On December 20, 2021, the Snooker World Grand Prix came to an end, the Rocket O'Sullivan final 10-8 victory over Robertson, won the 38th ranking championship of his career, breaking the championship drought at the same time, once again creating a new history, O'Sullivan once again brought new surprises to the fans who supported him, it turned out that O'Sullivan still has a strong competitiveness, can still win the championship.
The World Grand Prix is the last ranking event of the year, followed by the Champions League, the invitational prize money does not count in the world rankings, after O'Sullivan won the championship, the Taiwan Federation updated the year-end world rankings for the first time, O'Sullivan won the championship and got a prize of 100,000 pounds, Robertson runner-up 40,000 pounds, but the position of the two did not change, O'Sullivan narrowed the point gap with the world's second Trump.
Robertson lost without losing his demeanor, and took the initiative to congratulate O'Sullivan on his 38th title in the ranking tournament, just this season 75 three masters won 2 championships and 3 runners-up, O'Sullivan won the world grand prix, Mark . Williams won the British Open, Higgins won the English Open, Northern Ireland Open, the championship of the second place, next year he is expected to achieve another good result, worthy of fans' expectations.
The top sixteen players are Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson, Karen. Wilson, Higgins, Sean. Murphy, Mark. Williams, Zhao Xintong, Hawkins, Maguire, Bingham, Mark. Alan, McGill, Yan Bingtao, Luca. Brechel, only Bingham and Yan Bingtao rose, and the champion and runner-up still maintained the previous world ranking.
In terms of Chinese players, Zhou Yuelong was 18th, Ding Junhui was 29th, Xiao Guodong was 30th, Lu Ning was 31st, Liang Wenbo was 34th, Li Xing was 48th, Lü Haotian was 57th, Tian Pengfei was 62nd, Pang Junxu was 64th, Cao Yupeng was 74th, Gao Yang was 75th, Zhao Jianbo was 79th, Wu Yize was 86th, Fan Zhengyi was 89th, and Xu Si was 91st.
Chang Bingyu ranked 97th, Zhang Jiankang ranked 103rd, Yuan Sijun ranked 106th, Lei Peifan ranked 108th, Zhang Anda ranked 109th, Chen Zifan ranked 116th, Wu Anyi ranked 118th, Fu Jiajun ranked 122nd, after getting a professional wild card, Fu Jiajun has never played a game.
China's three young players in snooker can look forward to the future, Zhao Xintong won the British Championship championship, Yan Bingtao won the cup at the Masters, all of which are unexpected surprises, Zhou Yuelong still has to work harder, Ding Junhui's ranking continues to decline, he is also working hard, signing up for the Champions League and single limited time matches, hoping to bring more wonderful games to outside fans, find their former selves, and see how the effect is next year.