Snooker's latest world ranking (after the 2021 Scottish Open), Luca returned to the top 16

The 2021 Scottish Open in Snooker ended with Luka-Brechel beating Higgins in the final to win the title. In 2017, after Luca won the Chinese Championship, the world ranking entered the top 16 for the first time, and the highest ranking was 11th. But two seasons later, Luca fell out of the top 16 and has since fallen all the way down to 48th. Reaching the finals of the ranking tournament and winning the Scottish Open, luca rose from 40 to 150,000 pounds in the ranking prize money on two races, and Luca's ranking rose from 40th to 15th in the two competitions. However, although Luca is in the top sixteen, it still does not qualify for the Masters, because the ranking that determines the qualification for the Masters is the ranking after the British Championship. Therefore, this arrangement has still caused some controversy. As early as the British Championships, Mark Williams was complaining, is there not a Scottish Open and a World Grand Prix between the British Championships and the Masters, why is the seed qualification of the Masters determined by the ranking after the British Championships? Luca's Masters had to wait until the following year. Lisovsky, who was squeezed out of the top 16, was still happily preparing to play the Masters.

So, what is the use of the world ranking after the Scottish Open? It's useless, not sure about the seats and seedings of any event, it's a pure world ranking. For a question about snooker rankings, see a previous blog post (World Snooker Ranking System Explained, http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a4a45bc0102zfsy.html).

In addition, Ding Junhui's ranking has quietly dropped by two places.

The specific rankings are as follows: (The final ranking is subject to the official website of World Snooker)

Note: R1 is the world ranking at the end of last season (basically equivalent to the first quarter of the season, blank no ranking for new players).

2. Chinese players are marked in yellow.