The 2021–22 Q Tour was a series of

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tournaments that took place during the

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. The

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. Si Jiahui led the list but had already got a place on tour, so Sean O´Sullivan, who finished second, got the place. The 16 highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2022–23 season, gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also got a place. Julien Leclercq won this event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final.

Format

Except for the playoff, events were played over three days. The first day was an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw started on the second day when the 16 qualifiers were joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2021 Q School Order of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There were 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualify directly included the top 40 ranked players not currently on the main tour and a further 8 under-21 players outside this top 40.

Prize fund

Each event featured a prize fund of £12,000 with the winner receiving £2,500. * Winner: £2,500 * Runner-up: £1,200 * Semi-final: £750 * Quarter-final: £550 * Last 16: £275 * Last 32: £150 * Total: £12,000

Schedule

The schedule for the four regular events and the playoff is given below.

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having the most prize money in the later events being ranked higher. Three of the players earned places on the main tour during the season. Si Jiahui qualified by winning the World Snooker Federation Open, while

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and Michael White qualified via the 2021-22 season one year ranking list.

Event 1

The first event took place at Castle Snooker Club,

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, from 19 to 21 November 2021.

beat Si Jiahui 5–1 in the final. The final-day results are given below.

Event 2

The second event was held at the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in

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from 10 to 12 December. Si Jiahui beat Michael White 5–4 in the final. Si led 4–0 before White won the next four frames to take the match to a decider. The final-day results are given below.

Event 3

The third event was held at The Winchester in

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from 28 to 30 January.

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, Thailand’s leading female player, won five matches to reach the final-day quarter-finals. Sean O'Sullivan won the event, beating Julien Leclercq 5–2 in the final. The final-day results are given below.

Event 4

The fourth event was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in

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from 18 to 20 March. At the start of the final day only Simon Bedford could take the automatic qualification place held by Sean O'Sullivan. However Bedford lost to

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in the semi-finals, guaranteeing that O'Sullivan would take the automatic qualification place. McGuigan went on to win the event, beating Michael Collumb 5–3 in the final. The final-day results are given below.

Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Q House Snooker Academy in

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on 10 and 11 May. The event saw the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the four already qualified for the main tour, compete for a further place on that tour. Two rounds were played each day with matches over 7 frames except for the final which was over 9 frames. The draw was seeded, based on the final rankings. Julien Leclercq won the event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final. Leclercq scored three centuries in his opening match against Alfie Lee, and reached the final with further wins against Michael Georgiou and Harvey Chandler. Clenshaw had won his semi-final against

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despite losing the first three frames. Clenshaw won the first two frames in the final but Leclercq won the next five, to win a place on the main tour.

References

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