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World Series of Snooker

FieldValue
tournament_nameWorld Series of Snooker
image[[File:World-series-of-snooker-logo.jpg250px]]
venueVarious
countryVarious
establishment1987
organisationWPBSA (1987–1993)
FSTC Sports Management (2007–2010)
formatNon-ranking events
final year2009/2010
Final ChampionEngland Shaun Murphy

FSTC Sports Management (2007–2010) The Sportingbet.com World Series of Snooker was a series of invitational snooker tournaments set up as a complement to the WPBSA's tour Its first season was played in 2008/2009, consisting of four two-day tournaments in St. Helier, Berlin, Moscow and Warsaw and the three-day Grand Final in Portimão.

It featured ten leading players – each tournament featured four of these taking on four wild cards. Points were awarded for reaching at least the semi-finals. The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined seeding positions for the Grand Final.

There was a previous incarnation of the event organised by Matchroom Sport, that ran in the 1987/88 season, and from 1990/91 until 1992/93.

Management and purpose

The tour was set up by FSTC Sports Management, who managed leading snooker players John Higgins and Graeme Dott, as well as Eurosport (who screened the events alongside the coverage of the WPBSA tour), Higgins, and leading referee Michaela Tabb. Higgins felt that the game's attendances were too low, and that potential new venues outside the game's traditional United Kingdom and recently developed Far East markets were not being utilised, and wanted to give something back to the sport. After conducting exploratory tours a trial event was staged in 2007 in Warsaw. The event was called the 2007 Warsaw Snooker Tour. This paved the way and the World Series started in the 2008/2009 season.. The World Series lasted for two seasons.

Results

1987/1988

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
1987Hong Kong MastersHKG Hong KongENG Steve DavisSCO Stephen Hendry9–3
1987Tokyo MastersJPN TokyoNIR Dennis TaylorWAL Terry Griffiths6–3
1987Canadian MastersCAN TorontoNIR Dennis TaylorENG Jimmy White9–7

1990/1991

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
1990World Series ChallengeHKG Hong KongThailand James WattanaEngland Jimmy White9–3
1990Scottish MastersSCO MotherwellSCO Stephen HendryWAL Terry Griffiths10–6
1990Humo MastersBEL AntwerpEngland John ParrottEngland Jimmy White9–6

1991/1992

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
1991Thailand MastersTHA BangkokEngland Steve DavisScotland Stephen Hendry6–3
1991Hong Kong ChallengeHKG Hong KongScotland Stephen HendryThailand James Wattana9–1
1991Indian ChallengeIND DelhiScotland Stephen HendryEngland John Parrott9–5
1991Scottish MastersSCO MotherwellENG Mike HallettENG Steve Davis10–6
1991Humo MastersBEL AntwerpEngland Mike HallettEngland Neal Foulds9–7
1991Belgian ChallengeBEL AntwerpEngland Steve DavisScotland Stephen Hendry10–9

1992/1993

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreRef.
1992Kent ClassicCHN BeijingEngland John ParrottScotland Stephen Hendry6–5
1992Scottish MastersSCO MotherwellENG Neal FouldsENG Gary Wilkinson10–8
1992Humo MastersBEL AntwerpThailand James WattanaEngland John Parrott10–5
1992World MatchplayENG DoncasterTHA James WattanaENG Steve Davis9–4

2007/2008

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScore
16–17 June 2007Warsaw Snooker TourPOL WarsawENG Mark SelbySCO John Higgins5–3

2008/2009

Main article: World Series of Snooker 2008/2009

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScore
21–22 June 2008World Series of Snooker – JerseySt. HelierScotland John HigginsEngland Mark Selby6–3
12–13 July 2008World Series of Snooker – BerlinBerlinScotland Graeme DottEngland Shaun Murphy6–1
25–26 October 2008World Series of Snooker – WarsawWarsawChina Ding JunhuiIreland Ken Doherty6–4
22–23 November 2008World Series of Snooker – MoscowMoscowScotland John HigginsChina Ding Junhui5–0
8–10 May 2009World Series of Snooker Grand FinalPortimãoEngland Shaun MurphyScotland John Higgins6–2

2009/2010

Main article: World Series of Snooker 2009/2010

DateNameVenueWinnerRunner-upScore
16–17 May 2009World Series of Snooker – KillarneyKillarneyENG Shaun MurphyENG Jimmy White5–1
17–18 October 2009World Series of Snooker – PraguePragueENG Jimmy WhiteSCO Graeme Dott5–3

References

References

  1. (November 2011). "Eurosport announce World Series". [[Eurosport]] UK.
  2. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  3. Everton, Clive. (16 January 2008). "Higgins backs new world series". [[The Guardian]].
  4. "Higgins excited about World Series". [[Setanta Sports]].
  5. (17 June 2008). "Higgins relishing World Series". [[Eurosport]] UK.
  6. (15 January 2008). "New Snooker World League for 2008". sportbusiness.com.
  7. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  8. Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events First held 1980–1989". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  9. Turner, Chris. "Canadian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  10. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  11. Turner, Chris. "Thailand Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters". Chri Turner's Snooker Archive.
  12. Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events First held 1990–1999". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  13. Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  14. Hayton, Eric. (2004). "The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker". Rose Villa Publications.
  15. Turner, Chris. "World Matchplay". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
  16. Turner, Chris. (2008). "World Series of Snooker". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
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