2010/11 snooker season

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2010/11 snooker season
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Season dates
Beginning of the season June 3, 2010
End of season May 2, 2011
Ranked tournaments 8th
Minor ranking 12
Invitation tournaments 6th
number of players 96
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship ScotlandScotland John Higgins
Masters China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui
World Champion ScotlandScotland John Higgins
World ranking
Ranking first ScotlandScotland John Higgins Neil Robertson Mark Williams
AustraliaAustralia
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
2009/10
2011/12

The 2010/11 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour .

Due to the change in the board of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association there were some innovations for this season. For the first time since the 1997/98 season a full ranking tournament took place in Germany. The traditional Grand Prix was renamed World Open and the mode changed drastically (shorter matches and admission of amateur players). In addition, the Premier League Snooker , which had existed since 1987, became part of the Main Tour for the first time.

The Jiangsu Classic , introduced in 2008, was renamed the Wuxi Classic . There were also three new invitation tournaments in the Main Tour calendar: the day event Power Snooker , the World Seniors Championship and the Snooker Shoot-Out .

The Players Tour Championship , which is intended for professionals and amateurs and offers players the opportunity to compete under competitive conditions more often than before, has also been introduced. These events are reflected in the snooker world ranking as minor ranking tournaments - albeit with a lower score.

Season results

date competition venue Art winner finalist Result
June 3 to June 6, 2010 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wuxi Classic 2010 Wuxi Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 9: 8
September 6th to September 12th 2010 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shanghai Masters 2010 Shanghai World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Ali Carter ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 10: 7
September 18 to September 26, 2010 ScotlandScotland World Open 2010 Glasgow World ranking tournament AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 5: 1
October 30, 2010 EnglandEngland Power Snooker 2010 London Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 572: 258
November 5 to November 7, 2010 EnglandEngland World Seniors Championship 2010 Bradford Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4: 1
September 2 to November 28, 2010 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Premier League Snooker 2010 changing Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 7: 1
December 4 to December 12, 2010 EnglandEngland UK Championship 2010 Telford World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 10: 9
January 9 to January 16, 2011 EnglandEngland Masters 2011 London Invitation tournament China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 10: 4
January 28th to January 30th 2011 EnglandEngland Snooker Shoot-Out 2011 Blackpool Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Nigel Bond EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 58:24
February 2 to February 6, 2011 GermanyGermany German Masters 2011 Berlin World ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams EnglandEngland Mark Selby 9: 7
February 14th to February 20th 2011 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Open 2011 Newport World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 9: 6
March 28 to April 3, 2011 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China Open 2011 Beijing World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Mark Selby 10: 8
April 16 to May 2, 2011 EnglandEngland World Championship 2011 Sheffield World ranking tournament ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Judd Trump 18:15

Players Tour Championship

# date venue Tournament name winner finalist Result
1 June 24th to June 27th 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4-0
2 July 9 to July 11, 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 4: 3
3 August 6 to August 8, 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 3 EnglandEngland Tom Ford EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4-0
4th August 14th to August 16th, 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 4 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 4: 3
5 August 27 to August 29, 2010 GermanyGermany Fuerth EPTC Event 1 - Paul Hunter Classic 2010 EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4: 3
6th October 1 to October 3, 2010 BelgiumBelgium Bruges EPTC Event 2 - Brugge Open 2010 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Matthew Couch 4: 2
7th October 8 to October 10, 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 4: 1
8th October 15 to October 17, 2010 EnglandEngland Sheffield PTC Event 6 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4: 3
9 October 21 to October 24, 2010 GermanyGermany Ruesselsheim EPTC Event 3 - Rhein-Main Masters 2010 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4-0
10 October 28 to October 31, 2010 EnglandEngland Gloucester EPTC Event 4 - MIUS Cup 2010 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4: 2
11 November 12th to November 14th, 2010 GermanyGermany Hamm EPTC Event 5 - Ruhr Championship 2010 ScotlandScotland John Higgins EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 4: 2
12 November 19 to November 21, 2010 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Prague EPTC Event 6 - Prague Classic 2010 EnglandEngland Michael Holt ScotlandScotland John Higgins 4: 3
final March 17 to March 20, 2011 IrelandIreland Dublin Grand Finals EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Martin Gould 4-0

World ranking

Starting with the 2010/11 season, the snooker world rankings will be updated several times during the season. The updated ranking list then forms the basis for the seeding list for the following tournaments. The first update was made on October 4th, 2010 (after the second tournament of the EuroPlayers Tour Championship ). Another update came on December 13th after the UK Championship , the last followed on February 21st after the Welsh Open .

On the one hand, this change in the rules reflects the current level of performance of the snooker player better, on the other hand, the same players should not meet again and again. As before, the ranking list covers a period of 24 months in order to prevent a player with only one big tournament win from being able to quickly establish himself at the top of the ranking list. Rather, you want to see continuous good performance rewarded.

For the following season, the players ranked 1-64 end of the season qualified, and in addition the green marked player

Place
1–16
Season start
May 29, 2010
Cut off Point 1
October 4th 2010
Cut off Point 2
December 13, 2010
Cut off Point 3
February 21, 2011
Season end
May 3, 2011
1 ScotlandScotland John Higgins AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson ScotlandScotland John Higgins ScotlandScotland John Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams Increase2.svg +7
2 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson EnglandEngland Allister Carter AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams ScotlandScotland John Higgins Decrease2.svg −1
3 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan ScotlandScotland John Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson EnglandEngland Mark Selby Increase2.svg +6
4th EnglandEngland Allister Carter WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui EnglandEngland Mark Selby China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui Increase2.svg +1
5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson Decrease2.svg −3
6th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland Mark Selby ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire EnglandEngland Allister Carter Decrease2.svg −2
7th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Allister Carter EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy Steady2.svg
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire EnglandEngland Allister Carter ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire Decrease2.svg −2
9 EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Mark Selby EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott EnglandEngland Judd Trump Increase2.svg +18
10 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott Increase2.svg +3
11 ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan Decrease2.svg −8
12 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen Decrease2.svg −2
13 ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon EnglandEngland Jamie Cope ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon Increase2.svg +5
14th Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu EnglandEngland Jamie Cope ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry EnglandEngland Jamie Cope WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens Increase2.svg +11
15th EnglandEngland Mark King EnglandEngland Mark King EnglandEngland Ricky Walden EnglandEngland Ricky Walden EnglandEngland Jamie Cope Increase2.svg +2
16 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu EnglandEngland Mark King Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry Decrease2.svg −5
17th to
97th place
Season start
May 29, 2010
Cut off Point 1
October 4th 2010
Cut off Point 2
December 13, 2010
Cut off Point 3
February 21, 2011
Season end
May 3, 2011
17th EnglandEngland Jamie Cope WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham Increase2.svg +12
18th EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon EnglandEngland Mark Davis Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens EnglandEngland Stephen Lee Increase2.svg +5
19th EnglandEngland Joe Perry EnglandEngland Stephen Lee EnglandEngland Mark Davis EnglandEngland Mark King EnglandEngland Mark Davis Increase2.svg +7
20th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden EnglandEngland Ricky Walden EnglandEngland Stephen Lee WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day EnglandEngland Ricky Walden Steady2.svg
21st EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo EnglandEngland Martin Gould EnglandEngland Stephen Lee EnglandEngland Martin Gould Increase2.svg +22
22nd EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens EnglandEngland Mark Davis EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins Decrease2.svg −1
23 EnglandEngland Stephen Lee WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu Decrease2.svg −9
24 EnglandEngland Michael Holt EnglandEngland Martin Gould China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo EnglandEngland Judd Trump ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell Increase2.svg +16
25th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson Increase2.svg +7
26th EnglandEngland Mark Davis EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Martin Gould EnglandEngland Mark King Decrease2.svg −11
27 EnglandEngland Judd Trump EnglandEngland Joe Perry EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo EnglandEngland Joe Perry Decrease2.svg −8
28 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene IrelandIreland Ken Doherty Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day Decrease2.svg −16
29 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene IrelandIreland Ken Doherty IrelandIreland Ken Doherty Decrease2.svg −1
30th IrelandIreland Ken Doherty IrelandIreland Ken Doherty EnglandEngland Tom Ford EnglandEngland Joe Perry China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo Decrease2.svg −14
31 EnglandEngland Dave Harold EnglandEngland Steve Davis ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale Increase2.svg +14
32 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson EnglandEngland Mike Dunn EnglandEngland Joe Perry ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene Decrease2.svg −4
33 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn EnglandEngland Robert Milkins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale EnglandEngland Tom Ford EnglandEngland Robert Milkins Increase2.svg +3
34 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien EnglandEngland Nigel Bond EnglandEngland Tom Ford Increase2.svg +7
35 EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman EnglandEngland Tom Ford EnglandEngland Mike Dunn EnglandEngland Rory McLeod EnglandEngland Rory McLeod Decrease2.svg −1
36 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins EnglandEngland Nigel Bond EnglandEngland Robert Milkins EnglandEngland Robert Milkins EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton Increase2.svg +6
37 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell EnglandEngland Nigel Bond ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien Increase2.svg +10
38 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien EnglandEngland Rory McLeod EnglandEngland Mike Dunn EnglandEngland Mike Dunn Decrease2.svg −5
39 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail EnglandEngland Michael Holt EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett Decrease2.svg −2
40 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell EnglandEngland Rory McLeod ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Nigel Bond Decrease2.svg −2
41 EnglandEngland Tom Ford EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton EnglandEngland Barry Pinches Increase2.svg +16
42 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale EnglandEngland Michael Holt MaltaMalta Tony Drago EnglandEngland Mark Joyce Increase2.svg +16
43 EnglandEngland Martin Gould Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail EnglandEngland Peter Lines EnglandEngland Michael Holt EnglandEngland Matthew Selt Increase2.svg +8
44 EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell EnglandEngland Barry Pinches EnglandEngland Barry Pinches EnglandEngland Peter Lines EnglandEngland Steve Davis Decrease2.svg −22
45 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail EnglandEngland Dave Harold EnglandEngland Michael Holt Decrease2.svg −21
46 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus EnglandEngland Dave Harold MaltaMalta Tony Drago EnglandEngland Matthew Selt MaltaMalta Tony Drago Increase2.svg +8
47 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien ScotlandScotland Alan McManus EnglandEngland Mark Joyce EnglandEngland Mark Joyce WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones New
48 EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell ScotlandScotland Alan McManus ScotlandScotland Alan McManus EnglandEngland Dave Harold Decrease2.svg −17
49 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler EnglandEngland Peter Lines EnglandEngland Matthew Selt Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail EnglandEngland Joe Jogia Increase2.svg +22
50 EnglandEngland Peter Lines EnglandEngland Andy Hicks EnglandEngland Dave Harold EnglandEngland Barry Pinches EnglandEngland Peter Lines Steady2.svg
51 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt MaltaMalta Tony Drago EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell EnglandEngland Andy Hicks ScotlandScotland Alan McManus Decrease2.svg −5
52 IrelandIreland Michael Judge EnglandEngland Matthew Selt EnglandEngland Andy Hicks WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski New
53 EnglandEngland Andy Hicks EnglandEngland Rod Lawler WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson Increase2.svg +10
54 MaltaMalta Tony Drago EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman EnglandEngland Rod Lawler Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail Decrease2.svg −15
55 EnglandEngland David Gilbert IrelandIreland David Morris EnglandEngland Rod Lawler ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill EnglandEngland Jimmy White Increase2.svg +5
56 EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski EnglandEngland Adrian Gunnell Decrease2.svg −12
57 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches EnglandEngland Alfie Burden EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Alfie Burden New
58 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce EnglandEngland Matthew Couch EnglandEngland Joe Jogia EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch EnglandEngland Rod Lawler Decrease2.svg −9
59 IrelandIreland David Morris EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie EnglandEngland Alfie Burden EnglandEngland Alfie Burden ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill New
60 EnglandEngland Jimmy White IrelandIreland Michael Judge EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch EnglandEngland Joe Jogia China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang New
61 IrelandIreland Joe Delaney ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson EnglandEngland Andy Hicks Decrease2.svg −8
62 BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song Increase2.svg +15
63 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer EnglandEngland Ian McCulloch Decrease2.svg −15
64 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies EnglandEngland Joe Jogia Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace EnglandEngland Matthew Couch China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong Increase2.svg +10
65 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce EnglandEngland Liam Highfield China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong BelgiumBelgium Bjorn Haneveer Decrease2.svg −3
66 EnglandEngland Simon Bedford IrelandIreland Joe Delaney EnglandEngland Matthew Couch EnglandEngland Liam Highfield WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White Increase2.svg +6
67 ThailandThailand James Wattana BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace ThailandThailand James Wattana Steady2.svg
68 EnglandEngland Matthew Couch WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song EnglandEngland Liam Highfield New
69 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston Increase2.svg +4
70 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace IrelandIreland David Morris IrelandIreland David Morris EnglandEngland Matthew Couch Decrease2.svg −2
71 EnglandEngland Joe Jogia EnglandEngland Liam Highfield China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett New
72 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie EnglandEngland Simon Bedford EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson New
73 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston ThailandThailand James Wattana ThailandThailand James Wattana EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie EnglandEngland Paul Davison New
74 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace Decrease2.svg −5
75 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston ScotlandScotland James McBain New
76 ScotlandScotland James McBain EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston ThailandThailand James Wattana EnglandEngland David Gilbert Decrease2.svg −21
77 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Song EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson EnglandEngland Stuart Pettman Decrease2.svg −42
78 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett EnglandEngland David Gilbert WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett IrelandIreland David Morris Decrease2.svg −19
79 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong IrelandIreland Michael Judge EnglandEngland Paul Davison EnglandEngland Simon Bedford Decrease2.svg −13
80 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston EnglandEngland Paul Davison ScotlandScotland James McBain BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo New
81 EnglandEngland David Gilbert ScotlandScotland James McBain ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon IrelandIreland Joe Delaney Decrease2.svg −20
82 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda EnglandEngland Simon Bedford IrelandIreland Joe Delaney ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon New
83 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon IrelandIreland Joe Delaney EnglandEngland David Gilbert EnglandEngland Jimmy Michie Decrease2.svg −27
84 EnglandEngland Paul Davison China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda Decrease2.svg −14
85 EnglandEngland Justin Astley ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon IrelandIreland Michael Judge NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin New
86 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies EnglandEngland Adam Wicheard EnglandEngland Kuldesh Johal New
87 GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle EnglandEngland Justin Astley EnglandEngland Justin Astley ThailandThailand Issara Kachaiwong New
88 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey EnglandEngland Adam Wicheard ThailandThailand Issara Kachaiwong EnglandEngland Adam Wicheard New
89 EnglandEngland Kuldesh Johal ThailandThailand Issara Kachaiwong EnglandEngland Kuldesh Johal IrelandIreland Michael Judge Decrease2.svg −37
90 EnglandEngland Simon Bedford GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies EnglandEngland Justin Astley New
91 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey New
92 EnglandEngland Adam Wicheard EnglandEngland Kuldesh Johal Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham New
93 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill New
94 EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones New
95 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle New
96 ThailandThailand Issara Kachaiwong EnglandEngland Jamie O'Neill GermanyGermany Patrick Einsle WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Paul Davies Decrease2.svg −32
97 EnglandEngland Reanne Evans EnglandEngland Reanne Evans EnglandEngland Reanne Evans EnglandEngland Reanne Evans New

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Qualification for the main tour 2010/11

In addition to the 64 best-placed players in the world rankings at the end of the 2009/10 season, the remaining 32 starting places were awarded as follows:

Remaining on the main tour via the 2009/10 annual ranking
Qualification via the PIOS tour 2009/10
Qualification via international amateur championships
Qualification through national associations
Qualification via WPBSA Wildcard

Subsequent nominations

Points key

Seeded players who lost their first game only received half the number of points (in the table in brackets below the regular number of points).

round 1
(Last 96)
2
(Last 80)
3
(Last 64)
4
(Last 48)
5
(Last 32)
Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 65–80 vs.
Seats 81–96
Places 49-64 vs.
Winner round 1
33-48 places vs.
Winner round 2
Places 16–32 vs.
Winner round 3
Places 1–16 vs.
Winner round 4
Shanghai Masters 560
(280)
910
(455)
1260
(630)
1610
(805)
1960
(980)
2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
UK Championship 640
(320)
1040
(520)
1440
(720)
1840
(920)
2240
(1120)
3040 4000 5120 6400 8000
Welsh Open 400
(200)
650
(325)
900
(450)
1150
(575)
1400
(700)
1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
China Open 560
(280)
910
(455)
1260
(630)
1610
(805)
1960
(980)
2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
World Snooker Championship 800
(400)
1300
(650)
1800
(900)
2300
(1150)
2800
(1400)
3800 5000 6400 8000 10,000
round 1
(Last 128)
2
(Last 96)
3
(Last 64)
4
(Last 32)
Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 65–96 vs.
32 amateurs
33-64 places vs.
Winner round 1
Places 1–32 vs.
Winner round 2
World Open 910
(455)
1260
(630)
1610
(805)
1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000
round 1
(Last 96)
2
(Last 64)
3
(Last 48)
4
(Last 32)
Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 65–96 vs.
Places 33-64
Winner round 1 vs.
Winner round 1
Seats 17–32 vs.
Winner round 2
Places 1–16 vs.
Winner round 3
German Masters 650
(325)
900
(450)
1150
(575)
1400
(700)
1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
round 1
(Last 128)
2
(Last 64)
3
(Last 32)
Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
Places 65–96 and
32 amateurs vs.
Places 1–64
Players Tour Championship
(all 12 preliminary tournaments)
- 360 560 760 1000 1280 1600 2000
round 1
(Last 24)
Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals Second winner
( Qualification via the 12 PTC pre-tournaments)
Players Tour Championship
(final tournament)
840 1140 1500 1920 2400 3000

Individual evidence

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  3. a b points, not frames
  4. EPTC4 - Location Change ( Memento from June 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
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  10. Main Tour Players 2010/11 prosnookerblog.com
  11. ^ First woman on professional tour since Allison Fisher
  12. Eurosport: Einsle receives wildcard
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