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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2012 German Masters

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 28394
2 = Judd Trump 27869
3 = John Higgins 23858
4 = Mark Williams 23206
5 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 22659
6 -1 Neil Robertson 22119
7 = Graeme Dott 19910
8 +3 Stephen Maguire 19743
9 -1 Shaun Murphy 18916
10 -1 Mark Allen 17710
11 -1 Ding Junhui 17430
12 +1 Martin Gould 16196
13 +3 Stephen Lee 16136
14 -2 Stuart Bingham 15894
15 -1 Ricky Walden 15531
16 -1 Ali Carter 14464

Top 32
In: Jamie Jones; Michael White
Out: Rory McLeod; Ken Doherty

Top 64
In: Yu Delu
Out: Barry Pinches

Top 128
In: Patrick Einsle (a)
Out: Mitchell Mann (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 Welsh Open - Newport Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

Ding Junhui won his fifth ranking title. In a high quality final with Mark Selby, there were 7 50+ and 5 100+ breaks, the highest a 145 from Selby.

Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis both reached the last 16 and have both been on an upward turn of form in recent months. In this event, Hendry beat Neil Robertson, while Davis beat Ali Carter.

QFs
Ding Junhui (11) 5-4 Stephen Lee (13)
Shaun Murphy (9) 5-4 Mark Allen (10)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (5) 5-3 Judd Trump (2)
Mark Selby (1) 5-3 Stephen Maguire (8)

SFs
Ding (11) 6-2 Murphy (9)
Selby (1) 6-2 O'Sullivan (5)

Final
Ding (11) 9-6 Selby (1)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2012 Welsh Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29474
2 = Judd Trump 27616
3 = John Higgins 24121
4 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 23097
5 -1 Mark Williams 22426
6 = Neil Robertson 21845
7 +1 Stephen Maguire 20061
8 +1 Shaun Murphy 19871
9 +2 Ding Junhui 19525
10 -3 Graeme Dott 19347
11 -1 Mark Allen 18311
12 +1 Stephen Lee 16530
13 -1 Martin Gould 16265
14 = Stuart Bingham 16044
15 = Ricky Walden 15403
16 +1 Matthew Stevens 14219

In: Matthew Stevens
Out: Ali Carter

Top 32
In: Liang Wenbo; Ken Doherty
Out: Xiao Guodong; Michael White

Top 64
In: Ian McCulloch
Out: Li Yan

Top 128
In: Mitchell Mann (a); Nick Jennings (a)
Out: Ian Glover (a); Patrick Einsle (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 World Open - Haikou Stadium, Haikou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_World_Open_(snooker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haikou

26-year-old top 16 mainstay Mark Allen finally won his first ranking title in his seventh year as a professional.
In the tropical environs of China's Hainan island, he absolutely demolished Stephen Lee in the final, compiling 4 centuries in a 10-1 victory. Earlier in the competition, he had defeated both of the top 2 players, Mark Selby and Judd Trump, in deciding frames.

Among 8 wildcards, we saw Lyu Haotian, Zhou Yuelong and Lu Ning for the first time. Lu Ning won his match against Nigel Bond. Former pro Jin Long beat Sam Baird in his wildcard match and went on to knock out Ding Junhui in the first round.

QFs
Robert Milkins (46) 5-3 John Higgins (3)
Stephen Lee (12) 5-1 Graeme Dott (10)
Mark Allen (11) 5-1 Mark King (42)
Mark Selby (1) 5-0 Shaun Murphy (8)

SFs
Lee (12) 6-2 Milkins (46)
Allen (11) 6-5 Selby (1)

Final
Allen (11) 10-1 Lee (12)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Rankings following the 2012 World Open

Top 16

1 = Mark Selby 29878
2 = Judd Trump 27375
3 = John Higgins 24080
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 23241
5 = Mark Williams 22170
6 = Neil Robertson 21590
7 +4 Mark Allen 21240
8 = Shaun Murphy 20185
9 -2 Stephen Maguire 19242
10 -1 Ding Junhui 19192
11 -1 Graeme Dott 19110
12 = Stephen Lee 17762
13 = Martin Gould 16134
14 +1 Ricky Walden 15609
15 -1 Stuart Bingham 15363
16 +1 Michael Holt 14890

In: Michael Holt
Out: Matthew Stevens

Top 32 - no change

Top 64
In: Li Yan
Out: Ian McCulloch

Top 128
In: Jin Long (a)
Out: Mitchell Mann (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 PTC Grand Final - Bailey Allen Hall, Galway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Play ... rand_Final
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway

A bit of a contrast from Hainan for a venue :chuckle: I see the average temperature in Galway in March (when this was held) is 8 degrees. :snowman: This is compared to 26 degrees in Hainan. :sun:

Stephen Lee won his fifth and final ranking title, beating Neil Robertson in the final. This was his first win since the 2006 Welsh Open. He had beaten world number one, Mark Selby, in the quarter-finals.
This was the first time Robertson had lost a ranking event final, having won his first six.

Number 2, Judd Trump, was beaten by Xiao Guodong in the last 16.

QFs
Andrew Higginson (19) 4-1 Xiao Guodong (35)
Stephen Lee (12) 4-0 Mark Selby (1)
Neil Robertson (6) 4-1 Joe Perry (20)
Stephen Maguire (9) 4-3 Ricky Walden (14)

SFs
Lee (12) 4-2 Higginson (19)
Robertson (6) 4-0 Maguire (9)

Final
Lee (12) 4-0 Robertson (6)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Rankings following the 2012 PTC Grand Finals

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29107
2 = Judd Trump 27293
3 = John Higgins 23680
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 22816
5 +1 Neil Robertson 22236
6 -1 Mark Williams 21322
7 = Mark Allen 21056
8 = Shaun Murphy 19797
9 = Stephen Maguire 19716
10 = Ding Junhui 19431
11 +1 Stephen Lee 19399
12 -1 Graeme Dott 18881
13 +1 Ricky Walden 15978
14 -1 Martin Gould 15532
15 = Stuart Bingham 14888
16 = Michael Holt 14495

Top 32
In: Xiao Guodong
Out: Ken Doherty

Top 64 and 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 China Open - Beijing University Students' Gymnasium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_China_Open_(snooker)

Peter Ebdon won his final ranker in Beijing. It was his ninth. The Force had had quite a poor season to date and his run in this event came as quite a surprise.
He beat Yu Delu, Lyu Haotian, Matthew Stevens, John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui and Stephen Maguire for the win. Quite a set of results!

Mark Selby withdrew prior to his second round match for medical reasons.

Wildcard Lu Ning impressed by beating Jamie Jones and Shaun Murphy to reach the second round.

QFs
Stephen Lee (11) 5-3 Judd Trump (2)
Stephen Maguire (9) 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
Ding Junhui (10) 5-2 Ali Carter (20)
Peter Ebdon (42) 5-3 Neil Robertson (5)

SFs
Maguire (9) 6-2 Lee (11)
Ebdon (42) 6-3 Ding (10)

Final
Ebdon (42) 10-9 Maguire (9)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2012 China Open, these are the rankings heading into the World Championship

Top 16
1 = Mark Selby 29107
2 = Judd Trump 28033
3 = John Higgins 23830
4 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 23468
5 = Neil Robertson 22528
6 +3 Stephen Maguire 22437
7 -1 Mark Williams 21287
8 -1 Mark Allen 21146
9 +2 Stephen Lee 20611
10 = Ding Junhui 20279
11 -3 Shaun Murphy 19418
12 = Graeme Dott 19317
13 = Ricky Walden 16347
14 +1 Stuart Bingham 15348
15 -1 Martin Gould 15220
16 = Michael Holt 14127

Top 32
In: Peter Ebdon; Stephen Hendry
Out: Liang Wenbo; Jack Lisowski

Top 64 - no change

Top 128
In: Lu Ning (a)
Out: Martin O'Donnell (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

For the first time in ages, the qualifiers for the World Championships are being held directly before the main event.

The following players were seeded through and qualified automatically:
John Higgins (3)
Mark Selby (1)
Mark Williams (7)
Judd Trump (2)
Shaun Murphy (11)
Neil Robertson (5)
Ding Junhui (10)
Stephen Maguire (6)
Graeme Dott (12)
Mark Allen (8)
Martin Gould (15)
Stephen Lee (9)
Ali Carter (17)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
Matthew Stevens (19)
Stuart Bingham (14)

Here are the results from the final qualifying round:
Ken Doherty (35) 10 - 9 Anthony Hamilton (31)
Dominic Dale (22) 10 - 3 Ben Woollaston (32)
Jamie Jones (28) 10 - 2 Ricky Walden (13)
Mark Davis (21) 10 - 5 Robert Milkins (38)
Ryan Day (42) 10 - 8 Gerard Greene (54)
Stephen Hendry (30) 10 - 6 Yu Delu (57)
Cao Yupeng (92) 10 - 9 Tom Ford (25)
Marco Fu (27) 10 - 4 Joe Jogia (51)
Luca Brecel (87) 10 - 8 Mark King (39)
Liang Wenbo (33) 10 - 9 Marcus Campbell (24)
David Gilbert (48) 10 - 4 Fergal O'Brien (40)
Liu Chuang (50) 10 - 7 Jamie Cope (45)
Barry Hawkins (26) 10 - 4 David Morris (70)
Andrew Higginson (20) 10 - 4 Peter Lines (56)
Peter Ebdon (23) 10 - 0 Alfie Burden (68)
Joe Perry (18) 10 - 8 Jamie Burnett (55)


Michael Holt (16) lost 10-9 to Luca Brecel in the last 64. Intriguingly, snooker.org has a note for this match:
Watch the end of the match on YouTube (starting with the "miss incident").
Of course, the youtube links no longer work...

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

chengdufan wrote:2012 PTC Grand Final - Bailey Allen Hall, Galway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Play ... rand_Final
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galway

A bit of a contrast from Hainan for a venue :chuckle: I see the average temperature in Galway in March (when this was held) is 8 degrees. :snowman: This is compared to 26 degrees in Hainan. :sun:


From memory March 2012 was warm enough in Ireland, although I don't know about Galway. The second half March 2013 would cut you in two with cold.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

It's noticeable how more accurate the official rankings are now they are rolling. In previous years there would be a player down in the 40's as a seed at the World Championship but now they are all in the top 20.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby Empire State Human

chengdufan wrote:Michael Holt (16) lost 10-9 to Luca Brecel in the last 64. Intriguingly, snooker.org has a note for this match:
Watch the end of the match on YouTube (starting with the "miss incident").
Of course, the youtube links no longer work...

Quickly checked Snooker Scene, and it jogged my memory because I remember watching it. It was one of the early years that the qualifying was shown in-depth, and it was exciting to watch Brecel come through those matches. It seemed reasonable to think he would soon become a big force in the game as he'd outscored and out-manoeuvred some seasoned pros.


The incident ... Brecel was on the brink of winning 10-8 until there was a dogfight on the last red. Holt fluked a fiendish snooker. Brecel required 8 attempts to hit it, going from a winning position to on the verge of losing the frame because of the miss rule. He tried a variety of unlikely 3 and 4 cushion escapes, and it looked like the miss rule was being applied rather harshly. I seem to remember the balls weren't replaced very accurately, and there was some controvery with Brecel taking a ball out of the pocket to indicate, or 'measure' to help the referee, that a gap behind the black was no longer available for his intended escape. Confusion ensued when he was told this wasn't allowed, due to Brecel's limited English.

Eventually he settled on a one (or maybe two-I forget!)-cushion escape via the baulk cushion with extreme side/swerve and hit it, but the balls had gone scrappy so he was basically a lost cause in that frame.

All kind of irrelevant in the end, as Brecel kept a firm grip over the deciding frame and went on to beat Mark King, becoming the youngest ever qualifier at the Crucible.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:It's noticeable how more accurate the official rankings are now they are rolling. In previous years there would be a player down in the 40's as a seed at the World Championship but now they are all in the top 20.

Spot on, yes. I'd noticed this as well. Jamie Cope, for example, would have been seeded through to the Crucible in previous years, even though he was well into his decline by the time of the 2012 Worlds.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Empire State Human wrote:
chengdufan wrote:Michael Holt (16) lost 10-9 to Luca Brecel in the last 64. Intriguingly, snooker.org has a note for this match:
Watch the end of the match on YouTube (starting with the "miss incident").
Of course, the youtube links no longer work...

Quickly checked Snooker Scene, and it jogged my memory because I remember watching it. It was one of the early years that the qualifying was shown in-depth, and it was exciting to watch Brecel come through those matches. It seemed reasonable to think he would soon become a big force in the game as he'd outscored and out-manoeuvred some seasoned pros.


The incident ... Brecel was on the brink of winning 10-8 until there was a dogfight on the last red. Holt fluked a fiendish snooker. Brecel required 8 attempts to hit it, going from a winning position to on the verge of losing the frame because of the miss rule. He tried a variety of unlikely 3 and 4 cushion escapes, and it looked like the miss rule was being applied rather harshly. I seem to remember the balls weren't replaced very accurately, and there was some controvery with Brecel taking a ball out of the pocket to indicate, or 'measure' to help the referee, that a gap behind the black was no longer available for his intended escape. Confusion ensued when he was told this wasn't allowed, due to Brecel's limited English.

Eventually he settled on a one (or maybe two-I forget!)-cushion escape via the baulk cushion with extreme side/swerve and hit it, but the balls had gone scrappy so he was basically a lost cause in that frame.

All kind of irrelevant in the end, as Brecel kept a firm grip over the deciding frame and went on to beat Mark King, becoming the youngest ever qualifier at the Crucible.

Thanks for sharing!
It makes me happy to read that there was nothing too controversial, and the better player won in the end. With the score being 10-9, I'd hate to have learnt that Luca won without deserving to.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Worl ... ampionship

There were an absolute ton of surprise results in this year's championship. The higher official seed lost in 15 of the 31 matches (55%), while our higher ranked player lost in 12 of the matches (39%). The difference between our 12 and the official 15 such losses is solely down to the ranking/seeding of Ronnie O'Sullivan. Seeded 14, in our rankings he is as high as 4th going into the tournament.

Ronnie was of course still one of the favourites for the title, and he held firm while his fellow favourites fell by the wayside.

Ali Carter's run to the final was quite a surprise. While he had had very good seasons in 09-10 and 10-11, his 11-12 season had been very poor, and he had dropped out of the top 16 prior to the Worlds.

Just as Stephen Hendry was returning to form, making a 147 and reaching the quarter-finals, he announced his first retirement.

Last 32
John Higgins (3) 10-9 Liang Wenbo (33)
Stuart Bingham (14) 4-10 Stephen Hendry (30)
Graeme Dott (12) 1-10 Joe Perry (18)
Stephen Maguire (6) 10-5 Luca Brecel (87)
Shaun Murphy (11) 8-10 Jamie Jones (28)
Stephen Lee (9) 6-10 Andrew Higginson (20)
Ali Carter (17) 10-2 Mark Davis (21)
Judd Trump (2) 10-7 Dominic Dale (22)
Mark Williams (7) 10-6 Liu Chuang (50)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 10-4 Peter Ebdon (23)
Martin Gould (15) 8-10 David Gilbert (48)
Neil Robertson (5) 10-4 Ken Doherty (35)
Ding Junhui (10) 9-10 Ryan Day (42)
Mark Allen (8) 6-10 Cao Yupeng (92)
Matthew Stevens (19) 10-3 Marco Fu (27)
Mark Selby (1) 3-10 Barry Hawkins (26)

Last 16
Higgins (3) 4-13 Hendry (30)
Maguire (6) 13-7 Perry (18)
Higginson (20) 10-13 Jones (28)
Trump (2) 12-13 Carter (17)
Williams (7) 6-13 O'Sullivan (4)
Robertson (5) 13-9 Gilbert (48)
Day (42) 13-7 Cao (92)
Stevens (19) 13-11 Hawkins (26)

QFs
Maguire (6) 13-2 Hendry (30)
Carter (17) 13-11 Jones (28)
Robertson (5) 10-13 O'Sullivan (4)
Stevens (19) 13-5 Day (42)

SFs
Maguire (6) 12-17 Carter (17)
O'Sullivan (4) 17-10 Stevens (19)

Final
Carter (17) 11-18 O'Sullivan (4)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings at the end of the 2011-12 season. 3 professionals did not make it into the top 128, though it should be noted that they each missed a number of events.

1 +10 Ronnie O'Sullivan 27644
2 +4 Judd Trump 25768
3 -1 Mark Selby 25233
4 +6 Stephen Maguire 24589
5 -4 John Higgins 21837
6 +2 Neil Robertson 21542
7 +8 Stephen Lee 19180
8 -5 Mark Williams 19000
9 +3 Mark Allen 18935
10 -5 Ding Junhui 17022
11 -4 Ali Carter 16997
12 -8 Shaun Murphy 16810
13 -4 Graeme Dott 16296
14 +2 Matthew Stevens 15532
15 +5 Ricky Walden 14746
16 +16 Joe Perry 14008
17 +25 Michael Holt 13995
18 -5 Stuart Bingham 13980
19 -5 Martin Gould 13634
20 +3 Andrew Higginson 13453
21 +27 Jamie Jones 12949
22 = Dominic Dale 12512
23 +12 Stephen Hendry 11950
24 -5 Barry Hawkins 11934
25 -8 Mark Davis 11733
26 = Tom Ford 11186
27 -3 Peter Ebdon 10690
28 +1 Anthony Hamilton 10607
29 +38 David Gilbert 10580
30 -12 Marcus Campbell 10472
31 -1 Ryan Day 10458
32 +33 Ben Woollaston 10432
33 +22 Xiao Guodong 10362
34 -13 Marco Fu 10232
35 -10 Liang Wenbo 10155
36 = Ken Doherty 9724
37 -3 Robert Milkins 9695
38 -1 Jack Lisowski 9391
39 +10 Michael White 8866
40 -13 Rory McLeod 8848
41 +9 Mark King 8406
42 +9 Fergal O'Brien 8396
43 -2 Jimmy White 8025
44 -1 Liu Chuang 8015
45 +115 Yu Delu 8000
46 +1 Nigel Bond 7896
47 -2 Steve Davis 7852
48 -20 Jamie Cope 7818
49 +7 Matthew Selt 7795
50 -4 Peter Lines 7532
51 -11 Jimmy Robertson 7522
52 = Joe Jogia 7506
53 +7 Dave Harold 7489
54 -10 Jamie Burnett 7455
55 +16 Alan McManus 6960
56 +7 Anthony McGill 6854
57 +12 Andy Hicks 6833
58 -27 Mark Joyce 6820
59 -5 James Wattana 6788
60 -21 Gerard Greene 6763
61 +90 Li Yan 6644
62 +25 Kurt Maflin 6413
63 +132 Cao Yupeng 6389
64 +4 Mike Dunn 6272
65 +11 David Morris 6261
66 -28 Liu Song 6104
67 +58 Adam Duffy 5957
68 -7 Alfie Burden 5807
69 +34 Luca Brecel 5735
70 +2 Liam Highfield 5708
71 +14 Sam Baird 5650
72 +1 Ian McCulloch 5563
73 +5 Adrian Gunnell 5239
74 +39 David Grace 5046
75 -42 Barry Pinches 5037
76 +147 Sam Craigie 4997
77 -19 Rod Lawler 4987
78 -16 Andrew Pagett 4803
79 +7 Adam Wicheard 4791
80 -23 Joe Swail 4603
81 -28 Tony Drago 4592
82 -2 Kyren Wilson (a) 4539
83 -8 Paul Davison 4506
84 +12 Andrew Norman 4387
85 +22 Tian Pengfei 4198
86 +137 Passakorn Suwannawat 4196
87 +56 Aditya Mehta 4191
88 -29 Patrick Wallace (a) 3892
89 NEW Dechawat Poomjaeng 3655
90 -13 Simon Bedford 3554
91 -27 Daniel Wells 3550
92 -22 Matthew Couch 3465
93 = Craig Steadman (a) 3041
94 +4 Justin Astley (a) 2846
95 +19 Stuart Carrington 2508
96 -22 Zhang Anda (a) 2335
97 -31 Bjorn Haneveer 2270
98 +4 Jak Jones (a) 2209
99 +55 Scott MacKenzie 2100
100 -12 Igor Figueiredo 2058
101 -17 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (a) 1911
102 -7 Jamie O'Neill (a) 1896
103 NEW Gary Wilson (a) 1864
104 +1 Chris Norbury (a) 1762
105 -23 Joe Delaney (a) 1758
106 +12 Ian Burns (a) 1647
107 -28 James McBain (a) 1639
108 +13 Stephen Craigie (a) 1573
109 -15 Michael Wasley (a) 1539
110 +2 Chen Zhe (a) 1488
111 +31 Robbie Williams (a) 1465
112 +12 David Hogan 1406
113 NEW Lu Ning (a) 1304
114 -25 Issara Kachaiwong (a) 1190
115 -7 Jin Long (a) 1160
116 -10 David Gray (a) 1144
117 NEW Ashley Wright (a) 1140
118 -21 Allan Taylor (a) 1107
119 -29 Kuldesh Johal (a) 1106
120 -29 Michael Judge (a) 1096
121 -40 Stuart Pettman (a) 1062
122 +101 Duane Jones (a) 987
123 -40 Jimmy Michie (a) 971
124 NEW Robin Hull 913
125 -33 Li Hang (a) 838
126 +12 Nick Jennings (a) 802
127 -8 Ben Harrison (a) 795
128 -8 James McGouran (a) 789
129 +94 Lucky Vatnani 752
135 NEW Joe Meara 612
155 NEW Kacper Filipiak 245

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

To the end of the 11-12 season, 241 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 36
Steve Davis 28
John Higgins 24
Ronnie O'Sullivan 24 (2012 German Masters | 2012 World Championship)
Mark Williams 18
Jimmy White 10
John Parrott 9
Peter Ebdon 9 (2012 China Open)
Ken Doherty 6
Neil Robertson 6
Ray Reardon 5
Ding Junhui 5 (2012 Welsh Open)
Stephen Lee 5 (2012 PTC Grand Finals)

Stephen Maguire 4
Shaun Murphy 4
James Wattana 3
Paul Hunter 3
Cliff Thorburn 2
Tony Knowles 2
Dennis Taylor 2
Doug Mountjoy 2
Alan McManus 2
Graeme Dott 2
Dominic Dale 2
Ali Carter 2
Mark Selby 2 (2011 Shanghai Masters)
Judd Trump 2 (2011 UK Championship)


John Spencer, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Willie Thorne, Silvino Francisco, Joe Johnson, Neal Foulds, Tony Meo, Mike Hallett, Steve James, Bob Chaperon, Tony Jones, Dave Harold, Nigel Bond, Fergal O'Brien, Chris Small, David Gray, Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu, Ricky Walden, Stuart Bingham (2011 Australian Open), Mark Allen (2012 World Open): 1 each

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

For the 2012-13 season, there will be two new ranking events added to the calendar, taking us up to 11 in total. One of those added is the International Championship. This is quite a special addition for me, as it was held in the city I lived in at the time, Chengdu, and being able to go and watch live competitive snooker for the first time this ignited my love and passion for the game.

I had always enjoyed snooker, but prior to 2012, it was very much in the periphery of my life. After going to matches at the International Championship, I started to watch snooker religiously, watching as many live matches online as I possibly could, and this has continued to today.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

The top 64 players in the official rankings keep their professional status at the end of the 2011-12 season, and significantly, keep their official ranking points. They are:

1 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2 Judd Trump
3 Mark Selby
4 Stephen Maguire
5 John Higgins
6 Neil Robertson
7 Stephen Lee
8 Mark Williams
9 Mark Allen
10 Ding Junhui
11 Ali Carter
12 Shaun Murphy
13 Graeme Dott
14 Matthew Stevens
15 Ricky Walden
16 Joe Perry
17 Michael Holt
18 Stuart Bingham
19 Martin Gould
20 Andrew Higginson
21 Jamie Jones
22 Dominic Dale
23 Stephen Hendry
24 Barry Hawkins
25 Mark Davis
26 Tom Ford
27 Peter Ebdon
28 Anthony Hamilton
29 David Gilbert
30 Marcus Campbell
31 Ryan Day
32 Ben Woollaston
33 Xiao Guodong
34 Marco Fu
35 Liang Wenbo
36 Ken Doherty
37 Robert Milkins
38 Jack Lisowski
39 Michael White
40 Rory McLeod
41 Mark King
42 Fergal O'Brien
43 Jimmy White
44 Liu Chuang
45 Yu Delu
46 Nigel Bond
47 Steve Davis
48 Jamie Cope
49 Matthew Selt
50 Peter Lines
51 Jimmy Robertson
52 Joe Jogia
53 Dave Harold
54 Jamie Burnett
55 Alan McManus
56 Anthony McGill
57 Andy Hicks
58 Mark Joyce
59 James Wattana
60 Gerard Greene
64 Mike Dunn
67 Adam Duffy
68 Alfie Burden
75 Barry Pinches

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

16 players outside the official top 64 immediately regained their professional status, but start the new season on 0 official points:

61 Li Yan - PTC Order of Merit
62 Kurt Maflin - PTC Order of Merit
63 Cao Yupeng - Chinese nomination
69 Luca Brecel - European nomination
70 Liam Highfield - PTC Order of Merit
71 Sam Baird - Q School
74 David Grace - PTC Order of Merit
77 Rod Lawler - Q School
81 Tony Drago - European nomination
83 Paul Davison - Q School
85 Tian Pengfei - Chinese nominatinon
86 Passakorn Suwannawat - PTC Order of Merit
87 Aditya Mehta - Indian nomination
89 Dechawat Poomjaeng - PTC Order of Merit
90 Simon Bedford - PTC Order of Merit
91 Daniel Wells - Q School

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

6 former professionals regain their pro status:
93 Craig Steadman (b.1982) - PTC Order of Merit
96 Zhang Anda (b.1991) - Asian U-21 runner-up
101 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (b.1993) - World U-21 Champion
102 Jamie O'Neill (b.1986) - Q School
106 Ian Burns (b.1985) - Q School
174 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (b.1985) - Thai nomination

And there are 13 players turning professional for the first time:
109 Michael Wasley (b.1990) - Q School
110 Chen Zhe (b.1993) - Q School
111 Robbie Williams (b.1986) - Q School
131 Martin O'Donnell (b.1986) - Q School
146 Sean O'Sullivan (b.1994) - Q School
149 Scott Donaldson (b.1994) - European champion
152 Michael Leslie (b.1993) - European U-21 champion
178 Hossein Vafaei (b.1994) - World Amateur Champion
187 Joel Walker (b.1994) - Q School
Pankaj Advani (b.1985) - Asian runner-up
Ben Judge (b.1983) - Oceania nomination
Mohamed Khairy (b.1981) - African nomination
Floyd Ziegler (b.1958) - American nomination

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

18 2011-12 professionals lost their pro status and drop off the tour:

65 David Morris
66 Liu Song
72 Ian McCulloch
73 Adrian Gunnell
76 Sam Craigie
78 Andrew Pagett
79 Adam Wicheard
80 Joe Swail
84 Andrew Norman
92 Matthew Couch
95 Stuart Carrington
99 Scott MacKenzie
100 Igor Figueiredo
112 David Hogan
124 Robin Hull
129 Lucky Vatnani
135 Joe Meara
155 Kacper Filipiak

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Although those outside the top 64 have zero official ranking points, this will be the first season for which players are given two-year tour cards. This will allow the tour to increase from 99 professionals this season (2012-13) to 128+ next season.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby SnookerEd25

Now, Floyd Ziegler is Canadian, so almost certainly the answer to a question that has been posed a few times on the Island, namely : when was the last time a Canadian player was on the tour?

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 Asian PTC 1 - Zhangjiagang Sports Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Pla ... 93_Event_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiagang

SFs
Stuart Bingham (18) 4-2 Michael White (39)
Stephen Lee (7) 4-2 Chen Zhe (110)

Final
Bingham (18) 4-3 Lee (7)


Updated rankings

Top 16
1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 27589
2 +1 Mark Selby 24737
3 -1 Judd Trump 24388
4 = Stephen Maguire 23270
5 +1 Neil Robertson 20168
6 +1 Stephen Lee 19682
7 -2 John Higgins 19349
8 = Mark Williams 17684
9 = Mark Allen 17012
10 = Ding Junhui 16888
11 = Ali Carter 16523
12 = Shaun Murphy 15068
13 = Graeme Dott 14686
14 +4 Stuart Bingham 14649
15 -1 Matthew Stevens 14648
16 = Joe Perry 13536

In: Stuart Bingham
Out: Ricky Walden

Top 32
In: Xiao Guodong; Michael White
Out: Anthony Hamilton; Ryan Day

Top 64
In: David Morris (a); Luca Brecel
Out: Mike Dunn; Mark Joyce

Top 128
In: Martin O'Donnell; Mitchell Mann (a); Michael Wild (a)
Out: Jimmy Michie (a); Nick Jennings (a); James McGouran (a)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2012 Wuxi Classic - Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Wuxi_Classic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxi

This was the first ranking event to be played in Ding Junhui's hometown, Wuxi.

Ricky Walden won his second ranking title, easily beating Stuart Bingham in the final, despite Ballrun making a 147 in frame 6. Walden went 9-1 up, and eventually won the match 10-4, despite having a high break of only 74.

Three of the eight wildcards won their wildcard match, including 14-year-old Zhou Yuelong, who beat Michael White 5-4.

QFs
Stuart Bingham (14) 5-4 Mark Selby (2)
Mark Davis (24) 5-0 Graeme Dott (13)
Marcus Campbell (30) 5-3 Mark Williams (8)
Ricky Walden (17) 5-3 Robert Milkins (34)

SFs
Bingham (14) 6-5 Davis (24)
Walden (17) 6-1 Campbell (30)

Final
Walden (17) 10-4 Bingham (14)


   

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