In the early morning of October 24, the final of the 2022 World Snooker Tour Northern Ireland Open ended, China's Zhou Yuelong and the defending champion Mark Allen fought fiercely for 13 rounds, and finally he failed to seize the 4-1 lead, and once again suffered a rare rout, losing eight consecutive sets, and finally reversed the score 4-9, missing the opportunity to win the first title of the individual ranking match, while Allen successfully defended his title at home, achieving two consecutive titles, winning the seventh title of his career, and recorded 80,000 pounds in prize money, and eligibility for this season's championship.
With the conclusion of the Northern Ireland Open and the latest World Snooker Tour world ranking update, O'Sullivan still tops the table with £1.007 million, with second place changing, with Robertson surpassing Trump's £853,000 with £873,500 to move up to second place. Selby and Higgins are fourth and fifth, respectively. Williams rose two spots to sixth, Kyren Wilson seventh, and Zhao Xintong dropped one spot to eighth.
Allen, who successfully defended the Northern Ireland Open title, overtook Hawkins to move up to ninth, further closing the gap with the top eight. Brecel, Lisowski, Murphy, Bingham, Yan Bingtao and Ryan Day ranked 11th to 16th respectively. The Chinese legion still has Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao occupying two seeded spots in the world's top 16.
Zhou Yuelong, who missed out on the ranking tournament for the third time, rose two places to 21st. Among other Chinese players, Lu Ning rose one place to 29th, Xiao Guodong rose one place to 34th, Lu Haotian rose two places to 36th, and Fan Zhengyi remained in 37th. Chinese snooker leader Ding Junhui continued to slide two places to 38th, continuing to update the world ranking in the past decade.
Li Xing rose six places to 40th, Liang Wenbo dropped four places to 45th, Pang Junxu rose six places to 48th, Tian Pengfei rose six places to 56th and Cao Yupeng rose two places to 63rd. Yuan Sijun dropped one place to 67th, Wu Yize dropped one place to 69th, Zhang Anda remained at No. 70, Xu Si No. 73, Chang Bingyu No. 75, Zhang Health No. 76, Lei Peifan dropped one place to No. 78, Si Jiahui rose one place to No. 86, Chen Zifan rose two places to No. 92, Hong Kong's Lee Junwei rose eight places to No. 97, women's Anyi Wu fell four places to No. 101 and Fu Jiajun dropped three places to No. 103. Peng Yisong and Bai Langning, who have no wins so far this season, continue to be at the bottom of the table.