On April 16, the Snooker World Championship is about to start, due to the lack of withdrawals during the main tournament, so the withdrawal data of the whole season is basically determined, a total of 51 players have retired 71 times this season, not breaking the record of 75 games last season, of which the Chinese Legion has withdrawn 21 games, Zhou Yuelong has 3 games first, Ding Junhui and Zhao Xintong have withdrawn one game each. Overall, world champion Mark Williams topped the list with five matches, becoming the "king of retirement" this season, ranking 2nd with Sam Cregie's 4 times, O'Sullivan 2 times did not reach the top three, the top ten list is as follows:
From the perspective of the reasons for withdrawal, most of them are "their own reasons" withdrawal, and some of them are passive withdrawals due to the epidemic, especially like the mainland player Zhou Yuelong, his 3 withdrawals are basically due to the epidemic, the Champions League is suspected of rebounding from the British epidemic, the English Open and the Scottish Open 2 passive withdrawals are a bit "wronged", which is inexplicably identified as a close connection, which directly led to Zhou Yuelong's withdrawal from the TOP16 dispute at the beginning of the season, which can not be described as extremely bad luck. There is also Mark Williams due to the diagnosis, the two races are too close to the isolator, resulting in two consecutive withdrawals.
Mark Selby's appearance on the list is more unexpected, because Master Sey has been a "labor model" for the first two seasons, the attendance rate is basically 100%, and this season actually quit two races + did not register for the Gibraltar Open, which is really a bit surprising, may be related to the "depression" he mentioned. From the perspective of events, the Gibraltar Open, with a record of 27 withdrawals, became the most retired competition this season, mostly due to weather flights, with a single time limit ranking second with 9 passengers and the two Champions Leagues ranking third with 5 passengers.