Source: Sports Weekly
In the early morning of December 20, Beijing time, the 2021-22 snooker Grand Prix was over, and O'Sullivan won his 38th ranking championship at the World Grand Prix. In the final edition of the 2021 World Rankings, O'Sullivan is still third in the world after winning the championship, but it is just over £20,000 away from second-place Trump. There is basically no major change in the world's TOP 11 ranking, Selby is at the top of the list, Zhao Xintong is ranked 9th, Yan Bingtao is ranked 15th, Zhou Yuelong is 18th, and Ding Junhui is ranked 29th.
In this Grand Prix, Selby stopped in the final four, earning £20,000 to continue to take the top spot with £1,049,500. Trump was out of the second round and received just £7,500 in prize money, finishing second with a total prize pool of £994,000. O'Sullivan ended a 16-month championship drought with a £100,000 Grand Prix prize money and finished third with £971,500, further narrowing the gap with the world's top two prize money.
Ninth-ranked Zhao Xintong is still the highest-ranked player in the Snooker Chinese Legion, but hawkins in tenth place is behind with a gap of more than 20,000 pounds. Bingham reached the final four of the Grand Prix, rising to 12th place with £280,000 for £280,000. Yan Bingtao reached the quarterfinals of the World Grand Prix, earning £12,500 in prize money, surpassing British Championship runner-up Brechel to 15th.
In terms of single-season rankings, the current single-season ranking is still Zhao Xintong. With a £100,000 prize money for the Grand Prix, O'Sullivan has jumped to 3rd place in a single season and has secured tickets to the Players' Championship and Tour Championships this season. Robertson moved up to sixth with a £40,000 grand prix runner-up prize money. Higgins Grand Prix one round trip, single season ranking dropped to seventh place.
Yan Bingtao's single-season ranking has risen to 12th, but whether he will be able to retain the players' championship seat is still unknown. Following this week's World Grand Prix, there will be two ranking tournaments, the Single Time Limited Time Tournament and the German Masters, to be held in January next year for players to compete for a place in the Players' Championship. (Picture is not the original content)