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Duration | 16 June 2007 – 15 May 2008 |
Tournaments | 32 (7 ranking events) |
Triple Crown winners | |
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Masters | ![]() |
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← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 June 2007 and 15 May 2008. This season saw the introduction of a new ranking tournament in Shanghai, while the Malta Cup lost its status as a ranking tournament.
New professional players
Countries
Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2006/2007 professional Main Tour.
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Calendar
The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.[3]
World Snooker Tour
Ranking event |
Non-ranking event |
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
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13 Sep | 13 Sep | ![]() |
Wytech Masters | North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre | Chesterfield | ![]() |
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3–2 | [21] |
14 Sep | 14 Sep | ![]() |
UK Ladies Championship | North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre | Chesterfield | ![]() |
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3–1 | [22] |
6 Oct | 6 Oct | ![]() |
East Anglian Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre | Cambridge | ![]() |
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3–1 | [23] |
10 Nov | 10 Nov | ![]() |
British Open | Rushden Snooker Club | Rushden | ![]() |
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3–2 | [24] |
2 Feb | 2 Feb | ![]() |
South Coast Classic | Q Ball Snooker Club | Eastbourne | ![]() |
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3–2 | [25] |
1 Mar | 1 Mar | ![]() |
Connie Gough Memorial | Rileys Snooker Club | Luton | ![]() |
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3–2 | [26] |
3 May | 7 May | ![]() |
World Ladies Championship | Cambridge Snooker Centre | Cambridge | ![]() |
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5–2 | [27] |
Pontin's International Open Series
Start | Finish | Country | Tournament name | Venue | City | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
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16 Jul | 20 Jul | ![]() |
PIOS I | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–3 | [28][29] |
5 Aug | 10 Aug | ![]() |
PIOS II | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–4 | [28][30] |
23 Sep | 28 Sep | ![]() |
PIOS III | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–2 | [28][31] |
14 Oct | 19 Oct | ![]() |
PIOS IV | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–3 | [28][32] |
11 Dec | 15 Dec | ![]() |
PIOS V | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–5 | [28][33] |
15 Feb | 19 Feb | ![]() |
PIOS VI | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–5 | [28][34] |
24 Mar | 28 Mar | ![]() |
PIOS VII | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–2 | [28][35] |
13 Apr | 18 Apr | ![]() |
PIOS VIII | Pontin's | Prestatyn | ![]() |
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6–2 | [28][36] |
Other 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.[51][52][53]
No. | Ch. | Player | Points 2005/06 | Points 2006/07 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
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19150 | 23100 | 42250 |
2 | ![]() |
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19100 | 18675 | 37775 |
3 | ![]() |
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16350 | 21350 | 37700 |
4 | ![]() |
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20250 | 15550 | 35800 |
5 | ![]() |
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12850 | 20750 | 33600 |
6 | ![]() |
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15550 | 18000 | 33550 |
7 | ![]() |
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12575 | 20550 | 33125 |
8 | ![]() |
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15100 | 17375 | 32475 |
9 | ![]() |
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14475 | 16325 | 30800 |
10 | ![]() |
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11000 | 19550 | 30550 |
11 | ![]() |
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9125 | 18275 | 27400 |
12 | ![]() |
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18300 | 8825 | 27125 |
13 | ![]() |
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13500 | 12650 | 26150 |
14 | ![]() |
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9550 | 15750 | 25300 |
15 | ![]() |
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13100 | 11850 | 24950 |
16 | ![]() |
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10050 | 14450 | 24500 |
World ranking points
No. | Ch | Player | Points 2006/07 | SM | GP | NI | UK | WO | CO | WSC | Points 2007/08 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
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20750 | 700 | 5000 | 2500 | 7500 | 4000 | 0[56] | 10000 | 29700 | 50450 |
2 | ![]() |
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19550 | 1900 | 2375 | 5000 | 6000 | 700 | 5000 | 5000 | 25975 | 45525 |
3 | ![]() |
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21350 | 700 | 4000 | 3200 | 4800 | 3200 | 4000 | 3800 | 23700 | 45050 |
4 | ![]() |
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18275 | 3200 | 1750 | 700 | 4800 | 5000 | 3200 | 1400 | 20050 | 38325 |
5 | ![]() |
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23100 | 1900 | 2375 | 700 | 1050 | 2500 | 2500 | 3800 | 14825 | 37925 |
6 | ![]() |
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17375 | 1900 | 1750 | 1900 | 1050 | 3200 | 700 | 6400 | 16900 | 34275 |
7 | ![]() |
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15750 | 700 | 2375 | 1900 | 1050 | 2500 | 1900 | 8000 | 18425 | 34175 |
8 | ![]() |
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14450 | 4000 | 2375 | 1900 | 1050 | 1900 | 3200 | 5000 | 19425 | 33875 |
9 | ![]() |
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18000 | 700 | 3125 | 2500 | 1050 | 700 | 1900 | 5000 | 14975 | 32975 |
10 | ![]() |
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20550 | 700 | 1750 | 2500 | 1050 | 1900 | 700 | 3800 | 12400 | 32950 |
11 | ![]() |
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16325 | 1900 | 719 | 1900 | 3750 | 1900 | 1900 | 3800 | 15869 | 32194 |
12 | ![]() |
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12175 | 575 | 3125 | 1400 | 2850 | 2500 | 1400 | 6400 | 18250 | 30425 |
13 | ![]() |
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18675 | 3200 | 719 | 700 | 1050 | 700 | 700 | 1400 | 8469 | 27144 |
14 | ![]() |
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8925 | 1400 | 6250 | 575 | 3750 | 1400 | 1900 | 2800 | 18075 | 27000 |
15 | ![]() |
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12325 | 575 | 1750 | 1400 | 2850 | 1400 | 1900 | 3800 | 13675 | 26000 |
16 | ![]() |
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10650 | 575 | 1750 | 3200 | 2850 | 1400 | 2500 | 2800 | 15075 | 25725 |
Points distribution
2007/2008 Points distribution for world ranking events:[57]
Tournament | Round → | L96 | L80 | L64 | L48 | L32 | L16 | QF | SF | F | W |
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Shanghai Masters[58][59] | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Northern Ireland Trophy[60] | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – | |
UK Championship[61] | Unseeded loser | 600 | 975 | 1350 | 1725 | 2100 | 2850 | 3750 | 4800 | 6000 | 7500 |
Seeded loser | 300 | 488 | 675 | 863 | 1050 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Welsh Open[62] | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – | |
China Open[63] | Unseeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | 1900 | 2500 | 3200 | 4000 | 5000 |
Seeded loser | 200 | 325 | 450 | 575 | 700 | – | – | – | – | – | |
World Championship[64][65] | Unseeded loser | 800 | 1300 | 1800 | 2300 | 2800 | 3800 | 5000 | 6400 | 8000 | 10000 |
Seeded loser | 400 | 650 | 900 | 1150 | 1400 | – | – | – | – | – |
Tournament | Stage 1 Group | Stage 2 Group | L16 | QF | SF | F | W | ||||
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7–8 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 5–6 | 3–4 | ||||||
Grand Prix[66][67] | 250 | 813 | 1125 | 1438 | 719[n 7] | 1750[n 7] | 2375 | 3125 | 4000 | 5000 | 6250 |
Notes
- ^ Jimmy Robertson qualified by topping the Pro Ticket Tour rankings.
- ^ Martin Gould qualified by winning the Pro Ticket Tour Play Offs.
- ^ Gareth Coppack qualified by topping the Welsh rankings.
- ^ Fraser Patrick qualified by topping the Scottish rankings.
- ^ Rodney Goggins qualified by topping the Irish rankings.
- ^ Patrick Wallace qualified by topping the Northern Irish rankings.
- ^ a b Only for seeded players
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