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Liu Song (snooker Player)
Liu Song (; born 8 December 1983) is a Chinese former professional snooker player from Tianjin. Life and career In 2003, Liu reached the final of the IBSF Under 21 World Championship, in Taupo, New Zealand. Liu faced Neil Robertson, with the score being 11–5 in the Australian's favour. Liu was the first Chinese player to qualify for the final stages of a ranking tournament, the 2004 Welsh Open. To get to the tournament, Liu played four qualifying , the fourth against Fergal O'Brien. Liu was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Marco Fu. Liu's best performance in a ranking tournament to date has been in the 2007 Grand Prix, where he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Marco Fu again, 0–5. In 2010 Liu became the first Chinese player to attain the World Snooker coaching badge. Since 2008 Liu has been managed by Romford-based Grove Leisure and is a stablemate of Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants during the 2020 Chinese census. Its built-up (''or metro'') area, made up of 12 central districts (all but Baodi, Jizhou, Jinghai and Ninghe), was home to 11,165,706 inhabitants and is also the world's 29th-largest agglomeration (between Chengdu and Rio de Janeiro) and 11th- most populous city proper. It is governed as one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of Chinese central government and is thus under direct administration of the State Council. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in Northern China and part of the Jing-Jin-Ji megap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 Snooker Season
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. 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. World ranking points Points distribution 2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events. Notes Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 German Masters
The 2011 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2–6 February at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The event was last held in 1998, but it was non-ranking. John Parrott won in the final 6–4 against Mark Williams. Mark Williams won his 18th ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 2011 is shown below: Winner: €50,000 Runner-up: €30,000 Semi-finalists: €15,000 Quarter-finalists: €9,000 Last 16: €6,000 Last 32: €3,750 Last 48: €1,500 Highest break: €2,000 Total: €280,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in Berlin on 2 and 3 February 2011. Main draw Final Qualifying These matches were held between 14 and 17 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries * 133, 120 Mark Joyce * 130, 130, 113 Jamie Burnett * 130 Issara Kachaiwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Masters
The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany since 2011. The 2021 event was held at Milton Keynes in England because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhao Xintong is the reigning champion, having won the event in 2022. An earlier ranking event, the German Open, was held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. This was followed by an invitation event, called the German Masters, in 1998. History The tournament started as the German Open and was a ranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played in Frankfurt in December 1995, replacing the European Open in the December place in the calendar, the European Open being moved to early 1996. The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by 16 qualifiers and 4 wild-card players. The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and advancing to the last-32. John Higgins met Ken Doherty in the final. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican Centre, York. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record seven times, followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five. Mark Allen is the reigning champion, winning his first title in 2022. History The UK Championship was first held in 1977 in Tower Circus, Blackpool as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship, an event open only to British residents and passport holders. Patsy Fagan won the inaugural tournament by defeating Doug Mountjoy by 12 frames to 9 in the final and won the first prize of £2000. The following year the event moved to the Guild Hall, Preston, where it remained until 1997. The rules were changed in 1984 when the tournament was granted ranking status and all professionals were allowed to enter. Since then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Masters (snooker)
The Shanghai Masters is a professional snooker tournament. Originally a ranking event, it became a non-ranking invitation event in 2018. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the reigning champion. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2018 title, the first time it has been defended. History The event was introduced in the 2007/2008 season and was the second ranking event to be held in China as a result of the growth of the sport in the country. Until 2016, an extra wildcard round was included before the first round proper, featuring eight players. In 2018 the tournament became a 24-man invitation event. Winners Records Statistics *Highest ranked champion: Ronnie O'Sullivan (2009) - #1 *Lowest ranked champion: Kyren Wilson (2015) - #54 *Highest break: 147 ** Jamie Cope (2008) ** John Higgins (2012) ** Stephen Maguire Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Goldfields Open
The Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament. The final champion was John Higgins in 2015. History Australia had previously hosted the 1971 and 1975 World Snooker Championships, as well as several other high-profile snooker tournaments and in 1979 the ''Australian Masters'' was established. There was an attempt to turn the event into a ranking tournament in 1989 but the sponsorship fell through so it was staged in Hong Kong instead, as the ''Hong Kong Open'', which incidentally became the first ranking tournament to be staged in Asia. The Hong Kong event was discontinued after just one year, but returned to Australia in 1994 as the ''Australian Open''. The tournament reverted to being called the ''Australian Masters'' for the following season, but was dropped from the calendar after the 1995 event. In addition, the tournament was also held in 1995 as the ''Australian Open'' immediately following the Australian Masters, featuring mostly the same p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2011/2012
Snooker world rankings 2011/2012: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2011–12 season are listed below. The rankings work as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago are removed, when the corresponding tournament during the current season has finished. The following table contains the rankings, which were used to determine the seedings for certain tournaments. Notes * Revision 1 was used for the seeding of the Australian Goldfields Open and Shanghai Masters. * Revision 2 was used for the seeding of the UK Championship, German Masters, Masters and Snooker Shoot-Out. * Revision 3 was used for the seeding of the Welsh Open, World Open and China Open. * Revision 4 was used for the seeding of the World Championship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Snooker world rankings 2011 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2010/2011
Snooker world rankings 2010/2011: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2010/2011 season are listed below. The rankings worked as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago were removed, when the corresponding tournament during the current season has finished. The following table contains the rankings, which were used to determine the seedings for certain tournaments. Notes * John Higgins was suspended from all tournaments until 2 November 2010. * Rankings used from the end of the 2009/2010 season was used for the seeding of the Shanghai Masters and World Open. * Revision 1 was used for the seeding of the UK Championship, the Masters and the Snooker Shoot-Out. * Revision 2 was used for the seeding of the German Masters and the Welsh Open. * Revision 3 was used for the seeding of the China Open and the World Championship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Snooker world rankings 2010 2010 Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2009/2010
Snooker world rankings 2009/2010: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ... players in the 2008–09 season who qualified for the 2009–10 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the snooker world ranking points 2007/2008 and snooker world ranking points 2008/2009. Notes *Former world number 1 Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams returns to the top 16, but no new players attain this ranking. *The player to drop out the top 16 is Graeme Dott (a member of the top 16 for 7 consecutive seasons). *Players to reach career high rankings within the top 16 are: Ali Carter No.5, Ryan Day (snooker player), Ryan Day No.6, Marco Fu No.8 and Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2008/2009
Snooker world rankings 2008/2009: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 2007–08 season who qualified for the 2008–09 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the snooker world ranking points 2006/2007 and snooker world ranking points 2007/2008. Notes *Three former top 16 players re-enter that group. They are Joe Perry, Marco Fu and Mark King. *Mark Allen is the only new member of the top 16. *The players to drop out the top 16 are long standing top 16 players: Stephen Lee (a member of the top 16 for 11 consecutive seasons), Mark Williams (for 12), Ken Doherty (for 15) and Steve Davis. *Players to reach career high rankings within the top 16 are: Stephen Maguire No.2, Mark Selby No.4, Ali Carter No.7, Ryan Day No.8, Joe Perry No.12, Marco Fu No.14 and Mark Allen No.16. *No new players reach the top 32, however two players return: former world No.9 Fergal O'Brien at No.24 and Michael Judge at No.30. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings 2007/2008
Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players (plus 7 other players who are ranked 76–82 officially; if all players on the pro tour were ranked they would be lower) in the 2007–08 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account ranking tournament performances from the previous two seasons ( 2005–06 and 2006–07). Notes *Ding Junhui (27 to 9), Mark Selby (28 to 11) and Ryan Day (17 to 16) enter the top 16 for the first time. Additionally, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Ali Carter reach career-high rankings. *Stephen Hendry, who was still the number 1 the season before, drops down to number 8, marking his worst ranking since the 1987/88 season. *Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 06/07 season alone, down from 6450 in the 05/06 season. * Former world number 4 Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
