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2007–08 snooker season

The 2007–08 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 June 2007 and 15 May 2008. This season saw the introduction of a new ranking tournament in Shanghai, while the Malta Cup lost its status as a ranking tournament.

2007–08 snooker season
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Duration16 June 2007 – 15 May 2008 (2007-06-16 – 2008-05-15)
Tournaments32 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
MastersEngland Mark Selby
World ChampionshipEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan

New professional players

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Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.

Calendar

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

World Snooker Tour

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Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
6 Aug 12 Aug   CHN Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai   Dominic Dale   Ryan Day 10–6 [4]
7 Sep 12 Sep   ENG Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield   Barry Hawkins   Kurt Maflin 6–4 [5]
6 Oct   ENG Pot Black Sheffield City Hall Sheffield   Ken Doherty   Shaun Murphy 1–0 [6]
13 Oct 21 Oct   SCO Grand Prix A.E.C.C. Aberdeen   Marco Fu   Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [7]
4 Nov 11 Nov   NIR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast   Stephen Maguire   Fergal O'Brien 9–5 [8]
6 Sep 2 Dec   SCO Premier League A.E.C.C. Aberdeen   Ronnie O'Sullivan   John Higgins 7–4 [9]
8 Dec 16 Dec   ENG UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Stephen Maguire 10–2 [10]
13 Jan 20 Jan   ENG Masters Wembley Arena London   Mark Selby   Stephen Lee 10–3 [11][12]
4 Feb 10 Feb   MLT Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso   Shaun Murphy   Ken Doherty 9–3 [13][14]
11 Feb 17 Feb   WAL Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport   Mark Selby   Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 [15][16]
24 Mar 30 Mar   CHN China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing   Stephen Maguire   Shaun Murphy 10–9 [17]
19 Apr 5 May   ENG World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield   Ronnie O'Sullivan   Ali Carter 18–8 [18]
25 Feb 15 May   ENG Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock   Joe Perry   Mark Selby 3–1 [19][20]
Ranking event
Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

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Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
13 Sep 13 Sep   ENG Wytech Masters North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield   Reanne Evans   Katie Henrick 3–2 [21]
14 Sep 14 Sep   ENG UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield   Reanne Evans   Maria Catalano 3–1 [22]
6 Oct 6 Oct   ENG East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge   Katie Henrick   June Banks 3–1 [23]
10 Nov 10 Nov   ENG British Open Rushden Snooker Club Rushden   Maria Catalano   Emma Bonney 3–2 [24]
2 Feb 2 Feb   ENG South Coast Classic Q Ball Snooker Club Eastbourne   Emma Bonney   June Banks 3–2 [25]
1 Mar 1 Mar   ENG Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton   Maria Catalano   Reanne Evans 3–2 [26]
3 May 7 May   ENG World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge   Reanne Evans   June Banks 5–2 [27]

Pontin's International Open Series

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Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
16 Jul 20 Jul   WAL PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn   Simon Bedford   Gary Wilkinson 6–3 [28][29]
5 Aug 10 Aug   WAL PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn   Kuldesh Johal   Andrew Pagett 6–4 [28][30]
23 Sep 28 Sep   WAL PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn   Paul Davison   Michael King 6–2 [28][31]
14 Oct 19 Oct   WAL PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn   Matthew Couch   Michael Wild 6–3 [28][32]
11 Dec 15 Dec   WAL PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn   Peter Lines   Daniel Wells 6–5 [28][33]
15 Feb 19 Feb   WAL PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn   Kuldesh Johal   Simon Bedford 6–5 [28][34]
24 Mar 28 Mar   WAL PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn   Jamie Jones   Peter Lines 6–2 [28][35]
13 Apr 18 Apr   WAL PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn   Liam Highfield   Justin Astley 6–2 [28][36]

Other events

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Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
16 Jun 17 Jun   POL Warsaw Snooker Tour Torwar Hall Warsaw   Mark Selby   John Higgins 5–3 [37]
12 Jul 15 Jul   HKG Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Queen Elizabeth Stadium Wan Chai   John Higgins   James Wattana 5–4 [38]
14 Aug 19 Aug   ENG Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds   Matthew Couch   Neil Robertson 6–5 [39][40]
18 Aug 19 Aug   IRL Irish Classic Raphael's Snooker Club Dublin   David Morris   Fergal O'Brien 5–3 [41][42]
23 Aug 26 Aug   GER Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth   Barry Pinches   Ken Doherty 4–0 [43]
25 Sep 30 Sep   IRL Irish Professional Championship Red Cow Exhibition Centre Dublin   Ken Doherty   Fergal O'Brien 9–2 [44]
27 Oct 2 Nov   MAC Asian Indoor Games Macau East Asian Games Dome Macau   Mohammed Shehab   James Wattana 4–3 [45]
15 Nov 18 Nov    SUI Swiss Open Billard Center Im Funken Zofingen   Dave Harold   Ken Doherty 5–0 [46]
1 Dec 2 Dec   WAL Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn   Joe Perry   Ricky Walden 4–2 [47]
15 Dec 16 Dec   NED Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch   Michael Holt   Barry Pinches 6–4 [48]
14 May 18 May   CHN Huangshan Cup Anhui Sport Bureau Hefei   Ali Carter   Marco Fu 5–3 [49][50]

Official rankings

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Main article: Snooker world rankings 2007/2008

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.[51][52][53]

No. Ch. Player Points 2005/06 Points 2006/07 Total
1     John Higgins 19150 23100 42250
2     Graeme Dott 19100 18675 37775
3     Shaun Murphy 16350 21350 37700
4     Ken Doherty 20250 15550 35800
5     Ronnie O'Sullivan 12850 20750 33600
6     Peter Ebdon 15550 18000 33550
7     Neil Robertson 12575 20550 33125
8     Stephen Hendry 15100 17375 32475
9     Ding Junhui 14475 16325 30800
10     Stephen Maguire 11000 19550 30550
11     Mark Selby 9125 18275 27400
12     Mark Williams 18300 8825 27125
13     Stephen Lee 13500 12650 26150
14     Ali Carter 9550 15750 25300
15     Steve Davis 13100 11850 24950
16     Ryan Day 10050 14450 24500

World ranking points

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Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2007/2008

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No.  Ch  Player Points 2006/07 SM GP NI UK WO CO WSC Points 2007/08 Total
1  4   Ronnie O'Sullivan 20750 700 5000 2500 7500 4000 0[56] 10000 29700 50450
2  8   Stephen Maguire 19550 1900 2375 5000 6000 700 5000 5000 25975 45525
3     Shaun Murphy 21350 700 4000 3200 4800 3200 4000 3800 23700 45050
4  7   Mark Selby 18275 3200 1750 700 4800 5000 3200 1400 20050 38325
5  4   John Higgins 23100 1900 2375 700 1050 2500 2500 3800 14825 37925
6  2   Stephen Hendry 17375 1900 1750 1900 1050 3200 700 6400 16900 34275
7  7   Ali Carter 15750 700 2375 1900 1050 2500 1900 8000 18425 34175
8  8   Ryan Day 14450 4000 2375 1900 1050 1900 3200 5000 19425 33875
9  3   Peter Ebdon 18000 700 3125 2500 1050 700 1900 5000 14975 32975
10  3   Neil Robertson 20550 700 1750 2500 1050 1900 700 3800 12400 32950
11  2   Ding Junhui 16325 1900 719 1900 3750 1900 1900 3800 15869 32194
12  6   Joe Perry 12175 575 3125 1400 2850 2500 1400 6400 18250 30425
13  11   Graeme Dott 18675 3200 719 700 1050 700 700 1400 8469 27144
14  13   Marco Fu 8925 1400 6250 575 3750 1400 1900 2800 18075 27000
15  6   Mark King 12325 575 1750 1400 2850 1400 1900 3800 13675 26000
16  13   Mark Allen 10650 575 1750 3200 2850 1400 2500 2800 15075 25725

Points distribution

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2007/2008 Points distribution for world ranking events:[57]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Shanghai Masters[58][59] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Northern Ireland Trophy[60] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
UK Championship[61] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Welsh Open[62] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[63] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[64][65] 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[66][67] 250 813 1125 1438 719[n 7] 1750[n 7] 2375 3125 4000 5000 6250

Notes

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  1. ^ Jimmy Robertson qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
  2. ^ Martin Gould qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
  3. ^ Gareth Coppack qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
  4. ^ Fraser Patrick qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
  5. ^ Rodney Goggins qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
  6. ^ Patrick Wallace qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
  7. ^ a b Only for seeded players

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