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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 World Grand Prix, Judd Trump returns to the number one spot.

Top 16
1 +4 Judd Trump 28667
2 -1 Mark Selby 28607
3 -1 Mark Williams 26915
4 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 26323
5 -1 John Higgins 26081
6 = Mark Allen 23606
7 = Kyren Wilson 22080
8 = Ding Junhui 20641
9 +1 Barry Hawkins 20268
10 -1 Neil Robertson 19154
11 = Jack Lisowski 18283
12 = Stephen Maguire 16082
13 +5 Ali Carter 15441
14 +1 Joe Perry 15420
15 -2 Ryan Day 15302
16 -2 Shaun Murphy 15287

In: Ali Carter
Out: Stuart Bingham

Top 32
In: Marco Fu
Out: Peter Ebdon

Top 64
In: Peter Lines; Andrew Higginson
Out: Mei Xiwen; Anthony Hamilton

Top 128
In: Zhang Jiankang
Out: Ian Preece (a)

Big mover:
Yuan Sijun 44 -> 36

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Welsh Open - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

Neil Robertson won his second event of the season and 15th overall. After leading Stuart Bingham 7-3 in the final, Ballrun came back to tie 7-7. The Thunder then won the next two, closing the match with an 83 break to clinch the title.

There were shocks all through this tournament, resulting in Hossein Vafaei and Joe O'Connor reaching the semi-finals.
O'Connor knocked out Ding and Higgins.
Vafaei beat Selby.
Ursenbacher beat O'Sullivan.
Burns beat Allen.
Georgiou knocked out Hawkins.
Duane Jones continued his recent good form by beating Trump.
Amateur James Cahill beat Murphy.
And Zhang Anda beat Mark Williams.

QFs
Joe O'Connor (115) 5-3 John Higgins (5)
Stuart Bingham (18) 5-2 Zhao Xintong (42)
Hossein Vafaei (54) 5-1 Scott Donaldson (41)
Neil Robertson (10) 5-4 Kurt Maflin (67)

SFs
Bingham (18) 6-2 O'Connor (115)
Robertson (10) 6-0 Vafaei (54)

Final
Robertson (10) 9-7 Bingham (18)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Welsh Open, Selby goes straight back to number 1.

Top 16
1 +1 Mark Selby 29129
2 -1 Judd Trump 28622
3 +2 John Higgins 26816
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 26386
5 -2 Mark Williams 26209
6 = Mark Allen 23857
7 = Kyren Wilson 22066
8 +2 Neil Robertson 21843
9 -1 Ding Junhui 20959
10 -1 Barry Hawkins 19476
11 = Jack Lisowski 18766
12 +6 Stuart Bingham 17567
13 -1 Stephen Maguire 16022
14 = Joe Perry 15539
15 +1 Shaun Murphy 15267
16 -3 Ali Carter 15215

In: Stuart Bingham
Out: Ryan Day

Top 32
In: Scott Donaldson
Out: Gary Wilson

Top 64
In: Kurt Maflin; Ian Burns
Out: Jamie Jones (banned); Andrew Higginson

Top 128 - no change

Big movers
Scott Donaldson (41->31)
Hossein Vafaei (54->43)
Kurt Maflin (67->55)
Alexander Ursenbacher (90->80)
Joe O'Connor (115->93)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Shoot Out - Watford Colosseum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Snooker_Shoot_Out

Thepchaiya won his first ranking event, whitewashing Michael Holt in the final, 1-0.

Of the top 10 players, only Kyren Wilson and Barry Hawkins entered. Wilson lost to Bingham, while Hawkins fell to Zhang Anda.

QFs
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (46) 1-0 Stuart Bingham (12)
Jamie Clarke (134) 1-0 Rod Lawler (109)
Michael Holt (70) 1-0 Li Hang (53)
Michael White (52) 1-0 Sam Baird (73)

SFs
Un-Nooh (46) 1-0 Clarke (134)
Holt (70) 1-0 White (52)

Final
Un-Nooh (46) 1-0 Holt (70)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Shoot Out

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29110
2 = Judd Trump 28129
3 = John Higgins 26940
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 26282
5 = Mark Williams 25978
6 = Mark Allen 23878
7 = Kyren Wilson 22221
8 = Neil Robertson 21934
9 = Ding Junhui 20905
10 = Barry Hawkins 19173
11 = Jack Lisowski 19007
12 = Stuart Bingham 17119
13 = Stephen Maguire 16015
14 = Joe Perry 15406
15 +1 Ali Carter 14814
16 +1 Ryan Day 14803

In: Ryan Day (aged 38)
Out: Shaun Murphy (36)

Top 32
In: Gary Wilson (33); Zhao Xintong (21)
Out: Robert Milkins (42); Scott Donaldson (24)

Top 64
In: Michael Holt (40)
Out: Fergal O'Brien (46)

Top 128
In: Jamie Clarke (24)
Out: Zhang Jiankang (20)

Un-Nooh goes up from 46th to 43rd following his win.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Indian Open - Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty, Kochi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_Open
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi

Matthew Selt was the surprise winner in India, beating John Higgins in the semi-final and then Lyu Haotian in the final. Selt made only 2 century breaks in the event, a 103 against Higgins and a 102 v Lyu.

Only 4 members of the top 16 took part. Along with Higgins, Jack Lisowski, Stuart Bingham and Joe Perry travelled to the South of India.

QFs
John Higgins (3) 4-3 Li Hang (54)
Matthew Selt (62) 4-3 Lu Ning (94)
Lyu Haotian (48) 4-2 Mark Davis (23)
Anthony Hamilton (75) 4-2 Scott Donaldson (37)

SFs
Selt (62) 4-2 Higgins (3)
Lyu (48) 4-2 Hamilton (75)

Final
Selt (62) 5-3 Lyu (48)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Indian Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29339
2 = Judd Trump 28614
3 = John Higgins 27718
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 26187
5 = Mark Williams 26143
6 = Mark Allen 24156
7 +1 Neil Robertson 22086
8 -1 Kyren Wilson 21914
9 = Ding Junhui 20343
10 = Barry Hawkins 19207
11 = Jack Lisowski 18778
12 = Stuart Bingham 17572
13 = Stephen Maguire 15785
14 = Joe Perry 15531
15 +1 Ryan Day 14848
16 -1 Ali Carter 14808

Top 32
In: Lyu Haotian (aged 21); Scott Donaldson (24); Yuan Sijun (18)
Out: Tom Ford (35); Marco Fu (41); Gary Wilson (33)

Top 64
In: Anthony Hamilton (47); Sam Craigie (25); Andrew Higginson (41)
Out: Peter Lines (65); Ian Burns (33); Mark Joyce (35)

Top 128 - no change

Big movers
Lyu Haotian (48->28)
Scott Donaldson (37->29)
Matthew Selt (62->47)
Anthony Hamilton (75->60)
Lu Ning (94->85)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Players Championship - Guild Hall, Preston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Play ... p_(snooker)

This event included the top 16 players on the one-year ranking list.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won a 35th ranking title, comfortably beating Neil Robertson 10-4 in the final. He went 4-0 up with breaks of 67, 52, 66, 70 and 65, and later made 3 century breaks, including a 134 in the frame that won him the title.

Number 1, Mark Selby, lost to John Higgins in a tough opening round draw.

QFs
Mark Allen (6) 6-4 Stuart Bingham (12)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 6-4 John Higgins (3)
Neil Robertson (7) 6-4 Mark Williams (5)
Judd Trump (2) 6-5 Jack Lisowski (11)

SFs
O'Sullivan (4) 6-0 Allen (6)
Robertson (7) 6-4 Trump (2)

Final
O'Sullivan (4) 10-4 Robertson (7)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Players Championship

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29561
2 = Judd Trump 29514
3 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 28798
4 -1 John Higgins 27951
5 = Mark Williams 26545
6 = Mark Allen 24806
7 = Neil Robertson 23934
8 = Kyren Wilson 22037
9 = Ding Junhui 20242
10 +1 Jack Lisowski 19517
11 -1 Barry Hawkins 18768
12 = Stuart Bingham 18143
13 = Stephen Maguire 15832
14 = Joe Perry 15667
15 +1 Ali Carter 14824
16 -1 Ryan Day 14476

Top 32
In: Tom Ford (35)
Out: Zhao Xintong (21)

Top 64 and 128 - no change

no big movers

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Gibraltar Open - Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Gibraltar_Open

Stuart Bingham had a stellar tournament. He knocked in 9 centuries, including 2 in the final against Ryan Day. Yuan Sijun was closest to him on the century list with 4.

Young Chinese players Lu Ning and Yuan Sijun reached the semi-finals for the first time.

A large swathe of players did not participate, including the top 7, and 22 of the top 64 in our rankings.

QFs
Ryan Day (16) 4-2 David Gilbert (17)
Lu Ning (84) 4-3 Tian Pengfei (51)
Stuart Bingham (12) 4-0 Zhou Yuelong (40)
Yuan Sijun (29) 4-3 Robert Milkins (36)

SFs
Day (16) 4-2 Lu (84)
Bingham (12) 4-0 Yuan (29)

Final
Bingham (12) 4-1 Day (16)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Gibraltar Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29944
2 = Judd Trump 29312
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 29050
4 = John Higgins 27722
5 = Mark Williams 26934
6 = Mark Allen 25109
7 = Neil Robertson 24085
8 = Kyren Wilson 22457
9 = Ding Junhui 20013
10 +2 Stuart Bingham 19831
11 -1 Jack Lisowski 19587
12 -1 Barry Hawkins 18705
13 = Stephen Maguire 16090
14 +2 Ryan Day 15514
15 -1 Joe Perry 15409
16 +1 David Gilbert 15098

In: David Gilbert (37)
Out: Ali Carter (39)

Top 32
In: Robert Milkins (43); Gary Wilson (33)
Out: Tom Ford (35); Anthony McGill (28)

Top 64
In: Peter Lines (49); Eden Sharav (26); Lu Ning (25)
Out: Sam Craigie (25); Michael Holt (40); Alfie Burden (42)

Top 128
In: Zhang Jiankang (20); Fan Zhengyi (18)
Out: Fang Xiongman (a) (25); Jackson Page (a) (17)

Big movers
Rob Milkins (36->27)
Lu Ning (84->63)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Tour Championship - Venue Cymru, Llandudno
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Tour_Championship

This competition featured the top 8 in the official one-year ranking list.

By winning the event Ronnie O'Sullivan tied Stephen Hendry's record of 36 ranking titles.

The final was a repeat of the Players Championship final two weeks earlier, with O'Sullivan defeating Neil Robertson.

QFs
Mark Allen (6) 9-7 Kyren Wilson (8)
Neil Robertson (7) 9-8 Mark Selby (1)
Judd Trump (2) 9-8 Mark Williams (5)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 9-3 Stuart Bingham (10)

SFs
Robertson (7) 10-6 Allen (6)
O'Sullivan (3) 10-9 Trump (2)

Final
O'Sullivan (3) 13-11 Robertson (7)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Tour Championship, Ronnie O'Sullivan returns to the number one spot in the rankings.

Top 16
1 +2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 32598
2 = Judd Trump 31048
3 -2 Mark Selby 30648
4 +1 Mark Williams 27862
5 -1 John Higgins 27722
6 +1 Neil Robertson 27505
7 -1 Mark Allen 26533
8 = Kyren Wilson 23073
9 +1 Stuart Bingham 20131
10 -1 Ding Junhui 20013
11 = Jack Lisowski 19587
12 = Barry Hawkins 18705
13 = Stephen Maguire 16090
14 = Ryan Day 15514
15 = Joe Perry 15409
16 = David Gilbert 15098

There are no changes further down the rankings.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 China Open - Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_China_Open_(snooker)

Neil Robertson dominated this contest, at one point winning 17 straight frames. In the final, he thrashed Jack Lisowski, compiling 10 50+ breaks compared to a solitary 55 from Lisowski.

At the top of the rankings, Ronnie O'Sullivan did not play. Mark Selby lost to Craig Steadman in qualifying. And Judd Trump was defeated by grinder Robbie Williams in the first round in China, suffering a deciding frame lasting longer than an hour.

QFs
Neil Robertson (6) 6-0 Sam Craigie (65)
Luca Brecel (25) 6-1 Alan McManus (74)
Jack Lisowski (11) 6-5 Stuart Bingham (9)
Scott Donaldson (31) 6-4 Ben Woollaston (51)

SFs
Robertson (6) 10-7 Brecel (25)
Lisowski (11) 10-1 Donaldson (31)

Final
Robertson (6) 11-4 Lisowski (11)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings going into the 2019 World Championship

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 33608
2 +4 Neil Robertson 30907
3 -1 Judd Trump 30323
4 -1 Mark Selby 29112
5 = John Higgins 26762
6 -2 Mark Williams 26737
7 = Mark Allen 26449
8 = Kyren Wilson 22645
9 +2 Jack Lisowski 22538
10 -1 Stuart Bingham 21211
11 -1 Ding Junhui 18856
12 = Barry Hawkins 18523
13 = Stephen Maguire 16024
14 +1 Joe Perry 15453
15 -1 Ryan Day 15128
16 = David Gilbert 15125

Top 32
In: Zhou Yuelong (21)
Out: Gary Wilson (33)

Top 64
In: Sam Craigie (25); Craig Steadman (36); Alan McManus (48); Michael Holt (40)
Out: Anthony Hamilton (47); Peter Lines (49); Eden Sharav (26); Lee Walker (43)

Top 128 - no change

Big movers
Scott Donaldson (31->22)
Ben Woollaston (51->39)
Sam Craigie (65->55)
Craig Steadman (72->59)
Alan McManus (74->60)
Robbie Williams (79->69)
Rod Lawler (105->95)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 World Championship Qualifying

The following 16 players are seeded through to The Crucible:

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2 Neil Robertson
3 Judd Trump
4 Mark Selby
5 John Higgins
6 Mark Williams
7 Mark Allen
8 Kyren Wilson
9 Jack Lisowski
10 Stuart Bingham
11 Ding Junhui
12 Barry Hawkins
13 Stephen Maguire
16 David Gilbert
18 Shaun Murphy
20 Luca Brecel

Top 16 players Ryan Day and Joe Perry entered qualifying.

Here are the results from the final qualifying round:
Matthew Stevens (46) 8-10 Tian Pengfei (48)
Gary Wilson (33) 10-6 Liang Wenbo (38)
Tom Ford (36) 8-10 Luo Honghao (94)
Anthony McGill (34) 10-8 Robert Milkins (29)
Graeme Dott (27) 10-2 Kurt Maflin (53)
Li Hang (50) 10-8 Ben Woollaston (39)
Martin Gould (49) 10-8 Daniel Wells (51)
Yan Bingtao (21) 8-10 Michael Georgiou (79)
Ali Carter (17) 10-4 John Astley (92)
Zhou Yuelong (32) 10-6 Eden Sharav (68)
Lyu Haotian (28) 7-10 Mark Davis (23)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (45) 10-6 Joe O'Connor (86)
James Cahill (a) (98) 10-6 Michael Judge (a) (185)
Scott Donaldson (22) 10-9 Lu Ning (57)
Matthew Selt (47) 4-10 Zhao Xintong (40)
Joe Perry (14) 10-3 Martin O'Donnell (43)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 World Championship - Cruicible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Worl ... ampionship

Judd Trump beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Ding Junhui, Stephen Maguire, Gary Wilson and John Higgins to win his first world title. He produced an incredible level of snooker to defeat Higgins 18-9 in the final, with only three of his second session winning frames not producing a 50+ break.

Pre-tournament favourite Ronnie O'Sullivan suffered the biggest shock in the tournament's history, losing to the first ever amateur qualifier, James Cahill, in the first round.
Cahill very nearly reached the quarter-finals, losing a deciding frame in a tight match with Stephen Maguire.

Last 32
Mark Williams (6) 10-7 Martin Gould (49)
David Gilbert (16) 10-7 Joe Perry (14)
Barry Hawkins (12) 10-1 Li Hang (50)
Kyren Wilson (8) 10-4 Scott Donaldson (22)
John Higgins (5) 10-7 Mark Davis (23)
Stuart Bingham (10) 10-9 Graeme Dott (27)
Shaun Murphy (18) 10-0 Luo Honghao (94)
Neil Robertson (2) 10-1 Michael Georgiou (79)
Mark Selby (4) 10-7 Zhao Xintong (40)
Luca Brecel (20) 9-10 Gary Wilson (33)
Jack Lisowski (9) 6-10 Ali Carter (17)
Mark Allen (7) 7-10 Zhou Yuelong (32)
Judd Trump (3) 10-9 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (45)
Ding Junhui (11) 10-7 Anthony McGill (34)
Stephen Maguire (13) 10-9 Tian Pengfei (48)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 8-10 James Cahill (a) (98)

Last 16
Williams (6) 9-13 Gilbert (16)
K Wilson (8) 13-11 Hawkins (12)
Higgins (5) 13-11 Bingham (10)
Robertson (2) 13-6 Murphy (18)
Selby (4) 10-13 G Wilson (33)
Carter (17) 13-9 Zhou (32)
Trump (3) 13-9 Ding (11)
Maguire (13) 13-12 Cahill (a) (98)

Quarter Finals
K Wilson (8) 8-13 Gilbert (16)
Robertson (2) 10-13 Higgins (5)
Carter (17) 9-13 G Wilson (33)
Trump (3) 13-6 Maguire (13)

Semi-Finals
Higgins (5) 17-16 Gilbert (16)
Trump (3) 17-11 G Wilson (33)

Final
Trump (3) 18-9 Higgins (5)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings of the top 128 players at the end of the 2018-19 season, along with the pro players ranked outside of the top 128.

rank | change since season start | name | points | age

1 +4 Judd Trump 34906 29
2 +2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 32040 43
3 +8 Neil Robertson 30722 37
4 -2 John Higgins 30231 43
5 -2 Mark Williams 26383 44
6 -5 Mark Selby 25821 35
7 +3 Mark Allen 23763 33
8 +1 Kyren Wilson 22748 27
9 +10 Jack Lisowski 20532 27
10 +4 Stuart Bingham 20454 42
11 +19 David Gilbert 18917 37
12 -5 Barry Hawkins 18025 40
13 -7 Ding Junhui 17919 32
14 +2 Ali Carter 17180 39
15 -2 Stephen Maguire 16569 38
16 +1 Joe Perry 15661 44
17 -5 Ryan Day 14565 39
18 +16 Gary Wilson 13747 33
19 -11 Shaun Murphy 13450 36
20 +26 Scott Donaldson 12154 25
21 +3 Luca Brecel 11224 24
22 = Xiao Guodong 11193 30
23 +14 Mark Davis 11110 46
24 -9 Yan Bingtao 10996 19
25 -2 Graeme Dott 10991 41
26 +18 Lyu Haotian 10599 21
27 +11 Zhou Yuelong 10564 21
28 -7 Ricky Walden 10166 36
29 +2 Robert Milkins 9962 43
30 +19 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 9933 34
31 +38 Zhao Xintong 9926 22
32 +64 Yuan Sijun 9832 18
33 -15 Anthony McGill 9681 28
34 -1 Jimmy Robertson 9627 33
35 +23 Tian Pengfei 9422 31
36 +11 Noppon Saengkham 9320 26
37 -5 Tom Ford 9011 35
38 -9 Mark King 8953 45
39 +14 Peter Ebdon 8900 48
40 = Ben Woollaston 8848 31
41 = Li Hang 8631 28
42 = Chris Wakelin 8465 27
43 -17 Liang Wenbo 8457 32
44 +19 Daniel Wells 8422 30
45 +5 Hossein Vafaei 8368 24
46 +8 Matthew Stevens 8362 41
47 +29 Martin O'Donnell 8352 32
48 +20 Matthew Selt 8334 34
49 -22 Martin Gould 8276 37
50 -7 Stuart Carrington 8168 28
51 +189 Lu Ning 7989 25
52 -32 Marco Fu 7737 41
53 +2 Kurt Maflin 7511 35
54 +18 Sam Craigie 7005 25
55 +11 Zhang Anda 6988 27
56 -5 Elliott Slessor 6758 24
57 +81 James Cahill (a) 6679 23
58 +31 Craig Steadman 6531 36
59 -2 Sunny Akani 6526 23
60 +5 Alan McManus 6502 48
61 +42 Eden Sharav 6463 27
61 +13 Mei Xiwen 6463 36
63 -24 Liam Highfield 6380 28
64 -3 Andrew Higginson 6246 41
65 -17 Michael Holt 6105 40
66 -2 Michael Georgiou 6071 31
67 -39 Michael White 6006 27
68 -16 Anthony Hamilton 5991 47
69 +2 Robbie Williams 5872 32
70 +10 Ian Burns 5790 34
71 -15 Ken Doherty 5732 49
72 +3 Alfie Burden 5690 42
73 +85 Joe O'Connor 5624 23
74 +8 Peter Lines 5567 49
75 -50 Cao Yupeng 5488 28
76 +1 Oliver Lines 5415 23
77 +10 Sam Baird 5378 30
78 -43 Mark Joyce 5333 35
79 -19 Lee Walker 5331 43
80 -21 Fergal O'Brien 5249 47
81 +2 Gerard Greene 4967 45
82 -15 Dominic Dale 4869 47
83 -47 Jamie Jones 4863 31
84 -14 John Astley 4832 30
85 +5 Jak Jones 4745 25
86 -24 Mike Dunn 4667 47
87 +13 Duane Jones 4590 26
88 -15 Rory McLeod 4589 48
89 +42 Luo Honghao 4385 19
90 -4 Nigel Bond 4224 53
91 +8 Ross Muir 4195 23
92 -11 Robin Hull 4179 44
93 +5 Joe Swail 4066 49
94 -3 Alexander Ursenbacher 4051 23
95 -3 Zhang Yong 3937 23
96 +13 Rod Lawler 3803 47
97 -4 Xu Si 3587 21
98 -14 Jimmy White 3528 57
99 -11 Hammad Miah 3497 25
100 +20 Billy Castle 3472 26
101 -7 Adam Duffy (a) 3099 30
102 -7 Allan Taylor 3072 34
103 +8 Niu Zhuang 3061 24
104 -59 Yu Delu 2891 31
105 +1 Thor Chuan Leong 2851 31
106 -4 Paul Davison 2830 47
107 +68 Ashley Carty 2823 23
108 -4 Ashley Hugill 2813 24
109 -8 James Wattana 2808 49
110 -31 David Grace (a) 2789 34
111 +2 Chen Zifan 2749 23
112 +14 Lukas Kleckers 2737 22
113 +1 Li Yuan 2707 29
114 +39 Jordan Brown 2407 31
115 +33 Jamie Clarke 2317 24
116 +51 Harvey Chandler 2240 24
117 +33 David Lilley (a) 2220 43
118 -13 Sean O'Sullivan 2209 25
119 +10 Adam Stefanow 2189 25
120 -4 Soheil Vahedi 2184 30
121 +31 Chen Feilong 1988 36
122 +1 Chris Totten 1942 20
123 -1 Hamza Akbar 1918 25
124 -12 Sanderson Lam 1836 25
125 -47 Mitchell Mann (a) 1763 27
126 +66 Zhang Jiankang 1672 20
127 +51 Fan Zhengyi 1661 18
128 -43 Aditya Mehta (a) 1620 33
130 NEW Kishan Hirani 1445 26
134 +72 Simon Lichtenberg 1135 21
137 NEW Andy Lee 1093 38
141 -23 Rhys Clark 921 24
143 -4 Basem Eltahhan 838 36
167 -18 Matthew Bolton 231 39

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

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

2016-17 End of season average ages

Top 16 - 35 yrs 6 mths
Top 32 - 35 yrs 11 mths
Top 64 - 34 yrs 1 mth
Top 128 - 32 yrs 6 mths

2017-18 End of season average ages

Top 16 - 35 yrs 7 mths
Top 32 - 34 yrs 9 mths
Top 64 - 33 yrs 11 mths
Top 128 - 32 yrs 8 mths


2018-19 End of season average ages

Top 16 - 38 yrs 5 mths
Top 32 - 34 yrs 2 mths
Top 64 - 33 yrs 5 mths
Top 128 - 32 yrs 4 mths

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby Juddernaut88

That world championship was awesome :D

1st round Judds match was nervy but he just managed to hold his nerve to win in the decider.
2nd round Judd led 5-1 then Ding turned things around in the 2nd session to lead 9-7 and I was thinking uh-oh but Judd won all the frames in the 3rd session to win 13-9
Quarter finals against Maguire was comfortable. Judd led 7-0 and went on to have comfortable win.
Semi final vs Gary Wilson started off pretty close but then Judd pulled away in the 3rd session to lead 14-10 and then ended up winning 17-11
Final- Initially it was close in the 1st session. Judd did all the damage in the 2nd session, he lost the 1st frame to trail 5-4 then won 8 in a row to lead 12-5 and then had a very convincing win 18-9, take a bow son.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

To the end of the 18-19 season, 344 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 36
Ronnie O'Sullivan 36 (2018 UK Championship | 2019 Players Championship | 2019 Tour Championship)
John Higgins 30
Steve Davis 28
Mark Williams 22 (2018 World Open)
Neil Robertson 16 (2018 Riga Masters | 2019 Welsh Open | 2019 China Open)
Mark Selby 15 (2018 China Championship)

Ding Junhui 13
Judd Trump 11 (2018 Northern Ireland Open | 2019 World Grand Prix | 2019 World Championship)
Jimmy White 10
John Parrott 9
Peter Ebdon 9
Shaun Murphy 7
Ken Doherty 6
Stuart Bingham 6 (2018 English Open | 2019 Gibraltar Open)
Ray Reardon 5
Stephen Lee 5
Stephen Maguire 5
Mark Allen 5 (2018 International Championship | 2018 Scottish Open)
Ali Carter 4
James Wattana 3
Paul Hunter 3
Ricky Walden 3
Marco Fu 3
Barry Hawkins 3
Kyren Wilson 3 (2018 Paul Hunter Classic | 2019 German Masters)

Cliff Thorburn, Tony Knowles, Dennis Taylor, Doug Mountjoy, Alan McManus, Graeme Dott, Dominic Dale, Anthony McGill, Michael White , Ryan Day: 2 each

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, Joe Perry, Martin Gould, Liang Wenbo, Mark King, Anthony Hamilton, Luca Brecel, Michael Georgiou, Jimmy Robertson (2018 European Championship), Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (2019 Shoot Out), Matthew Selt (2019 Indian Open): 1 each

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

The following players lost their professional status at the end of the 2018-19 season (ranking on the left, age on the right):

75 Cao Yupeng 28
83 Jamie Jones 31
88 Rory McLeod 48
91 Ross Muir 23
92 Robin Hull 44
93 Joe Swail 49
95 Zhang Yong 23
102 Allan Taylor 34
103 Niu Zhuang 24
104 Yu Delu 31
106 Paul Davison 47
108 Ashley Hugill 24
112 Lukas Kleckers 22
113 Li Yuan 29
118 Sean O'Sullivan 25
122 Chris Totten 20
123 Hamza Akbar 25
124 Sanderson Lam 25
141 Rhys Clark 24
143 Basem Eltahhan 36
167 Matthew Bolton 39

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019-20 Professionals

The 2019-20 Tour is made up of the following professionals:

2018-19 Top 64
1 Judd Trump 29
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 43
3 Neil Robertson 37
4 John Higgins 43
5 Mark Williams 44
6 Mark Selby 35
7 Mark Allen 33
8 Kyren Wilson 27
9 Jack Lisowski 27
10 Stuart Bingham 42
11 David Gilbert 37
12 Barry Hawkins 40
13 Ding Junhui 32
14 Ali Carter 39
15 Stephen Maguire 38
16 Joe Perry 44
17 Ryan Day 39
18 Gary Wilson 33
19 Shaun Murphy 36
20 Scott Donaldson 25
21 Luca Brecel 24
22 Xiao Guodong 30
23 Mark Davis 46
24 Yan Bingtao 19
25 Graeme Dott 41
26 Lyu Haotian 21
27 Zhou Yuelong 21
28 Ricky Walden 36
29 Robert Milkins 43
30 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 34
31 Zhao Xintong 22
32 Yuan Sijun 18
33 Anthony McGill 28
34 Jimmy Robertson 33
36 Noppon Saengkham 26
37 Tom Ford 35
38 Mark King 45
39 Peter Ebdon 48
40 Ben Woollaston 31
41 Li Hang 28
42 Chris Wakelin 27
43 Liang Wenbo 32
44 Daniel Wells 30
45 Hossein Vafaei 24
46 Matthew Stevens 41
47 Martin O'Donnell 32
48 Matthew Selt 34
49 Martin Gould 37
50 Stuart Carrington 28
52 Marco Fu 41
53 Kurt Maflin 35
59 Sunny Akani 23
60 Alan McManus 48
63 Liam Highfield 28
64 Andrew Higginson 41
65 Michael Holt 40
66 Michael Georgiou 31
67 Michael White 27
68 Anthony Hamilton 47
69 Robbie Williams 32
71 Ken Doherty 49
78 Mark Joyce 35
80 Fergal O'Brien 47
86 Mike Dunn 47


2nd year of tour card
35 Tian Pengfei 31
51 Lu Ning 25
54 Sam Craigie 25
55 Zhang Anda 27
56 Elliott Slessor 24
58 Craig Steadman 36
61 Mei Xiwen 36
72 Alfie Burden 42
73 Joe O'Connor 23
76 Oliver Lines 23
77 Sam Baird 30
79 Lee Walker 43
84 John Astley 30
85 Jak Jones 25
89 Luo Honghao 19
99 Hammad Miah 25
105 Thor Chuan Leong 31
107 Ashley Carty 23
109 James Wattana 49
114 Jordan Brown 31
115 Jamie Clarke 24
116 Harvey Chandler 24
119 Adam Stefanow 25
121 Chen Feilong 36
126 Zhang Jiankang 20
127 Fan Zhengyi 18
130 Kishan Hirani 26
134 Simon Lichtenberg 21
137 Andy Lee 38

Immediately regained pro status (officially start again on zero points)
61 Eden Sharav 27 - One year ranking list
70 Ian Burns 34 - One year ranking list
74 Peter Lines 49 - Q School
81 Gerard Greene 45 - One year ranking list
82 Dominic Dale 47 - One year ranking list
87 Duane Jones 26 - One year ranking list
90 Nigel Bond 53 - One year ranking list
94 Alexander Ursenbacher 23 - Q School
96 Rod Lawler 47 - One year ranking list
97 Xu Si 21 - Q School
98 Jimmy White 57 - Wild card
100 Billy Castle 26 - Q School
111 Chen Zifan 23 - Q School
120 Soheil Vahedi 30 - Q School

New and returning pros
57 James Cahill 23 - One year ranking list
110 David Grace 34 - Challenge Tour
117 David Lilley 43 - Q School
125 Mitchell Mann 27 - Challenge Tour
129 Jackson Page 17 - European U-21 Champion
131 Chang Bingyu 16 - China Tour
135 Andy Hicks 45 - Q School
150 Alex Borg 49 - Q School
156 Jamie O'Neill 32 - Q School
157 Barry Pinches 48 - Q School
158 Brandon Sargeant 21 - Challenge Tour
160 Bai Langning 17 - China Tour
161 Igor Figueiredo 41 - American Champion
175 Kacper Filipiak 23 - European Champion
194 Fraser Patrick 33 - Q School
226 Louis Heathcote 21 - Q School
- Si Jiahui 16 - Q School
- Steve Mifsud 46 - Oceania Champion
- Amiri Amine 25 - African Champion
- Riley Parsons 19 - Q School
- Lei Peifan 15 - Q School
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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 Riga Masters - Arena Riga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Riga_Masters

Yan Bingtao became the first teenager to win a ranking event in 13 years. Interestingly, his highest ranked opponent was Anthony McGill, whom he beat in the last 128 in Sheffield. I can't recall another ranking event in which the winner's highest-ranked opponent was the player he faced at such an early stage.

Mark Joyce was Yan's opponent in the final. Joyce had not been beyond the quarter-finals of a ranking event previously in his 13-year career.

The top 4 in the rankings, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson and Higgins, did not play. For Robertson, this was because he was one of a number of players who couldn't get to Latvia on time due to flight complications.

The highest-ranked player who played, Mark Selby, lost to Stuart Carrington in the last 16.

QFs
Yan Bingtao (24) 4-3 Li Hang (41)
Matthew Selt (48) 4-1 Mark King (38)
Mark Joyce (78) 4-1 Stuart Carrington (50)
Kurt Maflin (53) 4-1 Luo Honghao (89)

SFs
Yan (24) 5-3 Selt (48)
Joyce (78) 5-4 Maflin (53)

Final
Yan (24) 5-2 Joyce (78)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2019 Riga Masters

Top 16
1 = Judd Trump 32411
2 +1 Neil Robertson 29902
3 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 28937
4 = John Higgins 27471
5 +1 Mark Selby 23844
6 -1 Mark Williams 22717
7 = Mark Allen 21437
8 = Kyren Wilson 20864
9 = Jack Lisowski 19542
10 = Stuart Bingham 19494
11 = David Gilbert 18029
12 = Barry Hawkins 16231
13 = Ding Junhui 16210
14 = Ali Carter 15755
15 = Stephen Maguire 14301
16 = Joe Perry 13857

Top 32
In: Matthew Selt (aged 34); Mark King (45)
Out: Ricky Walden (36); Robert Milkins (43)

Top 64
In: Mark Joyce (35); Michael Holt (40); Anthony Hamilton (48)
Out: Liam Highfield (28); Sunny Akani (23); Andrew Higginson (41)

Top 128
In: Chang Bingyu (16); Jackson Page (17)
Out: Zhang Jiankang (20); Aditya Mehta (a) (33)

Big movers
Matthew Selt (48->31)
Kurt Maflin (53->44)
Mark Joyce (78->59)
Luo Honghao (89->73)
Jak Jones (85->74)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2019 International Championship - Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre, Daqing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Inte ... ampionship

Judd Trump blew away the field to win his second consecutive major event. He knocked in 12 century breaks (next on the list, 3 other players contributed 4 each). In the final, he comfortably beat a returning-to-form Shaun Murphy 10-3 after taking a 5-0 lead.

Jak Jones was the only lower-ranked player to make a deepish run, beating Mark Williams en route to the last 16.

QFs
Mark Allen (7) 6-3 Ding Junhui (13)
Shaun Murphy (19) 6-4 Graeme Dott (23)
Mark Selby (5) 6-5 Gary Wilson (17)
Judd Trump (1) 6-3 Tom Ford (41)

SFs
Murphy (19) 9-6 Allen (7)
Trump (1) 9-4 Selby (5)

Final
Trump (1) 10-3 Murphy (19)