On May 2, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended in the quarterfinals, with Trump and O'Sullivan coming out one after another, Mark Allen will reach the top of the world for the first time in his career, and he is the 12th player to reach the top of the world after Ding Junhui.
This World Championships is not only a battle for the championship, but also a battle for the world's No. 1, and the favorites are Mark Allen, O'Sullivan, and Trump. Mark Allen lost to Higgins in the 1/8 finals and seemed to have lost the initiative, but his advantage was actually more obvious, and he also gave the harsh conditions to Trump and O'Sullivan. Trump lost to Jack Jones, O'Sullivan lost to Bingham, and while the upset was blowing, Mark Allen sat back and enjoyed it.
Allen is currently at the top of the provisional ranking at the end of the season and is no longer surpassed by other players, so he will be the number one star in the list when the official ranking is updated after the World Championships. Mark Allen will become the first world No. 1 from Northern Ireland, and Mark Allen, who has been in perfect shape for two seasons, has made a major breakthrough, which is not only a new history of his career, but also a new history of snooker.
Mark Allen became the 12th player in snooker history to reach the top of the world number one after Ray Rearton, Cliff Sanburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Judd Trump and Ding Junhui. This season, O'Sullivan has been ranked No. 1 in the world for a long time, but lost his throne at the end of the season.
In addition, in the current provisional world rankings, Mark Allen, Trump, and Luca Brecel are in the top three, and O'Sullivan is only ranked fourth, and if Kyren Wilson continues to move forward and even win the championship, he can surpass O'Sullivan. The three qualifiers, David Gilbert, Bingham and Jack Jones, also have a chance to break into the top 16 after this World Championships, and the following World Championship semi-finals and finals will have a big impact on the final ranking of the season.
In terms of Chinese players, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda will both rank in the top 16, and the two are also ranked in the top 10 in the single-season ranking list, which can be said to be the most successful Chinese players this season, but the Chinese players performed average in the World Championships and missed the opportunity.