes 131

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

To the end of the 08-09 season, 218 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 36
Steve Davis 28
Ronnie O'Sullivan 21 (2008 Northern Ireland Trophy)
John Higgins 20 (2008 Grand Prix | 2009 World Championship)
Mark Williams 16
Jimmy White 10
John Parrott 9
Peter Ebdon 8 (2009 China Open)
Ken Doherty 6
Ray Reardon 5
Stephen Lee 4
Stephen Maguire 4
James Wattana 3
Paul Hunter 3
Ding Junhui 3
Neil Robertson 3 (2008 Bahrain Championship)
Shaun Murphy 3 (2008 UK CHampionship)
Cliff Thorburn 2
Tony Knowles 2
Dennis Taylor 2
Doug Mountjoy 2
Alan McManus 2
Graeme Dott 2
Dominic Dale 2

John Spencer, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Willie Thorne, Silvino Francisco, Joe Johnson, Neal Foulds, Tony Meo, Mike Hallett, Steve James, Bob Chaperon, Tony Jones, Dave Harold, Nigel Bond, Fergal O'Brien, Chris Small, David Gray, Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu, Mark Selby, Ricky Walden (2008 Shanghai Masters), Ali Carter (2009 Welsh Open): 1 each

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

Juddernaut88 wrote:Judd narrowly lost :(


If rolling rankings had been in at the time he'd have been Top 32 and wouldn't have had to play Lee in the qualifiers. Probably would have made it too the Crucible.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

75 of the 96 players retained their professional status going into the 2009-10 season.
The 21 who drop off the tour are (with our 08-09 end of season rankings):

Liu Chuang 57
James McBain 64
Rodney Goggins 66
Scott MacKenzie 75
Jamie Jones 78
Supoj Saenla 79
Kuldesh Johal 81
Aditya Mehta 85
Stephen Craigie 86
Vincent Muldoon 87
Andy Lee 88
Robert Stephen 89
Andrew Pagett 91
Paul Davison 92
Wayne Cooper 93
Lewis Roberts 98
David Grace 99
Stefan Mazrocis 104
Michael Georgiou 114
Chris McBreen 117
Declan Hughes 128

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

We're down to 6 ranking events for the new season
The event format remains the same, with the top 64 seeded into 4 groups.

The top 16 at the start of the season qualify for the venue for all events and enter at the last 32 stage. 17-32 enter in the last 48. 33-48 in the last 64. 49-64 in the last 80.
32 players ranked outside the top 64 play each other in the last 96 round.

The top 64 are as follows:

1-16
Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
John Higgins 2
Shaun Murphy 3
Stephen Maguire 4
Ali Carter 5
Neil Robertson 6
Mark Selby 7
Ryan Day 8
Mark Allen 9
Marco Fu 10
Stephen Hendry 11
Joe Perry 12
Mark Williams 14
Peter Ebdon 16
Ding Junhui 22
Mark King 27

17-32
Ricky Walden 13
Joe Swail 15
Liang Wenbo 17
Jamie Cope 18
Matthew Stevens 19
Barry Hawkins 20
Dave Harold 21
Michael Holt 23
Judd Trump 24
Stephen Lee 28
Fergal O'Brien 29
Stuart Bingham 30
Graeme Dott 33
Gerard Greene 36
Steve Davis 39
Nigel Bond 44

33-48
Martin Gould 25
Stuart Pettman 26
Mark Davis 31
Anthony Hamilton 32
Rory McLeod 34
Andrew Higginson 35
Mike Dunn 37
Michael Judge 40
Ian McCulloch 42
Jamie Burnett 43
Marcus Campbell 45
Alan McManus 48
Adrian Gunnell 51
Dominic Dale 53
Jimmy Michie 55
Ken Doherty 70

49-64
Andy Hicks 38
Jimmy White 41
Barry Pinches 46
Tom Ford 49
Paul Davies 50
Robert Milkins 52
David Gilbert 54
Jin Long 56
David Morris 58
Rod Lawler 60
John Parrott 62
Liu Song 63
Mark Joyce 69
Joe Delaney 71
Peter Lines 73
David Roe 80

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

I mentioned there were 75 players who retained their professional status. In addition to the top 64, we have the following 11:

Lee Spick 47 - One year list
Matthew Selt 59 - One year list
Patrick Wallace 61 - One year list
Ian Preece 65 - wildcard
Matthew Couch 67 - One year list
Daniel Wells 68 - One year list
David Gray 72 - wildcard
Li Hang 74 - One year list
Simon Bedford 76 - One year list
Atthasit Mahitthi 77 - One year list
Andrew Norman 83 - wildcard

There are 13 former professionals returning to the tour:
Xiao Guodong (b.1989) - PIOS tour
Tony Drago (b.1965) - European play-off winner
Joe Jogia (b.1975) - wildcard
Ben Woollaston (b.1987) - PIOS tour
Michael White (b.1991) - Welsh number 1
Jimmy Robertson (b.1986) - England pro ticket tour winner
James Wattana (b.1970) - Asian Champion
Chris Norbury (b.1986) - WSA nomination
Lee Page (b.1987) - PIOS tour
Mark Boyle (b.1981) - Scottish number 1
Bjorn Haneveer (b.1976) - PIOS tour
Craig Steadman (b.1982) - PIOS tour
Noppadol Sangnil (b.1977) - PIOS tour

And there are 8 new professionals:
Stephen Rowlings (b.1976) - PIOS tour
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (b.1985) - Amateur World Champion
David Hogan (b.1988) - European Champion
Sam Baird (b.1988) - England play-off winner
Brendan O'Donoghue (b.1982) - Irish number 1
Jordan Brown (b.1987) - Northern Irish number 1
Zhang Anda (b.1991) - Asian U-21 Champion
Mei Xiwen (b.1982) - Asian nomination

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 Shanghai Masters - Shanghai Grand Stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Shanghai_Masters

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the first of this season's six ranking events. It was a dominant performance from the 33-year-old Englishman, beating Dott 5-0, Fu 5-2, Ding 5-3 and Higgins 6-1 on his way to the final.

Liang Wenbo was his final opponent, the 22-year-old reaching that stage for the first time.
The man from the far Northeast of China won a respectable 5 frames, but was no match for O'Sullivan, who knocked in 8 50+ breaks compared to Liang's 2.

Ken Doherty, who had had a torrid 07-08 season, must have put in the practice over the summer. He beat Neil Robertson and Barry Hawkins in reaching the quarters.

Stephen Maguire withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

QFs:
Liang Wenbo (17) 5-3 Ricky Walden (13)
Shaun Murphy (3) 5-0 Ken Doherty (70)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 5-3 Ding Junhui (22)
John Higgins (2) 5-1 Ryan Day (8)

SFs:
Liang (17) 6-5 Murphy (3)
O'Sullivan (1) 6-1 Higgins (2)

Final
O'Sullivan (1) 10-5 Liang (17)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2009 Shanghai Masters

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 18248
2 = John Higgins 17989
3 = Shaun Murphy 16037
4 = Stephen Maguire 12446
5 = Ali Carter 12295
6 = Neil Robertson 11984
7 +1 Ryan Day 11567
8 +1 Mark Allen 9798
9 +1 Marco Fu 9525
10 -3 Mark Selby 9399
11 +2 Ricky Walden 8834
12 +5 Liang Wenbo 8691
13 -2 Stephen Hendry 8427
14 = Mark Williams 7451
15 -3 Joe Perry 7241
16 = Peter Ebdon 7081

In: Liang Wenbo
Out: Joe Swail

Top 32
In: Graeme Dott; Andrew Higginson
Out: Anthony Hamilton; Fergal O'Brien

Top 64
In: Ken Doherty; Matthew Couch; Daniel Wells
Out: Liu Song; James McBain; John Parrott

Top 128
In: Li Yan; Noppadol Sangnil; Brendan O'Donaghue; Craig Steadman; Mohammed Shehab
Out: Kevin van Hove; Sean Storey; James Leadbetter; Declan Hughes; Alex Borg

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 Grand Prix - Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Grand_Prix_(snooker)

27-year-old Neil Robertson won his fourth ranking title. He had a relatively easy run to the semi-finals, facing Gerard Greene, Ken Doherty and Joe Perry. However, he had to battle past John Higgins in the semi-final, needing 3 centuries to win 6-5.
In the final, he faced Ding Junhui, the second consecutive Chinese finalist. From 4-4, Robertson won 5 frames in a row to win 9-4.

Of note is that in Robertson's 3 final matches, he compiled 7 century breaks, but only 3 other 50+ contributions.

The top 2 players, Higgins and O'Sullivan, faced off in the last 16, with Higgins winning 5-4.

QFs:
John Higgins (2) 5-1 Mark Allen (8)
Neil Robertson (6) 5-1 Joe Perry (15)
Ding Junhui (18) 5-2 Peter Ebdon (16)
Mark Williams (14) 5-2 Robert Milkins (47)

SFs:
Robertson (6) 6-5 Higgins (2)
Ding (18) 6-1 Williams (14)

Final:
Robertson (6) 9-4 Ding (18)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following Higgins' win over O'Sullivan at the 2009 Grand Prix, he moves back into the number 1 spot.

Top 16
1 +1 John Higgins 18776
2 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 17957
3 = Shaun Murphy 15361
4 +2 Neil Robertson 14602
5 = Ali Carter 12089
6 -2 Stephen Maguire 11596
7 = Ryan Day 10639
8 = Mark Allen 10226
9 = Marco Fu 9235
10 +8 Ding Junhui 8850
11 +1 Liang Wenbo 8817
12 -2 Mark Selby 8728
13 = Stephen Hendry 8603
14 -3 Ricky Walden 8026
15 -1 Mark Williams 7970
16 -1 Joe Perry 7741

In: Ding Junhui
Out: Peter Ebdon

Top 32
In: Robert Milkins; Jamie Burnett; Gerard Greene
Out: Stephen Lee; Andrew Higginson; Graeme Dott

Top 64
In: Peter Lines
Out: Liu Chuang

Top 128
In: Bjorn Haneveer; Zhang Anda; Mark Boyle; Thepchaiya Un-Nooh; Stephen Rowlings; Jordan Brown
Out: Ashley Wright; Mohammed Shehab; A Bulajiang; Cao Xinlong; Li Yuan

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2009 UK Championship - Telford International Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_UK_Championship

22-year-old Ding Junhui picked up his fourth ranking title; his second UK Championship.
He beat John Higgins in the final despite having a high break of only 81.

Higgins' semi-final served up a classic, the Scotsman beating O'Sullivan. Higgins took leads of 6-1 and 8-2, but Ronnie came back to level at 8-8 and force a decider. John knocked in a 56 break for the win.

This was possibly Peter Lines' best event of his career. He beat Marco Fu and Mark Williams on his way to the quarter-finals.

L16
Ding Junhui (10) 9-3 Shaun Murphy (3)
Ali Carter (5) 9-5 Stephen Lee (33)
Peter Lines (62) 9-8 Mark Williams (15)
Stephen Maguire (6) 9-3 Stuart Bingham (29)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 9-3 Peter Ebdon (18)
Mark Selby (12) 9-5 Stephen Hendry (13)
Liang Wenbo (11) 9-2 Mark King (25)
John Higgins (1) 9-8 Neil Robertson (4)

QFs
Ding (10) 9-8 Carter (5)
Maguire (6) 9-5 Lines (62)
O'Sullivan (2) 9-3 Selby (12)
Higgins (1) 9-2 Liang (11)

SFs
Ding (10) 9-5 Maguire (6)
Higgins (1) 9-8 O'Sullivan (2)

Final
Ding (10) 10-8 Higgins (1)


   

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