Snooker season 2015/2016

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Snooker season 2015/2016
Details
Duration 7 May 2015 – 2 May 2016
Tournaments 27 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Australia Neil Robertson
Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship England Mark Selby

The 2015/2016 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played between 7 May 2015 and 2 May 2016.

The World Grand Prix became a ranking event featuring the top 32 players on a one-year money list, having been a non-ranking event the previous season.[1]

New professional players

Countries
 Australia  Brazil  China
 Egypt  England  Iran  Isle of Man
 Pakistan  Scotland  Thailand  Wales

The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2015 World Championship,[2] and the 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year will automatically qualify for the season. The top eight players from the European Tour Order of Merit and top four players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit, who have not already qualified for the Main Tour, also qualify. Another two players will come from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs,[3] and a further eight places will be available through the Q School.[4] The rest of the places on to the tour will come from amateur events and national governing body nominations. Hossein Vafaei's two-year tour card will commence this season.[n 1] All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[18][19]

Date[n 3] Country Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score References
05–07 05–10  AUT P/A Vienna Snooker Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna England Peter Ebdon England Mark King 5–3 [20]
06–15 06–21  CHN NR World Cup Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi China China B Scotland Scotland 4–1
06–29 07–05  AUS WR Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium Bendigo Scotland John Higgins England Martin Gould 9–8 [21]
07–15 07–19  ENG P/A Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue Gloucester England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Darryn Walker 4–2 [22]
07–29 08–02  LAT PT European Tour – Event 1[n 4] Arena Riga Riga England Barry Hawkins England Tom Ford 4–1
08–26 08–30  GER PT European Tour – Event 2[n 5] Stadhalle Fürth England Ali Carter England Shaun Murphy 4–3
09–07 09–12  THA VE Six-red World Championship Fashion Island Shopping Mall Bangkok Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh China Liang Wenbo 8–2
09–14 09–20  CHN WR Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai England Kyren Wilson England Judd Trump 10–9
10–07 10–11  GER PT European Tour – Event 3[n 6] RWE-Sporthalle Mülheim England Rory McLeod China Tian Pengfei 4–2 [23]
10–19 10–23  CHN PT Asian Tour – Event 1[n 7] Haining Sports Center Haining China Ding Junhui England Ricky Walden 4–3
10–25 11–01  CHN WR International Championship Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre Daqing Scotland John Higgins England David Gilbert 10–5
11–04 11–08  BUL PT European Tour – Event 4[n 8] Universiada Hall Sofia Northern Ireland Mark Allen Wales Ryan Day 4–0
11–10 11–15  ENG NR Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry Australia Neil Robertson Northern Ireland Mark Allen 10–5
11–16 11–21  HKG NR General Cup General Snooker Club Hong Kong Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Mark Williams 7–3
11–24 12–06  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Australia Neil Robertson China Liang Wenbo 10–5
12–09 12–13  GIB PT European Tour – Event 5[n 9] Tercentenary Sports Hall Gibraltar Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Michael White 4–1
01–10 01–17  ENG NR The Masters Alexandra Palace London England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Barry Hawkins 10–1
01–30 01–31  ENG NR World Seniors Championship Preston Guild Hall Preston England Mark Davis Wales Darren Morgan 2–1
02–03 02–07  GER WR German Masters Tempodrom Berlin England Martin Gould Belgium Luca Brecel 9–5
02–12 02–14  ENG VE Snooker Shoot-Out Hexagon Theatre Reading Finland Robin Hull Belgium Luca Brecel 1–0
02–15 02–21  WAL WR Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena Cardiff England Ronnie O'Sullivan Australia Neil Robertson 9–5
02–23 02–28  POL PT European Tour – Event 6[n 10] Gdynia Sports Arena Gdynia England Mark Selby England Martin Gould 4–1
01–04 03–03  ENG NR Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock England Judd Trump England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2
03–08 03–13  WAL WR World Grand Prix Venue Cymru Llandudno England Shaun Murphy England Stuart Bingham 10–9
03–22 03–27  ENG PT/WR Players Tour Championship – Finals EventCity Manchester Northern Ireland Mark Allen England Ricky Walden 10–6
03–28 04–03  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students Gymnasium Beijing England Judd Trump England Ricky Walden 10–4
04–16 05–02  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Mark Selby China Ding Junhui 18–14
WR = World ranking event
PT = Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 event
NR = Non-ranking event
VE = Variant event
P/A = Pro–am event

Official rankings

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World ranking points

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Points distribution

2015/2016 points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events:[24]

Tournament/Round→ R144 R128 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W
Asian Tour events – 0 – – 400 – 800 1,300 1,750 3,500 6,500 13,500
European Tour events – 0 – – 525 – 900 1,725 3,000 4,500 9,000 18,750
Players Championship Grand Finals – – – – – – 4,000 7,000 12,500 20,000 38,000 100,000
Australian Goldfields Open – 0 250[n 11] – 500 1000[n 11] 4,500[n 11] 6,000 8,500 10,000 16,000 37,500
Shanghai Masters – 0 500[n 11] – 2,000 3,000[n 11] 6,000[n 11] 8,000 12,000 19,500 35,000 85,000
International Championship – 0 – – 4,000 – 7,000 12,000 17,500 30,000 65,000 125,000
UK Championship – 0 – – 4,000 – 9,000 12,000 20,000 30,000 70,000 150,000
German Masters – 0 – – 1,500 – 3,000 3,750 7,500 15,000 26,250 60,000
Welsh Open – 0 – – 2,000 – 3,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 60,000
World Grand Prix – – – – – – 2,500 5,000 10,000 20,000 35,000 100,000
China Open – 0 – – 4,000 – 6,500 8,000 12,500 21,000 35,000 85,000
World Championship 0 – – 6,600 – 9,900 13,250[n 11] 22,000 33,000 66,000 137,500 330,000

Notes

  1. ↑ Hossein Vafaei received special dispensation to play on the Main Tour last season, while awaiting a visa, which he received in February 2015.[5][6]
  2. ↑ Tour card deferred by World Snooker to the start of the 2016/17 season.[8]
  3. ↑ Dates use the month day format
  4. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Riga Open.
  5. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic.
  6. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Ruhr Open.
  7. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Haining Open.
  8. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Bulgarian Open.
  9. ↑ Event also known as the 2015 Gibraltar Open.
  10. ↑ Event also known as the 2016 Gdynia Open.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/hearn-announces-new-five-year-plan/
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  24. ↑ http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Click-here-for-the-schedule.pdf

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