2006–07 snooker season

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

2006–07 snooker season
Details
Duration13 August 2006 – 14 May 2007
Tournaments22 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Peter Ebdon
Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship John Higgins

New professional players
Countries  China
 England  Ireland  Netherlands
 New Zealand  Northern Ireland  Scotland
 Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Wales

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]

Date[n 7] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score References
07–13 07–16  THA NR Thailand Masters Hua Hin Grand Hotel Hua Hin Marco Fu Issara Kachaiwong 5–3 [4]
08–13 08–20  NIR WR Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Ding Junhui Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 [5]
08–25 08–27  GER P/A Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth Michael Holt Barry Hawkins 4–2 [6]
09–02  ENG NR Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Mark Williams John Higgins 1–0 [7][8]
09–18 09–22  WAL OS PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Munraj Pal Kurt Maflin 6–3 [9][10]
10–09 10–11  IRL NR Irish Professional Championship Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex Templeogue Ken Doherty Michael Judge 9–4 [11]
10–12 10–16  WAL OS PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Julian Logue Alex Davies 6–5 [10][12]
10–21 10–29  SCO WR Grand Prix A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Neil Robertson Jamie Cope 9–5 [13]
11–04 11–09  ENG NR Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Stuart Bingham Mark Selby 6–2 [14]
09–14 12–03  ENG NR Premier League Forum Centre Wythenshawe Ronnie O'Sullivan Jimmy White 7–0 [15]
11–30 12–04  WAL OS PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Leo Fernandez Lee Walker 6–5 [10][16]
12–06 12–07  QAT P/A Asian Games Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall Doha Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo 4–2 [17]
12–04 12–17  ENG WR UK Championship Barbican Centre York Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 10–6 [18]
01–14 01–18  WAL OS PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Kuldesh Johal Lee Walker 6–4 [10][19]
01–14 01–21  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Arena London Ronnie O'Sullivan Ding Junhui 10–3 [20][21]
01–29 02–04  MLT WR Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Shaun Murphy Ryan Day 9–4 [22]
02–01 02–05  WAL OS PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin Ashley Wright 6–3 [10][23]
02–12 02–18  WAL WR Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Neil Robertson Andrew Higginson 9–8 [24][25]
03–04 03–08  WAL OS PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie O'Neill Ashley Wright 6–2 [10][26]
03–09 03–11  IRL NR Irish Masters Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny Ronnie O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins 9–1 [27]
03–25 04–01  CHN WR China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Graeme Dott Jamie Cope 9–5 [28]
04–12 04–16  WAL OS PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Bjorn Haneveer Craig Steadman 6–2 [10][29]
04–21 05–07  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Mark Selby 18–13 [30]
05–10 05–14  WAL OS PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn James McBain Kurt Maflin 6–4 [10][31]
WR = World ranking event
OS = [Pontin's] International Open Series
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro–am event

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.[32][33][34]

No. Ch. Player Points 2004/05 Points 2005/06 Total
1 Stephen Hendry 213371510036437
2 Ken Doherty 158872025036137
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 231621285036012
4 John Higgins 158121915034962
5 Shaun Murphy 163751635032725
6 Graeme Dott 135001910032600
7 Peter Ebdon 156501555031200
8 Mark Williams 128371830031137
9 Stephen Maguire 197251100030725
10 Stephen Lee 156251350029125
11 Steve Davis 157751310028875
12 Barry Hawkins 132251460027825
13 Neil Robertson 144251257527000
14 Matthew Stevens 15262860023862
15 Ali Carter 14175955023725
16 Anthony Hamilton 14312941323725

World ranking points
Main article: Snooker world ranking points 2006/2007

[35][36]

No. Player Points 2005/06 NIT GP UK WO MC CO WSC Points 2006/07 Total[37]
1 John Higgins 191501900250048007007002500100002310042250
2 Graeme Dott 191002500575480019002500500014001867537775
3 Shaun Murphy 1635025001400105025005000250064002135037700
4 Ken Doherty 2025025001900285019002500250014001555035800
5 Ronnie O'Sullivan 128504000250028502500700320050002075033600
6 Peter Ebdon 1555070014007500700320070038001800033550
7 Neil Robertson 1257519005000105050001900190038002055033125
8 Stephen Hendry 15100190057560001900250070038001737532475
9 Ding Junhui 144755000140037505751400140028001632530800
10 Stephen Maguire 1100019001400285032001900190064001955030550
11 Mark Selby 91251900190021001900575190080001827527400
12 Mark Williams 18300190057528507007007001400882527125
13 Stephen Lee 13500320019002850700190070014001265026150
14 Allister Carter 95507001400105025003200190050001575025300
15 Steve Davis 1310070014003750320070070014001185024950
16 Ryan Day 10050250019002100575400057528001445024500

Points distribution

2006/2007 Points distribution for world ranking events:[38]

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W
Northern Ireland Trophy[39][40] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
UK Championship[41][42] Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500
Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –
Malta Cup[43][44] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
Welsh Open[45][46] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
China Open[47][48] Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –
World Championship[49][50] 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[51] 200 650 900 1150 575[n 8] 1400[n 8] 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. Dates use the month day format
  8. Only for seeded players
gollark: Well, send it back if you won't give me the 1000 seeds.
gollark: I paid you 1KST.
gollark: Seeds please.
gollark: I can provide that 1 millikrist as you said; do you just want 1KST (rounded up) or will you give me 1000 seeds for 1KST?
gollark: Can I haz zeed plz?

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