On March 23, 2024, Beijing time, the semifinals of the Snooker World Open ended, and finally Ding Junhui defeated Neil Robertson 6:5 to advance to the final, and it was also the second time this season to enter the final of the ranking tournament, and the other final seat was Trump, who easily defeated the dark horse Jackson Page 6:2 to advance, and the two will compete for the final championship, and the world ranking will also be generated.
The results of this competition are as follows:
- Champion and runner-up: Ding Junhui vs Trump (champion 170,000 pounds, runner-up 73,000 pounds);
- Semi-finalists: Neil Robertson, Jackson Page (£32,500)
- Quarter-finals: Hussein Wafai, Barry Hawkins, Slessor, Kyren Wilson (£21,500)
- Round of 16: Shaun Murphy, Selby, Wakelin, Daniel Wells, O'Sullivan, David Leary, Ben Wollaston (£14,000).
World rankings
The latest world ranking points settlement node deducted the 2021/2022 season Tour Championship points, O'Sullivan is still ranked first, but at the end of this season, his 2021/2022 season 500,000 World Championship points will be deducted, and Trump is likely to surpass him to the top. At present, Trump is ranked second, and if he wins the World Open, he is only 38,000 points away from O'Sullivan. Mark Allen also had a chance to surpass Xiaote in this tournament, but unfortunately lost the first game and was ranked third in the world. Brecel finished in the round of 32 and is ranked fourth in the world. Mark Selby had a chance to surpass Brecel in this tournament, but unfortunately he was upset by dark horse Jackson Page and stopped in the round of 16, ranking fifth in the world. Shaun Murphy was stopped by Ding Junhui in the round of 16 and is ranked sixth in the world.
With Ding Junhui advancing to the final, the world ranking has risen two places to No. 7, and if Ding Junhui wins the championship in this competition, the world ranking will surpass Shaun Murphy to No. 6. Ali Carter stopped in the round of 32 and moved up to No. 8 in the world rankings. Mark Williams was upset in qualifying for this tournament and dropped to No. 9 in the world rankings. Although Chinese star Zhang Anda stopped in the first round of the main competition in this competition, he rose to 10th in the world ranking because of the small number of points deducted. Kairen Wilson reached the quarterfinals and is ranked 11th in the world. Gary Wilson was eliminated from the qualifying round of the tournament and is ranked 12th in the world. Higgins is ranked 13th in the world after deducting the 2021/2022 Tour Championship runner-up prize money. Tom Forde was knocked out in the first round of the tournament and is ranked 14th in the world.
Barry Hawkins reached the quarterfinals of the tournament and moved up to 15th in the world rankings and returned to the top 16. Hawkins has already qualified for the Tour Championship and does not need to play qualifying for the World Championships. Neil Robertson reached the semi-finals of the tournament but dropped to 24th in the world rankings after deducting the 2021/2022 Tour Championship prize money. Veteran Milkins finished in the round of 32 and is ranked 16th in the world.
In terms of the top 32 other Chinese players, except for Ding Junhui, the Chinese Legion performed poorly in this competition, with Zhou Yuelong ranked 21st in the world and Si Jiahui ranked 23rd. Lu Haotian, who ended in the top 32 in this competition, is ranked 26th in the world, and Pang Junxu stopped in the first round of the main event, ranking 27th in the world.
Single-season rankings
Trump, who reached the final of the Snooker World Open, continues to lead in the single-season rankings, ranking No. 1 in a single season. O'Sullivan, who won two ranking tournaments at the British Championship and the World Grand Prix, ranked second. Zhang Anda, who won one championship and two runners-up this season, ranked third in a single season. Ding Junhui, who reached the final of the World Open, is temporarily ranked 4th, and if he wins the championship in this tournament, he will surpass Zhang Anda to 3rd in the single-season ranking. Mark Allen, who won the Limited Time and The Players Championship this season, is ranked fifth. Gary Wilson, winner of the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open, is ranked sixth. Barry Hawkins, who won the European Masters this season, is ranked 7th, and Mark Williams, who won the British Open, is ranked 8th.
Tom Forde, who finished runner-up at the National Championships this season, is ranked 9th in a single season, and Ali Carter, who won the Wuhan Open and Masters runners-up, is ranked 10th. Selby, who won the Champions League and finished runner-up at the Open Championship this season, is ranked 11th, while Higgins, who has reached the semi-finals five times, is ranked 12th. At this point, the top 12 players in a single season will receive tickets to the Tour Championship. Hussein Wafay, who finished in the semi-finals of the British Championships, finished 13th and was just one step away from finishing in the last eight, surpassing Higgins for the Tour Championship. The Sugrand runner-up Sancam is ranked 14th, the Northern Ireland Open runner-up Wakelin is ranked 15th, and the Scottish Open semifinalist Zhou Yuelong is ranked 16th.
In terms of the other top 32 players of the Chinese Army, Lu Haotian, a semifinalist at the Wuhan Open, is ranked 17th, and Si Jiahui, the runner-up of the German Masters, is ranked 18th. Cao Yupeng, the runner-up in the single-game limited-time tournament, is ranked 23rd, Yuan Sijun is ranked 27th in the quarterfinals of the Northern Ireland Open this season, and Xiao Guodong, a semifinalist in the British Open, is ranked 31st.