2009–10 snooker season

The 2009–10 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 May 2009 and 8 May 2010. There were six ranking events, two less than in the previous season.^[1] The Bahrain Championship was not held again, and the Northern Ireland Trophy was removed from the calendar too.^[2] The Jiangsu Classic was held for the first time.^[3]

2009–10 snooker season

Details
Duration	16 May 2009 – 8 May 2010 (2009-05-16 – 2010-05-08)
Tournaments	38 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Ding Junhui
Masters	Mark Selby
World Championship	Neil Robertson
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

New professional players

Countries

•  Belgium
•  China
•  England
•  Ireland
•  Malta
•  Northern Ireland
•  Scotland
•  Thailand
•  Wales

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2008/2009 professional Main Tour.^[4]

International champions:[5] IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh[6] EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: David Hogan[7] EBSA International Play Off winner: Tony Drago[8] ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner: James Wattana[9] ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Zhang Anda[10] NGB nominations[5] English nomination 1:[n 1] Jimmy Roberson English nomination 2:[n 2] Sam Baird Welsh nomination:[n 3] Michael White Scottish nomination:[n 4] Mark Boyle Irish nomination:[n 5] Brendan O'Donoghue Northern Irish nomination:[n 6] Jordan Brown ACBS Asian Nomination: Mei Xiwen

From PIOS Tour[5][11] Xiao Guodong Lee Page Bjorn Haneveer Stephen Rowlings Ben Woollaston Noppadol Sangnil Craig Steadman Chris Norbury WPBSA Wildcard Joe Jogia[n 7][5][12]

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.^[13]

World Snooker Tour

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
4 Jun	7 Jun	CHN	Jiangsu Classic	Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium	Wuxi	Mark Allen	Ding Junhui	6–0	[14]
7 Jul	12 Jul	THA	Six-red World Grand Prix	Montien Riverside Hotel	Bangkok	Jimmy White	Barry Hawkins	8–6	[15]
28 Jul	30 Jul	ENG	Pro Challenge Series – Event 1	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Stephen Maguire	Alan McManus	5–2	[16]
31 Aug	1 Sep	WAL	Pro Challenge Series – Event 2	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Ken Doherty	Martin Gould	6–2	[17]
7 Sep	13 Sep	CHN	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai Grand Stage	Shanghai	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Liang Wenbo	10–5	[18]
3 Oct	11 Oct	SCO	Grand Prix	Kelvin Hall	Glasgow	Neil Robertson	Ding Junhui	9–4	[19]
26 Oct	29 Oct	WAL	Masters Qualifying Event	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Rory McLeod	Andrew Higginson	6–1	[20]
9 Nov	11 Nov	ENG	Pro Challenge Series – Event 3	Willie Thorne Snooker Centre	Leicester	Robert Milkins	Joe Jogia	5–3	[21]
3 Sep	29 Nov	ENG	Premier League	Potters Leisure Resort	Hopton-on-Sea	Shaun Murphy	Ronnie O'Sullivan	7–3	[22]
5 Dec	13 Dec	ENG	UK Championship	Telford International Centre	Telford	Ding Junhui	John Higgins	10–8	[23]
10 Jan	17 Jan	ENG	Masters	Wembley Arena	London	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10–9	[24]
25 Jan	31 Jan	WAL	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	John Higgins	Ali Carter	9–4	[25]
16 Feb	18 Feb	ENG	Pro Challenge Series – Event 5	George Scott Snooker Club	Liverpool	Barry Hawkins	Michael Holt	5–1	[26]
4 Jan	25 Mar	ENG	Championship League	Crondon Park Golf Club	Stock	Marco Fu	Mark Allen	3–2	[27]
29 Mar	4 Apr	CHN	China Open	Beijing University Students Gymnasium	Beijing	Mark Williams	Ding Junhui	10–6	[28]
17 Apr	3 May	ENG	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Neil Robertson	Graeme Dott	18–13	[29]

Ranking event

Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
12 Sep	12 Sep	ENG	Wytech Masters	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–0	[30]
13 Sep	13 Sep	ENG	UK Ladies Championship	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–0	[31]
10 Oct	10 Oct	ENG	East Anglian Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	Emma Bonney	3–0	[32]
14 Nov	14 Nov	ENG	British Open	Newmarket Snooker & Bowl	Newmarket	Reanne Evans	Katie Henrick	3–1	[33]
6 Feb	6 Feb	ENG	South Coast Classic	Q Ball Snooker Club	Eastbourne	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–1	[34]
6 Mar	6 Mar	ENG	Connie Gough Memorial	Stadium Snooker Club	Birmingham	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–1	[35]
3 Apr	7 Apr	ENG	World Ladies Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	5–1	[36]

Pontin's International Open Series

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
22 Jun	26 Jun	WAL	PIOS I	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jack Lisowski	Liam Highfield	6–5	[37][38]
27 Jul	31 Jul	WAL	PIOS II	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Liam Highfield	Neal Jones	6–2	[37][39]
23 Aug	28 Aug	WAL	PIOS III	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Kyren Wilson	6–4	[37][40]
19 Oct	23 Oct	WAL	PIOS IV	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Jones	Jak Jones	6–0	[37][41]
7 Dec	11 Dec	WAL	PIOS V	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Anthony McGill	Farakh Ajaib	6–0	[37][42]
28 Feb	5 Mar	WAL	PIOS VI	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kyren Wilson	Liam Highfield	6–4	[37][43]
11 Apr	16 Apr	WAL	PIOS VII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Justin Astley	6–2	[37][44]
4 May	8 May	WAL	PIOS VIII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jack Lisowski	Justin Astley	6–1	[37][45]

Other events

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
16 May	17 May	IRL	World Series of Snooker Killarney	INEC	Killarney	Shaun Murphy	Jimmy White	5–1	[46]
7 Jul	12 Jul	CHN	Beijing International Challenge	Beijing University Students Gymnasium	Beijing	Liang Wenbo	Stephen Maguire	7–6	[47]
13 Jul	17 Jul	HKG	General Cup	General Snooker Club	Hong Kong	Ricky Walden	Liang Wenbo	6–2	[48]
22 Jul	26 Jul	ENG	Paul Hunter English Open	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Stuart Bingham	Simon Bedford	6–0	[49]
22 Jul	26 Jul	TWN	World Games	Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium	Kaohsiung	Nigel Bond	David Grace	3–0	[50][51]
24 Jul	26 Jul	IRL	Irish Classic	Celbridge Snooker Club	Kildare	Joe Swail	Fergal O'Brien	5–0	[52]
13 Aug	16 Aug	GER	Paul Hunter Classic	Stadthall	Fürth	Shaun Murphy	Jimmy White	4–0	[53]
17 Oct	18 Oct	CZE	World Series of Snooker Prague	Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn	Prague	Jimmy White	Graeme Dott	5–3	[54]
31 Oct	1 Nov	SCO	Legends of Snooker	Rothes Halls	Glenrothes	Stephen Hendry	Ken Doherty	5–3	[55]
31 Oct	7 Nov	VIE	Asian Indoor Games	Phan Đình Phùng Gymnasium	Ho Chi Minh City	Jin Long	Nader Khan Sultani	4–0	[56]
14 Nov	15 Nov	WAL	Pontin's Pro Am Series	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Stuart Bingham	Ken Doherty	3–1	[57]
15 Dec	18 Dec	IRL	Six-red World Championship	INEC	Killarney	Mark Davis	Mark Williams	6–3	[58]
19 Dec	20 Dec	NED	Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Bjorn Haneveer	Matthew Couch	6–3	[59]
12 Feb	14 Feb	FIN	Finnish Snooker Challenge	Turku Sports Club	Turku	Mark Williams	Robin Hull	6–1	[60]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2009/2010

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[61][62]

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2007/08	Points 2008/09	Total
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan	29700	23875	53575
2		Stephen Maguire	25975	22075	48050
3		Shaun Murphy	23700	23475	47175
4		John Higgins	14825	31000	45825
5		Ali Carter	18425	24100	42525
6		Ryan Day	19425	21250	40675
7		Mark Selby	20050	17925	37975
8		Marco Fu	18075	19275	37350
9		Neil Robertson	12400	22825	35225
10		Stephen Hendry	16900	16225	33125
11		Mark Allen	15075	17800	32875
12		Joe Perry	18250	14625	32875
13		Ding Junhui	15869	13775	29644
14		Peter Ebdon	14975	14425	29400
15		Mark Williams	15100	14219	29319
16		Mark King	13675	14625	28300

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2009/2010

^[63][64]

No.	Ch	Player	Points 08/09	SM	GP	UK	WO	CO	WSC	Points 09/10	Total
1	3	John Higgins	31000	4480	4480	6400	5000	2660	3800	26820	57820
2	7	Neil Robertson	22825	980	7000	3040	1900	2660	10000	25580	48405
3	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	23875	7000	2660	5120	3200	980	5000	23960	47835
4	1	Ali Carter	24100	2660	980	4000	4000	4480	6400	22520	46620
5	8	Ding Junhui	13775	3500	5600	8000	700	5600	3800	27200	40975
6	4	Stephen Maguire	22075	980	2660	5120	3200	2660	3800	18420	40495
7	4	Shaun Murphy	23475	4480	980	3040	700	980	5000	15180	38655
8	7	Mark Williams	14219	2660	4480	3040	2500	7000	3800	23480	37699
9	2	Mark Selby	17925	980	980	4000	2500	2660	6400	17520	35445
10	1	Mark Allen	17800	980	3500	1120	2500	4480	5000	17580	35380
11	1	Stephen Hendry	16225	2660	2660	3040	1900	3500	3800	17560	33785
12	6	Ryan Day	21250	3500	980	1120	2500	2660	1400	12160	33410
13	15	Graeme Dott	14025	1960	805	2240	1900	1960	8000	16865	30890
14	6	Marco Fu	19275	2660	980	1120	700	3500	1400	10360	29635
15	1	Mark King	14625	1960	2660	3040	1900	3500	1400	14460	29085
16	10	Liang Wenbo	12325	5600	1960	4000	575	805	2800	15740	28065

Points distribution

2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events.^[65]

Tournament	Round →	L96	L80	L64	L48	L32	L16	QF	SF	F	W
Shanghai Masters	Unseeded loser	560	910	1260	1610	1960	2660	3500	4480	5600	7000
	Seeded loser	280	455	630	805	980	–	–	–	–	–
Grand Prix	Unseeded loser	560	910	1260	1610	1960	2660	3500	4480	5600	7000
	Seeded loser	280	455	630	805	980	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship	Unseeded loser	640	1040	1440	1840	2240	3040	4000	5120	6400	8000
	Seeded loser	320	520	720	920	1120	–	–	–	–	–
Welsh Open	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
China Open	Unseeded loser	560	910	1260	1610	1960	2660	3500	4480	5600	7000
	Seeded loser	280	455	630	805	980	–	–	–	–	–
World Championship	Unseeded loser	800	1300	1800	2300	2800	3800	5000	6400	8000	10000
	Seeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	–	–	–	–	–

Notes

1. Jimmy Roberson qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
2. Sam Baird qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
3. Michael White qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
4. Mark Boyle qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
5. Brendan O'Donoghue qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
6. Jordan Brown qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
7. Joe Jogia could not take his place via the PIOS Tour, as he was not a member of his national governing body.