The main draw of the 2024 World Snooker Championship will officially start at 5pm on April 20, with defending champions Luca Brecel and Anda Zhang playing the opening match against David Gilbert and Jack Jones respectively. This year's World Championships squad is still strong and has a lot to watch.
The first is the battle for No. 1 in the world. At present, Mark Allen's provisional world ranking has reached No. 1, and it is very likely that he will become the 12th world No. 1 in snooker history after the World Championships! Trump is a strong contender for Allen, and Brecel, Selby, O'Sullivan, Murphy, Ding Junhui, Mark Williams and others also have the opportunity to reach the top of the world No. 1 throne.
Players in the top 8 in the provisional world rankings
Ding Junhui and Mark Allen each scored 147 points at this season's Masters, and it will be interesting to see if they can score a perfect score again at the World Championships. In addition, both players are just one World Championship away from completing a Grand Slam achievement.
Ding
Mark Allen
O'Sullivan is firmly in first place in the ranking of the number of major championships in the three major tournaments, he has won 7 world championships, 8 Masters championships and 8 British championships, and if he can reach the top of this season's World Championships, he will achieve a single season of Grand Slam and 8 sets of Grand Slam achievements!
Ronnie O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan, Trump, Mark Allen, Gary Wilson, and Mark Williams have been nominated, and O'Sullivan and Trump, who have won five championships in a single season, are undoubtedly the favorites, so the ownership of the World Championship will have an impact on this result.
Judd Trump
The last World Championship champion was Luca Brecel, a post-95 player, and whether he can defend his title this year, or whether there will be another young world champion, is also one of the highlights. Of course, domestic fans are more concerned about the results of Chinese players, and hope that Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui, Lu Haotian, and Pang Junxu can have a good performance and attack the championship!
Luca Brecel