2009–10 snooker season

Countries
Belgium	China	England
Ireland	Malta	Northern Ireland
Scotland	Thailand	Wales

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2008/2009 professional Main Tour.[4]

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[13]

Date[n 8]		Country	Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
05–16	05–17	IRL	WS	World Series of Snooker Killarney	INEC	Killarney	Shaun Murphy	Jimmy White	5–1	[14]
06–04	06–07	CHN	NR	Jiangsu Classic	Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium	Wuxi	Mark Allen	Ding Junhui	6–0	[15]
06–22	06–26	WAL	OS	PIOS I	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jack Lisowski	Liam Highfield	6–5	[16][17]
07–07	07–12	THA	NR	Six-red World Grand Prix	Montien Riverside Hotel	Bangkok	Jimmy White	Barry Hawkins	8–6	[18]
07–07	07–12	CHN	NR	Beijing International Challenge	Beijing University Students Gymnasium	Beijing	Liang Wenbo	Stephen Maguire	7–6	[19]
07–13	07–17	HKG	NR	General Cup	General Snooker Club	Hong Kong	Ricky Walden	Liang Wenbo	6–2	[20]
07–22	07–26	ENG	P/A	Paul Hunter English Open	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Stuart Bingham	Simon Bedford	6–0	[21]
07–22	07–26	TWN	P/A	World Games	Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium	Kaohsiung	Nigel Bond	David Grace	3–0	[22][23]
07–24	07–26	IRL	NR	Irish Classic	Celbridge Snooker Club	Kildare	Joe Swail	Fergal O'Brien	5–0	[24]
07–27	07–31	WAL	OS	PIOS II	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Liam Highfield	Neal Jones	6–2	[16][25]
07–28	07–30	ENG	PC	Pro Challenge Series – Event 1	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	Stephen Maguire	Alan McManus	5–2	[26]
08–13	08–16	GER	P/A	Paul Hunter Classic	Stadthall	Fürth	Shaun Murphy	Jimmy White	4–0	[27]
08–23	08–28	WAL	OS	PIOS III	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Kyren Wilson	6–4	[16][28]
08–31	09–01	WAL	PC	Pro Challenge Series – Six-red Event	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Ken Doherty	Martin Gould	6–2	[29]
09–07	09–13	CHN	WR	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai Grand Stage	Shanghai	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Liang Wenbo	10–5	[30]
10–03	10–11	SCO	WR	Grand Prix	Kelvin Hall	Glasgow	Neil Robertson	Ding Junhui	9–4	[31]
10–17	10–18	CZE	WS	World Series of Snooker Prague	Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn	Prague	Jimmy White	Graeme Dott	5–3	[32]
10–19	10–23	WAL	OS	PIOS IV	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jamie Jones	Jak Jones	6–0	[16][33]
10–26	10–29	WAL	NR	Masters Qualifying Event	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Rory McLeod	Andrew Higginson	6–1	[34]
10–31	11–07	VIE	P/A	Asian Indoor Games	Phan Đình Phùng Gymnasium	Ho Chi Minh City	Jin Long	Nader Khan Sultani	4–0	[35]
11–09	11–11	ENG	PC	Pro Challenge Series – Event 3	Willie Thorne Snooker Centre	Leicester	Robert Milkins	Joe Jogia	5–3	[36]
11–14	11–15	WAL	P/A	Pontin's Pro Am Series	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Stuart Bingham	Ken Doherty	3–1	[37]
09–03	11–29	ENG	NR	Premier League	Potters Leisure Resort	Hopton-on-Sea	Shaun Murphy	Ronnie O'Sullivan	7–3	[38]
12–05	12–13	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Telford International Centre	Telford	Ding Junhui	John Higgins	10–8	[39]
12–07	12–11	WAL	OS	PIOS V	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Anthony McGill	Farakh Ajaib	6–0	[16][40]
12–15	12–18	IRL	NR	Six-red World Championship	INEC	Killarney	Mark Davis	Mark Williams	6–3	[41]
01–10	01–17	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Arena	London	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10–9	[42]
01–25	01–31	WAL	WR	Welsh Open	Newport Centre	Newport	John Higgins	Ali Carter	9–4	[43]
02–12	02–14	FIN	P/A	Finnish Snooker Challenge	Turku Sports Club	Turku	Mark Williams	Robin Hull	6–1	[44]
02–16	02–18	ENG	PC	Pro Challenge Series – Event 5	George Scott Snooker Club	Liverpool	Barry Hawkins	Michael Holt	5–1	[45]
02–28	03–05	WAL	OS	PIOS VI	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Kyren Wilson	Liam Highfield	6–4	[16][46]
01–04	03–25	ENG	NR	Championship League	Crondon Park Golf Club	Stock	Marco Fu	Mark Allen	3–2	[47]
03–29	04–04	CHN	WR	China Open	Beijing University Students Gymnasium	Beijing	Mark Williams	Ding Junhui	10–6	[48]
04–11	04–16	WAL	OS	PIOS VII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Paul Davison	Justin Astley	6–2	[16][49]
04–17	05–03	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Neil Robertson	Graeme Dott	18–13	[50]
05–04	05–08	WAL	OS	PIOS VIII	Pontin's	Prestatyn	Jack Lisowski	Justin Astley	6–1	[16][51]

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.[52][53]

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2007/08	Points 2008/09	Total
1		Ronnie O'Sullivan	29700	23875	53575
2		Stephen Maguire	25975	22075	48050
3		Shaun Murphy	23700	23475	47175
4		John Higgins	14825	31000	45825
5		Ali Carter	18425	24100	42525
6		Ryan Day	19425	21250	40675
7		Mark Selby	20050	17925	37975
8		Marco Fu	18075	19275	37350
9		Neil Robertson	12400	22825	35225
10		Stephen Hendry	16900	16225	33125
11		Mark Allen	15075	17800	32875
12		Joe Perry	18250	14625	32875
13		Ding Junhui	15869	13775	29644
14		Peter Ebdon	14975	14425	29400
15		Mark Williams	15100	14219	29319
16		Mark King	13675	14625	28300

[54][55]

No.	Ch	Player	Points 08/09	SM	GP	UK	WO	CO	WSC	Points 09/10	Total
1	3	John Higgins	31000	4480	4480	6400	5000	2660	3800	26820	57820
2	7	Neil Robertson	22825	980	7000	3040	1900	2660	10000	25580	48405
3	2	Ronnie O'Sullivan	23875	7000	2660	5120	3200	980	5000	23960	47835
4	1	Ali Carter	24100	2660	980	4000	4000	4480	6400	22520	46620
5	8	Ding Junhui	13775	3500	5600	8000	700	5600	3800	27200	40975
6	4	Stephen Maguire	22075	980	2660	5120	3200	2660	3800	18420	40495
7	4	Shaun Murphy	23475	4480	980	3040	700	980	5000	15180	38655
8	7	Mark Williams	14219	2660	4480	3040	2500	7000	3800	23480	37699
9	2	Mark Selby	17925	980	980	4000	2500	2660	6400	17520	35445
10	1	Mark Allen	17800	980	3500	1120	2500	4480	5000	17580	35380
11	1	Stephen Hendry	16225	2660	2660	3040	1900	3500	3800	17560	33785
12	6	Ryan Day	21250	3500	980	1120	2500	2660	1400	12160	33410
13	15	Graeme Dott	14025	1960	805	2240	1900	1960	8000	16865	30890
14	6	Marco Fu	19275	2660	980	1120	700	3500	1400	10360	29635
15	1	Mark King	14625	1960	2660	3040	1900	3500	1400	14460	29085
16	10	Liang Wenbo	12325	5600	1960	4000	575	805	2800	15740	28065

2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events.[56]