# 2006–07 snooker season

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.

## 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 |
| 13 Aug | 20 Aug | NIR | Northern Ireland Trophy | Waterfront Hall | Belfast | Ding Junhui | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–6 |
| 2 Sep | 2 Sep | ENG | Pot Black | Royal Automobile Club | London | Mark Williams | John Higgins | 1–0 |
| 21 Oct | 29 Oct | SCO | Grand Prix | A.E.C.C. | Aberdeen | Neil Robertson | Jamie Cope | 9–5 |
| 4 Nov | 9 Nov | ENG | Masters Qualifying Event | English Institute of Sport | Sheffield | Stuart Bingham | Mark Selby | 6–2 |
| 14 Sep | 3 Dec | ENG | Premier League | Forum Centre | Wythenshawe | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Jimmy White | 7–0 |
| 4 Dec | 17 Dec | ENG | UK Championship | Barbican Centre | York | Peter Ebdon | Stephen Hendry | 10–6 |
| 14 Jan | 21 Jan | ENG | Masters | Wembley Arena | London | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ding Junhui | 10–3 |
| 29 Jan | 4 Feb | MLT | Malta Cup | Hilton Conference Center | Portomaso | Shaun Murphy | Ryan Day | 9–4 |
| 12 Feb | 18 Feb | WAL | Welsh Open | Newport Centre | Newport | Neil Robertson | Andrew Higginson | 9–8 |
| 25 Mar | 1 Apr | CHN | China Open | Beijing University Students' Gymnasium | Beijing | Graeme Dott | Jamie Cope | 9–5 |
| 21 Apr | 7 May | ENG | World Championship | Crucible Theatre | Sheffield | John Higgins | Mark Selby | 18–13 |
* Ranking event
* Non-ranking event

### World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 16 Sep | 16 Sep | ENG | UK Ladies Championship | North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre | Chesterfield | Reanne Evans | June Banks | 4–2 |
| 21 Oct | 21 Oct | ENG | East Anglian Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre | Cambridge | Reanne Evans | June Banks | 4–3 |
| 18 Nov | 18 Nov | ENG | British Open | Cueball Derby | Derby | Reanne Evans | June Banks | 4–2 |
| 10 Feb | 10 Feb | ENG | South Coast Classic | Rileys Snooker Club | Brighton | Reanne Evans | Maria Catalano | 4–2 |
| 10 Mar | 10 Mar | ENG | Connie Gough Memorial | Rileys Snooker Club | Luton | Maria Catalano | June Banks | 3–1 |
| 31 Mar | 5 Apr | ENG | World Women's Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre | Cambridge | Reanne Evans | Katie Henrick | 5–3 |

### Pontin's International Open Series

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 18 Sep | 22 Sep | WAL | PIOS I | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Munraj Pal | Kurt Maflin | 6–3 |
| 12 Oct | 16 Oct | WAL | PIOS II | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Julian Logue | Alex Davies | 6–5 |
| 30 Nov | 4 Dec | WAL | PIOS III | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Leo Fernandez | Lee Walker | 6–5 |
| 14 Jan | 18 Jan | WAL | PIOS IV | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Kuldesh Johal | Lee Walker | 6–4 |
| 1 Feb | 5 Feb | WAL | PIOS V | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Kurt Maflin | Ashley Wright | 6–3 |
| 4 Mar | 8 Mar | WAL | PIOS VI | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Jamie O'Neill | Ashley Wright | 6–2 |
| 12 Apr | 16 Apr | WAL | PIOS VII | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Bjorn Haneveer | Craig Steadman | 6–2 |
| 10 May | 14 May | WAL | PIOS VIII | Pontin's | Prestatyn | James McBain | Kurt Maflin | 6–4 |

### Other events

| Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 13 Jul | 16 Jul | THA | Thailand Masters | Hua Hin Grand Hotel | Hua Hin | Marco Fu | Issara Kachaiwong | 5–3 |
| 25 Aug | 27 Aug | GER | Fürth German Open | Stadthalle | Fürth | Michael Holt | Barry Hawkins | 4–2 |
| 16 Sep | 17 Sep | WAL | Pontin's Pro Am Series | Pontin's | Prestatyn | Ken Doherty | Ricky Walden | 4–2 |
| 9 Oct | 11 Oct | IRL | Irish Professional Championship | Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex | Templeogue | Ken Doherty | Michael Judge | 9–4 |
| 9 Nov | 12 Nov | SUI | Swiss Open | Billard Center Im Funken | Zofingen | Matthew Couch | Dave Harold | 4–3 |
| 6 Dec | 7 Dec | QAT | Asian Games | Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall | Doha | Ding Junhui | Liang Wenbo | 4–2 |
| 16 Dec | 17 Dec | NED | Dutch Open | De Dieze | 's-Hertogenbosch | Michael Wild | Mark King | 6–5 |
| 9 Mar | 11 Mar | IRL | Irish Masters | Ormonde Hotel | Kilkenny | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Barry Hawkins | 9–1 |

## 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. | 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

| No. | Player | Points 2005/06 | NIT | GP | UK | WO | MC | CO | WSC | Points 2006/07 | Total |
| 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:
| Tournament | Round → | L96 | L80 | L64 | L48 | L32 | L16 | QF | SF | F | W |
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – |
| UK Championship | Unseeded loser | 600 | 975 | 1350 | 1725 | 2100 | 2850 | 3750 | 4800 | 6000 | 7500 |
| UK Championship | Seeded loser | 300 | 488 | 675 | 863 | 1050 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malta Cup | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
| Malta Cup | Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Welsh Open | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
| Welsh Open | Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – |
| China Open | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
| China Open | Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – |
| World Championship | Unseeded loser | 800 | 1300 | 1800 | 2300 | 2800 | 3800 | 5000 | 6400 | 8000 | 10000 |
| World Championship | Seeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tournament | Stage 1 Group | Stage 1 Group | Stage 1 Group | Stage 1 Group | Stage 2 Group | Stage 2 Group | L16 | QF | SF | F | W |
| Tournament | 7–8 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 5–6 | 3–4 | L16 | QF | SF | F | W |
| Grand Prix | 200 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 575 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |