On May 10, 2024, the official website of World Snooker WST announced the results of the annual awards for the 2023/24 season.
一.「Cazoo」 WST年度最佳球员（WST Player of the Year）
罗尼·奥沙利文在2023/24赛季赢得五项重要的职业赛冠军，被评为CAZOO（英国二手车平台）赞助冠名的「Cazoo」 WST年度最佳球员（WST Player of the Year）。
O'Sullivan has won all tournaments with a prize money of more than £200,000 this season, except for the World Championships at the end of the season, including the Shanghai Masters, British Championships, Masters, Grand Prix and the Riyadh Carnival World Snooker Masters, which is the first time he has won the WST Player of the Year since 2014, and it is also the third time that Mr. Huo has won the award since 2011, tying Judd Trump, who won the best of the year for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021.
The Player of the Year in the 2023/24 season is mainly the competition between the two five-time champions of Rockets O'Sullivan and Judd Trump, who has reached seven ranking finals this season, won five crowns, and won the championship and runner-up in the invitational tournament. O'Sullivan entered the finals of the ranking tournament three times, won two championships, and entered the finals of the invitational tournament three times, winning all of them. The championships won by Mr. Huo were heavier and had higher prize money, including two championships in the British Championship and the Masters in the three major competitions; Of course, at the World Championships, the Rockets lost to Bingham in an upset, missing the opportunity to achieve the three major competitions and eight laps of the Grand Slam and the single-season Grand Slam, which is very regrettable. But Xiaote's performance in the three major competitions was disappointing, and the just-concluded World Championships lost to the dark horse Jones in 8 into 4 rounds, which had a particularly negative impact on Xiaote.
二.「Strachan」冠名的球迷票选最佳球员（Fans’Player of the Year）
Ronnie O'Sullivan also won the Fans' Player of the Year (Fans' Player of the Year) titled by the UK's main billiards equipment supplier brand "Strachan", Chinese player Zhao Xintong won the award in 2022 for winning the British Championship and the German Masters in the 2021/22 season, and Neil Robertson won the Player of the Year award in the same year, while Ronnie O'Sullivan won the Best Player Award in the Media's Choice.
三. 中国「星牌」运动器材冠名的媒体评选最佳球员（Snooker Journalists’ Player of the Year）
Ronnie O'Sullivan, winner of the Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year in China's "Star Brand" sports equipment title. In 2014, Ding Junhui won the best player award in the media with five championships in a single-season ranking competition, and O'Sullivan, who missed the World Championship championship that year, also won the best player of the year.
Ronnie O'Sullivan deservedly won three of the year's awards for the 2023/24 season.
四. 职业球员年度最佳表现奖（Performance of the Year ）
Kairen Wilson, who performed well in the 2024 World Snooker Championships, won the second World Championship final, won the new king of the throne for the first time, became the 23rd king of Crucible, and won the professional player of the year award (Performance of the Year) sponsored by the British local sports brand "Castore".
五.「农夫山泉」年度最佳新秀（Rookie of the Year）
China's He Guoqiang, who won the Rookie of the Year award at Nongfu Spring, has been in his first professional season, with He Guoqiang from Leiyang, Hunan Province, China, having earned £44,000 in points this season, finishing 43rd in a single season and 66th in the world. 2018 World U18 Championship champion He Guoqiang qualified for the 2023/24-2024/25 season through last year's "Asia Pacific Q School Qualifier", and the best results this past season were the round of eight at the Open Championship and the round of 16 at the Wuhan Open and the English Open.
The three nominees for the Best Newcomer of the Year this time are all Chinese players, He Guoqiang, Liu Hongyu and Jiang Jun. Liu Hongyu reached the semifinals of the English Open, and his results in a single event were better than He Guoqiang, but his overall record was not as good as He Guoqiang.
The talent-rich Chinese team has won the "Rookie of the Year" award repeatedly, and in the previous seven seasons, Yan Bingtao in 2016/17, Xu Si in 2017/18, Pang Junxu in 2020/21 and Wu Yize in 2021/22 have been elected.
六. 年度神奇时刻（Magic Moment of the Year）
Shaun Murphy won the Magic Moment of the Year award for Laithwaites Wine, and in the final evening of the season's single-game limited-time tournament, Shaun Murphy took the stage against Hungarian amateur Burchu Reves, who has already qualified professionally for next season, and shot a brilliant 147, the first perfect score in the history of a single-game limited-time tournament. This is the 194th shot 147 in the official statistics of snooker, Murphy's personal 8th shot of 147, tied with Xiaote for 5th place in history on the 147 multi-stroke list, since playing the first single-game limited time tournament in 2011, until Murphy's 147, all players have scored a total of 28 strokes to break 100, and Mark Allen's single stroke of 142 points in 2021 is the highest single score in the history of the previous tournament.
七.「Verisure」冠名的年度突破球员（Breakthrough Player of the Year）
Anda Zhang was named Breakthrough Player of the Year by Stockholm-based smart security service provider Verisure in recognition of his significant career improvements, particularly his international championship victories, his first ranking title, and his final at the English Open and The Players Championships, where he lost to Xiao Teh and Mark Allen respectively.
Last season's Si Jiahui won the award last season with his performance in the semi-finals on his debut at the World Championships.
八. WST斯诺克名人堂(Hall of Fame)
Luca Brecel and Daniel Braun were inducted into the "Johnstone's" WST Snooker Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame), which is an affirmation of the great players in the history of snooker and the players who have made significant contributions to the sport of snooker.
Luca Brecel won the 2023 World Snooker Championship as the first post-90s player, and still retains the honor of being the youngest World Championship champion;
And Daniel Braun, the most successful player of all time in the World Disability Billy and Snooker Association (WDBS), has won 16 titles and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The godfather of snooker in China, Ding Junhui was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2018.
Player of the Year since 2011:
2011 John Higgins (1);
2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1);
2013 Mark Selby (1);
2014 罗尼 and Oku Sha Ribun (2);
2015 Stuart Bingham;
2016 John Higgins❷;
2017 Mark Selby ❷;
2018 Mark Williams;
2019年度 贾德·特鲁姆普(1);
2020年度 贾德·特鲁姆普(2);
2021年度 贾德·特鲁姆普❸;
2022 Neil Robertson;
2023 Mark Allen;
2024 罗尼・奥沙利文❸。
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