The Snooker Gibraltar Open is the 8th and final stop of the season, the "European Series", although the tournament of 50,000 pounds is one of the lowest ranking tournaments for the championship, but the result will affect the final ownership of the series prize money of 150,000 pounds (the first place in the series overall prize list), so, coupled with the qualification for the championship next season, the Gibraltar Open will be worth more than 200,000 pounds for players who still have hope of competing, and the following is a brief analysis of the situation of the "series" competition.
I. European Series Total Prize List (GBP)
Higgins/Allen 98,000, Fan Zhengyi/Brechel 93,500, N. Robertson 92,000, O'Sullivan 90,000, Zhao Xintong 87,000, Wafi 83,000, Perry 77,000, Trump 71,500, Wharton 57,000
The above 11 people still have the hope of hitting 150,000, while Yan Bingtao did not register for the Gibraltar Open, and voluntarily withdrew from the European series with a posture of 78,000 (9th).
Second, the basic situation
1. Gibraltar, champion 50,000, runner-up 20,000, semi-final 6000, quarter-final 5000, 16th round-4000, 32nd round-3000, 64th round-up 2000;
2. Top half: Higgins, Trump, Wharton
3. Lower half: Allen, Fan Zhengyi, Brechel, N. Robertson, O'Sullivan, Zhao Xintong, Wafi, Perry
Third, specific analysis
1. Perry, Trump and Wharton must win the championship. Among them, Walton also asked the 6 people in the second half except Wafi and Perry not to reach the final;
2, the remaining 8 players, because the gap between the first and second is 4500, and the Gibraltar final four is only 6000, so unless Higgins and Allen are out of the first round, otherwise for the remaining 8 players, to get 150,000, entering the final is the lowest threshold, and if it is only to enter the final, then it depends on who wins the championship; the competition round, if both are not good for themselves, then they can only watch the opponent win the jackpot;
3, overall, the situation this year is quite complicated, in addition to the most difficult Wharton, Perry, Wafi, Fan Zhengyi and other players of the hard power is weak, just from the current prize money ranking, in theory, anyone has a chance to win, no side has an absolute advantage.
In addition, Selby, M. Williams, Murphy, Ding Junhui and other players have withdrawn from the series early, and Maguire and McGill have chosen to withdraw (it is not ruled out that there are prize contenders who are about to retire). According to the schedule, the Gibraltar Open will be held from March 24 to 26, when the mystery will be revealed, And Trump has won the European Series for the past two consecutive seasons.