Who will play on the World Snooker Tour in 2021/22? 122 players ready for new season including O'Sullivan, Trump, Selby

ByEurosport

Published 23/06/2021 at 12:50 GMT

122 players will compete on the World Snooker Tour in 2021/22 with another feast of green baize action resuming with the Championship League – the opening ranking event of the new campaign – starting on 18 July at Morningside Arena in Leicester. 15-year-old Iulian Boiko of Ukraine makes his debut with 55-year-old Nigel Bond beginning his 32nd year on the tour since turning professional in 1989.

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump

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The make-up of the professional World Snooker Tour for season 2021/22 has been finalised ahead of the start of the new campaign at the Championship League on Sunday 18 July in Leicester.

122 players will compete on the tour including world number one Judd Trump, world champion Mark Selby and record 37-times ranking event winner Ronnie O'Sullivan.

15-year-old Iulian Boiko of Ukraine makes his professional debut with 55-year-old former world finalist Nigel Bond beginning his 32nd year on the tour since joining the circuit in 1989.

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England are the most represented country on the tour with 57 players, followed by China with 23, Wales with 11, Scotland with eight, Republic of Ireland on four and Northern Ireland and Thailand both having three apiece.

Germany and Hong Kong boast two players with nine other countries represented including UK champion Neil Robertson of Australia.

On the provisional calendar, there will be 17 ranking events staged between July 2021 and May 2022 plus the non-ranking Champion of Champions and Masters increasing the total to 19 over 11 months.

There are also possible dates for three more ranking events with two possible dates in October and another one in early March to be confirmed.

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World's top 64 players

1. Judd Trump
2. Mark Selby
3. Ronnie O’Sullivan
4. Neil Robertson
5. Shaun Murphy
6. Kyren Wilson
7. John Higgins
8. Ding Junhui
9. Stephen Maguire
10. Yan Bingtao
11. Mark Williams
12. Mark Allen
13. Barry Hawkins
14. Jack Lisowski
15. Stuart Bingham
16. Anthony McGill
17. Zhou Yuelong
18. Graeme Dott
19. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
20. Joe Perry
21. Kurt Maflin
22. Tom Ford
23. David Gilbert
24. Ali Carter
25. Martin Gould
26. Zhao Xintong
27. Liang Wenbo
28. Ryan Day
29. Xiao Guodong
30. Matt Selt
31. Michael Holt
32. Ricky Walden
33. Gary Wilson
34. Scott Donaldson
35. Lu Ning
36. Matthew Stevens
37. Robert Milkins
38. Li Hang
39. Luca Brecel
40. Jordan Brown
41. Hossein Vafaei
42. Mark Joyce
43. Liam Highfield
44. Noppon Saengkham
45. Alexander Ursenbacher
46. Ben Woollaston
47. Stuart Carrington
48. Martin O’Donnell
49. Mark Davis
50. Elliot Slessor
51. Sam Craigie
52. Mark King
53. Lyu Haotian
54. Anthony Hamilton
55. Jamie Jones
56. Andrew Higginson
57. Sunny Akani
58. Tian Pengfei
59. David Grace
60. Chris Wakelin
61. Dominic Dale
62. Joe O’Connor
63. Jimmy Robertson
64. Nigel Bond

Second year of two-year tour cards – 27 players

Jak Jones
Pang Junxu
Jamie Clarke
Robbie Williams
Steven Hallworth
Ashley Carty
Simon Lichtenberg
Oliver Lines
Zhao Jianbo
Ken Doherty
Gao Yang
Fergal O’Brien
Rory McLeod
Allan Taylor
Aaron Hill
Lukas Kleckers
Ashley Hugill
Peter Devlin
Jamie Wilson
Ben Hancorn
Lee Walker
Fan Zhengyi
Zak Surety
Stephen Hendry
Farakh Ajaib
Iulian Boiko
Sean Maddocks

One-Year Ranking list – top eight receiving new two-year tour card

1. Chang Bingyu
2. Igor Figueiredo
3. Xu Si
4. Louis Heathcote
5. Chen Zifan
6. Jamie O’Neill
7. Andy Hicks
8. Gerard Greene

Q School – 14 qualifiers receiving new two-year tour card

Jackson Page (Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Yuan Sijun (Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Peter Lines (Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Fraser Patrick (Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Michael Judge (Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Alfie Burden (Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Barry Pinches (Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Craig Steadman (Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Duane Jones (Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Dean Young (Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Ian Burns (Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Lei Peifan (Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Hammad Miah (Q School Order of Merit)
Mitchell Mann (Q School Order of Merit)

China Tour Qualifiers – four players earn two-year cards via CBSA China Tour

1. Wu Yize
2. Zhang Jiankang
3. Cao Yupeng
4. Zhang Anda

World Women’s Snooker Tour – top two players awarded two-year cards

1. Reanne Evans
2. Ng On Yee

Deferred Tour Card – one place awarded

Andrew Pagett begins a two-year card after his 2020/21 entry was deferred on medical grounds.

Andrew Pagett

Invitational Tour Cards – two ranking event winners awarded places

Marco Fu
Jimmy White

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