# 2010–11 snooker season

The 2010–11 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 20 May 2010 and 2 May 2011. The German Masters was the first ranking tournament in Germany since the 1997/1998 season. The Grand Prix was renamed to World Open, and the format of the tournament was changed with 32 amateurs joining the Main Tour professionals. The Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series was introduced to the calendar. These events were open to amateurs and professionals with a separate Order of Merit. The top 24 in the Order of Merit qualified for the Finals, which was a ranking event. The Premier League was for the first time part of the Main Tour. The Jiangsu Classic was renamed to the Wuxi Classic, and other events were introduced to the calendar: the new cue sport Power Snooker, the World Seniors Championship, and Snooker Shoot Out. The Scottish Professional Championship was held for the first time since 1989.
At the end of the season John Higgins was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year, Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year, Mark Williams the Players Player of the Year and Jack Lisowski the Rookie of the Year. Judd Trump received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the China Open and reaching the final of the World Championship. "The Magic Moment" award has gone to Rory McLeod for his "thrilling" win against Tony Drago at the Snooker Shoot-Out. Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

## New professional players

Countries
* Brazil
* China
* England
* Germany
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Scotland
* Thailand
* Wales
Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2009/2010 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 | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 3 Jun | 6 Jun | Wuxi Classic† | Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 9–8 | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| 24 Jun | 27 Jun | Players Tour Championship – Event 1‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Mark Williams (WAL) | 4–0 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| 8 Jul | 11 Jul | Players Tour Championship – Event 2‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Mark Selby (ENG) | 4–3 | Barry Pinches (ENG) |
| 18 Jul | 25 Jul | Six-red World Championship† | Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand | Mark Selby (ENG) | 8–6 | Ricky Walden (ENG) |
| 6 Aug | 8 Aug | Players Tour Championship – Event 3‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Tom Ford (ENG) | 4–0 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
| 14 Aug | 16 Aug | Players Tour Championship – Event 4‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Barry Pinches (ENG) | 4–3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| 26 Aug | 29 Aug | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 1‡ | Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany | Judd Trump (ENG) | 4–3 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) |
| 6 Sep | 12 Sep | Shanghai Masters | Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China | Ali Carter (ENG) | 10–7 | Jamie Burnett (SCO) |
| 18 Sep | 26 Sep | World Open | S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, Scotland | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5–1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| 30 Sep | 3 Oct | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 2‡ | Boudewijn Seapark in Bruges, Belgium | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4–2 | Matthew Couch (ENG) |
| 7 Oct | 10 Oct | Players Tour Championship – Event 5‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 4–1 | Jamie Jones (WAL) |
| 14 Oct | 17 Oct | Players Tour Championship – Event 6‡ | World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England | Dominic Dale (WAL) | 4–3 | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| 22 Oct | 24 Oct | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 3‡ | Walter Kobel Sporthalle in Rüsselsheim, Germany | Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 4–0 | Liang Wenbo (CHN) |
| 28 Oct | 31 Oct | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 4‡ | South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England | Stephen Lee (ENG) | 4–2 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| 12 Nov | 14 Nov | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 5‡ | Sparkassen Arena in Hamm, Germany | John Higgins (SCO) | 4–2 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| 19 Nov | 21 Nov | Euro Players Tour Championship – Event 6‡ | Aréna Sparta Podvinný Mlýn in Prague, Czech Republic | Michael Holt (ENG) | 4–3 | John Higgins (SCO) |
| 8 Sep | 28 Nov | Premier League† | Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton-on-Sea, England | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 7–1 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| 4 Dec | 12 Dec | UK Championship | Telford International Centre in Telford, England | John Higgins (SCO) | 10–9 | Mark Williams (WAL) |
| 9 Jan | 16 Jan | Masters† | Wembley Arena in London, England | Ding Junhui (CHN) | 10–4 | Marco Fu (HKG) |
| 28 Jan | 30 Jan | Snooker Shoot Out† | Circus Arena in Blackpool, England | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 1–0 | Robert Milkins (ENG) |
| 2 Feb | 6 Feb | German Masters | Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany | Mark Williams (WAL) | 9–7 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 14 Feb | 20 Feb | Welsh Open | Newport Centre in Newport, Wales | John Higgins (SCO) | 9–6 | Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| 17 Mar | 20 Mar | Players Tour Championship Finals | The Helix in Dublin, Ireland | Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4–0 | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| 3 Jan | 24 Mar | Championship League† | Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England | Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 3–1 | Shaun Murphy (ENG) |
| 28 Mar | 3 Apr | China Open | Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China | Judd Trump (ENG) | 10–8 | Mark Selby (ENG) |
| 16 Apr | 2 May | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England | John Higgins (SCO) | 18–15 | Judd Trump (ENG) |
* Ranking event
* ‡ Minor-ranking event
* † Non-ranking event

### World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 25 Sep | 25 Sep | Wytech Masters | North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre in Chesterfield, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–1 | Maria Catalano (ENG) |
| 26 Sep | 26 Sep | UK Ladies Championship | North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre in Chesterfield, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–0 | Maria Catalano (ENG) |
| 30 Oct | 30 Oct | East Anglian Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre in Cambridge, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–0 | Maria Catalano (ENG) |
| 27 Nov | 27 Nov | British Open | Pot Black Sports Bar in Bury St Edmunds, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–1 | Emma Bonney (ENG) |
| 12 Feb | 12 Feb | Southern Classic | Jesters Snooker in Swindon, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–0 | Maria Catalano (ENG) |
| 12 Mar | 12 Mar | Connie Gough Memorial | Fareham Snooker Club in Fareham, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3–0 | Emma Bonney (ENG) |
| 8 Apr | 13 Apr | World Ladies Championship | Pot Black Sports Bar in Bury St Edmunds, England | Reanne Evans (ENG) | 5–1 | Emma Bonney (ENG) |

### Seniors events

| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
| 5 Nov | 7 Nov | World Seniors Championship | Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford, England | Jimmy White (ENG) | 4–1 | Steve Davis (ENG) | |

### Other events

| Start | Finish | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 20 May | 24 May | Austrian Open | BRP-Rotax-Halle in Wels, Austria | Judd Trump (ENG) | 6–4 | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| 17 Jun | 20 Jun | Pink Ribbon | South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England | Michael Holt (ENG) | 6–5 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| 16 Jul | 18 Jul | Chinese Classic | Beijing University Students Gymnasium in Beijing, China | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 5–3 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
| 19 Jul | 25 Jul | Beijing International Challenge | Beijing University Students Gymnasium in Beijing, China | Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 9–3 | Ryan Day (WAL) |
| 23 Jul | 25 Jul | Vienna Snooker Open | Theater Dschungel in Vienna, Austria | Stephen Lee (ENG) | 5–4 | Bjorn Haneveer (BEL) |
| 24 Jul | 25 Jul | Irish Classic | Celbridge Snooker Club in Kildare, Ireland | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–1 | Michael Judge (IRL) |
| 11 Oct | 20 Oct | Paul Hunter English Open | Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England | Robbie Williams (ENG) | 6–4 | Stephen Craigie (ENG) |
| 18 Oct | 20 Oct | Asian Games | Asian Games Town Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China | Marco Fu (HKG) | 4–2 | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| 30 Oct | 30 Oct | Power Snooker | indigO2 in London, England | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | | Ding Junhui (CHN) |
| 10 Mar | 13 Mar | Hainan Classic | Boao Conference Center in Boao, China | John Higgins (SCO) | 7–2 | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
| 11 Apr | 14 Apr | Scottish Professional Championship | Lucky Break Snooker Club in Clydebank, Scotland | John Higgins (SCO) | 6–1 | Anthony McGill (SCO) |

## World ranking points

| No. | Ch | Player | Season | Season | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Tournaments | Season | Cut-off points | Cut-off points | Cut-off points | Total |
| No. | Ch | Player | 08/09 | 09/10 | PTC | SM | WOO | UK | GM | WEO | CO | WC | 10/11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| 1 | 7 | Mark Williams | 0 | 23480 | 8460 | 2660 | 4480 | 6400 | 5000 | 2500 | 980 | 6400 | 36880 | 45000 | 48755 | 55680 | 60360 |
| 2 | 1 | John Higgins | 0 | 26820 | 3600 | | | 8000 | 1900 | 5000 | 3500 | 10000 | 32000 | 46470 | 54320 | 59320 | 58820 |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Selby | 0 | 17520 | 12320 | 4480 | 805 | 3040 | 4000 | 3200 | 5600 | 5000 | 38445 | 38775 | 45645 | 50345 | 55965 |
| 4 | 1 | Ding Junhui | 0 | 27200 | 3680 | 2660 | 3500 | 3040 | 2500 | 2500 | 4480 | 6400 | 28760 | 43370 | 46480 | 49580 | 55960 |
| 5 | 3 | Neil Robertson | 0 | 25580 | 3880 | 980 | 7000 | 4000 | 700 | 1900 | 2660 | 1400 | 22520 | 54190 | 52940 | 52340 | 48100 |
| 6 | 2 | Ali Carter | 0 | 22520 | 2040 | 7000 | 1960 | 1120 | 1900 | 3200 | 3500 | 3800 | 24520 | 48600 | 45340 | 45440 | 47040 |
| 7 | | Shaun Murphy | 0 | 15180 | 12320 | 2660 | 805 | 5120 | 1900 | 700 | 4480 | 3800 | 31785 | 43845 | 46085 | 46185 | 46965 |
| 8 | 2 | Stephen Maguire | 0 | 18420 | 7840 | 2660 | 3500 | 4000 | 2500 | 4000 | 980 | 1400 | 26880 | 44160 | 43780 | 47780 | 45300 |
| 9 | 18 | Judd Trump | 0 | 8360 | 9420 | 1960 | 1960 | 3040 | 1400 | 575 | 7000 | 8000 | 33355 | 25330 | 27750 | 29275 | 41715 |
| 10 | 3 | Graeme Dott | 0 | 16865 | 5040 | 3500 | 805 | 3040 | 3200 | 2500 | 980 | 5000 | 24065 | 34000 | 37450 | 41250 | 40930 |
| 11 | 8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 0 | 23960 | 2600 | 0 | 5600 | 1120 | 700 | 700 | 980 | 5000 | 16700 | 43910 | 41480 | 40980 | 40660 |
| 12 | 2 | Mark Allen | 0 | 17580 | 4240 | 980 | 805 | 5120 | 700 | 1900 | 980 | 5000 | 19725 | 33935 | 36525 | 38425 | 37305 |
| 13 | 5 | Peter Ebdon | 0 | 13120 | 6400 | 2660 | 4480 | 1120 | 1900 | 1900 | 3500 | 1400 | 23360 | 33110 | 34880 | 37980 | 36480 |
| 14 | 11 | Matthew Stevens | 0 | 10715 | 9320 | 3500 | 1960 | 2240 | 1400 | 2500 | 1960 | 2800 | 25680 | 29750 | 28940 | 31440 | 36395 |
| 15 | 2 | Jamie Cope | 0 | 14220 | 5720 | 4480 | 2660 | 1120 | 700 | 1900 | 980 | 3800 | 21360 | 32178 | 33975 | 36000 | 35580 |
| 16 | 5 | Stephen Hendry | 0 | 17560 | 920 | 980 | 2660 | 3040 | 1900 | 1900 | 2660 | 3800 | 17860 | 34570 | 33360 | 36460 | 35420 |

## Points distribution

2010/2011 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events
| Tournament | Round → | R128 | R96 | R80 | R64 | R48 | R32 | R24 | R16 | QF | SF | F | W |
| Shanghai Masters | Unseeded loser | – | 560 | 910 | 1260 | 1610 | 1960 | – | 2660 | 3500 | 4480 | 5600 | 7000 |
| Shanghai Masters | Seeded loser | – | 280 | 455 | 630 | 805 | 980 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| World Open | Unseeded loser | 910 | 1260 | – | 1610 | – | 1960 | – | 2660 | 3500 | 4480 | 5600 | 7000 |
| World Open | Seeded loser | 455 | 630 | – | 805 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UK Championship | Unseeded loser | – | 640 | 1040 | 1440 | 1840 | 2240 | – | 3040 | 4000 | 5120 | 6400 | 8000 |
| UK Championship | Seeded loser | – | 320 | 520 | 720 | 920 | 1120 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| German Masters | Unseeded loser | – | 650 | – | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | – | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
| German Masters | Seeded loser | – | 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 | – | 560 | 910 | 1260 | 1610 | 1960 | – | 2660 | 3500 | 4480 | 5600 | 7000 |
| China Open | Seeded loser | – | 280 | 455 | 630 | 805 | 980 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players Tour Championship | Regular events | – | – | – | 360 | – | 560 | – | 760 | 1000 | 1280 | 1600 | 2000 |
| Players Tour Championship | Finals | – | – | – | – | – | – | 840 | 1140 | 1500 | 1920 | 2400 | 3000 |
| World Championship | Unseeded loser | – | 800 | 1300 | 1800 | 2300 | 2800 | – | 3800 | 5000 | 6400 | 8000 | 10000 |
| World Championship | Seeded loser | – | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | – | – | – | – | – | – |