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The World Series of Snooker was played for the first time in the 2008/2009 season. Although there was a previous incarnation of the event organised by Matchroom Sport, that ran in the 1987/88 season, and from 1990/91 until 1992/93.[1] It was a series of five non-ranking tournaments spread over Europe, where top professional players performed against regional wildcard players. The series consisted of four tournaments plus a Grand Final for which the winner earned €50,000.
The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined the seeding positions for the Grand Final, with the top four getting a bye to quarter-finals and fifth and sixth getting a bye to the second round. In the final Shaun Murphy defeated John Higgins 6–2.
World Series of Snooker Jersey
The first event was held in Saint Helier, Jersey between 21 and 22 June 2008. John Higgins won in the final 6–3 against Mark Selby.[2] Players
Main draw
Century breaks
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World Series of Snooker Berlin
The second event was held in Berlin, Germany between 12 and 13 July 2008. Graeme Dott won in the final 6–1 against Shaun Murphy.[5] Players
Main draw
Century breaks
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World Series of Snooker Warsaw
The third event was held in Warsaw, Poland between 25 and 26 October 2008. Ding Junhui won in the final 6–4 against Ken Doherty.[8] Players
Main draw
Century breaks
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World Series of Snooker Moscow
The fourth event was held in Moscow, Russia between 22 and 23 November 2008. John Higgins won in the final 5–0 against Ding Junhui.[11] Players
Main draw
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Points table
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5 | 1 | - | 5 | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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3 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
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0 | - | 3 | - | 3 |
7 | ![]() |
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World Series of Snooker Grand Final
The Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker was held in Portimão, Portugal between 8–10 May 2009.[14][15] Shaun Murphy won in the final 6–2 against John Higgins. This was the only Grand Final in the history of the World Series of Snooker. Murphy won the title a week after losing the World Snooker Championship Final to Higgins.[16] Players
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Round-robin stage
Round one was played in a round robin format. The matches were best of seven frames. Each player played each other once. The winner and runner-up advanced to round two.
Group one
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Group two
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Knockout stage
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Century breaks
- 122, 105, 100 – Shaun Murphy
- 101 – John Higgins
- 100 – Graeme Dott
References
- ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 154–164. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
- ^ "John Higgins wins first World Series event in Jersey". Daily Mirror. 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Saint Helier (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 1 Jersey". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.
- ^ "Hunger inspired Graeme Dott's World Series win". Daily Record. Glasgow. 15 July 2008.
- ^ "Berlin (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 2 Germany". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Ding wins in Warsaw!". Pro Snooker Blog. 26 October 2008.
- ^ "Warsaw (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 3 Warsaw". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Higgins wins Moscow leg". Pro Snooker Blog. 23 November 2008.
- ^ "Moscow (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 4 Moscow". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "World Series of Snooker: Running Order of the Grand Final". Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Global Snooker Coverage: Grand Final". Retrieved 9 May 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Murphy gains Higgins revenge to capture World Series". Pro Snooker Blog. 10 May 2009.
- ^ "PIOS 2008/09 Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.