The 2008–09 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 June 2008 and 10 May 2009. Four players missed the fourth ranking event of the season, the Bahrain Championship, and therefore lost ranking points; this was due to a clash with some Premier League matches whose date had already been approved by the game's governing body.

New professional players Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2007/2008 professional Main Tour.

NGB nominations

From PIOS Tour

Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.

World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. Jiangsu Classic Nanjing Wuxi Ding Junhui Mark Selby 6–5 8 Jul 13 Jul Six-red Snooker International Montien Riverside Hotel Bangkok Ricky Walden Stuart Bingham 8–3 24 Aug 31 Aug Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Ronnie O'Sullivan Dave Harold 9–3 29 Sep 5 Oct Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Ricky Walden 11 Oct 18 Oct Grand Prix S.E.C.C. Glasgow John Higgins Ryan Day 9–7 8 Nov 15 Nov Bahrain Championship Manama Neil Robertson Matthew Stevens 9–7 21 Nov 26 Nov Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Judd Trump Mark Joyce 6–1 11 Sep 7 Dec Premier League Potters Leisure Resort Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Selby 7–2 13 Dec 21 Dec UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford Shaun Murphy Marco Fu 10–9 11 Jan 18 Jan Masters Wembley Arena London Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Selby 10–8 16 Feb 22 Feb Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Ali Carter Joe Swail 9–5 5 Jan 26 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Judd Trump Mark Selby 3–2 30 Mar 5 Apr China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium Beijing Peter Ebdon John Higgins 10–8 18 Apr 4 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Shaun Murphy 18–9

Ranking event Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 13 Sep 13 Sep Wytech Masters North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 3–2 14 Sep 14 Sep UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–1 11 Oct 11 Oct East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 15 Nov 15 Nov British Open Newmarket Snooker & Bowl Newmarket Emma Bonney June Banks 3–1 7 Feb 7 Feb South Coast Classic Q Ball Snooker Club Eastbourne Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 7 Mar 7 Mar Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 3–1 4 Apr 8 Apr World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–2

Pontin's International Open Series Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 23 Jun 27 Jun PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Bjorn Haneveer 6–2 3 Aug 8 Aug PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Xiao Guodong Noppadol Sangnil 6–5 25 Aug 29 Aug PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Shokat Ali Michael White 6–3 19 Oct 24 Oct PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Craig Steadman Mike Hallett 6–1 9 Nov 14 Nov PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Chris Norbury Alfie Burden 6–2 27 Feb 4 Mar PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Xiao Guodong Jack Lisowski 6–0 25 Mar 29 Mar PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Lee Page 6–3 5 May 9 May PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Joe Jogia Ben Woollaston 6–5

Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 21 Jun 22 Jun Fort Regent Saint Helier John Higgins Mark Selby 6–3 12 Jul 13 Jul World Series of Snooker Berlin Tempodrom Berlin Graeme Dott Shaun Murphy 6–1 27 Jul 3 Aug Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Xiao Guodong Ben Woollaston 6–2 2 Aug 3 Aug Irish Classic Celbridge Snooker Club Kildare Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien 5–2 28 Aug 31 Aug Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth Shaun Murphy Mark Selby 4–0 19 Sep 21 Sep Belgian Open Sportcentrum De Pollepel Duffel Ricky Walden Graeme Dott 4–0 23 Oct 26 Oct Austrian Open BRP-Rotax-Halle Wels Ryan Day Jamie Cope 6–3 25 Oct 26 Oct EXPO XXI Warsaw Ding Junhui Ken Doherty 6–4 22 Nov 23 Nov World Series of Snooker Moscow Krilya Sovetov Sports Arena Moscow John Higgins Ding Junhui 5–0 20 Dec 21 Dec Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Stuart Bingham Joe Swail 6–3 9 Jan 10 Jan Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie Cope Craig Steadman 4–1 8 May 10 May Pavilhão Arena Portimão Shaun Murphy John Higgins 6–2

Official rankings

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.

No. Ch. Player Points 2006/07 Points 2007/08 Total 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20750 29700 50450 2 Stephen Maguire 19550 25975 45525 3 Shaun Murphy 21350 23700 45050 4 Mark Selby 18275 20050 38325 5 John Higgins 23100 14825 37925 6 Stephen Hendry 17375 16900 34275 7 Ali Carter 15750 18425 34175 8 Ryan Day 14450 19425 33875 9 Peter Ebdon 18000 14975 32975 10 Neil Robertson 20550 12400 32950 11 Ding Junhui 16325 15869 32194 12 Joe Perry 12175 18250 30425 13 Graeme Dott 18675 8469 27144 14 Marco Fu 8925 18075 27000 15 Mark King 12325 13675 26000 16 Mark Allen 10650 15075 25725

World ranking points

Points distribution 2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events:

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –Shanghai Masters Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –Grand Prix Unseeded loser 500 813 1125 1438 1750 2375 3125 4000 5000 6250 Seeded loser 250 407 563 719 875 – – – – –Bahrain Championship Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500 Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –China Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

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