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Series of snooker tournaments
The 2010–11 snooker season was a series of
snooker tournaments played between 20 May 2010 and 2 May 2011. The
German Masters was the first
ranking tournament in Germany since the
1997/1998 season .
[1] The Grand Prix was renamed to
World Open ,
[2] and the format of the tournament was changed with 32 amateurs joining the
Main Tour professionals.
[3] The
Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series was introduced to the calendar. These events were open to amateurs and professionals with a separate Order of Merit. The top 24 in the Order of Merit qualified for the
Finals , which was a ranking event.
[4] The
Premier League was for the first time part of the Main Tour. The Jiangsu Classic was renamed to the
Wuxi Classic ,
[5] and other events were introduced to the calendar: the new
cue sport
Power Snooker ,
[6] the
World Seniors Championship ,
[7] and
Snooker Shoot Out .
[8] The
Scottish Professional Championship was held for the first time since
1989 .
[9]
At the end of the season
John Higgins was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year ,
Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year ,
Mark Williams the Players Player of the Year and
Jack Lisowski the Rookie of the Year .
Judd Trump received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the
China Open and reaching the final of the
World Championship . "The Magic Moment" award has gone to
Rory McLeod for his "thrilling" win against
Tony Drago at the Snooker Shoot-Out.
Joe Davis ,
Fred Davis ,
John Pulman ,
Ray Reardon ,
John Spencer ,
Alex Higgins ,
Steve Davis and
Stephen Hendry were inducted into the
Hall of Fame .
[10]
New professional players
Countries
Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the
2009/2010 professional Main Tour .
[11]
Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the
ranking and major invitational events.
[25]
[26]
World Snooker Tour
Ranking event
Minor-ranking event
Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Seniors events
Other events
Official rankings
Seeding revision 1
Seeding revision 2
Seeding revision 3
Seeding revision 4
World ranking points
No.
Ch
Player
[77]
Season
Tournaments
Season
Cut-off points
[n 12]
Total
[81]
08/09
[n 13]
09/10
PTC
SM
WOO
UK
GM
WEO
CO
WC
10/11
1
2
3
1
7
Mark Williams
0
23480
2660
4480
6400
5000
2500
980
6400
36880
45000
48755
55680
60360
2
1
John Higgins
[n 14]
0
26820
8000
1900
5000
3500
10000
32000
46470
54320
59320
58820
3
6
Mark Selby
0
17520
4480
805
3040
4000
3200
5600
5000
38445
38775
45645
50345
55965
4
1
Ding Junhui
0
27200
2660
3500
3040
2500
2500
4480
6400
28760
43370
46480
49580
55960
5
3
Neil Robertson
0
25580
980
7000
4000
700
1900
2660
1400
22520
54190
52940
52340
48100
6
2
Ali Carter
0
22520
7000
1960
1120
1900
3200
3500
3800
24520
48600
45340
45440
47040
7
Shaun Murphy
0
15180
2660
805
5120
1900
700
4480
3800
31785
43845
46085
46185
46965
8
2
Stephen Maguire
0
18420
2660
3500
4000
2500
4000
980
1400
26880
44160
43780
47780
45300
9
18
Judd Trump
0
8360
1960
1960
3040
1400
575
7000
8000
33355
25330
27750
29275
41715
10
3
Graeme Dott
0
16865
3500
805
3040
3200
2500
980
5000
24065
34000
37450
41250
40930
11
8
Ronnie O'Sullivan
0
23960
0
5600
1120
700
700
980
5000
16700
43910
41480
40980
40660
12
2
Mark Allen
0
17580
980
805
5120
700
1900
980
5000
19725
33935
36525
38425
37305
13
5
Peter Ebdon
0
13120
2660
4480
1120
1900
1900
3500
1400
23360
33110
34880
37980
36480
14
11
Matthew Stevens
0
10715
3500
1960
2240
1400
2500
1960
2800
25680
29750
28940
31440
36395
15
2
Jamie Cope
0
14220
4480
2660
1120
700
1900
980
3800
21360
32178
33975
36000
35580
16
5
Stephen Hendry
0
17560
980
2660
3040
1900
1900
2660
3800
17860
34570
33360
36460
35420
Player did not enter tournament.
Points distribution
2010/2011 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events
[83]
Tournament
Round →
R128
R96
R80
R64
R48
R32
R24
R16
QF
SF
F
W
Shanghai Masters
Unseeded loser
–
560
910
1260
1610
1960
–
2660
3500
4480
5600
7000
Seeded loser
–
280
455
630
805
980
–
–
–
–
–
–
World Open
Unseeded loser
910
1260
–
1610
–
1960
–
2660
3500
4480
5600
7000
Seeded loser
455
630
–
805
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
UK Championship
Unseeded loser
–
640
1040
1440
1840
2240
–
3040
4000
5120
6400
8000
Seeded loser
–
320
520
720
920
1120
–
–
–
–
–
–
German Masters
Unseeded loser
–
650
–
900
1150
1400
–
1900
2500
3200
4000
5000
Seeded loser
–
325
–
450
575
700
–
–
–
–
–
–
Welsh Open
Unseeded loser
–
400
650
900
1150
1400
–
1900
2500
3200
4000
5000
Seeded loser
–
200
325
450
575
700
–
–
–
–
–
–
China Open
Unseeded loser
–
560
910
1260
1610
1960
–
2660
3500
4480
5600
7000
Seeded loser
–
280
455
630
805
980
–
–
–
–
–
–
Players Tour Championship
Regular events
–
–
–
360
–
560
–
760
1000
1280
1600
2000
Finals
–
–
–
–
–
–
840
1140
1500
1920
2400
3000
World Championship
Unseeded loser
–
800
1300
1800
2300
2800
–
3800
5000
6400
8000
10000
Seeded loser
–
400
650
900
1150
1400
–
–
–
–
–
–
Notes
^
Adam Wicheard qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
^
Kuldesh Johal qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
^
Andrew Pagett qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
^ Dermot McGlinchey qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
^ Event also known as the 2010
Paul Hunter Classic
^ Event also known as the 2010 Brugge Open
^ Event also known as the 2010 Rhein-Main Masters and the 2010 Rüsselsheim Cup
^ Event also known as the 2010 MIUS Cup
^ Event also known as the 2010 Ruhr Championship
^ Event also known as the 2010 Prague Classic
^ This format was based on points. O'Sullivan won 572–258.
^ See
[78] for the rankings at the first seedings cut-off point; see
[79] for the second, see
[80] for the third.
^ The 2008/2009 points only include the points from that season that counted towards the last ranking update.
^ John Higgins was banned from all
WSA tournaments from 2 May 2010 until 2 November 2010.
[82]
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