2022–23 snooker season

The 2022–23 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played from June 2022 to May 2023.

2022–23 snooker season
Details
Duration28 June 2022 – 14 May 2023
Tournaments40 (15 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Mark Allen (NIR)
Masters Judd Trump (ENG)
World Championship Luca Brecel (BEL)

Players

The World Snooker Tour in the 2022–23 season initially consisted of a field of 131 professional players, but later dropped to 130 when Igor Figueiredo did not renew his WPBSA membership and fell off tour.[1] The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2022 World Championship, and 30 players earning a two-year card the previous year automatically qualify for the season. The other 36 tour cards are given to the following groups. Four places are allocated to the top four on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Nine players from international championships and two players from the Q Tour are offered the tour cards. One player comes from the CBSA China Tour and two players from World Women's Snooker. 16 places are available through the Q School, four from each of the three UK events and two from each of the two Asia-Oceania Q School events). The last two tour cards are invitational tour cards, given to Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty.

As one of the winners from the inaugural Q School Asia & Oceania qualification event, former professional player Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon was eligible to receive a fresh two-year tour card. However, on 22 June 2022, the WPBSA and the World Snooker Tour declined to offer him a tour card, citing "serious disciplinary matters from when Thanawat was previously a professional player in 2015" as the reason, later announced to be a resumption of a previous investigation into match-fixing that had been closed due to Thanawat having fallen off the tour at the time. His place was therefore offered to Asjad Iqbal, who was the next in line on the Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit.[2]

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[1]

Calendar

World Snooker Tour

The following tables outline the dates and results for all the events of the World Snooker Tour and World Women's Snooker.[17]

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
28 Jun 29 Jul  ENG Championship League Morningside Arena Leicester  Luca Brecel (BEL)  Lu Ning (CHN) 3–1 [18]
16 Aug 21 Aug  GER European Masters Stadthalle Fürth Fürth  Kyren Wilson (ENG)  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 9–3 [19]
24 Sep 25 Sep  ENG World Mixed Doubles Marshall Arena Milton Keynes  Neil Robertson (AUS)
 Mink Nutcharut (THA)		  Mark Selby (ENG)
 Rebecca Kenna (ENG)		 4–2 [20]
26 Sep 2 Oct  ENG British Open Marshall Arena Milton Keynes  Ryan Day (WAL)  Mark Allen (NIR) 10–7 [21]
6 Oct 9 Oct  HKG Hong Kong Masters Hong Kong Coliseum Hong Kong  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)  Marco Fu (HKG) 6–4 [22]
16 Oct 23 Oct  NIR Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall Belfast  Mark Allen (NIR)  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 9–4 [23]
31 Oct 6 Nov  ENG Champion of Champions Bolton Whites Hotel Bolton  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)  Judd Trump (ENG) 10–6 [24]
12 Nov 20 Nov  ENG UK Championship York Barbican York  Mark Allen (NIR)  Ding Junhui (CHN) 10–7 [25]
28 Nov 4 Dec  SCO Scottish Open Meadowbank Sports Centre Edinburgh  Gary Wilson (ENG)  Joe O'Connor (ENG) 9–2 [26]
12 Dec 18 Dec  ENG English Open Brentwood Centre Brentwood  Mark Selby (ENG)  Luca Brecel (BEL) 9–6 [27]
8 Jan 15 Jan  ENG Masters Alexandra Palace London  Judd Trump (ENG)  Mark Williams (WAL) 10–8 [28]
16 Jan 22 Jan  ENG World Grand Prix The Centaur Cheltenham  Mark Allen (NIR)  Judd Trump (ENG) 10–9 [29]
25 Jan 28 Jan  ENG Shoot Out Morningside Arena Leicester  Chris Wakelin (ENG)  Julien Leclercq (BEL) 1–0 [30]
1 Feb 5 Feb  GER German Masters Tempodrom Berlin  Ali Carter (ENG)  Tom Ford (ENG) 10–3 [31]
13 Feb 19 Feb  WAL Welsh Open Venue Cymru Llandudno  Robert Milkins (ENG)  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 9–7 [32]
20 Feb 26 Feb  ENG Players Championship Aldersley Leisure Village Wolverhampton  Shaun Murphy (ENG)  Ali Carter (ENG) 10–4 [33]
19 Dec 2 Mar  ENG Championship League Invitational Morningside Arena Leicester  John Higgins (SCO)  Judd Trump (ENG) 3–1 [34]
6 Mar 11 Mar  THA Six-red World Championship Thammasat University
Convention Centre		 Pathum Thani  Ding Junhui (CHN)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 8–6 [35]
16 Mar 22 Mar  ENG WST Classic Morningside Arena Leicester  Mark Selby (ENG)  Pang Junxu (CHN) 6–2 [36]
27 Mar 2 Apr  ENG Tour Championship Bonus Arena Hull  Shaun Murphy (ENG)  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 10–7 [37]
15 Apr 1 May  ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield  Luca Brecel (BEL)  Mark Selby (ENG) 18–15 [38]

The following events were scheduled but were later cancelled:

Scheduled dates Country Tournament name Venue City Reason Ref.
13–19 Mar  TUR Turkish Masters Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel Antalya Lack of funding from promoter [39]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Women's Snooker
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
30 Jul 31 Jul  ENG UK Women's Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds  Reanne Evans (ENG)  Ng On-yee (HKG) 4–3 [40]
26 Aug 28 Aug  USA US Women's Open OX Billiards Seattle  Jamie Hunter (ENG)  Rebecca Kenna (ENG) 4–1 [41]
1 Oct 4 Oct  AUS Australian Women's Open Mounties Sydney  Jamie Hunter (ENG)  Jessica Woods (AUS) 4–3 [42]
22 Oct 23 Oct  SCO Scottish Women's Open The Q Club Glasgow  Reanne Evans (ENG)  Mink Nutcharut (THA) 4–2 [43]
26 Nov 27 Nov  ENG Eden Women's Masters Frames Sports Bar London  Mink Nutcharut (THA)  Ng On-yee (HKG) 4–0 [44]
20 Jan 22 Jan  BEL Belgian Women's Open The Trickshot Bruges  Mink Nutcharut (THA)  Wendy Jans (BEL) 4–1 [45]
31 Jan 3 Feb  AUS Asia-Pacific Women's Championship Mounties Sydney  Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 4–1 [46]
25 Feb 27 Feb  THA Women's Snooker World Cup Hi-End Snooker Club Bangkok India India 1 England England 1 4–3 [47]
28 Feb 4 Mar  THA World Women's Championship Hi-End Snooker Club Bangkok  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)  Bai Yulu (CHN) 6–3 [48]
13 May 14 May  ENG Women's British Open Landywood Snooker Club Walsall  Bai Yulu (CHN)  Reanne Evans (ENG) 4–3 [49]

World Seniors Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
3 May 7 May  ENG World Seniors Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield  Jimmy White (ENG)  Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–3 [50][51]

Q-Tour
Main article: 2022–23 Q Tour
Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2 Sep 4 Sep  ENG Q Tour 1 North East Snooker Centre North Shields  Ross Muir (SCO)  George Pragnell (ENG) 5–2 [52]
16 Sep 18 Sep  ENG Q Tour 2 Castle Snooker Club Brighton  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)  George Pragnell (ENG) 5–1 [53]
14 Oct 16 Oct  BEL Q Tour 3 Delta Moon Mons  Farakh Ajaib (PAK)  Harvey Chandler (ENG) 5–3 [54]
25 Nov 27 Nov  SWE Q Tour 4 Snookerhallen Stockholm  Billy Castle (ENG)  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5–4 [55]
9 Dec 11 Dec  ENG Q Tour 5 Landywood Snooker Club Walsall  Daniel Wells (WAL)  Sydney Wilson (ENG) 5–2 [56]
6 Jan 8 Jan  ENG Q Tour 6 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)  Ross Muir (SCO) 5–1 [57]
4 Mar 5 Mar  ENG Q Tour Playoff Q House Academy Darlington  Ashley Carty (ENG)  Florian Nuessle (AUT) 5–2 [58]

Other events
Start Finish Country Tournament Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
13 Jul 17 Jul  USA World Games Sheraton Hotel Birmingham  Cheung Ka Wai (HKG)  Abdelrahman Shahin (EGY) 3–1

World ranking points
Main articles: Snooker world rankings 2022/2023 and Snooker world ranking points 2022/2023

[59][60]

Round
Tournament
 R144 R128 R112 R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R24 R16 QF R6 SF F W
Championship League — 0
[note 1]		 — 1,000
[note 2]		 — 2,000
[note 3]		 — 4,000
[note 4]		 5,000
[note 5]		 6,000
[note 6]		 8,000
[note 7]		 9,000
[note 8]		 11,000
[note 9]		 23,000 33,000
European Masters — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
British Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 5,000 — 8,000 12,000 — 20,000 45,000 100,000
Northern Ireland Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
UK Championship[61] 0 — 2,500
[note 10]		 — 5,000
[note 10]		 — 7,500 10,000
[note 10]		 — 15,000 25,000 — 50,000 100,000 250,000
Scottish Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
English Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
World Grand Prix — — — — — — — 5,000 — 7,500 12,500 — 20,000 40,000 100,000
Shoot Out — 0 — — — 500 — 1,000 — 2,000 4,000 — 8,000 20,000 50,000
German Masters — 0
[note 11]		 — — — 3,000
[note 12]		 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
Welsh Open — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
Players Championship — — — — — — — — — 10,000 15,000 — 30,000 50,000 125,000
WST Classic — 0 — — — 3,000 — 4,500 — 7,500 11,000 — 17,500 35,000 80,000
Tour Championship — — — — — — — — — — 20,000 — 40,000 60,000 150,000
World Championship 0 — 5,000
[note 10]		 — 10,000
[note 10]		 — 15,000 20,000
[note 10]		 — 30,000 50,000 — 100,000 200,000 500,000

Notes
  1. First stage fourth-placed
  2. First stage third-placed
  3. First stage runner-up
  4. Second stage fourth-placed
  5. Second stage third-placed
  6. Second stage runner-up
  7. Third stage fourth-placed
  8. Third stage third-placed
  9. Third stage runner-up
  10. Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.
  11. Loss in first qualifying round
  12. Loss in second qualifying round

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