On December 13, with the end of the Scottish Open of the World Snooker Tour, Belgian star Brechel beat Scotland 'Wizard' Higgins 9-5 in the final to win his second ranking championship. At the same time, with a championship prize of 70,000 pounds, he raised his personal world ranking to 15th place and returned to the top 16 seeding places in the world. At the same time, Lisovsky, who was originally ranked 13th, continued to decline, falling out of the top 16 and ranking 17th. China's two youngsters, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, continue to rank 9th and 16th. Ding Junhui, on the other hand, dropped two places to 29th.
The prize money of the Scottish Open is not very high compared to the British Championship, so after the end of the tournament, the ranking did not show much fluctuation, the top five did not change, Selby continued to rank at the top of the list with 1.0295 million pounds, but the gap between him and Trump (986,500 pounds) behind him was narrowed, and in the next few matches, the two are likely to form a fierce competitive relationship again. O'Sullivan, on the other hand, was third with £871,500, Robertson was fourth with £810,000 and Karen Wilson was fifth with £604,500.
Higgins, who finished runners-up in the fourth tournament of the season, rose one place ahead of Murphy to sixth place with £416,000 in points, while Murphy finished seventh with £408,500. Williams came in eighth with £330,000, Zhao Xintong was ninth with £313,500, Hawkins was tenth with £289,500, Maguire was 11th with £272,000, Allen was 12th with £269,500, McGill lifted two places again to be 13th with £266,500, Bingham was 14th with £260,000, Stint Scottish Open champion Brechel was 15th with £241,000 and Yan Bingtao was 16th with £238,000. Lissovsky finished his multi-year seeding position with 17th place with 234,000 pounds, but the gap between him and Yan Bingtao is very small, and there is still a chance to hit again.
Among the rest of the Chinese legion, Zhou Yuelong ranked 18th with £189,500, and Ding Junhui fell two places again in this period to 29th with £127,000 compared to 27th after the British Championship. Xiao Guodong ranked 30th with £116,000, Lu Ning ranked 31st with £111,000, Liang Wenbo ranked 33rd with £103,500, Li Xing ranked 44th with £87,500, Lu Haotian ranked 57th with £74,500, Tian Pengfei ranked 62nd with £69,000 and Pang Junxu ranked 64th with £61,000.
Gao Yang ranked 73rd with £32,500, Zhao Jianbo ranked 78th with £29,500, Cao Yupeng ranked 79th with £29,000, Wu Yize ranked 86th with £21,000, Fan Zhengyi ranked 89th with £19,000, Xu Si ranked 91st with £15,000, Chang Bingyu ranked 97th with £12,000, Zhang Jiankang ranked 102nd with £8,000, Yuan Sijun ranked 106th with £5,000, Lei Peifan and Zhang Anda were both tied for 108th with £4,000, Chen Zifan was 114th with £3,000, and Fu Jiajun and Wu Anyi in Hong Kong had no points , tied for last place.