2022–23 Q Tour

The 2022–23 Q Tour was a series of snooker tournaments that took place during the 2022–23 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1]

2022–23 Q Tour
Details
Duration2 September 2022 – 5 March 2023 (2022-09-02 2023-03-05)
Tournaments7

A series of six events was played with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 snooker season. The 16 highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 season, gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also got a place.

Martin O'Donnell won two of the six events to be the leading money-winner and gain a place on the main tour. Ashley Carty won the playoff to gain the second place.

Format

Except for the playoff, events were played over three days. The first day was an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw started on the second day when the 16 qualifiers were joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2022 Q School Order of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There were 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2022 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2022 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players not already qualified.[2][3]

Prize fund

Each event featured a prize fund of £12,000 with the winner receiving £2,500.

  • Winner: £2,500
  • Runner-up: £1,200
  • Semi-final: £750
  • Quarter-final: £550
  • Last 16: £275
  • Last 32: £150
  • Total: £12,000

Schedule

The schedule for the six regular events and the playoff is given below.[2]

Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 Sep 4 Sep  ENG Event 1 North East Snooker Centre North Shields 118 Scotland Ross Muir England George Pragnell 5–2 [4]
16 Sep 18 Sep  ENG Event 2 Castle Snooker Club Brighton 120 England Martin O'Donnell England George Pragnell 5–1 [5]
14 Oct 16 Oct  BEL Event 3 Delta Moon Mons 90 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib England Harvey Chandler 5–3 [6]
25 Nov 27 Nov  SWE Event 4 Snookerhallen Stockholm 91 England Billy Castle England Andrew Higginson 5–4 [7]
9 Dec 11 Dec  ENG Event 5 Landywood Snooker Club Walsall 103 Wales Daniel Wells England Sydney Wilson 5–2 [8]
6 Jan 8 Jan  ENG Event 6 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 124 England Martin O'Donnell Scotland Ross Muir 5–1 [9]
4 Mar 5 Mar  ENG Playoff Q House Snooker Academy Darlington 16 England Ashley Carty Austria Florian Nüßle 5–2 [10]

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.[11]

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5Event 6Total (£)
1 England Martin O'Donnell + 1502,50027515002,5005,575
2 Scotland Ross Muir 2,5001507502751501,2005,025
3 Wales Daniel Wells 15055055002,5002754,025
4 England Billy Castle 55001502,50007503,950
5 England George Pragnell 1,2001,20055055027503,775
6 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib 2751502,50055015003,625
7 Jamaica Rory McLeod 7505501502752751502,150
8 Wales Liam Davies 0007507505502,050
9 England Andrew Higginson 27502751,2001501502,050
10 England Harvey Chandler 01501,20002752751,900
11 Israel Eden Sharav 55027501502755501,800
12 England Sydney Wilson 001,2005501,750
13 England Ashley Carty + 275750150055001,725
14 England Hamim Hussain 27555055015001501,675
15 England Steven Hallworth 15001502752757501,600
16 England Joshua Thomond 15027575015027501,600
17 England Peter Devlin 1501501501505501501,300
18 Austria Florian Nüßle 2752752751501501501,275
19 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett 550150550-001,250
20 England Luke Simmonds 7501500002751,175
+ Qualified for the main tour

Event 1

The first event took place at North East Snooker Centre, North Shields, from 2 to 4 September 2022. Ross Muir beat George Pragnell 5–2 in the final. Muir lost just five frames in the six rounds of the event.[4] The final-day results are given below.[12]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Jamie Curtis-Barrett0
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 
 
Jamaica Rory McLeod1
 
Jamaica Rory McLeod4
 
 
 
Israel Eden Sharav2
 
Scotland Ross Muir5
 
 
 
England George Pragnell2
 
England Stan Moody0
 
 
 
England George Pragnell4
 
England George Pragnell4
 
 
 
England Luke Simmonds2
 
England Billy Castle1
 
 
England Luke Simmonds4
 

Event 2

The second event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 16 to 18 September 2022. Martin O'Donnell beat George Pragnell 5–1 in the final, having won his quarter and semi-final matches in the deciding frame.[5] The final-day results are given below.[13]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain3
 
 
 
England George Pragnell4
 
England George Pragnell4
 
 
 
China Gao Yang3
 
Jamaica Rory McLeod1
 
 
 
China Gao Yang4
 
England George Pragnell1
 
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell5
 
England Jack Haley2
 
 
 
England Ashley Carty4
 
England Ashley Carty3
 
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell4
 
England Martin O'Donnell4
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells3
 

Event 3

The third event took place at the Delta Moon Club, Mons, Belgium from 14 to 16 October 2022. Farakh Ajaib beat Harvey Chandler 5–3 in the final. Chandler took a 2–0 lead before Ajaib won the next four frames, with a 45 clearance in frame 6 after Chandler had made a break of 60.[6] The final-day results are given below.[14]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Harvey Chandler4
 
 
 
England Jamie Curtis-Barrett3
 
England Harvey Chandler4
 
 
 
England Josh Thomond1
 
England Josh Thomond4
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain3
 
England Harvey Chandler3
 
 
 
Pakistan Farakh Ajaib5
 
Wales Daniel Wells3
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
Scotland Ross Muir3
 
 
 
Pakistan Farakh Ajaib4
 
England George Pragnell1
 
 
Pakistan Farakh Ajaib4
 

Event 4

The fourth event took place at the Snookerhallen Club, Stockholm, Sweden from 25 to 27 November 2022. Billy Castle beat Andrew Higginson in the deciding frame of the final, on a re-spotted black.[7] The final-day results are given below.[15]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England George Pragnell2
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson4
 
England Andrew Higginson4
 
 
 
France Brian Ochoiski2
 
France Brian Ochoiski4
 
 
 
England Kuldesh Johal1
 
England Andrew Higginson4
 
 
 
England Billy Castle5
 
England Billy Castle4
 
 
 
Pakistan Farakh Ajaib1
 
England Billy Castle4
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies1
 
Finland Robin Hull1
 
 
Wales Liam Davies4
 

Event 5

The fifth event took place at Landywood Snooker Club, Walsall, from 9 to 11 December 2022. Daniel Wells beat Sydney Wilson 5–2 in the final. Wells lost the first three frames of his semi-final against Michael Georgiou, but won the next four to reach the final.[8] The final-day results are given below.[16]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Jamie Wilson1
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou4
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou3
 
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells4
 
England Haydon Pinhey1
 
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells4
 
Wales Daniel Wells5
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson2
 
England Ashley Carty3
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies4
 
Wales Liam Davies1
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson4
 
England Sydney Wilson4
 
 
England Peter Devlin0
 

Event 6

The sixth event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, from 6 to 8 January 2023. The final was between Ross Muir and Martin O'Donnell. Both had won a Q Tour event earlier in the season and the points situation was such that the winner of the match would head the rankings and gain a place on the main tour for the following season. In the final O'Donnell won the opening frame with a break of 142 and went on to win the match by five frames to one.[9] The final-day results are given below.[17]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies0
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 
 
England Billy Castle3
 
England Billy Castle4
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson2
 
Scotland Ross Muir1
 
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell5
 
Israel Eden Sharav1
 
 
 
England Steven Hallworth4
 
England Steven Hallworth2
 
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell4
 
England Simon Bedford1
 
 
England Martin O'Donnell4
 

Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Q House Snooker Academy in Darlington on 4 and 5 March. The event saw the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the player already qualified for the main tour, competed for a further place on that tour. Daniel Wells withdrew on medical grounds and was replaced by Florian Nüßle.[18] Two rounds were played each day with matches over 7 frames except for the final which was over 9 frames. The draw was seeded, based on the final rankings.[19][20] Ashley Carty beat Florian Nüßle 5–2 in the final. Carty lost the first three frames in his opening match against Farakh Ajaib but recovered to win 4–3. He was two frames down in his semi-final match against top seed Ross Muir but again won four frames in a row to win 4–2.[10]

 
Last-16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 
 
England Peter Devlin2
 
Scotland Ross Muir4
 
 
 
England Harvey Chandler1
 
England Andrew Higginson2
 
 
 
England Harvey Chandler4
 
Scotland Ross Muir2
 
 
 
England Ashley Carty4
 
Pakistan Farakh Ajaib3
 
 
 
England Ashley Carty4
 
England Ashley Carty4
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain1
 
England George Pragnell3
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain4
 
England Ashley Carty5
 
 
 
Austria Florian Nüßle2
 
England Billy Castle1
 
 
 
England Steven Hallworth4
 
England Steven Hallworth4
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson1
 
Jamaica Rory McLeod2
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson4
 
England Steven Hallworth1
 
 
 
Austria Florian Nüßle4
 
Wales Liam Davies4
 
 
 
Israel Eden Sharav0
 
Wales Liam Davies3
 
 
 
Austria Florian Nüßle4
 
Austria Florian Nüßle4
 
 
England Joshua Thomond0
 

References

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  2. "WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – UK qualifying rounds open for entry". WPBSA. 27 July 2022.
  3. "WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – Pathway to the World Snooker Tour" (PDF). WPBSA. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. "Ross is the boss at Q Tour event one". WPBSA. 4 September 2022.
  5. "O'Donnell downs Pragnell for Q Tour title". WPBSA. 18 September 2022.
  6. "Ajaib over the Moon at Q Tour". WPBSA. 16 October 2022.
  7. "Billy is King of the Castle in Sweden". WPBSA. 27 November 2022.
  8. "Wells wins at Landywood". WPBSA. 11 December 2022.
  9. "O'Donnell earns main tour return". WPBSA. 8 January 2023.
  10. "Playoff Champion Carty Returns to the World Snooker Tour". WPBSA. 5 March 2023.
  11. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 WPBSA Q Tour Ranking List". WPBSA.
  12. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event One - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  13. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Two - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Three - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  15. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Four - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  16. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Five - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  17. "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Six - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  18. "Draw change". WPBSA. 3 March 2023 via Twitter.
  19. "WPBSA Q Tour 2023 - Play-offs information". WPBSA. 13 February 2023.
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