One other week and one other rating occasion has taken place with adjustments aplenty once more on the varied snooker rankings lists.
Mark Selby beat John Higgins 10-5 on Sunday on the Centaur in Cheltenham to win his twenty third profession rating crown.
It was a primary piece of silverware in 18 months for the Englishman, who compiled two century breaks and several other extra sizable contributions throughout a high-quality British Open remaining.
Let’s check out how the outcomes impacted the snooker rankings.
High 16
Judd Trump’s monumental lead on the high of the official two-year standings ensures that it’s unlikely he’ll be caught over the course of the subsequent few months.
On the British Open, the Englishman continued his streak of not less than reaching the quarter-final of each rating occasion he has participated in throughout 2024.
Trump stays about half one million kilos away from the participant in second place, world champion Kyren Wilson.
Mark Allen stays in third forward of Selby, who leapfrogs Ronnie O’Sullivan into fourth place after amassing the £100,000 high prize.
The next spots within the high ten are unchanged from final week with Luca Brecel in sixth forward of Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui, and Gary Wilson.
Zhang Anda switches locations with Ali Carter, whereas Higgins jumps again into the elite bracket of the rankings in 14th behind Si Jiahui.
The Scot started final week outdoors the highest 16 within the snooker rankings for the primary time since 1995 however bounced again strongly to rapidly regain his coveted standing.
Tom Ford and Neil Robertson slip all the way down to fifteenth and sixteenth respectively, with World Championship finalist Jak Jones dropping to seventeenth regardless of a season-best run to the quarter-finals in Cheltenham.
Who had been the opposite movers?
Oliver Strains, who’s within the first 12 months of his two-year card, rose 16 locations to quantity 83 on the earth after reaching the semi-finals of a rating match for the primary time.
Rory Thor and Stan Moody boosted their probabilities of tour survival with runs to the final 16, in the meantime.
Thor, who beat final week’s English Open champion Neil Robertson, strikes as much as quantity 74 whereas teenager Moody is ranked at quantity 82.
However each gamers are within the high 4 on the provisional one-year listing of gamers who’re ranked outdoors the highest 64 and can obtain a contemporary two-year card on the finish of the season.
The most important loser for this week was Ryan Day, whose earnings from his 2022 British Open triumph had been deducted from his rolling complete, that means the Welshman drops 9 locations to quantity 28.
| Official 2-12 months World Rankings | Sept 30, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,491,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £993,500 |
| 3 | Mark Allen | £962,200 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | £761,700 |
| 5 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £739,500 |
| 6 | Luca Brecel | £668,500 |
| 7 | Mark Williams | £655,000 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £607,300 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £461,500 |
| 10 | Gary Wilson | £451,400 |
| 11 | Zhang Anda | £445,750 |
| 12 | Ali Carter | £444,900 |
| 13 | Si Jiahui | £361,400 |
| 14 | John Higgins | £360,850 |
| 15 | Tom Ford | £343,850 |
| 16 | Neil Robertson | £341,350 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Jak Jones | £339,500 |
| 18 | Barry Hawkins | £306,050 |
| 19 | David Gilbert | £299,250 |
| 20 | Jack Lisowski | £287,900 |
| 21 | Robert Milkins | £286,000 |
| 22 | Chris Wakelin | £275,400 |
| 23 | Hossein Vafaei | £274,900 |
| 24 | Stuart Bingham | £254,900 |
| 25 | Zhou Yuelong | £238,850 |
1-year snooker rankings
Like in earlier years, the single-season snooker rankings will decide qualification spots for a number of profitable rating occasions.
Final season, the highest 32 from this listing certified for the World Grand Prix, the highest 16 for the Gamers Championship, and the highest 12 for the Tour Championship.
Mark Selby rises 25 positions on this listing to quantity 5, whereas Higgins jumps 40 locations to thirteenth.
The £500,000 that Judd Trump earned for his success on the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters ensures that he’s manner out in entrance within the one-year rankings.
A run to the British Open semi-finals for Mark Allen – his greatest efficiency of the marketing campaign thus far – takes the Northern Irishman as much as 18th.
Luca Brecel continues to languish down at quantity 66, however just a few victories in Cheltenham have not less than helped his trigger and received him stepping into the precise route once more.
Ding Junhui is by far and away having the worst season amongst these formally ranked within the high 16, with the Chinese language cueist but to win a match because the 2024/25 time period commenced.
| 1-12 months Snooker Rankings | Sept 30, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £601,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £227,000 |
| 3 | Mark Williams | £223,000 |
| 4 | Neil Robertson | £163,350 |
| 5 | Mark Selby | £127,200 |
| 6 | Si Jiahui | £125,400 |
| 7 | Shaun Murphy | £122,800 |
| 8 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £85,500 |
| 9 | Wu Yize | £74,000 |
| 10 | David Gilbert | £70,750 |
| 11 | Jimmy Robertson | £67,600 |
| 12 | Xiao Guodong | £66,000 |
| 13 | John Higgins | £60,350 |
| 14 | Chris Wakelin | £54,400 |
| 15 | Stuart Bingham | £51,400 |
| 16 | Pang Junxu | £50,400 |
| 17 | Elliot Slessor | £49,350 |
| 18 | Mark Allen | £47,200 |
| 19 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £47,000 |
| 20 | Zhang Anda | £46,750 |
| 21 | Scott Donaldson | £46,350 |
| 22 | Gary Wilson | £45,400 |
| 23 | Jack Lisowski | £44,400 |
| 24 | Matthew Selt | £40,750 |
| 25 | Hossein Vafaei | £39,400 |
| 26 | Ali Carter | £38,400 |
| 27 | Ben Woollaston | £38,000 |
| 28 | Yuan Sijun | £37,400 |
| 29 | Daniel Wells | £36,500 |
| 30 | Xu Si | £35,750 |
| 31 | Barry Hawkins | £35,550 |
| 32 | Lyu Haotian | £34,800 |
| — | — | — |
| 33 | Jak Jones | £32,000 |
| 50 | Zhou Yuelong | £19,350 |
| 66 | Luca Brecel | £14,400 |
| N/R | Ding Junhui | £0 |
What’s the subsequent snooker occasion?
The following rating occasion on the calendar is the Wuhan Open, which runs from October 6-12 in China.
Earlier than that, there’s a qualifying part for the Worldwide Championship qualifiers at present ongoing at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Stay protection of these qualifiers is out there on discovery+ and Matchroom Stay.
2024/25 WST calendar
Observe: Dates are provisional and topic to alter
COMPLETED
Championship League Snooker
Champion: Ali Carter
Shanghai Masters
Champion: Judd Trump
Xi’an Grand Prix
Champion: Kyren Wilson
Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
Champion: Judd Trump
English Open
Champion: Neil Robertson
British Open
Champion: Mark Selby
SEPTEMBER
thirtieth to Oct 2nd
Worldwide Championship qualifiers
(Ponds Forge, Sheffield)
OCTOBER
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 Enviornment, Sheffield)
NOVEMBER
third to tenth
Worldwide Championship
(Nanjing, China)
eleventh to seventeenth
Champion of Champions
(Toughsheet Neighborhood Stadium, Bolton)
sixteenth to twenty first
UK Championship qualifiers
(Mattioli Enviornment, Leicester)
twenty third to December 1st
UK Championship
(York Barbican, York)
DECEMBER
4th to seventh
Shoot Out
(Mattioli Enviornment, Leicester)
ninth to fifteenth
Scottish Open
(Meadowbank Sports activities Centre, Edinburgh)
sixteenth to twenty second
– German Masters qualifiers
– World Open qualifiers
(Canon Medical Enviornment, 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)
MARCH
TBC
World Grand Prix
(TBC)
third to ninth
World Open
(Yushan, China)
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)
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