2007–08 snooker season

Countries

•  Belgium
•  China
•  England
•  Ireland
•  Australia
•  Northern Ireland
•  Norway
•  Scotland
•  Thailand
•  Wales

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.

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

Date[n 7]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
06–16	06–17	POL	NR	Warsaw Snooker Tour	Torwar Hall	Warsaw	Mark Selby	John Higgins	5–3	[4]
07–12	07–15	HKG	NR	Euro-Asia Masters Challenge	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Wan Chai	John Higgins	James Wattana	5–4	[5]
07–16	07–20	WAL	OS	PIOS I	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Simon Bedford	Gary Wilkinson	6–3	[6][7]
08–05	08–10	WAL	OS	PIOS II	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kuldesh Johal	Andrew Pagett	6–4	[6][8]
08–06	08–12	CHN	WR	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai Grand Stage	Shanghai	Dominic Dale	Ryan Day	10–6	[9]
08–14	08–19	ENG	P/A	Paul Hunter English Open	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Matthew Couch	Neil Robertson	6–5	[10][11]
08–18	08–19	IRL	NR	Irish Classic	Raphael's Snooker Club	Dublin	David Morris	Fergal O'Brien	5–3	[12][13]
08–23	08–26	GER	P/A	Paul Hunter Classic	Stadthall	Fürth	Barry Pinches	Ken Doherty	4–0	[14]
09–07	09–12	ENG	NR	Masters Qualifying Event	English Institute of Sport	Sheffield	Barry Hawkins	Kurt Maflin	6–4	[15]
09–25	09–30	IRL	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Red Cow Exhibition Centre	Dublin	Ken Doherty	Fergal O'Brien	9–2	[16]
09–23	09–28	WAL	OS	PIOS III	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Michael King	6–2	[6][17]
10–06		ENG	NR	Pot Black	Sheffield City Hall	Sheffield	Ken Doherty	Shaun Murphy	1–0	[18]
10–14	10–19	WAL	OS	PIOS IV	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Matthew Couch	Michael Wild	6–3	[6][19]
10–13	10–21	SCO	WR	Grand Prix	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Marco Fu	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–6	[20]
10–27	11–02	MAC	P/A	Asian Indoor Games	Macau East Asian Games Dome	Macau	Mohammed Shehab	James Wattana	4–3	[21]
11–04	11–11	NIR	WR	Northern Ireland Trophy	Waterfront Hall	Belfast	Stephen Maguire	Fergal O'Brien	9–5	[22]
11–15	11–18	SUI	P/A	Swiss Open	Billard Center Im Funken	Zofingen	Dave Harold	Ken Doherty	5–0	[23]
09–06	12–02	SCO	NR	Premier League	A.E.C.C.	Aberdeen	Ronnie O'Sullivan	John Higgins	7–4	[24]
12–01	12–02	WAL	P/A	Pontin's Pro Am Series	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Joe Perry	Ricky Walden	4–2	[25]
12–11	12–15	WAL	OS	PIOS V	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Peter Lines	Daniel Wells	6–5	[6][26]
12–08	12–16	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Telford International Centre	Telford	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Maguire	10–2	[27]
12–15	12–16	NED	P/A	Dutch Open	De Dieze	's-Hertogenbosch	Michael Holt	Barry Pinches	6–4	[28]
01–13	01–20	ENG	NR	Masters	Wembley Arena	London	Mark Selby	Stephen Lee	10–3	[29][30]
02–04	02–10	MLT	NR	Malta Cup	Hilton Conference Center	Portomaso	Shaun Murphy	Ken Doherty	9–3	[31][32]
02–11	02–17	WAL	WR	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–8	[33][34]
02–15	02–19	WAL	OS	PIOS VI	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kuldesh Johal	Simon Bedford	6–5	[6][35]
03–24	03–28	WAL	OS	PIOS VII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Jones	Peter Lines	6–2	[6][36]
03–24	03–30	CHN	WR	China Open	Beijing University Students' Gymnasium	Beijing	Stephen Maguire	Shaun Murphy	10–9	[37]
04–13	04–18	WAL	OS	PIOS VIII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Liam Highfield	Justin Astley	6–2	[6][38]
04–19	05–05	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ali Carter	18–8	[39]
02–25	05–15	ENG	NR	Championship League	Crondon Park Golf Club	Stock	Joe Perry	Mark Selby	3–1	[40][41]
05–14	05–18	CHN	NR	Huangshan Cup	Anhui Sport Bureau	Hefei	Ali Carter	Marco Fu	5–3	[42][43]

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.[44][45][46]

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2005/06	Points 2006/07	Total
1		John Higgins	19150	23100	42250
2		Graeme Dott	19100	18675	37775
3		Shaun Murphy	16350	21350	37700
4		Ken Doherty	20250	15550	35800
5		Ronnie O'Sullivan	12850	20750	33600
6		Peter Ebdon	15550	18000	33550
7		Neil Robertson	12575	20550	33125
8		Stephen Hendry	15100	17375	32475
9		Ding Junhui	14475	16325	30800
10		Stephen Maguire	11000	19550	30550
11		Mark Selby	9125	18275	27400
12		Mark Williams	18300	8825	27125
13		Stephen Lee	13500	12650	26150
14		Ali Carter	9550	15750	25300
15		Steve Davis	13100	11850	24950
16		Ryan Day	10050	14450	24500

[47][48]

No.	Ch	Player	Points 2006/07	SM	GP	NI	UK	WO	CO	WSC	Points 2007/08	Total
1	4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	20750	700	5000	2500	7500	4000	0[49]	10000	29700	50450
2	8	Stephen Maguire	19550	1900	2375	5000	6000	700	5000	5000	25975	45525
3		Shaun Murphy	21350	700	4000	3200	4800	3200	4000	3800	23700	45050
4	7	Mark Selby	18275	3200	1750	700	4800	5000	3200	1400	20050	38325
5	4	John Higgins	23100	1900	2375	700	1050	2500	2500	3800	14825	37925
6	2	Stephen Hendry	17375	1900	1750	1900	1050	3200	700	6400	16900	34275
7	7	Ali Carter	15750	700	2375	1900	1050	2500	1900	8000	18425	34175
8	8	Ryan Day	14450	4000	2375	1900	1050	1900	3200	5000	19425	33875
9	3	Peter Ebdon	18000	700	3125	2500	1050	700	1900	5000	14975	32975
10	3	Neil Robertson	20550	700	1750	2500	1050	1900	700	3800	12400	32950
11	2	Ding Junhui	16325	1900	719	1900	3750	1900	1900	3800	15869	32194
12	6	Joe Perry	12175	575	3125	1400	2850	2500	1400	6400	18250	30425
13	11	Graeme Dott	18675	3200	719	700	1050	700	700	1400	8469	27144
14	13	Marco Fu	8925	1400	6250	575	3750	1400	1900	2800	18075	27000
15	6	Mark King	12325	575	1750	1400	2850	1400	1900	3800	13675	26000
16	13	Mark Allen	10650	575	1750	3200	2850	1400	2500	2800	15075	25725

2007/2008 Points distribution for world ranking events:[50]