2021–22 snooker season
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 18 July 2021 – 8 May 2022 |
| Tournaments | 30–31 (16–17 ranking events) |
| Triple Crown winners | |
| UK Championship | |
| Masters | |
| World Championship | |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
The 2021–22 snooker season is an ongoing professional snooker season with tournaments being played from July 2021 to May 2022.
Players[edit]
The World Snooker Tour in the 2021–22 season will consist of a field of 122 professional players.[1] The top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2021 World Championship, and 27 of the players who earned a two-year tour card the previous year automatically qualify for the season. Next, eight places are allocated to the top eight on the One Year Ranking List who have not already qualified for the Main Tour. Another four players came from the CBSA China Tour, and a further 14 places were available through the Q School (four Event 1 winners, four Event 2 winners, four Event 3 winners, and two from the Order of Merit).
New professional players[edit]
All players listed below received a tour card for two seasons.[1]
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Top-up players[edit]
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic restricting the number of amateur qualification tournaments that could be run and thus the total size of the Main Tour for this season, World Snooker Tour announced that the following six players are guaranteed an invite to all eligible snooker events this season, alongside amateurs appointed by local governing bodies for the Home Nations Series. This was due to their performance on the Q School Order of Merit:
Calendar[edit]
The following table outlines the dates and results for all the ranking events of the World Snooker Tour, major invitational events, the Q Tour, the World Seniors Tour, and World Women's Snooker.[4][5][6][7]
Due to the continuing impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on countries around the world, most information given below is provisional and is subject to last minute changes.
| WR = World ranking event |
| NR = Non-ranking event |
| QT = Q Tour event |
| WST = World Seniors Tour |
| WWS = World Women's Snooker |
World ranking points[edit]
The 2021–22 snooker season will feature the following points distribution for world ranking events:
Round Tournament
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R128 | R96 | R64 | 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 |
| British Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 5,000 | N/A | 7,000 | 12,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 45,000 | 100,000 |
| Northern Ireland Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
| English Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
| UK Championship | 0 | N/A | 6,500 | 12,000 | N/A | 17,000 | 24,500 | N/A | 40,000 | 80,000 | 200,000 |
| Scottish Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
| World Grand Prix | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 12,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 |
| German Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,000 [note 10] |
4,000 | N/A | 5,000 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 35,000 | 80,000 |
| Players Championship | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 10,000 | 15,000 | N/A | 30,000 | 50,000 | 125,000 |
| European Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 6,000 | 11,000 | N/A | 17,500 | 35,000 | 80,000 |
| Welsh Open | 0 | N/A | 3,000 | 4,000 | N/A | 7,500 | 10,000 | N/A | 20,000 | 30,000 | 70,000 |
| Turkish Masters | 0 | N/A | 3,500 | 5,500 | N/A | 7,500 | 12,500 | N/A | 20,000 | 45,000 | 100,000 |
| Tour Championship | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20,000 | N/A | 40,000 | 60,000 | 150,000 |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tour Players 2021/22". World Snooker. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "2020//2021 Season Points". snooker.org. 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Jimmy White Awarded New Invitational Tour Card". wst.tv. 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022 (Provisional)" (PDF). wst.tv. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Calendar 2021/2022". WWS. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "New Qualifying Dates Announced for 2022 World Seniors Championship". World Seniors Snooker. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Gilbert Secures First Ranking Title. World Snooker Tour. 13 August 2021.
- ^ Williams Lands 24th Ranking Crown. World Snooker Tour. 22 August 2021.
- ^ Snooker News: Reanne Evans Claims Record 10th UK Women's Title. Eurosport. 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Allen Lands Belfast Glory". World Snooker Tour. 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Robertson Downs Higgins in Classic Clash". World Snooker Tour. 7 November 2021.