2006–07 snooker season

2006–07 snooker season
Details
Duration13 July 2006 – 14 May 2007 (2006-07-13 – 2007-05-14)
Tournaments27 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Peter Ebdon
Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship John Higgins

The 2006–07 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 13 July 2006 and 14 May 2007.

New professional players

Countries

Note: New means in these case, that these players were not on the 2005/2006 professional Main Tour.

Calendar

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

World Snooker Tour

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
13 Aug 20 Aug NIR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Ding Junhui Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [4]
2 Sep ENG Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Mark Williams John Higgins 1–0 [5][6]
21 Oct 29 Oct SCO Grand Prix A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Neil Robertson Jamie Cope 9–5 [7]
4 Nov 9 Nov ENG Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Stuart Bingham Mark Selby 6–2 [8]
14 Sep 3 Dec ENG Premier League Forum Centre Wythenshawe Ronnie O'Sullivan Jimmy White 7–0 [9]
4 Dec 17 Dec ENG UK Championship Barbican Centre York Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 10–6 [10]
14 Jan 21 Jan ENG Masters Wembley Arena London Ronnie O'Sullivan Ding Junhui 10–3 [11][12]
29 Jan 4 Feb MLT Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Shaun Murphy Ryan Day 9–4 [13]
12 Feb 18 Feb WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Neil Robertson Andrew Higginson 9–8 [14][15]
25 Mar 1 Apr CHN China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Graeme Dott Jamie Cope 9–5 [16]
21 Apr 7 May ENG World Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Mark Selby 18–13 [17]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
16 Sep 16 Sep ENG UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans June Banks 4–2 [18]
21 Oct 21 Oct ENG East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans June Banks 4–3 [19]
18 Nov 18 Nov ENG British Open Cueball Derby Derby Reanne Evans June Banks 4–2 [20]
10 Feb 10 Feb ENG South Coast Classic Rileys Snooker Club Brighton Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 4–2 [21]
10 Mar 10 Mar ENG Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Maria Catalano June Banks 3–1 [22]
31 Mar 5 Apr ENG World Women's Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 5–3 [23]

Pontin's International Open Series

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
18 Sep 22 Sep WAL PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Munraj Pal Kurt Maflin 6–3 [24][25]
12 Oct 16 Oct WAL PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Julian Logue Alex Davies 6–5 [25][26]
30 Nov 4 Dec WAL PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Leo Fernandez Lee Walker 6–5 [25][27]
14 Jan 18 Jan WAL PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Kuldesh Johal Lee Walker 6–4 [25][28]
1 Feb 5 Feb WAL PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin Ashley Wright 6–3 [25][29]
4 Mar 8 Mar WAL PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie O'Neill Ashley Wright 6–2 [25][30]
12 Apr 16 Apr WAL PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Bjorn Haneveer Craig Steadman 6–2 [25][31]
10 May 14 May WAL PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn James McBain Kurt Maflin 6–4 [25][32]

Other events

Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
13 Jul 16 Jul THA Thailand Masters Hua Hin Grand Hotel Hua Hin Marco Fu Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 [33]
25 Aug 27 Aug GER Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth Michael Holt Barry Hawkins 4–2 [34]
16 Sep 17 Sep WAL Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Ken Doherty Ricky Walden 4–2 [35]
9 Oct 11 Oct IRL Irish Professional Championship Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex Templeogue Ken Doherty Michael Judge 9–4 [36]
9 Nov 12 Nov  SUI Swiss Open Billard Center Im Funken Zofingen Matthew Couch Dave Harold 4–3 [37]
6 Dec 7 Dec QAT Asian Games Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall Doha Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo 4–2 [38]
16 Dec 17 Dec NED Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Michael Wild Mark King 6–5 [39]
9 Mar 11 Mar IRL Irish Masters Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny Ronnie O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins 9–1 [40]

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 2006/2007

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.[41][42][43]

No. Ch. Player Points 2004/05 Points 2005/06 Total
1 Stephen Hendry 21337 15100 36437
2 Ken Doherty 15887 20250 36137
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 23162 12850 36012
4 John Higgins 15812 19150 34962
5 Shaun Murphy 16375 16350 32725
6 Graeme Dott 13500 19100 32600
7 Peter Ebdon 15650 15550 31200
8 Mark Williams 12837 18300 31137
9 Stephen Maguire 19725 11000 30725
10 Stephen Lee 15625 13500 29125
11 Steve Davis 15775 13100 28875
12 Barry Hawkins 13225 14600 27825
13 Neil Robertson 14425 12575 27000
14 Matthew Stevens 15262 8600 23862
15 Ali Carter 14175 9550 23725
16 Anthony Hamilton 14312 9413 23725

World ranking points

Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2006/2007

[44][45]

No. Player Points 2005/06 NIT GP UK WO MC CO WSC Points 2006/07 Total[46]
1 John Higgins 19150 1900 2500 4800 700 700 2500 10000 23100 42250
2 Graeme Dott 19100 2500 575 4800 1900 2500 5000 1400 18675 37775
3 Shaun Murphy 16350 2500 1400 1050 2500 5000 2500 6400 21350 37700
4 Ken Doherty 20250 2500 1900 2850 1900 2500 2500 1400 15550 35800
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 12850 4000 2500 2850 2500 700 3200 5000 20750 33600
6 Peter Ebdon 15550 700 1400 7500 700 3200 700 3800 18000 33550
7 Neil Robertson 12575 1900 5000 1050 5000 1900 1900 3800 20550 33125
8 Stephen Hendry 15100 1900 575 6000 1900 2500 700 3800 17375 32475
9 Ding Junhui 14475 5000 1400 3750 575 1400 1400 2800 16325 30800
10 Stephen Maguire 11000 1900 1400 2850 3200 1900 1900 6400 19550 30550
11 Mark Selby 9125 1900 1900 2100 1900 575 1900 8000 18275 27400
12 Mark Williams 18300 1900 575 2850 700 700 700 1400 8825 27125
13 Stephen Lee 13500 3200 1900 2850 700 1900 700 1400 12650 26150
14 Ali Carter 9550 700 1400 1050 2500 3200 1900 5000 15750 25300
15 Steve Davis 13100 700 1400 3750 3200 700 700 1400 11850 24950
16 Ryan Day 10050 2500 1900 2100 575 4000 575 2800 14450 24500

Points distribution

2006/2007 Points distribution for world ranking events:[47]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Northern Ireland Trophy[48][49] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
UK Championship[50][51] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Malta Cup[52][53] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Welsh Open[54][55] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[56][57] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[58][59] Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000
Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –
Tournament Stage 1 Group Stage 2 Group L16 QF SF F W
7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2 5–6 3–4
Grand Prix[60] 200 650 900 1150 575[n 7] 1400[n 7] 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000

Notes

  1. ^ James Leadbetter qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
  2. ^ Peter Lines qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
  3. ^ Jamie Jones qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
  4. ^ Robert Stephen qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
  5. ^ David Morris qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
  6. ^ Dermot McGlinchey qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
  7. ^ a b Only for seeded players

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