The primary occasion of the 2024/25 snooker season concluded on Wednesday with not a lot motion close to the highest of the world rankings.
Championship League Snooker, which has oddly turn into the frequent campaign-opener in recent times regardless of its uninspiring format, was gained by Ali Carter.
The Captain beat Jackson Web page 3-1 within the ultimate on the Mattioli Area to seize a sixth profession rating crown.
Success for Carter will even see him achieve an invite to compete on the profitable Champion of Champions later this 12 months.
Let’s check out what impression the ends in Leicester have had on the completely different snooker rankings.
Official 2-year rankings checklist
Maybe underlining Championship League Snooker’s fame because the weakest rating match on the schedule, there hasn’t been any change to the world’s prime 16.
Carter pocketed a complete of £33,000 throughout greater than three weeks of motion – £20,000 for rising with the trophy within the ultimate and the remainder by successful his three group phases.
Regardless of this, the 44 year-old Englishman stays because the world no.10, though he has closed the hole to Mark Williams in ninth.
Mark Allen and Judd Trump proceed to occupy the highest two positions despite the fact that neither participated in Leicester.
World champion Kyren Wilson stays in third forward of Luca Brecel in fourth, with Ronnie O’Sullivan finishing the highest 5.
Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, and Ding Junhui spherical off the highest eight within the rolling two-year standings.
A bit of additional down, Gary Wilson is the world no.11 forward of Zhang Anda, Tom Ford, and Jak Jones.
Barry Hawkins and John Higgins maintain onto their spots within the prime 16, with Robert Milkins and Ryan Day not far behind.
Web page, in the meantime, rises six locations to no.39 – the best rating that the younger Welshman has achieved in his fledgling profession thus far.
| Official 2-12 months World Rankings | July 5, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Allen | £960,000 |
| 2 | Judd Trump | £909,000 |
| 3 | Kyren Wilson | £851,500 |
| 4 | Luca Brecel | £657,500 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £655,000 |
| 6 | Mark Selby | £646,500 |
| 7 | Shaun Murphy | £497,000 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | £466,500 |
| 9 | Mark Williams | £461,500 |
| 10 | Ali Carter | £457,000 |
| 11 | Gary Wilson | £421,500 |
| 12 | Zhang Anda | £405,000 |
| 13 | Tom Ford | £338,500 |
| 14 | Jak Jones | £321,500 |
| 15 | Barry Hawkins | £310,500 |
| 16 | John Higgins | £304,500 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Robert Milkins | £293,500 |
| 18 | Ryan Day | £288,500 |
| 19 | Jack Lisowski | £261,000 |
| 20 | Si Jiahui | £251,000 |
| 21 | Hossein Vafaei | £244,500 |
| 22 | David Gilbert | £242,500 |
| 23 | Zhou Yuelong | £230,000 |
| 24 | Chris Wakelin | £229,500 |
| 25 | Stuart Bingham | £217,000 |
1-year snooker rankings
Though Championship League Snooker was sponsored by BetVictor as in earlier years, the occasion gained’t rely in the direction of the bookmaker’s annual bonus this season.
The £150,000 that was trousered final season by Judd Trump will likely be awarded once more this time period.
Nevertheless, WST introduced in Could that it is going to be based mostly on the outcomes from the Dwelling Nations sequence occasions solely this time round.
The Dwelling Nations sequence includes the English, Northern Eire, Scottish, and Welsh Opens.
A brand new one-year rating checklist will start, although, with the gamers once more vying for qualification into the profitable Gamers Sequence tournaments.
The Gamers Championship in Telford and the Tour Championship in Manchester have already been pencilled into the calendar in March and April subsequent 12 months.
The sequence based mostly on the one-year snooker rankings normally commences with the 32-player World Grand Prix.
Dates and a venue for it haven’t been formally introduced but, however it’s anticipated that the World Grand Prix will return once more this season.
| 1-12 months Snooker Rankings | July 5, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Carter | £33,000 |
| 2 | Jackson Web page | £23,000 |
| =3 | David Gilbert | £11,000 |
| =3 | Scott Donaldson | £11,000 |
| =5 | Lengthy Zehuang | £9,000 |
| =5 | Mark Williams | £9,000 |
| =7 | David Lilley | £8,000 |
| =7 | Martin O’Donnell | £8,000 |
| =9 | Alexander Ursenbacher | £6,000 |
| =9 | Ben Woollaston | £6,000 |
| =9 | Fan Zhengyi | £6,000 |
| =9 | Gary Wilson | £6,000 |
| =9 | Hossein Vafaei | £6,000 |
| =9 | Jak Jones | £6,000 |
| =9 | Stuart Bingham | £6,000 |
| =9 | Wu Yize | £6,000 |
| =17 | He Guoqiang | £5,000 |
| =17 | Jack Lisowski | £5,000 |
| =17 | Matthew Stevens | £5,000 |
| =17 | Robbie McGuigan | £5,000 |
| =17 | Ryan Day | £5,000 |
| =17 | Shaun Murphy | £5,000 |
| =17 | Stuart Carrington | £5,000 |
| =17 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £5,000 |
| =25 | Ashley Carty | £4,000 |
| =25 | Chris Wakelin | £4,000 |
| =25 | Jamie Jones | £4,000 |
| =25 | Joe O’Connor | £4,000 |
| =25 | Ma Hailong | £4,000 |
| =25 | Michael White | £4,000 |
| =25 | Neil Robertson | £4,000 |
| =25 | Si Jiahui | £4,000 |
| — | — | — |
| =33 | Kyren Wilson | £2,000 |
| =65 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £1,000 |
| N/R | Mark Allen | £0 |
| N/R | Judd Trump | £0 |
What’s the subsequent snooker occasion?
The 2024/25 snooker season continues this month with a prestigious invitational occasion – the Shanghai Masters from July Fifteenth to Twenty first.
The highest 16 from the two-year world rankings will likely be joined by the subsequent 4 highest ranked Chinese language gamers, plus one other 4 wildcards.
There gained’t be one other rating match on the schedule till August when the inaugural Xi-an Grand Prix is held.
The provisional calendar for the brand new season is beneath.
2024/25 WST calendar
Word: Dates are provisional and topic to vary
COMPLETED
Championship League Snooker
Champion: Ali Carter
JULY
Fifteenth-Twenty first
Shanghai Masters
(Shanghai, China)
twenty fifth to August third
– Xian Grand Prix qualifiers
– British Open qualifiers
– Wuhan Open qualifiers
(Mattioli Area, Leicester)
AUGUST
nineteenth to twenty fifth
Xi’an Grand Prix
(Xi’an, China)
twenty sixth to twenty ninth
– Wuhan Open qualifiers
– British Open qualifiers
(Mattioli Area, Leicester)
thirtieth to September seventh
Saudi Masters
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
SEPTEMBER
twelfth to twenty second
English Open (together with qualifiers)
(Brentwood Centre, Brentwood)
twenty third to twenty ninth
British Open
(The Centaur, Cheltenham)
twenty eighth to thirtieth
Northern Eire Open qualifiers
(Ponds Forge, Sheffield)
OCTOBER
1st to third
Worldwide Championship qualifiers
(Ponds Forge, Sheffield)
sixth to twelfth
Wuhan Open
(Wuhan, China)
twentieth to twenty seventh
Northern Eire Open
(Waterfront Corridor, Belfast)
twenty eighth to thirtieth
Scottish Open qualifiers
(Canon Medical Area, Sheffield)
NOVEMBER
third to tenth
Worldwide Championship
(Tianjin, China)
eleventh to seventeenth
Champion of Champions
(Toughsheet Group Stadium, Bolton)
sixteenth to Twenty first
UK Championship qualifiers
(Mattioli Area, Leicester)
twenty third to December 1st
UK Championship
(York Barbican, York)
DECEMBER
4th to seventh
Shoot Out
(Mattioli Area, Leicester)
ninth to Fifteenth
Scottish Open
(Meadowbank Sports activities Centre, Edinburgh)
sixteenth to twenty second
– German Masters qualifiers
– World Open qualifiers
(Canon Medical Area, Sheffield)
JANUARY
twelfth to nineteenth
The Masters
(Alexandra Palace, London)
twenty seventh to February 2nd
German Masters
(Tempodrom, Berlin)
FEBRUARY
tenth to sixteenth
Welsh Open
(Venue Cymru, Llandudno)
TBC
World Open
(Yushan, China)
MARCH
TBC
World Grand Prix
(TBC)
seventeenth to twenty third
Gamers Championship
(Telford, England)
thirty first to April sixth
Tour Championship
(Manchester Central, Manchester)
APRIL
seventh to sixteenth
World Championship qualifiers
(EIS, Sheffield)
nineteenth to Could fifth
World Snooker Championship
(Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
Featured photograph credit score: WST