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 Classic was removed from the calendar too. The Jiangsu Classic was held for the first time.

New professional players

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.
WR = World ranking event
PC = Pro Challenge Series
OS = Pontin's International Open Series
WS = World Series of Snooker event
NR = Non-ranking event
P/A = Pro–am event

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.
No.Ch.PlayerPoints 2007/08Points 2008/09Total
1 Ronnie O'Sullivan297002387553575
2 Stephen Maguire259752207548050
3 Shaun Murphy237002347547175
4 John Higgins148253100045825
5 Ali Carter184252410042525
6 Ryan Day194252125040675
7 Mark Selby200501792537975
8 Marco Fu180751927537350
9 Neil Robertson124002282535225
10 Stephen Hendry169001622533125
11 Mark Allen150751780032875
12 Joe Perry182501462532875
13 Ding Junhui158691377529644
14 Peter Ebdon149751442529400
15 Mark Williams151001421929319
16 Mark King136751462528300

World ranking points

Points distribution

2009/2010 Points distribution for world ranking events.
TournamentRound →L96L80L64L48L32L16QFSFFW
Shanghai MastersUnseeded loser56091012601610196026603500448056007000
Shanghai MastersSeeded loser280455630805980–––––
Grand PrixUnseeded loser56091012601610196026603500448056007000
Grand PrixSeeded loser280455630805980–––––
UK ChampionshipUnseeded loser640104014401840224030404000512064008000
UK ChampionshipSeeded loser3205207209201120–––––
Welsh OpenUnseeded loser4006509001150140019002500320040005000
Welsh OpenSeeded loser200325450575700–––––
China OpenUnseeded loser56091012601610196026603500448056007000
China OpenSeeded loser280455630805980–––––
Unseeded loser8001300180023002800380050006400800010000
Seeded loser40065090011501400–––––