The 2022 Snooker Northern Ireland Open ended with Mark Allen defeating Zhou Yuelong to win the title. Allen won £80,000 and rose to 9th place in the world rankings. Zhou Yuelong, who won the runner-up, rose two places in the world ranking to 21st, and Lu Haotian reached the quarterfinals and rose to 38th.
The Chinese legion performed reasonably well in the Northern Ireland competition, with 13 people advancing to the main event, 8 advancing to the round of 32, and 5 advancing to the round of 16. Lu Haotian and Zhou Yuelong reached the quarterfinals, and after Zhou Yuelong advanced to the final four, he reached the final final. Zhao Xintong lost to Lu Haotian and failed to advance to the main event, Ding Junhui lost to Little White to stop in the first round, and Yan Bingtao failed to advance to the round of 16.
Zhao Xintong has not achieved good results recently, dropping to 8th place. Yan Bingtao's ranking has not changed or is still 15th, and Ding Junhui's ranking continues to decline, falling 2 places to 38th. Lu Ning and Xiao Guodong both rose one place to 29th and 34th respectively. Liang Wenbo and Pang Junxu dropped four places, Liang Wenbo ranked 45th, and Xiao Pang ranked 48th. Li Xing reached the round of 16 and rose six places to 40th.
The top 16 players in the world rankings have not changed much in position. O'Sullivan is still in first place, Neil Robertson rises to second, Jr. third, Selby fourth, Higgins fifth, Ma Wei to sixth, and Kyren Wilson seventh. Ryan Day remains sixteenth.
The top 16 players in the world ranking will directly receive tickets to the round of 32 in the first round of the British Championship.
The specific ranking is as follows: (The final ranking is subject to the official website of World Snooker)
No. 1: Ronnie. O'Sullivan, £1,007,000
2nd place: Neil. Robertson, £873,500
3rd place: Judd. Trump, £853,000;
4th place: Mark. Selby, £828,500;
5th place: John. Higgins, £506,000
6th place: Mark. Williams £454,000;
No. 7: Karen. Wilson, £450,500;
8th: Zhao Xintong, £431,500;
9th place: Mark. Allen, £401,000;
10th: Barry. Hawkins, £335,000;
11th: Luca Brecel £327,500;
12th: Jack Lisowski £322,000;
13th: Murphy £307,500;
14th: Stuart Bingham £299,500;
15th: Yan Bingtao, £244,000;
16th: Ryan Day, £237,000.
17th: Anthony. McGill £209,500;
18th: Richie. Wharton, £209,500
19th: David. Gilbert, £205,000
20th: Hussein. Wafi £203,000
21st: Zhou Yuelong, £185,500;
22nd: Jordan Brown, £173,500;
No. 23: Ali. Carter, £168,000;
No. 24: Jamie Robertson, £164,000
25th: Stephen Maguire, £156,000;
26th: Matthew. Celt £153,500
27th: Robert. Milkins £152,500;
28th: Jamie. Jones, £150,500
29th: Luning, £142,000;
30th: Joe. Perry, £141,500;
31st: Gary Wilson, £130,000;
32nd: Tom Forde, £129,000.
No. 33: Noppon Sancam, £123,000
34th: Xiao Guodong, £121,000
35th: Graeme. Dort, £119,000
36th: Lu Haotian, £115,000
37th: Fan Zhengyi, £114,000
38th: Ding Junhui, £108,000
39th: Hamilton, £100,500
40th: Li Xing, £97,000
41st: Chris Walkling, £94,500
42nd: Liam Highfield, £94,500
43rd place: Martin. Gould, £93,000
44th: Jack Jones £91,500
45th: Liang Wenbo, £91,000
46th place: Ben. Wollaston, £89,500
47th: Sam Craigie at £88,500
48th: Pang Junxu, £86,500
49th: Jamie. Clark, £82,500
50th: Joe O'Donnell £81,500
No. 51: Mark. Gold £80,500
No. 52: Robbie. Williams £77,500
53rd place: Mark. Joyce £77,500
54th: Eliot. Slessor £75,500
No. 55: Scott. Donaldson £75,500
56th: Tian Pengfei, £74,000
57th: Dominica. Dell, £72,000
58th: Oliver. Lines, £72,000
59th: Tachaia. Enno, £71,500
No. 60: Matthew. Stevens, £70,500
61st: Stuart. Carrington, £67,000
62nd: David. Grace, £66,500
No. 63: Cao Yupeng, £65,000
64th: Mark. Davis, £65,000
No. 66: Yuan Sijun, £63,000
No. 69: Wu Yize, £51,500
70th: Anda Zhang, £41,500
73rd place: Xu Si, £29,000
No. 75: Chang Bingyu, £27,000
No. 76: Zhang Health, £27,000
78th: Lei Pefan, £25,500
No. 86: Scarlett, £16,000
92nd place: Chen Zifan, £10,000
97th: Lee Junwei, £7,500
No. 101: Wu Anyi, £6,000
No. 103: Fu Jiajun, £4,500
No. 116: Peng Yisong
No. 125: Browning
