The 2009–10 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 May 2009 and 8 May 2010. There were six ranking events, two less than in the previous season. The Bahrain Championship was not held again, and the Northern Ireland Trophy was removed from the calendar too. The Jiangsu Classic was held for the first time.

New professional players Countries

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

NGB nominations

From PIOS Tour

WPBSA Wildcard

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. 4 Jun 7 Jun Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium Wuxi Mark Allen Ding Junhui 6–0 7 Jul 12 Jul Six-red World Grand Prix Bangkok Jimmy White Barry Hawkins 8–6 28 Jul 30 Jul Pro Challenge Series – Event 1 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Stephen Maguire Alan McManus 5–2 31 Aug 1 Sep Pro Challenge Series – Event 2 Pontin's Prestatyn Ken Doherty Martin Gould 6–2 7 Sep 13 Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Liang Wenbo 10–5 3 Oct 11 Oct Grand Prix Kelvin Hall Glasgow Neil Robertson Ding Junhui 9–4 26 Oct 29 Oct Masters Qualifying Event Pontin's Prestatyn Rory McLeod 6–1 9 Nov 11 Nov Pro Challenge Series – Event 3 Willie Thorne Snooker Centre Leicester Robert Milkins Joe Jogia 5–3 3 Sep 29 Nov Premier League Potters Leisure Resort Shaun Murphy Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–3 5 Dec 13 Dec UK Championship Telford International Centre Telford Ding Junhui John Higgins 10–8 10 Jan 17 Jan Masters Wembley Arena London Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 25 Jan 31 Jan Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport John Higgins Ali Carter 9–4 16 Feb 18 Feb Pro Challenge Series – Event 5 George Scott Snooker Club Liverpool Barry Hawkins Michael Holt 5–1 4 Jan 25 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club Stock Marco Fu Mark Allen 3–2 29 Mar 4 Apr China Open Beijing Mark Williams Ding Junhui 10–6 17 Apr 3 May World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Neil Robertson Graeme Dott

Ranking event Non-ranking event

World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 12 Sep 12 Sep Wytech Masters North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 13 Sep 13 Sep UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–0 10 Oct 10 Oct East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 3–0 14 Nov 14 Nov British Open Newmarket Snooker & Bowl Newmarket Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 3–1 6 Feb 6 Feb South Coast Classic Q Ball Snooker Club Eastbourne Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–1 6 Mar 6 Mar Connie Gough Memorial Stadium Snooker Club Birmingham Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 3–1 3 Apr 7 Apr World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–1

Pontin's International Open Series Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 22 Jun 26 Jun PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Jack Lisowski Liam Highfield 6–5 27 Jul 31 Jul PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Liam Highfield Neal Jones 6–2 23 Aug 28 Aug PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Paul Davison Kyren Wilson 6–4 19 Oct 23 Oct PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie Jones Jak Jones 6–0 7 Dec 11 Dec PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Anthony McGill Farakh Ajaib 6–0 28 Feb 5 Mar PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Kyren Wilson Liam Highfield 6–4 11 Apr 16 Apr PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Paul Davison Justin Astley 6–2 4 May 8 May PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn Jack Lisowski Justin Astley 6–1

Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. INEC Killarney Shaun Murphy Jimmy White 5–1 7 Jul 12 Jul Beijing International Challenge Beijing University Students Gymnasium Beijing Liang Wenbo Stephen Maguire 7–6 13 Jul 17 Jul General Cup General Snooker Club Hong Kong Ricky Walden Liang Wenbo 6–2 22 Jul 26 Jul Paul Hunter English Open Northern Snooker Centre Leeds Stuart Bingham Simon Bedford 6–0 22 Jul 26 Jul World Games Kaohsiung Nigel Bond David Grace 3–0 24 Jul 26 Jul Irish Classic Celbridge Snooker Club Kildare Joe Swail Fergal O'Brien 5–0 13 Aug 16 Aug Paul Hunter Classic Stadthall Fürth Shaun Murphy Jimmy White 4–0 17 Oct 18 Oct World Series of Snooker Prague Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn Prague Jimmy White Graeme Dott 5–3 31 Oct 1 Nov Legends of Snooker Rothes Halls Glenrothes Stephen Hendry Ken Doherty 5–3 31 Oct 7 Nov Asian Indoor Games Phan Đình Phùng Gymnasium Jin Long 4–0 14 Nov 15 Nov Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Stuart Bingham Ken Doherty 3–1 15 Dec 18 Dec Six-red World Championship INEC Killarney Mark Davis Mark Williams 6–3 19 Dec 20 Dec Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Bjorn Haneveer Matthew Couch 6–3 12 Feb 14 Feb Finnish Snooker Challenge Turku Sports Club Turku Mark Williams Robin Hull 6–1

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 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

World ranking points

Points distribution 2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events.

Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F WShanghai Masters Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –Grand Prix Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 640 1040 1440 1840 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000 Seeded loser 320 520 720 920 1120 – – – – –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 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –

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