In the past decade, 20–29-year-old, 30–39-year-old snooker professional players have become the main players in the sport, accounting for more than 60%, but there are also some older players who are still active in professional competitions, such as O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams), Carter, Hawkins, Joe. Perry and others are the best examples.
Last season (2021/2022 Snooker Tour), born in 1962, Jimmy Scott was born in 1962. White is the oldest professional player. Jimmy. White is 60 years old and can still play a single shot in the game fluently, still very competitive!
Jimmy. White
The new season is about to start, let's take a look at which senior players (post-60s and post-70s players) are this season.
After the 60s, snooker has 4 places, which are:
Jimmy. White, Stephen. Hendry, Ken. Dahdi, Peter. Lanes.
There are 25 post-70s players, namely:
Ronnie. O'Sullivan, John. Higgins, Mark. Williams, Barry. Hawkins, Stewart. Bingham, Arist. Carter, Joe. Perry, Robert. Mirkins, Graeme. Dot, Anthony. Hamilton, Mark. Kim, Mark. Davis, Matthew. Stevens, Dominic. Dell, Andy. Hicks, Gerald. Green, Barry. Pinkis, Michael. Judge, Alfie. Burton, Iago. Figueredo, Fu Jiajun, David. Lilly, Figol. O'Brien, Rod. Lawler, Dechava. PongZen.
White, Hendry and Dahdi were able to continue competing in the professional arena by winning wild cards issued by WST, and another post-60s player, Peter Dachdi, was able to compete in the professional arena. Lynes qualified for two seasons through last year's Q School Career Qualifiers.
Peter. Lanes
Stephen. Hendry
Willing. Dahdi
The new snooker tour season will have 132 pros, 131 places have been identified, and only the ABSC Africa champion spot has not been created. Among the 131 people, there are 25 post-70s players, including O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams, Hawkins, Carter and other snooker evergreens, as well as dechava, David Anderson, who have returned to the profession. Players such as Liri, who are constantly challenged by young players, are still an integral part of the sport of snooker.
Ronnie. O'sullivan
Arist. Carter
When these familiar players are away from the professional arena one by one, will you continue to pay attention to the sport?