In the early morning of May 2, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship ended the 11th day of competition, and all the top four seats were produced. This tournament continues to cause upsets, from Robertson out of the qualifying round, to the first round of defending champion Brecel and other 8 seeded players out, and then in the 1/8 game, world champion Shaun Murphy and others were upset; in the 1/4 game, the two biggest favorites in this tournament O'Sullivan and Trump fell to the ground, so far, only Kyren Wilson one seeded player advanced to the semifinals.
Here are the semi-final matchups of this tournament:
- Jack Jones vs Bingham
- David Gilbert vs Kyren Wilson
This tournament is the most unpopular in history, with only 12 people ranked in the world in the top four and Jack Jones ranked 44th. With the release of the semi-finals of this competition, the latest world rankings have also been released, which are also the final world rankings of the season.
With O'Sullivan and Trump missing out on the semifinals of this World Championships, Mark Allen finally became the world No. 1 at the end of the season, which is also the first time in his career. Trump stopped in the quarterfinals of this World Championships, only 54,000 points behind Mark Allen, and if Xiaote can break into the final, he can surpass Allen, but unfortunately he was eliminated and ranked second in the season. Defending champion Brecel suffered a first-round tour, but with 500,000 championship points last season, he is firmly ranked third in the world. O'Sullivan deducted the 2022 World Championship championship points, and only reached the quarterfinals in this competition, and the world ranking was finally fixed at No. 4.
Selby, the four-time champion of the World Championships, was upset in this tournament and is ranked 5th in the world. Due to Selby's recent poor form in the competition, this season's ranking matches have not been fruitful, and he has publicly expressed his intention to retire many times. Shaun Murphy reached the round of 16 in this competition, surpassing Ding Junhui in the world ranking to No. 6. Ding Junhui was upset by Lisowski and is ranked 7th in the world. After winning the Tour Championship, Mark Williams lost a round of the tournament and was ranked 8th in the world. Kyren Wilson reached the semi-finals of the World Championships, temporarily ranked 9th in the world rankings, and if he finishes runner-up, he will move to 6th, and if he wins, he will move up to 3rd and the rest of the rankings will be extended by one place.
Ali Carter reached the finals of the Wuhan Open and Masters this season, and was knocked out in the first round of the World Championships and is currently ranked 10th in the world. Gary Wilson, the two-time champion of the World Championships, is out in the first round of the World Championships and is ranked 11th in the world. Although Zhang Anda won 1 championship and 2 runners-up this season, he suffered a round of the World Championships and ranked 12th in the world. Tom Forde reached the round of 16 and is ranked 13th in the world. Barry Hawkins has been on a high and low season and has had no other impressive results since winning the European Masters, exiting in the first round of this tournament and ranking 14th in the world. Higgins is provisionally ranked 15th in the last eight of the tournament and will drop out of the top 16 if David Gilbert reaches the final. Veteran Milkins is provisionally ranked 16th, but will drop out of the top 16 as Bingham and Jack Jones battle it out for a place in the final.
David Gilbert reached the semi-finals and is provisionally ranked 21st, rising to 14th if he reaches the final, and 6th if he wins the title. Bingham are provisionally ranked 24th, but if they reach the final, they will move up to 14th and 6th. Jack Jones, the biggest dark horse, has temporarily risen from 44th to 25th, and if he makes it to the final, he will move to 14th and soar to 6th if he wins the championship. Chinese player Zhou Yuelong is set at 23rd this season, and Si Jiahui is finally ranked 20/21, still missing out on breaking into the top 16, but has replaced Zhou Yuelong as the third player in the Chinese team.