The 2012–13 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 16 May 2012 and 6 May 2013. The season featured two new ranking events: the Wuxi Classic and the International Championship. The tour had a record five ranking events in China, and three new PTC events in Asia. The tour also visited Bulgaria for the first time in its history, and returned to Poland, Belgium and Australia. Before the start of the season World Snooker requested every player to sign a players contract, that would allow players to choose which events they want to enter – no player was forced to play in any event. At the end of the season Mark Selby was named the World Snooker Player of the Year, the Snooker Writers' Player of the Year and the Fans' Player of the Year and Ian Burns the Rookie of the Year. Ronnie O'Sullivan received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his fifth World title after playing just one competitive match during the season. Jimmy Robertson's 57 break in just 130 seconds at the Snooker Shoot Out received the "Magic Moment of the Year" award. Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Peter Ebdon, Ken Doherty, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The season had a total of £7.1 million of prize money. The World Championship, the UK Championship, the International Championship and the Masters were the four biggest tournaments in terms of prize money with the total pot being over half a million pounds at each event. A further £5,000 was on offer at the televised stages of each ranking event for any player who compiled a maximum break and this prize rolled over from one tournament to the next if not won. A £500 rolling prize was given to any player who completed the feat in the qualifying stages of ranking events. A separate £500 rolling prize was also available in all the PTC events, but this prize was excluded from the Asian PTCs. If at any tournament a 147 was made by more than one player, then the prize was equally shared.
New professional players Countries
The 2012/2013 season was made up of 99 professional players. The top 64 players after the 2012 World Championships automatically qualified for the 2012/2013 season as did the top eight who were not in the top 64 from the Players Tour Championship Order of Merit. Another twelve places were available through the 2012 Q School; the rest of the places on to the tour came from amateur events and national governing body nominations. All players except those in the top 64 received a tour card for two seasons. Listed below are the players who qualified for the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 season.
IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: EBSA European Snooker Championships winner: EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships winner: ACBS Asian Snooker Championship runner-up:The winner was Aditya Mehta, who was on the Main Tour the previous season, and therefore couldn't re-qualify via an amateur event. ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship runner-up:The winner was Hossein Vafaei, who already qualified for the Main Tour by winning IBSF World Snooker Championship.
NGB nominations
Players Tour Championship Order of Merit
Calendar The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.
World Snooker Tour Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 18 Jun 22 Jun Asian Players Tour Championship – Event 1 Zhangjiagang Sports Center in Zhangjiagang, China 43 25 Jun 1 Jul Wuxi Classic Wuxi City Sports Park Stadium in Wuxi, China 104 2 Jul 7 Jul Six-red World Championship Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand 84 9 Jul 15 Jul Australian Goldfields Open Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia 93 18 Jul 22 Jul Players Tour Championship – Event 1 South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 43 8 Aug 12 Aug Players Tour Championship – Event 2 South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 43 23 Aug 26 Aug European Tour – Event 1Event also known as the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany 41 5 Sep 9 Sep Players Tour Championship – Event 3 South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 42 17 Sep 23 Sep Shanghai Masters Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China 109 23 Sep 27 Sep Asian Players Tour Championship – Event 2 Yixing Sports Centre in Yixing, China 40 16 Aug 18 Aug European Tour – Event 2Event also known as the 2012 Gdynia Open World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 43 5 Oct 7 Oct Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia, Poland 17 Oct 21 Oct European Tour – Event 3Event also known as the 2012 Antwerp Open and 2012 Belgian Open Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium 41 28 Oct 4 Nov International Championship Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China 108 5 Nov 9 Nov Asian Players Tour Championship – Event 3 Henan Province Sports Stadium in Zhengzhou, China 43 11 Nov 14 Nov Players Tour Championship – Event 4Event also known as the 2012 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy and the 2012 Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 42 15 Nov 18 Nov European Tour – Event 4Event also known as the 2012 Bulgarian Open Princess Hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria 40 16 Aug 25 Nov Premier League Grimsby Auditorium in Grimsby, England 72 1 Dec 9 Dec UK Championship Barbican Centre in York, England 106 13 Dec 16 Dec European Tour – Event 5Event also known as the 2012 Scottish Open Ravenscraig Sports Facility in Ravenscraig, Scotland 42 26 Nov 27 Nov European Tour – Event 6Event also known as the 2013 Munich Open and the 2013 FFB Open World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England 43 4 Jan 6 Jan Event Forum in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany 13 Jan 20 Jan Masters Alexandra Palace in London, England 106 25 Jan 27 Jan Snooker Shoot Out Circus Arena in Blackpool, England 10 30 Jan 3 Feb German Masters Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany 96 11 Feb 17 Feb Welsh Open Newport Centre in Newport, Wales 98 25 Feb 3 Mar World Open Hainan International Exhibition Center in Haikou, China 104 12 Mar 17 Mar Players Tour Championship Finals Bailey Allen Hall in Galway, Ireland 43 7 Jan 21 Mar Championship League Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England 32 25 Mar 31 Mar China Open Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China 106 20 Apr 6 May World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England 1812 Ranking event Minor-ranking event Non-ranking event
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 26 May Agnes Davies Memorial Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales 30 29 Sep Northern Championship North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre in Chesterfield, England 30 3 Nov UK Ladies Championship Jesters Snooker in Swindon, England 30 2 Mar Connie Gough Memorial Woking Snooker Centre in Woking, England 30 14 Apr 15 Apr World Ladies Championship Cambridge Snooker Centre in Cambridge, England 63
Seniors events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 27 Oct 28 Oct World Seniors Championship Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England 20
Other events Start Finish Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up 16 May 20 May Austrian Open BRP-Hall in Wels, Austria 65 7 Jun 10 Jun Pink Ribbon South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, England 40 12 Jul 15 Jul Vienna Snooker Open Theater Dschungel in Vienna, Austria 52 11 Sep 14 Sep General Cup General Snooker Club in Hong Kong, China 76 11 Jan 13 Jan Dutch Open De Dieze in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 53
Official rankings
Seeding revision 1 No. Ch. Name Points 1 74925 2 68975 3 63560 4 61400 5 61320 6 59685 7 59540 8 56550 9 53060 10 52760 11 52340 12 50065 13 49445 14 47290 15 46945 16 46600
Seeding revision 2 No. Ch. Name Points 1 77485 2 72075 3 67740 4 63980 5 63925 6 62980 7 61680 8 60670 9 56220 10 54245 11 53900 12 53700 13 53485 14 52225 15 52060 16 51650
Seeding revision 3 No. Ch. Name Points 1 79155 2 76620 3 72040 4 67140 5 65180 6 64400 7 63080 8 59800 9 59670 10 54575 11 54280 12 54125 13 52740 14 50140 15 47000 16 46915
Seeding revision 4 No. Ch. Name Points 1 81380 2 79275 3 70680 4 68220 5 65540 6 60320 7 60320 8 56360 9 55430 10 55255 11 53840 12 53165 13 52660 14 52500 15 51760 16 50190
Seeding revision 5 No. Ch. Name Points 1 80940 2 79460 3 78320 4 67020 5 66940 6 66060 7 64955 8 61740 9 59300 10 58260 11 56100 12 55060 13 54765 14 54680 15 52895 16 51630
World ranking points
Points distribution 2012/2013 points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events
Tournament Round → R96 R80 R64 R48 R32 R16 QF SF F WWuxi Classic 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –Australian Goldfields Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – –Shanghai Masters 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – –International Championship Unseeded loser 640 1040 1440 1840 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000 Seeded loser 320 520 720 920 1120 – – – – –UK Championship Unseeded loser 640 1040 1440 1840 2240 3040 4000 5120 6400 8000 Seeded loser 320 520 720 920 1120 – – – – –German Masters Unseeded loser 900 – 1150 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 450 – 575 – – – – – – –Welsh Open Unseeded loser 900 – 1150 – 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 450 – 575 – – – – – – –World Open Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – Regular events – – 360 – 560 760 1000 1280 1600 2000 Finals – – – – 840 1140 1500 1920 2400 3000China Open Unseeded loser 560 910 1260 1610 1960 2660 3500 4480 5600 7000 Seeded loser 280 455 630 805 980 – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –
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