2018–19 snooker season

The 2018–19 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 10 May 2018 and 23 June 2019.[1] The season was made up of ranking tournaments, non-ranking tournaments and variant tournaments. In total, 54 events were competed in the 2018–19 season, beginning with the pro–am 2018 Vienna Open, and ending with the 2019 World Snooker Championship.[2]

See also: 2018 in cue sports and 2019 in cue sports
2018–19 snooker season
Nations that hosted a World Snooker Tour, Challenge Tour or World Seniors Tour event during the 2018–19 season
Details
Duration10 May 2018 – 23 June 2019 (2018-05-10 – 2019-06-23)
Tournaments54 (20 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
MastersEngland Judd Trump
World ChampionshipEngland Judd Trump

To be eligible to play in most tournaments, players had to have qualified to play on the World Snooker Tour, however, some wildcard former professional, and amateur players were eligible in certain competitions. The season also saw four events strictly for over 40s, as a part of the World Seniors Tour.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump each won three ranking events with Mark Allen, Stuart Bingham and Kyren Wilson each winning twice. Robertson reached six ranking event finals during the season.

Players

The Main Tour consists of 128 professional players for the 2018/2019 season.[3] The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2018 World Championship and the 34 players earning a two-year card the previous year (excluding Lyu Haotian, who already climbed into the top 64 of the world rankings following the first year of his two-year tour card) automatically qualified for the season. Next, eight places were allocated from the top 8 on the One Year Ranking List, who had not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another two players came from the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs, two players came from the CBSA China Tour and a further 12 places were available through the 2018 Q School, four from each of the three events. The six remaining entries on to the tour were allocated from the international amateur events.[4]

Due to the disputes between the IBSF and the WPBSA, the WPBSA decided that the winners of the tournaments organised by the IBSF or any continental confederations which were not affiliated to the World Snooker Federation would not be awarded tour cards.[5] The only exception was the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, which had been concluded before the decision was made.[4]

New professional players

All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[4][3]

Calendar

The following tables outline the dates and results of all events of the World Snooker Tour, World Women's Snooker, the World Seniors Tour, the Challenge Tour, and other events.[13][14]

World Snooker Tour
Date[note 1] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
07-27 07-29  LAT Riga Masters Arena Riga Riga Australia Neil Robertson England Jack Lisowski 5–2 [15]
08-06 08-12  CHN World Open Yushan Number One Middle School Yushan Wales Mark Williams England David Gilbert 10–9 [16]
08-22 08-26  GER Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle Fürth England Kyren Wilson England Peter Ebdon 4–2 [17]
09-03 09-08  THA Six-red World Championship Bangkok Convention Center Bangkok England Kyren Wilson China Ding Junhui 8–4 [18]
09-10 09-16  CHN Shanghai Masters Regal International East Asia Hotel Shanghai England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Barry Hawkins 11–9 [19]
09-24 09-30  CHN China Championship Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Centre Guangzhou England Mark Selby Scotland John Higgins 10–9 [20]
10-01 10-07  BEL European Masters De Soeverein Lommel England Jimmy Robertson England Joe Perry 9–6 [21]
10-15 10-21  ENG English Open K2 Crawley England Stuart Bingham England Mark Davis 9–7 [22]
10-24 10-25  MAC Macau Masters JW Marriott Hotel Macau Macau England Barry Hawkins
Wales Ryan Day
China Zhou Yuelong
China Zhao Xintong		 Wales Mark Williams
Hong Kong Marco Fu
England Joe Perry
China Zhang Anda		 5–1
10-25 10-25  MAC Six-red Macau Masters JW Marriott Hotel Macau Macau England Barry Hawkins Wales Mark Williams 3–2
10-28 11-04  CHN International Championship Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre Daqing Northern Ireland Mark Allen Australia Neil Robertson 10–5 [23]
11-05 11-11  ENG Champion of Champions Ricoh Arena Coventry England Ronnie O'Sullivan England Kyren Wilson 10–9 [24]
11-12 11-18  NIR Northern Ireland Open Waterfront Hall Belfast England Judd Trump England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–7 [25]
11-27 12-09  ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York England Ronnie O'Sullivan Northern Ireland Mark Allen 10–6 [26]
12-10 12-16  SCO Scottish Open Emirates Arena Glasgow Northern Ireland Mark Allen England Shaun Murphy 9–7 [27]
01-13 01-20  ENG Masters Alexandra Palace London England Judd Trump England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–4 [28]
01-30 02-03  GER German Masters Tempodrom Berlin England Kyren Wilson England David Gilbert 9–7 [29]
02-04 02-10  ENG World Grand Prix The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham England Judd Trump England Ali Carter 10–6 [30]
02-11 02-17  WAL Welsh Open Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Australia Neil Robertson England Stuart Bingham 9–7 [31]
02-21 02-24  ENG Shoot Out Watford Colosseum Watford Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh England Michael Holt 1–0 [32]
02-27 03-03  IND Indian Open Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty Kochi England Matthew Selt China Lyu Haotian 5–3 [33]
03-04 03-10  ENG Players Championship Preston Guild Hall Preston England Ronnie O'Sullivan Australia Neil Robertson 10–4 [34]
01-01 03-14  ENG Championship League Ricoh Arena and Barnsley Metrodome Coventry/Barnsley England Martin Gould England Jack Lisowski 3–1 [35]
03-15 03-17  GIB Gibraltar Open Tercentenary Sports Hall Gibraltar England Stuart Bingham Wales Ryan Day 4–1 [36]
03-19 03-24  WAL Tour Championship Venue Cymru Llandudno England Ronnie O'Sullivan Australia Neil Robertson 13–11 [37]
04-01 04-07  CHN China Open Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium Beijing Australia Neil Robertson England Jack Lisowski 11–4 [38]
04-20 05-06  ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Judd Trump Scotland John Higgins 18–9 [39]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Women's Snooker
Date[note 2] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
09-15 09-16  ENG UK Women's Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Hong Kong Ng On-Yee England Rebecca Kenna 4–1 [40]
10-05 10-08  BEL European Women's Masters De Maxx Neerpelt England Reanne Evans Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai 4–1 [41]
10-25 10-25  AUS Australian Women's Open Mounties Sydney Hong Kong Ng On-Yee Hong Kong Katrina Wan 4–2 [42]
11-24 11-25  ENG Eden Women's Masters South West Snooker Academy Quedgeley England Reanne Evans England Rebecca Kenna 4–0 [43]
02-01 02-03  BEL Belgian Women's Open The Trickshot Bruges England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-Yee 4–1 [44]
04-13 04-13  ENG World Women's 10-Red Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-Yee 4–3 [45]
04-14 04-14  ENG World Women's 6-Red Championship Northern Snooker Centre Leeds England Reanne Evans Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai 4–1 [46]
06-17 06-19  THA Women's Snooker World Cup Hi-End Snooker Club Bangkok Thailand Thailand A Hong Kong Hong Kong A 4–0 [47]
06-20 06-23  THA World Women's Championship Hi-End Snooker Club Bangkok England Reanne Evans Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai 6–3 [48]

World Seniors Tour
Date[note 3] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
10-24 10-25  ENG UK Seniors Championship Bonus Arena Hull Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Brazil Igor Figueiredo 4–1 [49]
01-05 01-06  IRL Seniors Irish Masters Goffs Kill England Jimmy White Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 4–1 [50]
03-03 03-03  NIR Seniors 6-Red World Championship Waterfront Hall Belfast England Jimmy White Jersey Aaron Canavan 4–2 [51]
04-11 04-11  ENG Seniors Masters Crucible Theatre Sheffield England Joe Johnson England Barry Pinches 2–1 [52]

Challenge Tour
Date[note 4] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
06-02 06-03  ENG Challenge Tour 1 Meadowside Leisure Centre Burton upon Trent England Brandon Sargeant England Luke Simmonds 3–1 [53]
07-10 07-11  ENG Challenge Tour 2 Preston Guild Hall Preston England David Grace England Mitchell Mann 3–0 [54]
07-28 07-28  LAT Challenge Tour 3 Arena Riga Riga England Barry Pinches Wales Jackson Page 3–2 [55]
08-27 08-28  GER Challenge Tour 4 Stadthalle Fürth England Mitchell Mann Wales Dylan Emery 3–0 [56]
09-18 09-19  ENG Challenge Tour 5 Cueball Derby Derby England David Lilley England Brandon Sargeant 3–1 [57]
10-04 10-05  BEL Challenge Tour 6 De Soeverein Lommel England David Grace England Ben Hancorn 3–0 [58]
10-13 10-14  ENG Challenge Tour 7 Preston Guild Hall Preston England Joel Walker England Jenson Kendrick 3–0 [59]
11-24 11-25  HUN Challenge Tour 8 Snooker Terminál Budapest England Simon Bedford England David Lilley 3–1 [60]
01-26 01-27  ENG Challenge Tour 9 Star Snooker Academy Sheffield England Adam Duffy England Matthew Glasby 3–1 [61]
03-06 03-07  ENG Challenge Tour 10 South West Snooker Academy Gloucester England George Pragnall Wales Callum Lloyd 3–2 [62]

Other events
Date[note 5] Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
05-10 05-13  AUT Vienna Open 15 Reds Köö Wien Snooker Club Vienna Cyprus Michael Georgiou Scotland Ross Muir 5–4 [63]
07-12 07-15  ROU Golden Q Cup Golden Q Snooker Club Baia Mare Belgium Luca Brecel Cyprus Michael Georgiou 5–1 [64]
07-28 07-31  ENG Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy Gloucester England Andrew Norman England Harvey Chandler 4–2 [65]
07-31 08-04  CHN Haining Open International Campus Zhejiang University Haining England Mark Selby China Li Hang 5–4 [66]

Points distribution

2018/2019 points distribution for World Snooker Tour ranking events:[67]

Round
Tournament
 R144 R128 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F W
Riga Masters — £0 — £1,500 — £3,000 £4,000 £6,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
World Open — £0 — £4,000 — £8,000 £13,000 £20,000 £32,500 £75,000 £150,000
Paul Hunter Classic — £0 — £600 — £1,000 £1,725 £3,000 £4,500 £10,000 £20,000
China Championship — £0 — £4,000 — £7,500 £13,000 £20,000 £32,000 £75,000 £150,000
European Masters — £0 — £3,000 — £4,000 £6,000 £11,000 £17,500 £35,000 £75,000
English Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
International Championship — £0 — £4,000 — £8,500 £13,500 £21,500 £32,000 £75,000 £175,000
Northern Ireland Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
UK Championship — £0 — £5,000 — £10,000 £15,000 £22,500 £35,000 £75,000 £170,000
Scottish Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
German Masters — £0 — £3,000 — £4,000 £5,000 £10,000 £20,000 £35,000 £80,000
World Grand Prix — — — — — £5,000 £7,500 £12,500 £20,000 £40,000 £100,000
Welsh Open — £0 — £2,500 — £3,500 £6,000 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £70,000
Shoot Out — £0[note 6] — £500 — £1,000 £2,000 £4,000 £8,000 £16,000 £32,000
Indian Open — £0 — £2,000 — £4,000 £6,000 £10,000 £15,000 £25,000 £50,000
Players Championship — — — — — — £10,000 £15,000 £30,000 £50,000 £125,000
Gibraltar Open — £0 — £1,500 — £2,500 £3,000 £4,000 £6,000 £12,000 £25,000
Tour Championship — — — — — — — £20,000 £40,000 £60,000 £150,000
China Open — £0 — £5,000 — £11,000 £18,000 £27,000 £45,000 £90,000 £225,000
World Championship £0 — £10,000 — £15,000 £20,000[note 7] £30,000 £50,000 £100,000 £200,000 £500,000

Notes
  1. Dates use the month-day format
  2. Dates use the month-day format
  3. Dates use the month-day format
  4. Dates use the month-day format
  5. Dates use the month-day format
  6. First round losers in the Shoot Out receive £250 prize money which do not count towards the prize money rankings.
  7. Players who lose their first match receive no ranking points.

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