On May 4, 2022, the Professional Snooker Tour officially entered the off-season, and the professional players will pause for training for a short time to return to life and enjoy a relaxed and enjoyable vacation. The overall performance of the Chinese legion this season, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi have won the ranking championship, Yan Bingtao once again reached the final and created the best record in Crucible, this season China snooker is not short of surprises, but for the most concerned Chinese snooker iconic player Ding Junhui, is still in a period of struggle, Ding Junhui since winning the 2019 British Championship, has not been involved in any major championship for nearly 29 months.
Although Ding Junhui's current world ranking has fallen to 32nd, and his performance in recent years is also unsatisfactory, he can still be called the leader of China's snooker just by virtue of his outstanding achievements. However, due to the recent has not won the championship, and even failed to reach the final, so many fans do not buy it, this time Ding Junhui has been close to 29 months of ranking championship drought, because the first ranking champion of the new season will be born on July 29, so with about 3 months to add, Ding Junhui's ranking champion famine this time will reach at least 32 months.
It is worth mentioning that 32 months is not the longest career "ranking champion drought", Ding Junhui had in the early stage of his career, after defeating O'Sullivan in 2006 to win the Northern Ireland Cup, until nearly 40 months later, he defeated Higgins in the final of the 2009 British Championship to break the "ranking championship drought", but in the middle of this Ding Junhui won a professional invitation tournament title called "Jiangsu Elite" in 2008, so 40 months is not Ding Junhui's longest "no crown period". Because there have been championships in the middle, this time Ding Junhui's 32-month championship drought is not only close to the 40-month ranking championship drought, but also will fall into the longest period of his career without a championship.
In addition, Ding Junhui has had two 26-month ranking championship droughts before this, hoping that Ding Junhui's ability in the new season will break through the wilderness. Among the other players, Murphy will also face a nearly 30-month ranking championship drought, Karen Wilson will face a 21-month ranking championship drought, and Selby will also have 15 months without a ranking championship. Among the top players, Mark Williams did not win the ranking tournament for about 81 months for 2485 days from the beginning of 2011 to the end of 2017, and in the data of "ranking championship drought", it is far ahead of the "75 Three Masters" and "80 Five Tigers", and Selby also created a 43-month ranking championship drought between 2008 and 2011.