2015–16 snooker season

The 2015–16 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 7 May 2015 and 2 May 2016.

2015–16 snooker season
Nations that hosted a World Snooker Tour event during the 2015/2016 season
Details
Duration7 May 2015 – 2 May 2016 (2015-05-07 – 2016-05-02)
Tournaments28 (10 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipAustralia Neil Robertson
MastersEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
World ChampionshipEngland Mark Selby

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:

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 automatically qualified 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 had not already qualified for the Main Tour, also qualified. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs,[3] and a further eight places were available through the 2015 Q School.[4] The rest of the places on to the tour came 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 tables outline the dates and results of all World Snooker Tour, World Ladies Billiards and Snooker, seniors, and other events.[18][19][20]

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

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker
Date[n 11] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
09-26 09-27  ENG UK Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Hong Kong Ng On-Yee England Reanne Evans 5–1 [25]
12-05 12-06  ENG Eden Ladies Masters Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge England Reanne Evans Wales Laura Evans 5–0 [26]
02-06 02-06  ENG Connie Gough Trophy Dunstable Snooker Club Dunstable England Reanne Evans England Maria Catalano 4–0 [27]
03-05 03-06  ENG Eden Classic North East Derbyshire Snooker Club Chesterfield England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-Yee 5–1 [28]
04-02 04-05  ENG World Ladies Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-Yee 6–4 [29]

Seniors events
Date[n 12] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
01-30 01-31  ENG World Seniors Championship Preston Guild Hall Preston England Mark Davis Wales Darren Morgan 2–1

Other events
Date[n 13] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
05-07 05-10  AUT Vienna Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna England Peter Ebdon England Mark King 5–3 [30]
07-15 07-19  ENG Pink Ribbon The Capital Venue Gloucester England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Darryn Walker 4–2 [31]
11-11 11-14  HKG General Cup Qualifying Event General Snooker Club Hong Kong China Zhang Anda China Cao Yupeng 5–4
11-16 11-21  HKG General Cup General Snooker Club Hong Kong Hong Kong Marco Fu Wales Mark Williams 7–3

Points distribution

2015/2016 points distribution for World Snooker Tour ranking and minor-ranking events:[32]

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 14] – 500 1000[n 14] 4,500[n 14] 6,000 8,500 10,000 16,000 37,500
Shanghai Masters – 0 500[n 14] – 2,000 3,000[n 14] 6,000[n 14] 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 14] 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. Dates use the month day format
  12. Dates use the month day format
  13. Dates use the month day format
  14. Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

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