On the special day of May 10, 2024, the World Taiwan Federation announced the results of this season's awards, which undoubtedly brought exciting news to Chinese snooker.
Two Chinese players, Zhang Anda and He Guoqiang, won the award for the first time and successfully achieved a major breakthrough in their careers.
Although Ding Junhui has two runners-up, he unfortunately failed to make the list, but O'Sullivan's name has shined on this list three times.
After the World Championships are over, the WTF will select the best players and a series of other awards based on the results of the entire season.
This time, O'Sullivan deserves to be selected as the best player, he has reached the finals six times this season, won 5 championships and 1 runner-up, except for the defeat to Mark Williams in the Tour Championship, the rest of the tournament performance is amazing, especially the British Championship and the Masters, the two most important three major tournaments, its championship content is undoubted.
Even if he lost to Bingham at the World Championships, he was undisputed as the best player based on his performance throughout the season, and he deservedly won the honor of being selected by the World Taiwan Federation, fans and the media.
Kyren Wilson won the Performance of the Year award, and although he only won the World Championships throughout the season, he achieved his breakthrough in three major competitions, becoming the second post-90s world champion after Luca Brecel, and won the ranking championship again after two years.
Shaun Murphy won the Magic Moment of the Year award for scoring 147 points in a single-game limited-time match, and he has both strength and luck that is really unattainable.
The Chinese had a great performance, with Zhang Anda winning the Breakthrough Player of the Year award, having won his first ranking tournament last year and finishing runner-up twice, exceeding many expectations.
He Guoqiang, who won the Rookie of the Year award, reached the quarter-finals in his first season and quickly climbed to 66th place with multiple top-16 victories over the top 16, and the youngster's future is full of possibilities.
Last year's world champion Luca Brecel was inducted into the Hall of Fame, but since becoming world champion, he has not performed well and his results have not been satisfactory, and if he continues to do so, his ranking will fall significantly.
The most significant improvement has been made by dark horse Jack Jones, but he is currently like Lisowski and Tom Forde, and he is currently unsure when he will lift a ranking tournament trophy.
Although Trump entered the finals eight times and won 5 championships and 3 runners-up, he is not inferior to O'Sullivan in terms of quantity, but he is recognized as slightly inferior in terms of gold content, so it is reasonable that he will not win the Player of the Year.
As for Ding Junhui, although his form has picked up, he has only won two runners-up, and he lacks enough advantages in the competition.
Finally, let us look forward to a more dazzling performance of Chinese players next season and write a more brilliant chapter for Chinese snooker.