O'Sullivan ranked No. 1, China 2 entered the top 10, and Ding Junhui rose to No. 9
At the previously concluded 2024 Snooker Grand Prix, O'Sullivan defeated Trump 10-7 in the final. won the championship strongly, and this is also the 41st ranking championship won by O'Sullivan in his career, and the World Taiwan Federation also announced the latest world rankings after the game, with two Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda entering the top 16.
This season, O'Sullivan has won the Shanghai Masters, British Championships, Masters, and Grand Prix championships, of which the British Championships and Grand Prix are still ranking tournaments, just these two events, O'Sullivan has received 350,000 pounds in prize money, not only consolidating the world's No. 1 throne, but also opening up the gap with other players, no one can threaten O'Sullivan in the short term. Trump has reached the final 6 times this season, winning 3 championships and 3 runners-up, including the Grand Prix runner-up who won him a prize of 40,000 pounds, and currently continues to rank second, but the gap with O'Sullivan has further widened. Mark Allen is third, Brecel is fourth, Selby is in the last eight at the Grand Prix and is currently in fifth, Shaun Murphy is sixth, Mark Williams is seventh, and Ronnie Robertson is currently eighth, but Robertson's form this season has been very poor, and he has been in a row for multiple races and rounds, and if he continues like this, Robertson's ranking will drop significantly.
China's first brother Ding Junhui reached the top 4 in the Grand Prix, although he lost to O'Sullivan, but also received a bonus of 20,000 pounds, the world ranking returned to the top 10, and is currently ranked 9th, it is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan in the British Championships and Grand Prix, if it were not for O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui is likely to have ended the championship drought for 5 years. Carter was 10th, Kyren Wilson was 11th and Higgins was 12th. Zhang Anda won 12,500 pounds by virtue of the top 8 of the Grand Prix, and continued to rank 13th, judging from the current situation, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda should lock the seeds of the World Championships in advance, so as to avoid starting from the qualifying round. Milkins was 14th, Hawkins was 15th and Gary Wilson was 16th.
In addition to Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, there are 8 Chinese players ranked in the top 40 in the world, namely Zhou Yuelong in 21st, Lu Haotian in 28th, Si Jiahui in 29th, Pang Junxu in 31st, Fan Zhengyi in 33rd, Xiao Guodong in 38th, Cao Yupeng in the top 4 of the Grand Prix, rising 4 places and currently ranking 39th, Yuan Sijun in 40th. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.