2008–09 snooker season explained

Tournaments:	34 (8 ranking events)
Uk:	Shaun Murphy
Masters:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Worldchamps:	John Higgins
Previous:	2007–08
Next:	2009–10

The 2008–09 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 June 2008 and 10 May 2009. Four players missed the fourth ranking event of the season, the Bahrain Championship, and therefore lost ranking points; this was due to a clash with some Premier League matches whose date had already been approved by the game's governing body.^[1]

New professional players

Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2007/2008 professional Main Tour.

NGB nominations

From PIOS Tour^[2]

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.^[3]

World Snooker Tour

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
			Jiangsu Classic		Nanjing Wuxi	Ding Junhui	Mark Selby	6–5	^[4]
8 Jul	13 Jul	Thailand	Six-red Snooker International		Bangkok	Ricky Walden	Stuart Bingham	8–3	^[5]
24 Aug	31 Aug		Northern Ireland Trophy	Waterfront Hall	Belfast		Dave Harold	9–3	^[6] ^[7]
29 Sep	5 Oct	China	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai Grand Stage	Shanghai				^[8]
11 Oct	18 Oct		Grand Prix	S.E.C.C.	Glasgow		Ryan Day	9–7	^[9]
8 Nov	15 Nov	Bahrain	Bahrain Championship		Manama	Neil Robertson		9–7	^[10]
21 Nov	26 Nov		Masters Qualifying Event	English Institute of Sport	Sheffield	Judd Trump	Mark Joyce	6–1	^[11]
11 Sep	7 Dec		Premier League	Potters Leisure Resort		Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Selby	7–2	^[12]
13 Dec	21 Dec		UK Championship	Telford International Centre	Telford		Marco Fu	10–9	^[13]
11 Jan	18 Jan		Masters	Wembley Arena	London	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Selby	10–8	^[14] ^[15]
16 Feb	22 Feb		Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport			9–5	^[16] ^[17]
5 Jan	26 Mar		Championship League	Crondon Park Golf Club	Stock		Mark Selby	3–2	^[18] ^[19]
30 Mar	5 Apr	China	China Open	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium	Beijing	Peter Ebdon		10–8	^[20]
18 Apr	4 May			Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	John Higgins	Shaun Murphy	18–9	^[21]

Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
13 Sep	13 Sep		Wytech Masters	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Katie Henrick	3–2	^[22]
14 Sep	14 Sep		UK Ladies Championship	North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre	Chesterfield	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–1	^[23]
11 Oct	11 Oct		East Anglian Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–0	^[24]
15 Nov	15 Nov		British Open	Newmarket Snooker & Bowl	Newmarket	Emma Bonney	June Banks	3–1	^[25]
7 Feb	7 Feb		South Coast Classic	Q Ball Snooker Club	Eastbourne	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	3–0	^[26]
7 Mar	7 Mar		Connie Gough Memorial	Rileys Snooker Club	Luton	Reanne Evans	Katie Henrick	3–1	^[27]
4 Apr	8 Apr		World Ladies Championship	Cambridge Snooker Centre	Cambridge	Reanne Evans	Maria Catalano	5–2	^[28]

Pontin's International Open Series

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
23 Jun	27 Jun		PIOS I	Pontin's	Prestatyn			6–2	^[29] ^[30]
3 Aug	8 Aug		PIOS II	Pontin's	Prestatyn		Noppadol Sangnil	6–5	^[31]
25 Aug	29 Aug		PIOS III	Pontin's	Prestatyn		Michael White	6–3	^[32]
19 Oct	24 Oct		PIOS IV	Pontin's	Prestatyn		Mike Hallett	6–1	^[33]
9 Nov	14 Nov		PIOS V	Pontin's	Prestatyn		Alfie Burden	6–2	^[34]
27 Feb	4 Mar		PIOS VI	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Xiao Guodong	Jack Lisowski	6–0	^[35]
25 Mar	29 Mar		PIOS VII	Pontin's	Prestatyn		Lee Page	6–3	^[36]
5 May	9 May		PIOS VIII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Joe Jogia	Ben Woollaston	6–5	^[37]

Other events

Start	Finish	Country	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
21 Jun	22 Jun			Fort Regent	Saint Helier	John Higgins	Mark Selby	6–3	^[38]
12 Jul	13 Jul		World Series of Snooker Berlin	Tempodrom	Berlin		Shaun Murphy	6–1	^[39]
27 Jul	3 Aug		Paul Hunter English Open	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Xiao Guodong	Ben Woollaston	6–2	^[40] ^[41]
2 Aug	3 Aug	Ireland	Irish Classic	Celbridge Snooker Club	Kildare		Fergal O'Brien	5–2	^[42]
28 Aug	31 Aug		Paul Hunter Classic	Stadthall	Fürth			4–0	^[43]
19 Sep	21 Sep	Belgium	Belgian Open	Sportcentrum De Pollepel	Duffel			4–0	^[44]
23 Oct	26 Oct	Austria	Austrian Open	BRP-Rotax-Halle	Wels	Ryan Day	Jamie Cope	6–3	^[45]
25 Oct	26 Oct	Poland		EXPO XXI	Warsaw		Ken Doherty	6–4	^[46]
22 Nov	23 Nov	Russian Federation	World Series of Snooker Moscow	Krilya Sovetov Sports Arena	Moscow		Ding Junhui	5–0	^[47]
20 Dec	21 Dec		Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Stuart Bingham		6–3	^[48]
9 Jan	10 Jan		Pontin's Pro Am Series	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Cope	Craig Steadman	4–1	^[49]
8 May	10 May				Portimão	Shaun Murphy		6–2	^[50]

Official rankings

See main article: Snooker world rankings 2008/2009.

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^{[51] [52]}

No.	Ch.	width=165	Player	width=80	Points 2006/07	width=80	Points 2007/08	width=80	Total
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan	20750	29700	50450
2		Stephen Maguire	19550	25975	45525
3		Shaun Murphy	21350	23700	45050
4		Mark Selby	18275	20050	38325
5		John Higgins	23100	14825	37925
6		Stephen Hendry	17375	16900	34275
7		Ali Carter	15750	18425	34175
8		Ryan Day	14450	19425	33875
9		Peter Ebdon	18000	14975	32975
10		Neil Robertson	20550	12400	32950
11		Ding Junhui	16325	15869	32194
12		Joe Perry	12175	18250	30425
13		Graeme Dott	18675	8469	27144
14		Marco Fu	8925	18075	27000
15		Mark King	12325	13675	26000
16		Mark Allen	10650	15075	25725

World ranking points

See main article: Snooker world ranking points 2008/2009.

Points distribution

2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events:^[53]

width=60	Tournament	width=100	Round →	width=60	L96	width=60	L80	width=60	L64	width=60	L48	width=60	L32	width=60	L16	width=60	QF	width=60	SF	width=60	F	width=60	W
	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
Shanghai Masters	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
Grand Prix	Unseeded loser	500	813	1125	1438	1750	2375	3125	4000	5000	6250
	Seeded loser	250	407	563	719	875	–	–	–	–	–
Bahrain Championship	Unseeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
UK Championship	Unseeded loser	600	975	1350	1725	2100	2850	3750	4800	6000	7500
	Seeded loser	300	488	675	863	1050	–	–	–	–	–
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	400	650	900	1150	1400	1900	2500	3200	4000	5000
	Seeded loser	200	325	450	575	700	–	–	–	–	–
	Unseeded loser	800	1300	1800	2300	2800	3800	5000	6400	8000	10000
	Seeded loser	400	650	900	1150	1400	–	–	–	–	–

External links

• • Cuefacts 2008/2009 on Global Snooker

Notes and References

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9. Web site: Royal London Watches Grand Prix 2008. Snooker.org. 24 November 2011.
10. Web site: Bahrain Championship 2008. Snooker.org. 24 November 2011.
11. Web site: Qualifying (Results). Global Snooker. 17 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091227064700/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-masters-qualifying-08-09-results.asp. 27 December 2009. dead.
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19. Web site: On this Week: Irish hat-trick success. Eurosport UK. 2 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920080152/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/22032010/58/week-irish-hat-trick-success.html. live. 20 September 2012.
20. Web site: Bank of Beijing World Snooker China Open 2009. Snooker.org. 24 November 2011.
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23. Web site: 2008 UK Ladies Championship - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
24. Web site: 2008 East Anglian Championship - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
25. Web site: 2008 British Open - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
26. Web site: 2009 South Coast Classic - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
27. Web site: 2009 Connie Gough Memorial - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
28. Web site: 2009 World Ladies Snooker Championship - Results. Snookerscores.net. 12 December 2023.
29. Web site: Pontins International Open Series. https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200817/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pios.html. 28 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 8 May 2010.
30. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event One. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 5 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110705010440/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-pios-08-09-event-one-results.asp. dead.
31. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Two. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 5 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110705010427/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-pios-08-09-event-two-results.asp. dead.
32. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Three. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812010509/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-pios-08-09-event-three-results.asp. dead.
33. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Four. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812010620/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-pios-08-09-event-four-results.asp. dead.
34. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Five. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812010637/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-pios-08-09-event-five-results.asp. dead.
35. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Six. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812010649/http://www.global-snooker.com/pontins-snooker-PIOS-series-event-6-results.asp. dead.
36. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Seven. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812011017/http://www.global-snooker.com/2008-9-pios-event-7-latest-results.asp. dead.
37. Web site: PIOS 2008/09 Event Eight. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812011058/http://www.global-snooker.com/2008-9-PIOS-Event-8-Results.asp. dead.
38. Web site: 2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 1 Jersey. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20081223061619/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-worldseries-jersey.htm. 23 December 2008.
39. Web site: 2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 2 Germany. Global Snooker. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224055800/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-worldseries-germany.htm. 24 December 2008.
40. Web site: 2008 Paul Hunter English Open. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403021151/http://www.global-snooker.com/Paul-Hunter-English-Open-2008.asp. 3 April 2012. dead.
41. Web site: Turner. Chris. Paul Hunter English Open. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155703/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc4.html#EngOpen. 16 February 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 24 November 2011.
42. Web site: Global Snooker. 2008 Lucan Racing Irish Classic. https://web.archive.org/web/20120320043050/http://www.global-snooker.com/Lucan-Racing-Irish-Snooker-Classic-2008.asp. 20 March 2012. dead. 24 July 2009.
43. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic History. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609230133/http://www.global-snooker.com/Paul-Hunter-Classic-Historic-Results.asp. 9 June 2012. dead.
44. Web site: Walden Wins Belgian Open. Eurosport. 23 November 2017.
45. Web site: 13. Austrian Snooker Open 2008 . 1. Union Wels BC . 14 June 2013 . de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215053720/http://www.snooker-wels.at/ASOArchiv/Web/2008.pdf . February 15, 2010 .
46. Web site: 2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 3 Warsaw. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224055811/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-worldseries-warsaw.htm. 24 December 2008.
47. Web site: 2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 4 Moscow. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224055805/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/Professional/2008-worldseries-moscow.htm. 24 December 2008.
48. Web site: 2008 Dutch Open. Global Snooker Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20081223061547/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2008-9/International/2008_Dutch%20Open.htm. 23 December 2008. 27 February 2021. dead.
49. Web site: 2009 Pontins Pro Am Grand Finals. Global Snooker. 24 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111111030153/http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-tournament-draw-sheet.asp?tid=Global-snooker-tournament-Pontins-Pro-Am-Grand-Finals. 11 November 2011. dead.
50. Web site: Global Snooker Coverage: Grand Final. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014545/http://www.global-snooker.com/world-series-grand-finals-0809.asp. 6 March 2012. dead. 9 May 2009.
51. Web site: Turner. Chris. Historical World Rankings 2005/06 to 2009/10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313150350/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HistoricRank3.html. 13 March 2012. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 26 February 2011.
52. Web site: World Rankings 2008/2009. Snooker.org. 26 February 2011.
53. Web site: The Tour Provisional Ranking Points Schedule 2008/2009 season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20081031011317/http://www.worldsnooker.com/files/Points%20Schedule%20220808.doc. 31 October 2008.