Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Following the 2009 UK Championship, we are halfway through the 2009-10 season.

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 19906
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 17190
3 = Shaun Murphy 13363
4 = Neil Robertson 13314
5 +5 Ding Junhui 11960
6 = Stephen Maguire 11644
7 -2 Ali Carter 11295
8 +3 Liang Wenbo 9612
9 +3 Mark Selby 8836
10 +4 Ricky Walden 8358
11 -4 Ryan Day 8356
12 +3 Mark Williams 8347
13 -5 Mark Allen 8189
14 -5 Marco Fu 7718
15 +2 Jamie Cope 7249
16 -3 Stephen Hendry 7082

In: Jamie Cope
Out: Joe Perry

Top 32
In: Stephen Lee; Peter Lines; Matthew Selt; Rory McLeod; Andrew Higginson
Out: Stuart Pettman; Jamie Burnett; Gerard Greene; Dave Harold

Top 64
In: Simon Bedford; Rodney Goggins
Out: Fergal O'Brien; Jimmy Michie

Top 128
In: David Hogan; Sam Baird; Lee Page; Chris Norbury
Out: Lee Walker; Robin Hull; Steve Mifsud; Fraser Patrick

2010 Welsh Open - Newport Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

John Higgins has been in imperious form recently and this continued in the first event of 2010. He beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in a third consecutive event, this time 6-4 in the semi-finals.

Higgins won his 21st ranking title by defeating defending champion Ali Carter easily in the final.

QFs
Ali Carter (7) 5-2 Ryan Day (11)
Stephen Maguire (6) 5-1 Mark Williams (12)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 5-2 Mark Allen (13)
John Higgins (1) 5-2 Mark Selby (9)

SFs
Carter (7) 6-3 Maguire (6)
Higgins (1) 6-4 O'Sullivan (2)

Final
Higgins (1) 9-4 Carter (7)

Following the 2010 Welsh Open

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 22268
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 17492
3 +1 Neil Robertson 13326
4 +3 Ali Carter 12909
5 -2 Shaun Murphy 11905
6 = Stephen Maguire 11622
7 -2 Ding Junhui 11441
8 = Liang Wenbo 9168
9 +2 Ryan Day 9001
10 -1 Mark Selby 8926
11 +2 Mark Allen 8376
12 = Mark Williams 8012
13 -3 Ricky Walden 7985
14 +2 Stephen Hendry 7420
15 = Jamie Cope 7183
16 +6 Matthew Stevens 6158

In: Matthew Stevens
Out: Marco Fu

Top 32
In: Stuart Pettman
Out: Rory McLeod; Martin Gould

Top 64
In: Li Hang; Tony Drago; Fergal O'Brien
Out: Adrian Gunnell; Paul Davies; Rodney Goggins

Top 128
In: Mei Xiwen; A Bulajiang; Cao Xinlong
Out: Munraj Pal; Alex Davies; Gareth Coppack

2010 World Championship Qualifying

The following 16 players are seeded and qualify automatically for The Crucible:
1. John Higgins
2. Ronnie O'Sullivan
3. Neil Robertson
4. Ali Carter
5. Shaun Murphy
6. Stephen Maguire
7. Ding Junhui
9. Ryan Day
10. Mark Selby
11. Mark Allen
12. Mark Williams
14. Stephen Hendry
17. Marco Fu
18. Peter Ebdon
25. Joe Perry
30. Mark King

Here are the results from the final qualifying round (seeded players on the left):
Liang Wenbo (8) 10-2 Rod Lawler (63)
Ricky Walden (13) 8-10 Zhang Anda (101)
Jamie Cope (15) 10-5 Mark Joyce (69)
Matthew Stevens (16) 9-10 Marcus Campbell (42)
Stephen Lee (21) 10-2 Mike Dunn (44)
Michael Holt (22) 10-6 David Morris (64)
Stuart Bingham (23) 2-10 Stuart Pettman (30)
Joe Swail (26) 1-10 Ken Doherty (35)
Judd Trump (29) 3-10 Tom Ford (36)
Barry Hawkins (32) 10-7 Ian McCulloch (56)
Graeme Dott (34) 10-4 Jimmy Michie (71)
Dave Harold (37) 7-10 Mark Davis (20)
Gerard Greene (38) 10-9 Rory McLeod (33)
Steve Davis (46) 10-4 Adrian Gunnell (65)
Nigel Bond (50) 4-10 Martin Gould (39)
Fergal O'Brien (61) 10-4 Alan McManus (59)

2010 China Open - Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_China_Open_(snooker)

Mark Williams won his 17th ranking title, beating Ding Junhui in the final. Ding led the match 5-3, but Williams eventually won 10-6.
Ding compiled 9 century breaks in the competition, with his nearest rivals Neil Robertson and Mark Williams only making 3 each. To be fair to the Thunder from Down Under, he only won 6 frames in total, and one of his three centuries was a maximum.

It was a poor event for Higgins and O'Sullivan. John was knocked out by Williams in the last 16 while O'Sullivan lost to wildcard, Tian Pengfei, in the opening round.

QFs
Ding Junhui (7) 5-2 Peter Ebdon (18)
Mark Allen (11) 5-4 Stephen Hendry (14)
Ali Carter (4) 5-1 Mark King (30)
Mark Williams (12) 5-1 Marco Fu (17)

SFs
Ding (7) 6-2 Allen (11)
Williams (12) 6-4 Carter (4)

Final
Williams (12) 10-6 Ding (7)

Following the 2010 China Open, these are the rankings as we head into the World Championship:

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 21435
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 15268
3 +4 Ding Junhui 13137
4 -1 Neil Robertson 13032
5 -1 Ali Carter 12806
6 = Stephen Maguire 10721
7 -2 Shaun Murphy 10269
8 +4 Mark Williams 10173
9 +2 Mark Allen 9072
10 -1 Ryan Day 8363
11 -3 Liang Wenbo 8141
12 -2 Mark Selby 7972
13 +1 Stephen Hendry 7888
14 -1 Ricky Walden 7381
15 = Jamie Cope 7380
16 +2 Peter Ebdon 6777

In: Peter Ebdon
Out: Matthew Stevens

Top 32
In: Tom Ford; Rory McLeod; Graeme Dott
Out: Stuart Bingham; Judd Trump; Joe Swail

Top 64
In: Mark Joyce; Bjorn Haneveer; Adrian Gunnell; James Wattana; Zhang Anda
Out: Matthew Couch; David Gilbert; Jin Long; Daniel Wells; Lee Spick

Top 128
In: Shi Shuangyang; Lyu Chenwei; Mohammed Shehab
Out: Leo Fernandez; Kurt Maflin; Jamie O'Neill

2010 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Worl ... ampionship

Eleven years ago, Neil Robertson won his only World title. He beat Graeme Dott 18-13 in the final. It was a close match up to 13-12, before he won 5 of the next 6 frames.
Robertson made 7 century breaks in the tournament, though none of them came in the final.

Favourite, John Higgins, lost to 52-year-old Steve Davis in the last 16. Before the final, the News of the World scandal involving Higgins would be announced.
The second favourite, Ronnie O'Sullivan, was beaten by Mark Selby in the quarter-finals.

Last 32
John Higgins (1) 10-6 Barry Hawkins (32)
Mark King (24) 9-10 Steve Davis (46)
Neil Robertson (4) 10-5 Fergal O'Brien (53)
Marco Fu (20) 9-10 Martin Gould (40)
Ali Carter (5) 10-4 Jamie Cope (15)
Joe Perry (25) 10-4 Michael Holt (29)
Ding Junhui (3) 10-1 Stuart Pettman (31)
Shaun Murphy (7) 10-7 Gerard Greene (37)
Stephen Maguire (6) 10-4 Stephen Lee (27)
Peter Ebdon (16) 5-10 Graeme Dott (28)
Mark Allen (9) 10-4 Tom Ford (21)
Ryan Day (10) 8-10 Mark Davis (18)
Mark Selby (12) 10-4 Ken Doherty (33)
Stephen Hendry (13) 10-9 Zhang Anda (64)
Mark Williams (8) 10-5 Marcus Campbell (41)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 10-7 Liang Wenbo (11)

Last 16
Higgins (1) 11-13 Steve Davis (46)
Robertson (4) 13-12 Gould (40)
Carter (5) 13-11 Perry (25)
Murphy (7) 13-10 Ding (3)
Maguire (6) 6-13 Dott (28)
Allen (9) 13-5 Mark Davis (18)
Selby (12) 13-5 Hendry (13)
O'Sullivan (2) 13-10 Williams (8)

Quarter-Finals
Robertson (4) 13-5 Steve Davis (46)
Murphy (7) 12-13 Carter (5)
Allen (9) 12-13 Dott (28)
O'Sullivan (2) 11-13 Selby (12)

Semi-Finals
Carter (5) 12-17 Robertson (4)
Selby (12) 14-17 Dott (28)

Final
Robertson (4) 18-13 Dott (28)

Here are the rankings of the 96 professional players at the end of the 2009-10 season

1 +1 John Higgins 20790
2 +4 Neil Robertson 18613
3 -2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 16595
4 +1 Ali Carter 16267
5 +17 Ding Junhui 13602
6 -3 Shaun Murphy 12925
7 = Mark Selby 11800
8 +1 Mark Allen 11391
9 +24 Graeme Dott 11268
10 +4 Mark Williams 11239
11 -7 Stephen Maguire 11181
12 +5 Liang Wenbo 8721
13 -2 Stephen Hendry 8352
14 -6 Ryan Day 7385
15 +3 Jamie Cope 7145
16 +15 Mark Davis 6971
17 -5 Joe Perry 6339
18 +7 Martin Gould 6233
19 -6 Ricky Walden 6176
20 +32 Robert Milkins 6158
21 -11 Marco Fu 6141
22 +17 Steve Davis 6128
23 -4 Matthew Stevens 5964
24 -8 Peter Ebdon 5909
25 +24 Tom Ford 5727
26 +1 Mark King 5607
27 -7 Barry Hawkins 5553
28 = Stephen Lee 5492
29 +5 Rory McLeod 5436
30 +5 Andrew Higginson 5428
31 +5 Gerard Greene 5227
32 -9 Michael Holt 5184
33 +37 Ken Doherty 5119
34 +39 Peter Lines 5025
35 +24 Matthew Selt 4832
36 NEW Tony Drago 4755
37 -11 Stuart Pettman 4674
38 +7 Marcus Campbell 4658
39 -9 Stuart Bingham 4607
40 -3 Mike Dunn 4567
41 +5 Barry Pinches 4406
42 -18 Judd Trump 4262
43 = Jamie Burnett 4170
44 -29 Joe Swail 4083
45 -1 Nigel Bond 3951
46 -6 Michael Judge 3901
47 +13 Rod Lawler 3890
48 -16 Anthony Hamilton 3828
49 -20 Fergal O'Brien 3739
50 +3 Dominic Dale 3591
51 NEW Zhang Anda 3523
52 +24 Simon Bedford 3445
53 -32 Dave Harold 3341
54 -16 Andy Hicks 3274
55 +6 Patrick Wallace 3226
56 -15 Jimmy White 3225
57 NEW James Wattana 3181
58 = David Morris 3166
59 NEW Bjorn Haneveer 3160
60 +9 Mark Joyce 3138
61 -19 Ian McCulloch 3073
62 -14 Alan McManus 3031
63 -12 Adrian Gunnell 2910
64 +10 Li Hang 2885
65 +2 Matthew Couch 2829
66 -10 Jin Long 2735
67 -13 David Gilbert 2726
68 NEW Jimmy Robertson 2715
69 -19 Paul Davies 2625
70 -23 Lee Spick 2576
71 -3 Daniel Wells 2563
72 NEW Michael White 2539
73 -1 David Gray 2524
74 NEW Xiao Guodong 2520
75 NEW Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2499
76 -21 Jimmy Michie 2394
77 -6 Joe Delaney 2273
78 -1 Atthasit Mahitthi 2212
79 NEW Craig Steadman 2201
80 -17 Liu Song 2163
83 -21 John Parrott 1986
84 NEW Joe Jogia 1887
85 NEW Ben Woollaston 1881
86 -21 Ian Preece 1810
88 NEW Sam Baird 1766
90 -10 David Roe 1514
92 NEW Noppadol Sangnil 1428
93 NEW David Hogan 1396
95 NEW Jordan Brown 1280
96 NEW Brendan O'Donoghue 1256
97 -14 Andrew Norman 1161
100 NEW Stephen Rowlings 1098
101 NEW Mei Xiwen 1060
102 NEW Mark Boyle 1048
104 NEW Chris Norbury 924
111 NEW Lee Page 704

To the end of the 09-10 season, 224 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 36
Steve Davis 28
Ronnie O'Sullivan 22 (2009 Shanghai Masters)
John Higgins 21 (2010 Welsh Open)
Mark Williams 17 (2010 China Open)
Jimmy White 10
John Parrott 9
Peter Ebdon 8
Ken Doherty 6
Ray Reardon 5
Neil Robertson 5 (2009 Grand Prix | 2010 World Championship)
Stephen Lee 4
Stephen Maguire 4
Ding Junhui 4 (2009 UK Championship)
James Wattana 3
Paul Hunter 3
Shaun Murphy 3
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, Ali Carter: 1 each

Where has Drago been, and how did he re-enter the rankings at such a high position?

SnookerEd25 wrote:Where has Drago been, and how did he re-enter the rankings at such a high position?

Yes, 09-10 has been quite a comeback year for Drago. After dropping off the tour for a year, he got his place back by winning the 'European play-off' (I'm not sure of the details).
In the 6 events this season, he got to the last 64 4 times and the last 32 twice.
He's easily been the strongest performer of the new players on tour, and has even moved ahead of Judd Trump in the rankings.
His best result was probably his 5-2 win over Stephen Lee in the last 48 of the China Open, assuming Lee wasn't cheating in that one. Drago did make breaks of 122, 75 and 65 in that match.

Ding clinches his 2nd UK championship :)

chengdufan wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:Where has Drago been, and how did he re-enter the rankings at such a high position?

Yes, 09-10 has been quite a comeback year for Drago. After dropping off the tour for a year, he got his place back by winning the 'European play-off' (I'm not sure of the details).

Tournament results are here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140505180 ... esults.asp

https://cuetracker.net/tournaments/ebsa ... /2009/3083

I think this was a secondary European Amateur Championship that was played from 2006-10, exclusively for mainland European players (i.e. non-UK or Irish) to qualify for the Main Tour.

Roll of Honor:

2006 - Roy Stolk
2007 - Kevin van Hove
2008 - Stefan Mazrocis
2009 - Tony Drago
2010 - Kurt Maflin

Thanks for the links Fridge.
Looks like the Brazilians Itaro Santos and Igor Figueiredo played in this too, as well as a number of former professionals.

A shame Coen Fool never made it on tour.

The ending to the O'Sullivan Tian Pengfei match was one of the craziest ever.

It looks like we have 96 professionals again for the 10-11 season, and they will compete in 7 ranking events. The same seeded 96-80-64-48-32 format will apply.

There will also be 12 PTC events contributing to these rankings, with amateur qualifiers joining the pros in flat 128 draws.

The best 24 performers will play in the PTC Grand Finals

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:The ending to the O'Sullivan Tian Pengfei match was one of the craziest ever.

What happened?

chengdufan wrote:

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:The ending to the O'Sullivan Tian Pengfei match was one of the craziest ever.

What happened?

Go to 7.00.

https://youtu.be/EA1mjniXoL8

I don't know what O'Sullivan was doing.

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:

chengdufan wrote:

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:The ending to the O'Sullivan Tian Pengfei match was one of the craziest ever.

What happened?

Go to 7.00.

https://youtu.be/EA1mjniXoL8

I don't know what O'Sullivan was doing.

I watched all of it. I can't believe how old the footage looks, I'd already been in China ages at that point

Tian Pengfei's technique looked horrendous! Amazing how different his stroke looks nowadays.

And Ronnie. How about that stubble? Looked like a classic American B movie villain! And yes, quite the way to lose a match!!

That Ronnie missed black was shocking lol.

Juddernaut88 wrote:That Ronnie missed black was shocking lol.

Yeah. GOAT my a*se.

So we actually have 97 professionals for the 10-11 season, not 96 as I stated earlier. And as well as the new set of PTC events, another new innovation is that the official rankings will be updated during the season. There will be 3 official ranking updates (after the European PTC 2 in early October; after the UK Championship in late December; and after the Welsh Open in late February).

The increase in the number of tournaments and the updated official rankings (seedings) during the season significantly improve the validity of the rankings in this rankings revisit. Our rankings have been much better than the official rankings up to this point, but have not been statistically valid. The accuracy of the rankings will steadily improve from here on out, and by around the end of 2012 we will have very accurate rankings for about the top 100 players

74 players kept their professional status from 09-10, while 22 dropped off the tour

Liu Song (80), Joe Jogia (84), and Ben Woollaston (85) are the lowest ranked players keeping their status.

Here are the 22 who dropped off:
Li Hang 64
Jin Long 66
Lee Spick 70
Daniel Wells 71
David Gray 73
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 75
Atthasit Mahitthi 78
Craig Steadman 79
John Parrott 83
Ian Preece 86
Sam Baird 88
David Roe 90
Noppadol Sangnil 92
David Hogan 93
Jordan Brown 95
Brendan O'Donoghue 96
Andrew Norman 97
Stephen Rowlings 100
Mei Xiwen 101
Mark Boyle 102
Chris Norbury 104
Lee Page 111

Chinese players Li Hang and Jin Long appear to have been the unluckiest to have lost their status.
John Parrott has played his last professional match.

13 former professionals return to the tour:
Jamie Jones (b.1988) - PIOS Tour
Andrew Pagett (b.1982) - Welsh nomination
Paul Davison (b.1971) - PIOS Tour
Alfie Burden (b.1976) - World Amateur Champion
Kurt Maflin (b.1983) - International play-off winner
Jamie O'Neill (b.1986) - PIOS Tour
Liu Chuang (b.1990) - Asian U-21 Champion
James McBain (b.1978) - Scottish nomination
Kuldesh Johal (b.1980) - English nomination 2
Issara Kachaiwong (b.1983) - Asian Champion
Dermot McGlinchey (b.1973) - Northern Irish nomination
Patrick Einsle (b.1987) - Wildcard
Justin Astley (b.1983) - PIOS Tour

And there are 10 first time professionals:
Anthony McGill (b.1991) - PIOS Tour
Igor Figueiredo (b.1977) - Wildcard
Jack Lisowski (b.1991) - PIOS Tour
Liam Highfield (b.1990) - PIOS Tour
Kyren Wilson (b.1991) - PIOS Tour
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (b.1993) - Asian nomination
Adam Wicheard (b.1985) - English nomination 1
Noppon Saengkham (b.1992) - World U-21 Amateur Champion
Jak Jones (b.1993) - European U-19 Champion
Reanne Evans (b.1985) - Wildcard

PTC 1 - World Snooker Academy, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Players_T ... 93_Event_1

SFs
Mark Williams (10) 4-3 Jamie Cope (15)
Stephen Maguire (11) 4-1 Marco Fu (21)

Final
Williams (10) 4-0 Maguire (11)

Rankings after the event:

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 18144
2 = Neil Robertson 16412
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 14183
4 = Ali Carter 13980
5 = Ding Junhui 12129
6 +4 Mark Williams 11910
7 = Mark Selby 10885
8 +1 Graeme Dott 10562
9 +2 Stephen Maguire 10101
10 -4 Shaun Murphy 10066
11 -3 Mark Allen 9648
12 = Liang Wenbo 7525
13 +2 Jamie Cope 7456
14 +2 Mark Davis 6886
15 -2 Stephen Hendry 6469
16 +9 Tom Ford 6256

In: Tom Ford
Out: Ryan Day

Top 32
In: Barry Pinches; Marcus Campbell; Ken Doherty
Out: Mark King; Rory McLeod; Michael Holt

Top 64
In: Matthew Couch; Daniel Wells (a); Joe Jogia
Out: Ian McCulloch; Li Hang (a); Adrian Gunnell

Top 128
In: Mitchell Mann (a); Allan Taylor (a); Anthony McGill; Igor Figueiredo; Michael Wasley (a); Ben Harrison (a); Kurt Maflin; Justin Astley; Kyren Wilson
Out: Issara Kachaiwong; Chris McBreen (a); Drew Henry (a); Shi Shuangyang (a); Lyu Chenwei (a); Mohammed Shehab (a); Tony Knowles (a); Cao Xinlong (a)

PTC 2 - World Snooker Academy, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Players_T ... 93_Event_2

SFs:
Mark Selby (7) 4-2 Marco Fu (20)
Barry Pinches (24) 4-1 Gerard Greene (30)

Final:
Selby (7) 4-3 Pinches (24)

Subsequent rankings

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 19266
2 = Neil Robertson 17384
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 14867
4 = Ali Carter 14316
5 +2 Mark Selby 13129
6 -1 Ding Junhui 12661
7 -1 Mark Williams 12198
8 = Graeme Dott 10870
9 = Stephen Maguire 10605
10 = Shaun Murphy 10366
11 = Mark Allen 9984
12 +1 Jamie Cope 7960
13 -1 Liang Wenbo 7849
14 = Mark Davis 7650
15 +5 Marco Fu 7154
16 +8 Barry Pinches 7107

In: Marco Fu; Barry Pinches
Out: Stephen Hendry; Tom Ford

Top 32
In: Peter Lines; Stuart Bingham
Out: Ken Doherty; Joe Perry

Top 64
In: Jimmy Robertson
Out: Joe Jogia

Top 128
In: Liam Highfield; Nick Jennings (a); James McGouran (a); Adam Duffy (a)
Out: Ben Harrison (a); Kyren Wilson; Tang Jun (a); Michael Georgiou (a); Justin Astley

2010/2011 was the change to snooker calendar. It benefited a lot of players but not Hendry unfortunately :(

PTC 3 - World Snooker Academy, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Players_T ... 93_Event_3

SFs:
Jack Lisowski (136) 4-3 Mark Selby (5)
Tom Ford (18) 4-2 Mark Davis (14)

Final:
Ford (18) 4-0 Lisowski (136)

Rankings following PTC 3:

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 18539
2 = Neil Robertson 17454
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 15267
4 +1 Mark Selby 14555
5 -1 Ali Carter 14411
6 = Ding Junhui 13134
7 = Mark Williams 11962
8 = Graeme Dott 10749
9 +1 Shaun Murphy 10382
10 -1 Stephen Maguire 10355
11 = Mark Allen 10146
12 +2 Mark Davis 8967
13 +5 Tom Ford 8644
14 -1 Liang Wenbo 8363
15 -3 Jamie Cope 7903
16 -1 Marco Fu 7474

In: Tom Ford
Out: Barry Pinches

Top 32
In: Judd Trump; Matthew Selt
Out: Stuart Bingham; Andrew Higginson

Top 64
In: Ian McCulloch; Adrian Gunnell; Michael White
Out: Simon Bedford; Michael Judge; Bjorn Haneveer

Top 128
In: Jack Lisowski; Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon; Stuart Carrington (a); Patrick Einsle; Adam Wicheard; Ian Glover (a)
Out: Lewis Roberts (a); Nick Jennings (a); Yu Delu (a); Adam Duffy (a); Li Yan (a); Stefan Mazrocis (a)

PTC 4 - World Snooker Academy, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Players_T ... 93_Event_4

SFs
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 4-3 Dominic Dale (48)
Barry Pinches (17) 4-1 Mark Williams (7)

Final
Pinches (17) 4-3 O'Sullivan (3)

Rankings

Top 16
1 = John Higgins 18539
2 = Neil Robertson 17562
3 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 17499
4 +1 Ali Carter 14899
5 -1 Mark Selby 14875
6 +1 Mark Williams 13226
7 -1 Ding Junhui 13134
8 +2 Stephen Maguire 11315
9 -1 Graeme Dott 10821
10 -1 Shaun Murphy 10690
11 = Mark Allen 10406
12 = Mark Davis 9443
13 +4 Barry Pinches 9383
14 -1 Tom Ford 8716
15 -1 Liang Wenbo 8471
16 = Marco Fu 8322

In: Barry Pinches
Out: Jamie Cope

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Bjorn Haneveer; Liu Song; Xiao Guodong
Out: Matthew Couch; Michael White; Patrick Wallace

Top 128
In: Justin Astley; Jamie O'Neill; Martin O'Donnell (a)
Out: Robert Stephen (a); Wayne Cooper (a); Aditya Mehta (a)

I never really watched many PTC events to be honest.

Juddernaut88 wrote:2010/2011 was the change to snooker calendar. It benefited a lot of players but not Hendry unfortunately :(

I think he'd have preferred the tour of recent years with full ranking events between October and March. He would have had no interest in PTC's or playing ranking events in China/Australia in the middle of summer.