Rankings revisit - a trip through history

It was crazy Ding dropped out of the top 16 but he played unbelievable as a qualifier.

Juddernaut88 wrote:It was crazy Ding dropped out of the top 16 but he played unbelievable as a qualifier.

It's interesting that he's 9th in these rankings, while Ronnie is down at 16th.
Officially, Ronnie is seeded 6th and Ding 17th.
I don't think Ding was that far out of form this season really, he just skipped all the European PTCs and didn't win one of the main rankers. Ronnie entered only a couple of tournaments, but won a big one...

2016 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Worl ... ampionship

Defending champion Stuart Bingham fell to the Crucible curse, losing to Ali Carter in the first round. Carter was one of 7 qualifiers to win in the first round, which feels like it might have been a record.

Two of the qualifiers, Ding and McManus, faced each other in the semi-final. I don't think this has happened before either.

Mark Selby won the title, his second. He only faced one of the 16 seeds en route to the title, Marco Fu, though did beat Ding Junhui in the final, who we rank in the top 16. Selby led throughout the final. Although he did get close mid-match, Ding never fully recovering from falling 6-0 down.

First round
Stuart Bingham (5) 9-10 Ali Carter (39)
Stephen Maguire (17) 7-10 Alan McManus (30)
Ricky Walden (12) 10-8 Robbie Williams (51)
John Higgins (7) 10-3 Ryan Day (15)
Judd Trump (2) 10-8 Liang Wenbo (18)
Martin Gould (8) 8-10 Ding Junhui (9)
Mark Williams (14) 10-4 Graeme Dott (25)
Neil Robertson (4) 6-10 Michael Holt (34)
Shaun Murphy (3) 8-10 Anthony McGill (28)
Marco Fu (11) 10-2 Peter Ebdon (32)
Barry Hawkins (10) 10-5 Zhang Anda (57)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (16) 10-7 David Gilbert (26)
Mark Allen (6) 10-3 Mitchell Mann (75)
Joe Perry (13) 9-10 Kyren Wilson (19)
Michael White (24) 7-10 Sam Baird (54)
Mark Selby (2) 10-6 Robert Milkins (29)

Last 16
McManus (30) 13-11 Carter (39)
Higgins (7) 13-8 Walden (12)
Trump (2) 10-13 Ding (9)
Williams (14) 13-8 Holt (34)
Fu (11) 13-9 McGill (28)
O'Sullivan (16) 12-13 Hawkins (10)
Allen (6) 9-13 Wilson (19)
Selby (1) 13-11 Baird (54)

Quarter Finals
Higgins (7) 11-13 McManus (30)
Williams (14) 3-13 Ding (9)
Hawkins (10) 11-13 Fu (11)
Selby (1) 13-8 Wilson (19)

Semi Finals
Ding (9) 17-11 McManus (30)
Selby (1) 17-15 Fu (11)

Final
Selby (1) 18-14 Ding (9)

The World championship final Selby was 6-0 up and Ding did on a few few occasions get within being 1 frame behind but he just couldn't get level and Selby kept pulling away.
The 2nd frame of the match was a slight turning point as Selby won it needing a snooker.

End of season rankings 2015-16

1 = Mark Selby 31709
2 = Judd Trump 27127.5
3 +1 Shaun Murphy 24969.5
4 +3 Ding Junhui 23231
5 -2 Neil Robertson 22209
6 +9 John Higgins 21371
7 +2 Mark Allen 21358
8 -2 Stuart Bingham 21139
9 +4 Marco Fu 20112.5
10 -2 Barry Hawkins 19019
11 +14 Martin Gould 17751.5
12 +2 Ricky Walden 16679.5
13 -2 Mark Williams 16551.5
14 +39 Kyren Wilson 16276.5
15 -10 Ronnie O'Sullivan 15359
16 -6 Joe Perry 15336
17 +1 Alan McManus 15253.5
18 +3 Ryan Day 15192.5
19 +5 Liang Wenbo 14778
20 -8 Stephen Maguire 13582
21 -2 Anthony McGill 13044.5
22 = Matthew Selt 12791
23 +18 Luca Brecel 12663
24 +10 Mark King 12450
25 +6 Michael Holt 12055
26 +4 Ben Woollaston 12003
27 -7 Graeme Dott 11896.5
28 -11 Robert Milkins 11859.5
29 -6 Michael White 11657.5
30 +8 David Gilbert 11577.5
31 +12 Ali Carter 11241.5
32 -16 Mark Davis 11127.5
33 -6 Peter Ebdon 10678
34 -6 Jimmy Robertson 10225.5
35 +4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 9502.5
36 +1 Dominic Dale 9481
37 +9 Sam Baird 9315
38 +14 Tian Pengfei 9309.5
39 -10 Jamie Jones 9261
40 +14 Tom Ford 9236.5
41 +16 Mike Dunn 9098
42 -7 Fergal O'Brien 8422
43 +13 Andrew Higginson 8399
44 +4 Robbie Williams 8024.5
45 +13 Mark Joyce 7952
46 -6 Dechawat Poomjaeng 7823.5
47 -15 Kurt Maflin 7600
48 -15 Rod Lawler 7459
49 = Stuart Carrington 7331
50 +20 Zhang Anda 7289
51 -4 Li Hang 7177
52 +28 Rory McLeod 7143
53 +16 Alfie Burden 7091
54 +29 Zhou Yuelong 7088.5
55 -29 Xiao Guodong 6971
56 +36 David Grace 6876
57 -13 Joe Swail 6822.5
58 +3 Jack Lisowski 6557
59 +18 Ian Burns 6412
60 -15 Matthew Stevens 6295.5
61 -10 Liam Highfield 6257
62 -7 Jamie Burnett 5963
63 +3 Jamie Cope 5907.5
64 +1 Ken Doherty 5846.5
65 -1 Chris Wakelin 5829
66 -7 Robin Hull 5798.5
67 +5 Oliver Lines 5776
68 -26 Craig Steadman 5756
69 +30 Mitchell Mann 5748
70 -34 Gary Wilson 5667
71 -3 Anthony Hamilton 5338.5
72 +9 Noppon Saengkham 5287.5
73 +51 Lee Walker 4736
74 +4 Nigel Bond 4696.5
75 -1 Peter Lines 4627
76 -14 Yu Delu 4617.5
77 +41 Martin O'Donnell 4549
78 +9 Ross Muir 4541
79 -12 David Morris 4538.5
80 -4 Gerard Greene 4488
81 +7 Sean O'Sullivan 4195
82 -32 Michael Wasley 4177.5
83 -10 Scott Donaldson 4099
84 +1 Adam Duffy (a) 4056.5
85 +6 Michael Georgiou 3988
86 -26 Aditya Mehta 3861.5
87 -5 Fraser Patrick 3832
88 +13 Daniel Wells 3809.5
89 +16 Zhao Xintong (a) 3545
90 -19 Cao Yupeng 3453
91 -7 James Cahill 3438
92 -17 Barry Pinches 3236
93 -30 Joel Walker 3189
94 +28 Hammad Miah (a) 3165
95 +54 Thor Chuan Leong 3142
96 -17 Jimmy White 3046.5
97 -1 Allan Taylor 2974
98 +19 Steven Hallworth 2792
99 +42 Rhys Clark 2759
100 +36 Eden Sharav 2751
101 +13 Zak Surety 2692
102 +13 Lu Ning 2662.5
103 -8 Paul Davison 2514
104 +96 Hossein Vafaei 2467
105 -8 Michael Leslie 2399
106 +26 Sydney Wilson 2245
107 +24 Ian Glover 2179
108 +11 Chris Melling 2029
109 +30 Sanderson Lam 1965.5
110 +139 Leo Fernandez (a) 1918
111 +40 Darryl Hill 1857
112 -22 Elliott Slessor (a) 1842
113 +14 Lyu Chenwei 1835
114 +31 Zhang Yong 1801
115 +13 Jamie Clarke (a) 1714
116 -10 Igor Figueiredo 1699.5
117 -24 Tony Drago 1692.5
118 -11 James Wattana 1679.5
119 -9 Ashley Carty (a) 1661.5
120 +147 Ashley Hugill (a) 1605
121 -5 Oliver Brown (a) 1570
122 -28 Lyu Haotian (a) 1566
123 +29 Gareth Allen 1558
124 -20 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 1535.5
125 -25 Jak Jones (a) 1490
126 -40 Marcus Campbell (a) 1425.5
127 -15 Vinnie Calabrese 1321
128 +25 Duane Jones 1316
129 NEW Hamza Akbar 1310
131 +94 Michael Wild 1232
136 NEW Jason Weston 964
162 -20 Rouzi Maimaiti 416
172 NEW Sunny Akani 324
177 +24 Itaro Santos 312
185 -65 Liu Chuang 284
193 NEW Hatem Yassen 242
204 -66 Ju Reti 190

chengdufan wrote:2014-15 End of season average ages

Top 16 - 35 yrs 2 mths
Top 32 - 33 yrs 10 mths
Top 64 - 33 yrs 0 mths
Top 128 - 31 yrs 9 mths

2015-16 End of season average ages

Top 16 - 34 yrs 11 mths
Top 32 - 34 yrs 9 mths
Top 64 - 34 yrs 6 mths
Top 128 - 31 yrs 11 mths

To the end of the 15-16 season, 285 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 36
Steve Davis 28
John Higgins 28 (2015 Australian Open | 2015 International Championship)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 28 (2016 Welsh Open)
Mark Williams 18
Ding Junhui 11
Neil Robertson 11 (2015 UK Championship)
Jimmy White 10
John Parrott 9
Peter Ebdon 9
Mark Selby 7 (2016 World Championship)
Ken Doherty 6
Shaun Murphy 6 (2016 World Grand Prix)
Ray Reardon 5
Stephen Lee 5
Stephen Maguire 5
Judd Trump 5 (2016 China Open)
James Wattana 3
Paul Hunter 3
Ali Carter 3
Ricky Walden 3
Stuart Bingham 3
Mark Allen 3 (2016 PTC Grand Final)
Cliff Thorburn 2
Tony Knowles 2
Dennis Taylor 2
Doug Mountjoy 2
Alan McManus 2
Graeme Dott 2
Dominic Dale 2
Marco Fu 2
Barry Hawkins 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, Michael White, Joe Perry, Kyren Wilson (2015 Shanghai Masters), Martin Gould (2016 German Masters): 1 each

The following players lost their professional status at the end of the 2015-16 season (ranking on the left, age on the right):

75 Peter Lines 46
79 David Morris 27
80 Gerard Greene 42
82 Michael Wasley 26
92 Barry Pinches 45
93 Joel Walker 22
98 Steven Hallworth 20
101 Zak Surety 24
102 Lu Ning 22
105 Michael Leslie 23
107 Ian Glover 37
108 Chris Melling 37
113 Lyu Chenwei 25
117 Tony Drago 50
124 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 22
127 Vinnie Calabrese 28
185 Liu Chuang 25
204 Ju Reti 32

2016-17 Professionals

In the coming season, the following players are professional (ranking on the left, age on the right)

2015-16 Top 64
1 Mark Selby 32
2 Judd Trump 26
3 Shaun Murphy 33
4 Ding Junhui 29
5 Neil Robertson 34
6 John Higgins 40
7 Mark Allen 30
8 Stuart Bingham 39
9 Marco Fu 38
10 Barry Hawkins 37
11 Martin Gould 34
12 Ricky Walden 33
13 Mark Williams 41
14 Kyren Wilson 24
15 Ronnie O'Sullivan 40
16 Joe Perry 41
17 Alan McManus 45
18 Ryan Day 36
19 Liang Wenbo 29
20 Stephen Maguire 35
21 Anthony McGill 25
22 Matthew Selt 31
23 Luca Brecel 21
24 Mark King 42
25 Michael Holt 37
26 Ben Woollaston 28
27 Graeme Dott 38
28 Robert Milkins 40
29 Michael White 24
30 David Gilbert 34
31 Ali Carter 36
32 Mark Davis 43
33 Peter Ebdon 45
34 Jimmy Robertson 29
35 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 31
36 Dominic Dale 44
37 Sam Baird 27
38 Tian Pengfei 28
39 Jamie Jones 28
40 Tom Ford 32
41 Mike Dunn 44
42 Fergal O'Brien 44
43 Andrew Higginson 38
44 Robbie Williams 29
45 Mark Joyce 32
46 Dechawat Poomjaeng 37
47 Kurt Maflin 32
48 Rod Lawler 44
49 Stuart Carrington 25
51 Li Hang 25
52 Rory McLeod 45
54 Zhou Yuelong 18
55 Xiao Guodong 27
56 David Grace 30
57 Joe Swail 46
58 Jack Lisowski 24
59 Ian Burns 31
60 Matthew Stevens 38
62 Jamie Burnett 40
64 Ken Doherty 46
66 Robin Hull 41
67 Oliver Lines 20
70 Gary Wilson 30
76 Yu Delu 28

2nd year of tour card
53 Alfie Burden 39
63 Jamie Cope 30
65 Chris Wakelin 24
72 Noppon Saengkham 23
74 Nigel Bond 50
77 Martin O'Donnell 29
78 Ross Muir 20
81 Sean O'Sullivan 22
87 Fraser Patrick 30
88 Daniel Wells 27
91 James Cahill 20
96 Jimmy White 54
97 Allan Taylor 31
99 Rhys Clark 21
100 Eden Sharav 24
103 Paul Davison 44
104 Hossein Vafaei 21
106 Sydney Wilson 26
109 Sanderson Lam 22
111 Darryl Hill 20
114 Zhang Yong 20
123 Gareth Allen 27
128 Duane Jones 23
129 Hamza Akbar 22
131 Michael Wild 35
136 Jason Weston 45
116 Igor Figueiredo 38
172 Sunny Akani 20
177 Itaro Santos 30
193 Hatem Yassen 29

Immediately regained pro status (and start again on 0 points)
50 Zhang Anda 24 - Asian PTC Order of Merit
61 Liam Highfield 25 - European PTC Order of Merit
68 Craig Steadman 33 - Q School
69 Mitchell Mann 24 - European PTC Order of Merit
71 Anthony Hamilton 44 - European PTC Order of Merit
73 Lee Walker 40 - European PTC Order of Merit
83 Scott Donaldson 22 - European PTC Order of Merit
85 Michael Georgiou 28 - Q School
86 Aditya Mehta 30 - European PTC Order of Merit
90 Cao Yupeng 25 - Q School
95 Thor Chuan Leong 28 - European PTC Order of Merit
118 James Wattana 46 - Wildcard
162 Rouzi Maimaiti 32 - Chinese nomination

New and returning pros
84 Adam Duffy 27 - Q School
89 Zhao Xintong 19 - World Amateur Runner-up (to Pankaj Advani who declined card)
94 Hammad Miah 22 - European PTC Order of Merit
110 Leo Fernandez 39 - Asian PTC Order of Merit
112 Elliott Slessor 21 - EBSA Qualifying play-off
125 Jak Jones 22 - European Champion
135 Alex Borg 46 - Q School
140 John Astley 27 - Q School
149 Sam Craigie 22 - EBSA Qualifying play-off
151 Yan Bingtao 16 - 2014 World Amateur Champion
158 Fang Xiongman 23 - Q School
165 Christopher Keogan 23 - Q School
176 Chen Zhe 23 - Q School
180 Mei Xiwen 33 - Chinese nomination
191 Wang Yuchen 18 - Asian U-21 Champion
197 Josh Boileau 20 - European U-21 Champion
222 David John 31 - Q School
248 Jamie Curtis-Barrett 32 - Q School
Ian Preece 33 - Q School
Boonyarit Kaettikun 20 - World U-21 Champion
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn 27 - Asian Champion
Kurt Dunham 24 - Australian Champion

Keep an eye on Yan Bingtao.

Juddernaut88 wrote:The World championship final Selby was 6-0 up and Ding did on a few few occasions get within being 1 frame behind but he just couldn't get level and Selby kept pulling away.
The 2nd frame of the match was a slight turning point as Selby won it needing a snooker.

Ding’s slow start really cost him this match

2016 Riga Masters - Arena Riga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Riga_Masters

Neil Robertson won his 12th ranking title, beating Michael Holt in the final.

Darren Morgan had a remarkable run after qualifying to claim one of two wildcard spots. He beat 2 amateurs as well as Zhao Xintong, Ken Doherty and Xiao Guodong to reach the semi-final. I'd have to double check, but I think this was his first ranking event appearance since he lost his professional status in 2006.

John Astley also had a notable run, beating Joe Perry and Jimmy Robertson to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.

Yan Bingtao claimed his first three wins as a professional, beating Mitchell Mann, Fraser Patrick, and Martin Gould to reach the last 16.

QFs
Darren Morgan (-) 4-2 Xiao Guodong (55)
Neil Robertson (5) 4-1 Judd Trump (2)
Mark Williams (13) 4-1 John Astley (140)
Michael Holt (25) 4-0 Anthony McGill (21)

SFs
Robertson (5) 5-0 Morgan (-)
Holt (25) 5-4 Williams (13)

Final
Robertson (5) 5-2 Holt (25)

Following the 2016 Riga Masters

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 28133
2 = Judd Trump 24106
3 = Shaun Murphy 22010
4 = Ding Junhui 21988
5 = Neil Robertson 20646
6 = John Higgins 20620
7 = Mark Allen 19044
8 = Stuart Bingham 18473
9 = Marco Fu 17699
10 = Barry Hawkins 16672
11 = Martin Gould 16658
12 +1 Mark Williams 16354
13 +1 Kyren Wilson 15231
14 -2 Ricky Walden 15038
15 +1 Joe Perry 14118
16 +1 Alan McManus 13637

In: Alan McManus (45)
Out: Ronnie O'Sullivan (40)

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Gary Wilson (30)
Out: Jamie Burnett (40)

Top 128
In: John Astley (27); Michael Wild (35); Andy Hicks (a) (42); Hamza Akbar (22)
Out: Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (a) (22); Igor Figueiredo (38); Marcus Campbell (a) (43); Vinnie Calabrese (a) (28)

Big movers
Michael Holt (25 -> 18)
Zhou Yuelong (54 -> 46)
John Astley (140 -> 112)
Yan Bingtao (155 -> 129)
Darren Morgan (- -> 130)
Sunny Akani (172 -> 136)

2016 Indian Open - HICC Novotel Hotel, Hyderabad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_Open
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad

Anthony McGill claimed his first ranking title, beating Kyren Wilson in the final. Is this the sign of some fresh blood coming through to challenge for major titles?

In addition to the surprise finalists, two of the quarter-finalists were notable.
For the second successive ranking event, an older unranked player reached the latter stages. This time it was future pro David Lilley, beating Mark Williams and Robert Milkins among others to reach the quarter-final.
And Sunny Akani made a very ealy impact in his career by defeating Ben Woollaston, Mark Davis and others to reach the same stage.

QFs
Kyren Wilson (13) 4-2 Sunny Akani (136)
Nigel Bond (77) 4-3 Peter Ebdon (33)
Shaun Murphy (3) 4-2 David Lilley (214)
Anthony McGill (20) 4-1 Stephen Maguire (23)

SFs
Wilson (13) 4-1 Bond (77)
McGill (20) 4-2 Murphy (3)

Final
McGill (20) 5-2 Wilson (13)

Rankings following the 2016 Indian Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 28731
2 = Judd Trump 23947
3 = Shaun Murphy 22760
4 = Ding Junhui 22380
5 +1 John Higgins 20167
6 -1 Neil Robertson 19747
7 = Mark Allen 19306
8 = Stuart Bingham 18357
9 = Marco Fu 17389
10 +3 Kyren Wilson 16850
11 -1 Barry Hawkins 16782
12 = Mark Williams 16556
13 -2 Martin Gould 15911
14 = Ricky Walden 14576
15 +5 Anthony McGill 13869
16 -1 Joe Perry 13336

In: Anthony McGill (25)
Out: Alan McManus (45)

Top 32
In: Peter Ebdon (45)
Out: Mark Davis (43)

Top 64
In: Oliver Lines (21)
Out: Jamie Cope (30)

Top 128
In: Sunny Akani (20)
Out: Lyu Haotian (a) (18)

Big movers
Nigel Bond (77 -> 66)
John Astley (112 -> 101)
Sunny Akani (136 -> 110)
David Lilley (214 -> 133)

2016 World Open - Yushan No.1 Middle School, Yushan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Open_(snooker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushan_County

Ali Carter won his fourth ranking title, beating Joe Perry in the final. He compiled 7 50+ breaks, including a 127 in the final frame to win the match. Despite losing 10-8, Perry also made 7 50+ breaks, including 2 centuries.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the surprise package of the event. He beat world number 1 Mark Selby, as well as recent Indian Open winner Anthony McGill in reaching the semi-finals.

QFs
Joe Perry (16) 5-2 Shaun Murphy (3)
Neil Robertson (6) 5-2 David Gilbert (25)
Ali Carter (29) 5-0 John Higgins (5)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (35) 5-2 Anthony McGill (15)

SFs
Perry (16) 6-2 Robertson (6)
Carter (29) 6-1 Un-Nooh (35)

Final
Carter (29) 10-8 Perry (16)

Following the 2016 World Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29008
2 = Judd Trump 23935
3 = Shaun Murphy 23851
4 = Ding Junhui 22622
5 +1 Neil Robertson 21088
6 -1 John Higgins 21010
7 = Mark Allen 19738
8 = Stuart Bingham 18667
9 = Marco Fu 17453
10 +1 Barry Hawkins 17158
11 -1 Kyren Wilson 17058
12 = Mark Williams 16972
13 = Martin Gould 15897
14 +2 Joe Perry 15639
15 = Anthony McGill 14961
16 -2 Ricky Walden 14805

Top 32
In: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (31)
Out: Robert Milkins (40)

Top 64
In: Jamie Cope (30)
Out: Ken Doherty (46)

Top 128
In: Sam Craigie (23)
Out: Jak Jones (23)

Big movers
Ali Carter (29 -> 17)
Thepchaiya (35 -> 30)
Zhang Anda (52 -> 44)
Daniel Wells (85 -> 75)
Sam Craigie (135 -> 119)

Shame Joe Perry lost the final.

2016 Paul Hunter Classic - Stadthalle, Fürth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Paul_Hunter_Classic

Mark Selby won his eighth ranking title, beating Tom Ford in the final.

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made his first maximum, after missing on the final black twice in the 2015-16 season: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=11271&start=30#p878215

Eight of the top 16 did not enter, including all those ranked 2nd to 6th (Trump, Murphy, Ding, Higgins and Robertson).

Jimmy White rolled back the years and beat Xiao Guodong and Michael White on his way to a quarter-final.

QFs
Mark Selby (1) 4-1 Mark Davis (35)
Dominic Dale (39) 4-2 Jimmy White (95)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (30) 4-3 David Grace (57)
Tom Ford (40) 4-1 Jamie Jones (41)

SFs
Selby (1) 4-2 Dale (39)
Ford (40) 4-2 Un-Nooh (30)

Final
Selby (1) 4-2 Ford (40)

Following the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 28795
2 +1 Shaun Murphy 23298
3 -1 Judd Trump 23131
4 = Ding Junhui 22425
5 +1 John Higgins 20325
6 -1 Neil Robertson 20113
7 = Mark Allen 18521
8 = Stuart Bingham 18140
9 = Marco Fu 17007
10 +1 Kyren Wilson 16310
11 -1 Barry Hawkins 16186
12 = Mark Williams 16065
13 +1 Joe Perry 14968
14 -1 Martin Gould 14551
15 +1 Ricky Walden 14327
16 -1 Anthony McGill 14070

Top 32
In: Mark Davis (44)
Out: Peter Ebdon (46)

Top 64
In: Nigel Bond (50)
Out: Jamie Cope (30)

Top 128
In: Yan Bingtao (16); David Lilley (a) (40); Darren Morgan (a) (50)
Out: Tony Drago (a) (50); Oliver Brown (a) (22); Ashley Carty (a) (21)

Big movers
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (30 -> 23)
David Grace (57 -> 47)
Jimmy White (95 -> 83)
Yan Bingtao (137 -> 117)
Zack Richardson (210 -> 144)

2016 Shanghai Masters - Shanghai Grand Stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Shanghai_Masters

Ding Junhui won his twelfth ranking title, beating World Number 1 Mark Selby in the final. Ding went 3-1 behind early on, but then won the next 5 to take a 6-3 lead. From there he controlled the match and eventually won 10-6.

Stephen Maguire showed signs of his old form, thrashing Shaun Murphy 5-0 and beating Barry Hawkins and Michael White to make the semi-finals. He had also played a Chinese wildcard, Xu Yichen, and made a 147 in that match.

Ronnie O'Sullivan returned after an extended break, but he lost to Michael Holt in the last 16.

QFs
Ding Junhui (4) 5-3 Michael Holt (19)
Stephen Maguire (25) 5-1 Michael White (32)
Stuart Bingham (8) 5-1 Ali Carter (17)
Mark Selby (1) 5-3 Ryan Day (20)

SFs
Ding (4) 6-3 Maguire (25)
Selby (1) 6-5 Bingham (8)

Final
Ding (4) 10-6 Selby (1)

Following the 2016 Shanghai Masters

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29445
2 +2 Ding Junhui 24069
3 = Judd Trump 21884
4 -2 Shaun Murphy 21402
5 = John Higgins 20013
6 = Neil Robertson 18969
7 +1 Stuart Bingham 17815
8 -1 Mark Allen 17759
9 = Marco Fu 16680
10 +1 Barry Hawkins 16103
11 +1 Mark Williams 14860
12 -2 Kyren Wilson 14736
13 +3 Anthony McGill 14225
14 -1 Joe Perry 14106
15 +2 Ali Carter 13977
16 -1 Ricky Walden 13961

In: Ali Carter (37)
Out: Martin Gould (35)

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Chris Wakelin (24)
Out: Joe Swail (47)

Top 128
In: Mei Xiwen (33); Yuan Sijun (a) (16)
Out: Jamie Clarke (a) (21); Darren Morgan (a) (50)

Big movers
Mei Xiwen (152 -> 111)
Yuan Sijun (137 -> 125)
Ian Preece (215 -> 143)

2016 European Masters - Globus Circus, Bucharest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_European_Masters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest

Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-8 in a thrilling final. The Rocket led 3-1 and 5-3, but Trump came back for the win. There were 12 50+ breaks in the match, including 3 centuries from Trump.

QFs
Mark Selby (1) 4-0 Alfie Burden (55)
Judd Trump (3) 4-0 John Higgins (5)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (28) 4-1 Mark Davis (32)
Neil Robertson (6) 4-2 Anthony McGill (13)

SFs
Trump (3) 6-2 Selby (1)
O'Sullivan (28) 6-0 Robertson (6)

Final
Trump (3) 9-8 O'Sullivan (28)

Following the 2016 European Masters

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29235
2 = Ding Junhui 24684
3 = Judd Trump 23429
4 = Shaun Murphy 20415
5 +1 Neil Robertson 20011
6 -1 John Higgins 19886
7 +1 Mark Allen 17526
8 -1 Stuart Bingham 17497
9 = Marco Fu 16572
10 = Barry Hawkins 15858
11 +2 Anthony McGill 14930
12 = Kyren Wilson 14660
13 +2 Ali Carter 14319
14 -3 Mark Williams 14266
15 -1 Joe Perry 13527
16 = Ricky Walden 13396

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Scott Donaldson (22)
Out: Chris Wakelin (24)

Top 128
In: Jak Jones (23); Fang Xiongman (23)
Out: Yuan Sijun (a) (16); Chris Melling (a) (37)

Big movers
Ronnie O'Sullivan (28 -> 21)
Scott Donaldson (71 -> 61)
Yan Bingtao (114 -> 101)

Great win that was for Judd Trump, he was 8-5 down in the final and turned it around to win 9-8

2016 English Open - EventCity, Manchester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Engl ... n_(snooker)

This was the first staging of the English Open as a ranking event, as part of the new Home Nations series.

Liang Wenbo won his first and only ranking title, beating the likes of Dott, Murphy and Bingham, and then Judd Trump in the final.

The last 64 and 32 stages produced a large number of shocks, with many of the top 16 falling to lower ranked players:
L64 Selby (1) 3-4 Highfield (58)
L32 Allen (7) 3-4 Yan (101)
L32 Ding (2) 2-4 Jak Jones (126)
L32 N Robertson (5) 3-4 Xiao (50)
L32 O'Sullivan (21) 3-4 Wakelin (66)
L32 K Wilson (12) 3-4 Rhys Clark (91)


QFs
Barry Hawkins (10) 5-2 Ricky Walden (16)
Judd Trump (3) 5-1 John Higgins (6)
Liang Wenbo (19) 5-2 Anthony Hamilton (65)
Stuart Bingham (8) 5-0 Chris Wakelin (66)

SFs
Trump (3) 6-2 Hawkins (10)
Liang (19) 6-5 Bingham (8)

Final
Liang (19) 9-6 Trump (3)

Following the 2016 English Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29315
2 +1 Judd Trump 26011
3 -1 Ding Junhui 24935
4 +2 John Higgins 20753
5 -1 Shaun Murphy 20531
6 -1 Neil Robertson 20433
7 +1 Stuart Bingham 19334
8 -1 Mark Allen 17807
9 +1 Barry Hawkins 17166
10 -1 Marco Fu 16717
11 +8 Liang Wenbo 16457
12 = Kyren Wilson 15026
13 -2 Anthony McGill 14891
14 -1 Ali Carter 14717
15 -1 Mark Williams 14504
16 = Ricky Walden 14354

In: Liang Wenbo (29)
Out: Joe Perry (42)

Top 32
In: Tom Ford (33)
Out: Michael White (25)

Top 64
In: Anthony Hamilton (45); Chris Wakelin (24)
Out: Nigel Bond (50); Gary Wilson (31)

Top 128 - no change

Big movers
Yan Bingtao (101 -> 92)
Jak Jones (126 -> 107)
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (152 -> 132)

I was gutted Judd lost but I was also pleased for Liang Wenbo as well.

2016 International Championship - Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing
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Mark Selby won his 9th ranking title, thrashing Ding Junhui 10-1 in the final with a high break of 87.

All 4 Chinese wildcards won their wildcard matches and are all future professionals: Yuan Sijun, Xu Si, Zhang Jiankang and Chen Zifan. Xu Si also impressively won his first round match 6-5 against Mark Williams.

Michael Holt again beat Ronnie O'Sullivan, this time in the last 16.

QFs
Ding Junhui (3) 6-2 John Higgins (4)
Judd Trump (2) 6-5 Shaun Murphy (5)
Stuart Bingham (7) 6-5 Michael Holt (20)
Mark Selby (1) 6-3 Joe Perry (18)

SFs
Ding (3) 9-4 Trump (2)
Selby (1) 9-3 Bingham (7)

Final
Selby (1) 10-1 Ding (3)

Following the 2016 International Championship

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 32702
2 = Judd Trump 27589
3 = Ding Junhui 27204
4 = John Higgins 21907
5 = Shaun Murphy 21884
6 = Neil Robertson 20826
7 = Stuart Bingham 20610
8 = Mark Allen 17608
9 +2 Liang Wenbo 17601
10 -1 Barry Hawkins 16935
11 -1 Marco Fu 16922
12 = Kyren Wilson 15460
13 +1 Ali Carter 15359
14 +2 Ricky Walden 14960
15 -2 Anthony McGill 14928
16 +4 Michael Holt 14728

In: Michael Holt (38)
Out: Mark Williams (41)

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Daniel Wells (28)
Out: Oliver Lines (21)

Top 128
In: Yuan Sijun (a) (16)
Out: Fang Xiongman (23)

Big movers
Yan Bingtao (92 -> 83)
James Wattana (106 -> 93)
Yuan Sijun (134 -> 120)
Xu Si (170 -> 137)
Chen Zifan (204 -> 145)