The 2006–07 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 13 July 2006 and 14 May 2007.
New professional players Countries
Note: New means in these case, that these players were not on the 2005/2006 professional Main Tour.
International champions
NGB nominations
From PIOS Tour
Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 13 Aug 20 Aug Northern Ireland Trophy Waterfront Hall Belfast Ding Junhui Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6 2 Sep Pot Black Royal Automobile Club London Mark Williams John Higgins 1–0 Grand Prix A.E.C.C. Aberdeen Neil Robertson Jamie Cope 9–5 4 Nov 9 Nov Masters Qualifying Event English Institute of Sport Sheffield Stuart Bingham Mark Selby 6–2 14 Sep 3 Dec Premier League Forum Centre Wythenshawe Jimmy White 7–0 4 Dec 17 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre York Peter Ebdon Stephen Hendry 10–6 14 Jan 21 Jan Masters Wembley Arena London Ronnie O'Sullivan Ding Junhui 10–3 29 Jan 4 Feb Malta Cup Hilton Conference Center Portomaso Shaun Murphy Ryan Day 9–4 12 Feb 18 Feb Welsh Open Newport Centre Newport Neil Robertson Andrew Higginson 9–8 25 Mar 1 Apr China Open Beijing Graeme Dott Jamie Cope 9–5 21 Apr 7 May Crucible Theatre Sheffield John Higgins Mark Selby
Ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 16 Sep 16 Sep UK Ladies Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre Chesterfield Reanne Evans June Banks 4–2 21 Oct 21 Oct East Anglian Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans June Banks 4–3 18 Nov 18 Nov British Open Cueball Derby Derby Reanne Evans June Banks 4–2 10 Feb 10 Feb South Coast Classic Rileys Snooker Club Brighton Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 4–2 10 Mar 10 Mar Connie Gough Memorial Rileys Snooker Club Luton Maria Catalano June Banks 3–1 31 Mar 5 Apr World Women's Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre Cambridge Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 5–3
Pontin's International Open Series Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 18 Sep 22 Sep PIOS I Pontin's Prestatyn Munraj Pal Kurt Maflin 6–3 12 Oct 16 Oct PIOS II Pontin's Prestatyn Julian Logue Alex Davies 6–5 30 Nov 4 Dec PIOS III Pontin's Prestatyn Leo Fernandez Lee Walker 6–5 14 Jan 18 Jan PIOS IV Pontin's Prestatyn Kuldesh Johal Lee Walker 6–4 1 Feb 5 Feb PIOS V Pontin's Prestatyn Kurt Maflin Ashley Wright 6–3 4 Mar 8 Mar PIOS VI Pontin's Prestatyn Jamie O'Neill Ashley Wright 6–2 12 Apr 16 Apr PIOS VII Pontin's Prestatyn Bjorn Haneveer Craig Steadman 6–2 10 May 14 May PIOS VIII Pontin's Prestatyn James McBain Kurt Maflin 6–4
Other events Start Finish Country Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Ref. 13 Jul 16 Jul Thailand Masters Hua Hin Marco Fu 5–3 25 Aug 27 Aug Fürth German Open Stadthalle Fürth Michael Holt Barry Hawkins 4–2 16 Sep 17 Sep Pontin's Pro Am Series Pontin's Prestatyn Ken Doherty Ricky Walden 4–2 9 Oct 11 Oct Irish Professional Championship Templeogue Ken Doherty Michael Judge 9–4 9 Nov 12 Nov Swiss Open Billiard Center Im Funken Zofingen Matthew Couch Dave Harold 4–3 6 Dec 7 Dec Asian Games Al-Sadd Multi-Purpose Hall Doha Ding Junhui Liang Wenbo 4–2 16 Dec 17 Dec Dutch Open De Dieze 's-Hertogenbosch Michael Wild Mark King 6–5 9 Mar 11 Mar Irish Masters Ormonde Hotel Kilkenny Ronnie O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins 9–1
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. Player Points 2004/05 Points 2005/06 Total 1 Stephen Hendry 21337 15100 36437 2 Ken Doherty 15887 20250 36137 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 23162 12850 36012 4 John Higgins 15812 19150 34962 5 Shaun Murphy 16375 16350 32725 6 Graeme Dott 13500 19100 32600 7 Peter Ebdon 15650 15550 31200 8 Mark Williams 12837 18300 31137 9 Stephen Maguire 19725 11000 30725 10 Stephen Lee 15625 13500 29125 11 Steve Davis 15775 13100 28875 12 Barry Hawkins 13225 14600 27825 13 Neil Robertson 14425 12575 27000 14 Matthew Stevens 15262 8600 23862 15 Ali Carter 14175 9550 23725 16 Anthony Hamilton 14312 9413 23725
World ranking points
Points distribution 2006/2007 Points distribution for world ranking events:
Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500 Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – –Malta Cup Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –World Championship 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 7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2 5–6 3–4 200 650 900 1150 575Only for seeded players 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000
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