2006–07 snooker season

2006–07 snooker season

Details
Duration	13 July 2006 – 14 May 2007 (2006-07-13 – 2007-05-14)
Tournaments	27 (7 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Peter Ebdon
Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Championship	John Higgins
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

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.

International champions[1] IBSF Grand Prix runner-up:  Mark Boyle (SCO) EBSA European Snooker Championships runner-up:  Jeff Cundy (ENG) European Play Off winner:  Roy Stolk (NLD) EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships winner:  Ben Woollaston (ENG) ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner:  Issara Kachaiwong (THA) ACBS Asian Snooker Championship runner-up:  Mohammed Shehab (UAE) ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner:  Passakorn Suwannawat (THA) Oceania Championship winner:  Dene O'Kane (NZL) NGB nominations[1] English nomination 1:[n 1]  James Leadbetter (ENG) English nomination 2:[n 2]  Peter Lines (ENG) Welsh nomination:[n 3]  Jamie Jones (WAL) Scottish nomination:[n 4]  Robert Stephen (SCO) Irish nomination:[n 5]  David Morris (IRL) Northern Irish nomination:[n 6]  Dermot McGlinchey (NIR)

From PIOS Tour[1][2]  Liu Song (CHN)  Andrew Higginson (ENG)  Ian Preece (WAL)  Chris Melling (ENG)  Mark Joyce (ENG)  Paul Davison (ENG)  Tian Pengfei (CHN)  Lee Page (ENG)

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. Only for seeded players

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