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2021–22 Q Tour

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2021–22 Q Tour
Details
Duration19 November 2021 – 11 May 2022 (2021-11-19 – 2022-05-11)
Tournaments5

The 2021–22 Q Tour was a series of snooker tournaments that took place during the 2021–22 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1] Initially announced in July 2020, the tour was delayed by a year and started in late 2021.[2]

A series of four events were organised with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2022–23 snooker season. Si Jiahui led the list but had already got a place on tour, so Sean O´Sullivan, who finished second, got the place. The 16 highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2022–23 season, gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also got a place. Julien Leclercq won this event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final.

Format

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Except for the playoff, events were played over three days. The first day was an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw started on the second day when the 16 qualifiers were joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2021 Q School Order of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There were 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualify directly included the top 40 ranked players not currently on the main tour and a further 8 under-21 players outside this top 40.[3]

Prize fund

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Each event featured a prize fund of £12,000 with the winner receiving £2,500.[4]

  • Winner: £2,500
  • Runner-up: £1,200
  • Semi-final: £750
  • Quarter-final: £550
  • Last 16: £275
  • Last 32: £150
  • Total: £12,000

Schedule

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The schedule for the four regular events and the playoff is given below.[3]

Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
19 Nov 21 Nov  ENG Event 1 Castle Snooker Club Brighton 107 England David Lilley China Si Jiahui 5–1 [5]
10 Dec 12 Dec  WAL Event 2 Terry Griffiths Matchroom Llanelli 99 China Si Jiahui Wales Michael White 5–4 [6]
28 Jan 30 Jan  ENG Event 3 The Winchester Leicester 114 England Sean O'Sullivan Belgium Julien Leclercq 5–2 [7]
18 Mar 20 Mar  ENG Event 4 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 116 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan Scotland Michael Collumb 5–3 [8]
10 May 11 May  ENG Playoff Q House Snooker Academy Darlington 16 Belgium Julien Leclercq England Alex Clenshaw 5–2 [9]

Rankings

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Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having the most prize money in the later events being ranked higher.[10] Three of the players earned places on the main tour during the season. Si Jiahui qualified by winning the World Snooker Federation Open, while David Lilley and Michael White qualified via the 2021-22 season one year ranking list.[11][12]

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Total (£)
1 China Si Jiahui * 1,200 2,500 550 0 4,250
2 England Sean O´Sullivan + 0 750 2,500 0 3,250
3 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan 150 275 0 2,500 2,925
4 England David Lilley * 2,500 150 275 0 2,925
5 Belgium Ben Mertens 0 750 750 275 1,775
6 Scotland Michael Collumb 275 0 275 1,200 1,750
7 England Simon Bedford 750 0 0 750 1,500
8 Belgium Julien Leclercq + 0 0 1,200 275 1,475
9 Wales Michael White * 0 1,200 275 0 1,475
10 England Alex Millington 750 275 150 150 1,325
11 England Alex Clenshaw 0 550 0 750 1,300
12 England Harvey Chandler 550 0 550 150 1,250
13 Wales Daniel Wells 550 275 275 150 1,250
14 England Brandon Sargeant 275 150 150 550 1,125
15 Wales Liam Davies 550 0 0 550 1,100
16 England Alfie Lee 275 0 750 0 1,025
17 Cyprus Michael Georgiou 275 150 0 550 975
18 England Hamim Hussain 0 0 150 550 700
19 England Ryan Davies 150 275 0 275 700
20 England Mark Lloyd 0 550 0 150 700
* Qualified for the main tour through other means
+ Qualified for the main tour

Event 1

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The first event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 19 to 21 November 2021.[13] David Lilley beat Si Jiahui 5–1 in the final.[5] The final-day results are given below.[14]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies1
 
 
 
England Alex Millington4
 
England Alex Millington0
 
 
 
England David Lilley4
 
England David Lilley4
 
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells3
 
England David Lilley5
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui1
 
England Simon Bedford4
 
 
 
England Harvey Chandler0
 
England Simon Bedford2
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui4
 
China Si Jiahui4
 
 
Japan Keishin Kamihashi1
 

Event 2

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The second event was held at the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli from 10 to 12 December. Si Jiahui beat Michael White 5–4 in the final. Si led 4–0 before White won the next four frames to take the match to a decider.[6] The final-day results are given below.[15]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
England Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
England Mark Lloyd3
 
England Sean O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui4
 
China Si Jiahui4
 
 
 
England Sydney Wilson1
 
China Si Jiahui5
 
 
 
Wales Michael White4
 
Wales Michael White4
 
 
 
England Alex Clenshaw2
 
Wales Michael White4
 
 
 
Belgium Ben Mertens0
 
England Sanderson Lam1
 
 
Belgium Ben Mertens4
 

Event 3

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The third event was held at The Winchester in Leicester from 28 to 30 January. Nutcharut Wongharuthai, Thailand’s leading female player, won five matches to reach the final-day quarter-finals.[16] Sean O'Sullivan won the event, beating Julien Leclercq 5–2 in the final.[7] The final-day results are given below.[17]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai0
 
 
 
Belgium Ben Mertens4
 
Belgium Ben Mertens2
 
 
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq4
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui3
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq2
 
 
 
England Sean O'Sullivan5
 
England Harvey Chandler3
 
 
 
England Sean O'Sullivan4
 
England Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
England Alfie Lee0
 
England Alfie Lee4
 
 
Israel Eden Sharav2
 

Event 4

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The fourth event was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 18 to 20 March. At the start of the final day only Simon Bedford could take the automatic qualification place held by Sean O'Sullivan.[18] However Bedford lost to Robbie McGuigan in the semi-finals, guaranteeing that O'Sullivan would take the automatic qualification place. McGuigan went on to win the event, beating Michael Collumb 5–3 in the final.[8] The final-day results are given below.[19]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou3
 
 
 
England Simon Bedford4
 
England Simon Bedford3
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan4
 
Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan4
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain2
 
Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan5
 
 
 
Scotland Michael Collumb3
 
England Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
England Brandon Sargeant2
 
England Alex Clenshaw3
 
 
 
Scotland Michael Collumb4
 
Scotland Michael Collumb4
 
 
Wales Liam Davies2
 

Playoff

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The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Q House Snooker Academy in Darlington on 10 and 11 May. The event saw the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the four already qualified for the main tour, compete for a further place on that tour. Two rounds were played each day with matches over 7 frames except for the final which was over 9 frames. The draw was seeded, based on the final rankings.[20][21] Julien Leclercq won the event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final. Leclercq scored three centuries in his opening match against Alfie Lee, and reached the final with further wins against Michael Georgiou and Harvey Chandler. Clenshaw had won his semi-final against Liam Davies despite losing the first three frames. Clenshaw won the first two frames in the final but Leclercq won the next five, to win a place on the main tour.[9]

 
Last-16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan4
 
 
 
England Mark Lloyd0
 
Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan3
 
 
 
England Harvey Chandler4
 
England Harvey Chandler4
 
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells3
 
England Harvey Chandler1
 
 
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq4
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
England Alfie Lee0
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou3
 
England Simon Bedford3
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou4
 
Belgium Julien Leclercq5
 
 
 
England Alex Clenshaw2
 
Scotland Michael Collumb4
 
 
 
England Hamim Hussain2
 
Scotland Michael Collumb1
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies4
 
England Alex Millington0
 
 
 
Wales Liam Davies4
 
Wales Liam Davies3
 
 
 
England Alex Clenshaw4
 
England Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
England Brandon Sargeant3
 
England Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
England Ryan Davies0
 
Belgium Ben Mertens1
 
 
England Ryan Davies4
 

References

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  2. ^ "WPBSA Q Tour Launched". WPBSA. 21 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "WPBSA Q Tour 2021/22 Dates and entry information". WPBSA. 30 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Entry Form – Q Tour 2021/22 - Event 1" (PDF). WPBSA. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Lilley Crowned King of the Castle at Q Tour". WPBSA. 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Success for Si at WPBSA Q Tour". WPBSA. 12 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "O'Sullivan storms to Q Tour success". WPBSA. 30 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Comeback kid McGuigan claims Q Tour title". WPBSA. 20 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Leclercq wins playoff to earn WST place". WPBSA. 11 May 2022.
  10. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 WPBSA Q Tour Rankings". WPBSA. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Si Beats Stephens In WSF Open Final". WST. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022.
  12. ^ "2021//2022 Season Points". snooker.org. 17 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Q Tour 2021/22: Event one". WST. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event One - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  15. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Two - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Wongharuthai beats five male players". WST. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  17. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Three - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Q Tour race enters final lap". WPBSA. 19 March 2022.
  19. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Four - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  20. ^ "WPBSA Q Tour Play-offs information". WPBSA. 5 April 2022.
  21. ^ "WPBSA Q Tour Playoff – How to Follow". WPBSA. Retrieved 10 May 2022.