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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

European PTC 1 (Bulgarian Open) - Universiadia Hall, Sofia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ ... 93_Event_1

SFs
Neil Robertson (2) 4-3 Barry Hawkins (5)
John Higgins (12) 4-2 Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)

Final
Higgins (12) 4-1 Robertson (2)


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Judd Trump 29892
2 = Neil Robertson 28701
3 = Mark Selby 27600
4 = Stephen Maguire 25648
5 = Barry Hawkins 24081
6 +1 Ding Junhui 21490
7 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21263
8 +1 Shaun Murphy 20506
9 -1 Ali Carter 19945
10 = Mark Allen 19086
11 = Stuart Bingham 18670
12 = John Higgins 18122
13 = Marco Fu 17305
14 = Ricky Walden 17014
15 = Mark Davis 16135
16 = Graeme Dott 15082

Top 32
In: Mark King
Out: Dominic Dale

Top 64
In: Sam Baird
Out: Liu Chuang

Top 128
In: Noppon Saengkham; Elliott Slessor; Matthew Day (a)
Out: Zhu Yinghui (a); Scott MacKenzie (a); Patrick Wallace (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Asian PTC 1 (Yixing Open) - Yixing Sports Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Tou ... 93_Event_1

SFs
Mark Selby (3) 4-0 Scott Donaldson (87)
Joe Perry (22) 4-2 Alan McManus (34)

Final
Perry (22) 4-1 Selby (3)


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Judd Trump 29839
2 = Neil Robertson 28591
3 = Mark Selby 28003
4 = Stephen Maguire 25153
5 = Barry Hawkins 24341
6 = Ding Junhui 21570
7 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21360
8 = Shaun Murphy 19764
9 = Ali Carter 19549
10 +1 Stuart Bingham 18476
11 -1 Mark Allen 18462
12 = John Higgins 17900
13 = Marco Fu 16715
14 = Ricky Walden 16524
15 = Mark Davis 15750
16 +1 Robert Milkins 15147

In: Robert Milkins
Out: Graeme Dott

Top 32
In: Alan McManus
Out: Mark King

Top 64
In: Liu Chuang
Out: Sam Baird

Top 128
In: Alex Davies
Out: Ryan Causton (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Wuxi Classic - Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Wuxi_Classic

Neil Robertson was the first champion in a 'flat-128' draw ranking event, winning this the first full ranking tournament in the 13-14 season. He beat John Higgins in the final.

This tournament was a relatively slow one for him in terms of getting to his 100 centuries. He 'only' managed 4. One of them was a 147 though, in his last-128 match.

Of the lower ranked players, David Morris went furthest. He beat Ali Carter on his way to the quarters.

QFs
Robert Milkins (16) 5-3 Anthony Hamilton (42)
Neil Robertson (2) 5-4 Cao Yupeng (37)
John Higgins (12) 5-2 Joe Perry (19)
Matthew Stevens (20) 5-2 David Morris (98)

SFs
Robertson (2) 6-2 Milkins (16)
Higgins (12) 6-2 Stevens (20)

Final
Robertson (2) 10-7 Higgins (12)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2013 Wuxi Classic, Neil Robertson returns to the number one spot.

Top 16
1 +1 Neil Robertson 31755
2 -1 Judd Trump 29919
3 = Mark Selby 28003
4 = Stephen Maguire 25917
5 = Barry Hawkins 24773
6 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21950
7 -1 Ding Junhui 21834
8 +4 John Higgins 20684
9 = Ali Carter 20333
10 -2 Shaun Murphy 19764
11 -1 Stuart Bingham 18796
12 -1 Mark Allen 18622
13 = Marco Fu 17147
14 +2 Robert Milkins 16691
15 -1 Ricky Walden 16604
16 -1 Mark Davis 16040

Top 32
In: Cao Yupeng; Mark King
Out: Tom Ford; Michael Holt

Top 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Zhu Yinghui (a)
Out: Matthew Day (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Australian Open - Bendigo Stadium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Aust ... ields_Open

Marco Fu won his second ranking title. In the final he beat our new number one and home favourite, Neil Robertson. Although Robertson knocked in 6 50+ breaks compared with Fu's 5, the Hong Konger won 9-6.
In the semi-final, Fu beat Rob Milkins. This was the Milkman's second consecutive semi-final; he seems to have hit a purple patch.

QFs
Rob Milkins (14) 5-3 Tom Ford (33)
Marco Fu (13) 5-1 Dominic Dale (34)
Neil Robertson (1) 5-2 Joe Perry (18)
Mark Selby (3) 5-3 Mark Davis (16)

SFs
Fu (13) 6-4 Milkins (14)
Robertson (1) 6-3 Selby (3)

Final
Fu (13) 9-6 Robertson (1)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2013 Australian Open

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 33808
2 = Judd Trump 30435
3 = Mark Selby 28798
4 = Stephen Maguire 26169
5 = Barry Hawkins 25035
6 +1 Ding Junhui 21190
7 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21081
8 = John Higgins 20903
9 = Ali Carter 20296
10 = Shaun Murphy 20023
11 +2 Marco Fu 19629
12 = Mark Allen 18630
13 -2 Stuart Bingham 18497
14 = Robert Milkins 17752
15 = Ricky Walden 16543
16 = Mark Davis 16439

Top 32
In: Dominic Dale; Tom Ford
Out: Liang Wenbo; Kurt Maflin

Top 64
In: Jimmy White
Out: Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon

Top 128
In: Ryan Causton (a)
Out: Jordan Brown (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 European PTC 2 (Rotterdam Open) - Topsport Centrum, Rotterdam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ ... 93_Event_2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam

SFs
Mark Selby (3) 4-3 David Gilbert (45)
Mark Williams (19) 4-3 Gary Wilson (93)

Final
Williams (19) 4-3 Selby (3)


Updated rankings
1 = Neil Robertson 34513
2 = Judd Trump 30097
3 = Mark Selby 29728
4 = Stephen Maguire 26324
5 = Barry Hawkins 24650
6 = Ding Junhui 21482
7 +1 John Higgins 21131
8 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20712
9 = Ali Carter 20115
10 = Shaun Murphy 19925
11 = Marco Fu 19375
12 +1 Stuart Bingham 18763
13 -1 Mark Allen 18089
14 = Robert Milkins 17307
15 +1 Mark Davis 16421
16 +3 Mark Williams 16227

In: Mark Williams
Out: Ricky Walden

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Sam Baird
Out: Jimmy White

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 European PTC 3 (Bluebell Wood Open) - Doncaster Dome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ ... 93_Event_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster

SFs
Marco Fu (11) 4-3 Ding Junhui (6)
Ricky Walden (17) 4-1 Shaun Murphy (10)

Final
Walden (17) 4-3 Fu (11)


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 33691
2 = Judd Trump 29018
3 = Mark Selby 28898
4 = Stephen Maguire 25463
5 = Barry Hawkins 23640
6 = Ding Junhui 22598
7 = John Higgins 21384
8 +3 Marco Fu 20694
9 +1 Shaun Murphy 20092
10 -2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20037
11 -2 Ali Carter 19252
12 +1 Mark Allen 18499
13 -1 Stuart Bingham 18045
14 +3 Ricky Walden 17941
15 -1 Robert Milkins 16895
16 -1 Mark Davis 16257

In: Ricky Walden
Out: Mark Williams

Top 32
In: David Gilbert; Liang Wenbo; Anthony Hamilton
Out: Ken Doherty; Mark King; Andrew Higginson

Top 64
In: Pankaj Advani; Peter Lines
Out: Dave Harold; Nigel Bond

Top 128
In: Vinnie Calabrese; Hammad Miah; Ross Muir
Out: Mitchell Mann (a); Ryan Causton (a); Matthew Couch (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

I've been surprised by Vinnie Calabrese's start to his pro career. I had in mind that he lost virtually every match, with perhaps 2 or 3 first round wins. He has already won quite a few matches though, including some notable ones against Mark Selby and Anthony McGill.
He was close to reaching the quarter-finals of this Euro PTC 3, losing 4-3 from 3-0 up against Jimmy Robertson in the last 16.
It was the second dramatic match for Robertson. Earlier in the competition, he had beaten Stuart Bingham in a decider. Despite going 72 points down in that final frame, he cleared up the remaining balls with a 73 break to win the match.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 European PTC 4 (Paul Hunter Classic) - Stadthalle, Furth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ ... 93_Event_4

SFs
Ronnie O'Sullivan (10) 4-2 Mark Selby (3)
Gerard Greene (80) 4-3 Ali Carter (11)

Final
O'Sullivan (10) 4-0 Greene (80)

I was on leave at the time and watched this event all the way through. Randomly, I remember it well. O'Sullivan was absolutely on fire throughout; his opponents barely got a look-in. I remember in the interview with Greene after the final, he said he had waited all his long career to reach a final, and when he finally did, he barely had a chance to pot a ball. Here are the frame scores from the final:
81-21; 102(92)-26; 130(69,61)-0; 110(110)-0


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 33331
2 +1 Mark Selby 29448
3 -1 Judd Trump 28768
4 = Stephen Maguire 24399
5 = Barry Hawkins 23142
6 +4 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21701
7 -1 Ding Junhui 21406
8 -1 John Higgins 20974
9 -1 Marco Fu 20686
10 +1 Ali Carter 20519
11 -2 Shaun Murphy 19823
12 +2 Ricky Walden 18383
13 -1 Mark Allen 18167
14 -1 Stuart Bingham 18000
15 = Robert Milkins 17693
16 = Mark Davis 16485

Top 32
In: Mark King; Ken Doherty
Out: Alan McManus; Stephen Lee

Top 64
In: Joe Swail
Out: Liu Chuang

Top 128
In: James Cahill
Out: Gareth Allen (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Shanghai Masters - Shanghai Grand Stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Shanghai_Masters

Ding Junhui won the first ever all-Chinese ranking event final, beating compatriot Xiao Guodong. It was his seventh ranking title.
Xiao was a surprise finalist, though he was rather lucky with the draw on the whole. The only top player he beat was Stephen Maguire, in the first round.

This was a breakthrough event for 21-year-old Kyren Wilson. He beat Marco Fu and Stuart Bingham in reaching the quarter-finals.

QFs
Xiao Guodong (46) 5-4 Mark Davis (16)
Michael Holt (40) 5-1 Kyren Wilson (84)
Barry Hawkins (5) 5-4 Mark Selby (2)
Ding Junhui (7) 5-2 Neil Robertson (1)

SFs
Xiao (46) 6-3 Holt (40)
Ding (7) 6-2 Hawkins (5)

Final
Ding (7) 10-6 Xiao (46)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2013 Shanghai Masters

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 32137
2 +1 Judd Trump 28008
3 -1 Mark Selby 27806
4 +1 Barry Hawkins 23759
5 -1 Stephen Maguire 23732
6 +1 Ding Junhui 23395
7 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21490
8 = John Higgins 20235
9 = Marco Fu 20175
10 = Ali Carter 19952
11 = Shaun Murphy 19352
12 = Ricky Walden 17737
13 +2 Robert Milkins 17429
14 = Stuart Bingham 17327
15 +1 Mark Davis 16770
16 -3 Mark Allen 16122

Top 32
In: Xiao Guodong; Michael Holt; Kurt Maflin
Out: Ken Doherty; Tom Ford; Dominic Dale

Top 64
In: Gerard Greene
Out: Joe Swail

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Asian PTC 2 (Zhangjiagang Open) - Zhangjiagang Sports Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Tou ... 93_Event_2

SFs
Michael Holt (31) 4-1 Liang Wenbo (30)
Ju Reti (a) (190) 4-2 Lyu Chenwei (a) (-)

Final
Ju Reti (a) (190) 4-1 Holt


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 32746
2 +1 Mark Selby 28322
3 -1 Judd Trump 27895
4 +1 Stephen Maguire 24030
5 -1 Barry Hawkins 23840
6 = Ding Junhui 23451
7 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21660
8 +1 Marco Fu 20341
9 +1 Ali Carter 19839
10 -2 John Higgins 19378
11 = Shaun Murphy 19054
12 = Ricky Walden 17665
13 = Robert Milkins 17353
14 = Stuart Bingham 17135
15 = Mark Davis 16865
16 = Mark Allen 16070

Top 32 and 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Ju Reti (a); Zhou Yuelong (a); Lyu Chenwei (a)
Out: Jin Long; Liu Song (a); Ian McCulloch (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 European PTC 5 (Ruhr Open) - RWE-Sporthalle, Mulheim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ ... 93_Event_5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BClheim

SFs
Ding Junhui (6) 4-3 Stephen Maguire (4)
Mark Allen (16) 4-0 Robbie Williams (81)

Final
Allen (16) 4-1 Ding (6)


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 31825
2 = Mark Selby 28243
3 = Judd Trump 28219
4 +2 Ding Junhui 24530
5 = Barry Hawkins 24237
6 -2 Stephen Maguire 24170
7 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21699
8 = Marco Fu 20755
9 = Ali Carter 19487
10 = John Higgins 19449
11 = Shaun Murphy 18636
12 +4 Mark Allen 18087
13 +1 Stuart Bingham 17648
14 +1 Mark Davis 17543
15 -2 Robert Milkins 17401
16 -4 Ricky Walden 17064

Top 32
In: Ryan Day; Alan McManus
Out: Kurt Maflin; Jack Lisowski

Top 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Chris Wakelin
Out: Zhu Yinghui (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Indian Open - Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Indian_Open
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi

In the first ever Indian ranking event, Ding Junhui won a second consecutive ranking title. He dominated the final, winnning 5-0 with breaks of 107, 100, 93, 81 and 52.
Ding's opponent, Aditya Mehta, who had surprisingly come through a strong field on his home turf, scored 36 points in frame one, but only a further 2 points after that.

It was a good run for Mehta's compatriot too, Pankaj Advani. The billiards specialist beat Campbell, Allen and Bingham to reach the quarter-finals.

QFs
Ding Junhui (4) 4-2 Neil Robertson (1)
Robbie Williams (73) 4-0 Anthony McGill (44)
Stephen Maguire (6) 4-3 Michael White (25)
Aditya Mehta (53) 4-3 Pankaj Advani (58)

SFs
Ding (4) 4-1 Williams (73)
Mehta (53) 4-3 Maguire (6)

Final
Ding (4) 4-0 Mehta (53)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2013 Indian Open

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 32243
2 = Mark Selby 28365
3 = Judd Trump 28100
4 = Ding Junhui 26370
5 +1 Stephen Maguire 25090
6 -1 Barry Hawkins 24217
7 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21166
8 = Marco Fu 20910
9 +1 John Higgins 19952
10 -1 Ali Carter 19207
11 = Shaun Murphy 18392
12 = Mark Allen 18278
13 = Stuart Bingham 18142
14 = Mark Davis 17984
15 = Robert Milkins 17365
16 = Ricky Walden 17308

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Robbie Williams
Out: Matthew Selt

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

India looked at the time like a coming force in Snooker but it fizzled out quickly. There was an article in the Financial Times recently about Snooker in China and someone from World Snooker was still talking up India.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

Juddernaut88 wrote:Come on Jack Lisowski get back in the top 32.


Don't think he'll be back until around 2017. I was surprised at how well he did early in his career but he drops off for a while.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 Asian PTC 3 (Zhengzhou Open) - Guanhua Grand Hotel, Zhengzhou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Tou ... 93_Event_3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengzhou

SFs
Liang Wenbo (25) 4-3 Anthony McGill (40)
Lyu Haotian (103) 4-3 Xiao Guodong (28)

Final
Liang (25) 4-0 Lyu (103)


Updated rankings
1 = Neil Robertson 32246
2 +1 Judd Trump 28100
3 -1 Mark Selby 27583
4 = Ding Junhui 26648
5 = Stephen Maguire 24999
6 = Barry Hawkins 24152
7 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 21319
8 = Marco Fu 20778
9 = John Higgins 19482
10 = Ali Carter 18926
11 = Shaun Murphy 18300
12 +2 Mark Davis 17923
13 = Stuart Bingham 17759
14 -2 Mark Allen 17397
15 = Robert Milkins 17341
16 = Ricky Walden 17163

Top 32
In: Anthony McGill
Out: Alan McManus

Top 64
In: Liu Chuang
Out: Gerard Greene

Top 128
In: Zhu Yinghui (a)
Out: Joe Jogia (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2013 International Championship - Chengdu Eastern Music Park
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Inte ... ampionship

Ding Junhui won a third consecutive ranking title, the first time this had been achieved since 1993. In beating Marco Fu in the final, it was also the third consecutive all-Asian ranking event final.
Ding went 3-1 down early on, but recovered to win 10-9 compiling 5 century breaks and 2 90+ers.

16-year-old wildcard, Zhao Xintong, defeated Barry Hawkins to reach the last 16.

My memory of this event is being excited to get tickets to see Steve Davis v Craig Steadman in the opening round. I saw it as probably the last opportunity to watch Davis play a competitive match, and it would be against Steadman who is from my hometown.
I was bitterly disappointed that The Nugget then got drawn to play a wildcard and subsequently lost!
I did get quite an enjoyable experience though watching Zhao Xintong produce some amazing snooker (for a 16-year-old) to beat Steadman 6-2, with breaks of 109, 94, 72, 67 and 50.

QFs
Joe Perry (19) 6-1 Ryan Day (31)
Marco Fu (8) 6-5 Mark Selby (3)
Ding Junhui (4) 6-3 Peter Ebdon (51)
Graeme Dott (26) 6-3 Liang Wenbo (18)

SFs
Fu (8) 9-8 Perry (19)
Ding (4) 9-7 Dott (26)

Final
Ding (4) 10-9 Fu (8)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2013 International Championship

Top 16
1 = Neil Robertson 33198
2 +2 Ding Junhui 30452
3 = Mark Selby 29055
4 -2 Judd Trump 28300
5 = Stephen Maguire 25119
6 = Barry Hawkins 24456
7 +1 Marco Fu 24442
8 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 21791
9 = John Higgins 19842
10 = Ali Carter 18926
11 +1 Mark Davis 18587
12 -1 Shaun Murphy 18508
13 +1 Mark Allen 18277
14 -1 Stuart Bingham 18203
15 = Robert Milkins 17421
16 = Ricky Walden 17163

Top 32
In: Alan McManus; Kurt Maflin
Out: Anthony Hamilton; Anthony McGill

Top 64
In: Dave Harold; Kyren Wilson
Out: Jamie Cope; Liam Highfield

Top 128 - no change