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Originally, the world rankings were decided based only on results in the World Snooker Championship, but other events were later added. [1] The system used for the 2023–24 snooker season was first used in the 2010–11 season , where players won ranking points based entirely on prize money won from these events. [ 2 ]
The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £380,000. The event featured the top 32 players in the one‑year ranking list as it stood after the 2023 Scottish Open. Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 10–9 in the previous final, but he lost 2–4 to Zhang Anda in the last 16.
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year. [1]
The top two players from the 2023 Challenge Tour and Development Tour received cards automatically. The remaining places were awarded at the 2024 Q-Schools, with the final four days of competition awarding one Tour Card per day from both the UK & European Q-Schools; with the remaining players being ranked and the top players also receiving Tour ...
Player Country Debut Last appearance Total appearances Best John Pulman England 1969: 1980: 11 Runner-up (×1 – 1970) John Spencer England 1969: 1986: 18 Winner (×3 – 1969, 1971, 1977)
In its place, Duelbits was selected to sponsor the Players' Series for that season, which was announced on the day of the 2023 World Grand Prix commencing. In the 2019–2020 snooker season , the player who earned the most prize money across all three events in the series was awarded a prize fund of £ 100,000 and the "Coral Cup".
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The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. First introduced in the 1976–77 season , world rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association .