2007–08 snooker season

The 2007–08 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 June 2007 and 15 May 2008. This season saw the introduction of a new ranking tournament in Shanghai, while the Malta Cup lost its status as a ranking tournament.

2007–08 snooker season

Details
Duration	16 June 2007 – 15 May 2008 (2007-06-16 – 2008-05-15)
Tournaments	32 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters	Mark Selby
World Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

New professional players

Countries

•  Belgium
•  China
•  England
•  Ireland
•  Australia
•  Northern Ireland
•  Norway
•  Scotland
•  Thailand
•  Wales

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.

International champions[1] IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: Kurt Maflin EBSA International Play Off winner: Kevin Van Hove EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships winner: Michael White ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner: Supoj Saenla ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: Xiao Guodong NGB nominations[1] English nomination 1:[n 1] Jimmy Robertson English nomination 2:[n 2] Martin Gould Welsh nomination:[n 3] Gareth Coppack Scottish nomination:[n 4] Fraser Patrick Irish nomination:[n 5] Rodney Goggins Northern Irish nomination:[n 6] Patrick Wallace ACBS Asian nomination: Liu Chuang Oceania nomination: Steve Mifsud

From PIOS Tour[1][2] Leo Fernandez Lee Walker James McBain Munraj Pal Jamie O'Neill Matthew Selt Alex Davies Ashley Wright

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.^[3]

World Snooker Tour

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
6 Aug	12 Aug	CHN	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai Grand Stage	Shanghai	Dominic Dale	Ryan Day	10–6	[4]
7 Sep	12 Sep	ENG	Masters Qualifying Event	English Institute of Sport	Sheffield	Barry Hawkins	Kurt Maflin	6–4	[5]
6 Oct		ENG	Pot Black	Sheffield City Hall	Sheffield	Ken Doherty	Shaun Murphy	1–0	[6]
13 Oct	21 Oct	SCO	Grand Prix	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Marco Fu	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–6	[7]
4 Nov	11 Nov	NIR	Northern Ireland Trophy	Waterfront Hall	Belfast	Stephen Maguire	Fergal O'Brien	9–5	[8]
6 Sep	2 Dec	SCO	Premier League	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	7–4	[9]
8 Dec	16 Dec	ENG	UK Championship	Telford International Centre	Telford	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Maguire	10–2	[10]
13 Jan	20 Jan	ENG	Masters	Wembley Arena	London	Mark Selby	Stephen Lee	10–3	[11][12]
4 Feb	10 Feb	MLT	Malta Cup	Hilton Conference Center	Portomaso	Shaun Murphy	Ken Doherty	9–3	[13][14]
11 Feb	17 Feb	WAL	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–8	[15][16]
24 Mar	30 Mar	CHN	China Open	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium	Beijing	Stephen Maguire	Shaun Murphy	10–9	[17]
19 Apr	5 May	ENG	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ali Carter	18–8	[18]
25 Feb	15 May	ENG	Championship League	Crondon Park Golf Club	Stock	Joe Perry	Mark Selby	3–1	[19][20]

Ranking event

Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
13 Sep	13 Sep	ENG	Wytech Masters	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Katie Henrick	3–2	[21]
14 Sep	14 Sep	ENG	UK Ladies Championship	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–1	[22]
6 Oct	6 Oct	ENG	East Anglian Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Katie Henrick	June Banks	3–1	[23]
10 Nov	10 Nov	ENG	British Open	Rushden Snooker Club	Rushden	Maria Catalano	Emma Bonney	3–2	[24]
2 Feb	2 Feb	ENG	South Coast Classic	Q Ball Snooker Club	Eastbourne	Emma Bonney	June Banks	3–2	[25]
1 Mar	1 Mar	ENG	Connie Gough Memorial	Rileys Snooker Club	Luton	Maria Catalano	Reanne Evans	3–2	[26]
3 May	7 May	ENG	World Ladies Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	June Banks	5–2	[27]

Pontin's International Open Series

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
16 Jul	20 Jul	WAL	PIOS I	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Simon Bedford	Gary Wilkinson	6–3	[28][29]
5 Aug	10 Aug	WAL	PIOS II	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kuldesh Johal	Andrew Pagett	6–4	[28][30]
23 Sep	28 Sep	WAL	PIOS III	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Michael King	6–2	[28][31]
14 Oct	19 Oct	WAL	PIOS IV	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Matthew Couch	Michael Wild	6–3	[28][32]
11 Dec	15 Dec	WAL	PIOS V	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Peter Lines	Daniel Wells	6–5	[28][33]
15 Feb	19 Feb	WAL	PIOS VI	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kuldesh Johal	Simon Bedford	6–5	[28][34]
24 Mar	28 Mar	WAL	PIOS VII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Jones	Peter Lines	6–2	[28][35]
13 Apr	18 Apr	WAL	PIOS VIII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Liam Highfield	Justin Astley	6–2	[28][36]

Other events

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
16 Jun	17 Jun	POL	Warsaw Snooker Tour	Torwar Hall	Warsaw	Mark Selby	John Higgins	5–3	[37]
12 Jul	15 Jul	HKG	Euro-Asia Masters Challenge	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Wan Chai	John Higgins	James Wattana	5–4	[38]
14 Aug	19 Aug	ENG	Paul Hunter English Open	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Matthew Couch	Neil Robertson	6–5	[39][40]
18 Aug	19 Aug	IRL	Irish Classic	Raphael's Snooker Club	Dublin	David Morris	Fergal O'Brien	5–3	[41][42]
23 Aug	26 Aug	GER	Paul Hunter Classic	Stadthall	Fürth	Barry Pinches	Ken Doherty	4–0	[43]
25 Sep	30 Sep	IRL	Irish Professional Championship	Red Cow Exhibition Centre	Dublin	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien	9–2	[44]
27 Oct	2 Nov	MAC	Asian Indoor Games	Macau East Asian Games Dome	Macau	Mohammed Shehab	James Wattana	4–3	[45]
15 Nov	18 Nov	SUI	Swiss Open	Billard Center Im Funken	Zofingen	Dave Harold	Ken Doherty	5–0	[46]
1 Dec	2 Dec	WAL	Pontin's Pro Am Series	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Joe Perry	Ricky Walden	4–2	[47]
15 Dec	16 Dec	NED	Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Michael Holt	Barry Pinches	6–4	[48]
14 May	18 May	CHN	Huangshan Cup	Anhui Sport Bureau	Hefei	Ali Carter	Marco Fu	5–3	[49][50]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2007/2008

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.^[51][52][53]

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2005/06	Points 2006/07	Total
1		John Higgins	19150	23100	42250
2		Graeme Dott	19100	18675	37775
3		Shaun Murphy	16350	21350	37700
4		Ken Doherty	20250	15550	35800
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan	12850	20750	33600
6		Peter Ebdon	15550	18000	33550
7		Neil Robertson	12575	20550	33125
8		Stephen Hendry	15100	17375	32475
9		Ding Junhui	14475	16325	30800
10		Stephen Maguire	11000	19550	30550
11		Mark Selby	9125	18275	27400
12		Mark Williams	18300	8825	27125
13		Stephen Lee	13500	12650	26150
14		Ali Carter	9550	15750	25300
15		Steve Davis	13100	11850	24950
16		Ryan Day	10050	14450	24500

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2007/2008

^[54][55]

No.	Ch	Player	Points 2006/07	SM	GP	NI	UK	WO	CO	WSC	Points 2007/08	Total
1	4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	20750	700	5000	2500	7500	4000	0[56]	10000	29700	50450
2	8	Stephen Maguire	19550	1900	2375	5000	6000	700	5000	5000	25975	45525
3		Shaun Murphy	21350	700	4000	3200	4800	3200	4000	3800	23700	45050
4	7	Mark Selby	18275	3200	1750	700	4800	5000	3200	1400	20050	38325
5	4	John Higgins	23100	1900	2375	700	1050	2500	2500	3800	14825	37925
6	2	Stephen Hendry	17375	1900	1750	1900	1050	3200	700	6400	16900	34275
7	7	Ali Carter	15750	700	2375	1900	1050	2500	1900	8000	18425	34175
8	8	Ryan Day	14450	4000	2375	1900	1050	1900	3200	5000	19425	33875
9	3	Peter Ebdon	18000	700	3125	2500	1050	700	1900	5000	14975	32975
10	3	Neil Robertson	20550	700	1750	2500	1050	1900	700	3800	12400	32950
11	2	Ding Junhui	16325	1900	719	1900	3750	1900	1900	3800	15869	32194
12	6	Joe Perry	12175	575	3125	1400	2850	2500	1400	6400	18250	30425
13	11	Graeme Dott	18675	3200	719	700	1050	700	700	1400	8469	27144
14	13	Marco Fu	8925	1400	6250	575	3750	1400	1900	2800	18075	27000
15	6	Mark King	12325	575	1750	1400	2850	1400	1900	3800	13675	26000
16	13	Mark Allen	10650	575	1750	3200	2850	1400	2500	2800	15075	25725

Points distribution

2007/2008 Points distribution for world ranking events:^[57]

Tournament	Round →	L96	L80	L64	L48	L32	L16	QF	SF	F	W
Shanghai Masters[58][59]	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
Northern Ireland Trophy[60]	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship[61]	Unseeded loser	600	975	1350	1725	2100	2850	3750	4800	6000	7500
	Seeded loser	300	488	675	863	1050	–	–	–	–	–
Welsh Open[62]	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
China Open[63]	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
World Championship[64][65]	Unseeded loser	800	1300	1800	2300	2800	3800	5000	6400	8000	10000
	Seeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	–	–	–	–	–

Tournament	Stage 1 Group				Stage 2 Group		L16	QF	SF	F	W
	7–8	5–6	3–4	1–2	5–6	3–4
Grand Prix[66][67]	250	813	1125	1438	719[n 7]	1750[n 7]	2375	3125	4000	5000	6250

Notes

1. Jimmy Robertson qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
2. Martin Gould qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
3. Gareth Coppack qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
4. Fraser Patrick qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
5. Rodney Goggins qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
6. Patrick Wallace qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
7. Only for seeded players