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• 1. Ronnie O’Sullivan
• 2. Judd Trump
• 3. Mark Allen
• 4. Luca Brecel
• 5. Mark Selby
• 6. Shaun Murphy
• 7. Ding Junhui
• 8. Mark Williams
• 9. Ali Carter
• 10. John Higgins
• 11. Zhang Anda
• 12. Kyren Wilson
• 13. Gary Wilson
• 14. Neil Robertson
• 15. Tom Ford
• 16. Barry Hawkins

Framing the Game

Tour Championship: 2023 draw, preview, schedule, where to watch

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The 2023 Tour Championship commences on Monday at the Bonus Arena in Hull, with Mark Allen the top seed in the draw.

Only the eight highest earners from ranking events this season have qualified for the tournament, which is the penultimate opportunity of the campaign to capture silverware.

Prize, history, format

The Tour Championship was launched in 2019 and is a culmination of three events in which the fields are determined through the one-year rankings.

The World Grand Prix boasts the top 32 players from the standings, the Players Championship the top 16, and the Tour Championship only the top eight.

Ronnie O’Sullivan won the inaugural edition four years ago followed by Stephen Maguire in 2020.

In the last two seasons Neil Robertson has emerged as the winner, but none of those prior champions have qualified this term.

A top prize worth £150,000 makes it one of the most lucrative tournaments on the annual schedule to emerge triumphantly from.

As a result, there may be significant implications for the official world rankings , with the world number one and automatic Crucible spots inside the top 16 up for grabs.

There is a longer format in use for the Tour Championship than most other events, with each of the three rounds taking place over 19 frames.

2023 Tour Championship draw and schedule

Mark allen (1) vs ding junhui (8).

Monday, 1pm and 7pm BST

Mark Allen and Ding Junhui clash in a repeat of the UK Championship final from November, when the former came from 6-1 down to capture glory in York.

When taking the entire season into consideration, Allen has undoubtedly been the star performer, but his performances in 2023 so far haven’t been too impressive.

There are some queries as to whether the Northern Irishman may have peaked too soon this season, although he could become the world number one for the first time in his career with success in this event.

Ding only just scraped into the Tour Championship draw as the eighth seed with a £500 buffer to Gary Wilson in ninth.

Aside from his run at the Barbican Centre, the Chinese competitor hasn’t done much in ranking events but did win the invitational Six Red World Championship in Thailand.

Ding, who is also chasing an automatic Crucible spot, boasts a superior head-to-head record against Allen but has been on the losing side in both of their meetings during this season.

Ali Carter (4) vs Kyren Wilson (5)

Tuesday, 1pm and 7pm BST

Ali Carter is one of the form players of recent months and has reached the semi-final stage or better in three out of his last four outings.

Securing a second German Masters title also helped him return to the top 16 in the rankings, guaranteeing his automatic place at the World Championship next month.

• CLICK HERE: Ali Carter captures second German Masters crown

Carter will be regarded as one of the underdogs at the Tour Championship, but he’ll fancy his chances against Kyren Wilson in the first round.

The latter has suffered from inconsistency since winning the European Masters early in the campaign, with several defeats in the early rounds of competitions.

From their prior encounters, Carter holds a 7-6 advantage but a lot of those clashes took place in the Championship League behind closed doors.

Their most recent fixture was won by Wilson via a 6-5 decider, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see this one last the distance as well.

Mark Selby (3) vs Ryan Day (6)

Thursday, 1pm and 7pm BST

Mark Selby is arguably the favourite in the Tour Championship draw this year following his triumph in the WST Classic last week.

The four-time world champion is coming into good form at just the right time of the season, and it would be a pretty big upset if Ryan Day were to advance at the Leicester man’s expense.

• CLICK HERE: Mark Selby secures WST Classic title in Leicester

Day has enjoyed one good week of snooker this season by winning the British Open, and the prize money earned from that tournament has got him into this one.

Aside from that, the Welshman has rarely produced at a high level, which perhaps highlights some of the flaws of this qualification system in what is an otherwise excellent event on the calendar.

In Day’s favour, though, is a relatively positive head-to-head record against Selby, having won 12 of their 27 encounters in all competitions.

Meanwhile, if Allen doesn’t win the tournament, Selby would replace Ronnie O’Sullivan as the world number one by reaching the final at the Bonus Arena.

Shaun Murphy (2) vs Robert Milkins (7)

Wednesday, 1pm and 7pm BST

Shaun Murphy and Robert Milkins have been no strangers to the business end of tournaments since the start of this year.

Indeed, this tie between one another represents a repeat of the Welsh Open title decider from a month ago.

On that day Milkins prevailed, but other than that Murphy has been one of the star performers of the last six or seven weeks – producing, at times, flawless snooker.

It’ll be interesting to see how this one goes, because Milkins continues to produce the goods despite so often being written off as the underdog.

But should Murphy advance, it could set up a potentially mouthwatering last-four battle against Selby – a match that could determine the champion of this year’s Tour Championship, given how well both have been playing of late.

Where to watch the Tour Championship

The Tour Championship will be available around the world through different broadcasters, with ITV providing live coverage for viewers in the UK and Setanta for viewers in Ireland also.

A full list of the options have been published over on the World Snooker Tour website, which you can view by clicking here .

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Tour Championship Fact File:

A total of 100 centuries have been made across the four editions. Neil Robertson holds the record for the most in one year – 11 (2021)

No player has appeared in all five editions.

Ryan Day, Rob Milkins, Ali Carter and Ding Junhui are making their Tour Championship debuts this year. Ding qualified in 2020 but couldn’t travel.

In 2020, Shaun Murphy lost to Mark Allen despite making six centuries. This is the only time in snooker history a player has lost a match compiling 6 or 7 centuries in a professional match.

A ranking event despite only being open to the top 8 ? A joke.

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Snooker: List of World Snooker Tour players for 2021/22 season

The final list of players who will compete on the World Snooker Tour during the 2021/22 season is now confirmed - and we have every name right here.

These players finished inside the top 64 of the official world ranking list at the end of last season and so will retain their places on the circuit, with a one-year card.

End of season rankings:

1. Judd Trump 2. Mark Selby 3. Ronnie O’Sullivan 4. Neil Robertson 5. Shaun Murphy 6. Kyren Wilson 7. John Higgins 8. Ding Junhui 9. Stephen Maguire 10. Yan Bingtao 11. Mark Williams 12. Mark Allen 13. Barry Hawkins 14. Jack Lisowski 15. Stuart Bingham 16. Anthony McGill 17. Zhou Yuelong 18. Graeme Dott 19. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 20. Joe Perry 21. Kurt Maflin 22. Tom Ford 23. David Gilbert 24. Ali Carter 25. Martin Gould 26. Zhao Xintong 27. Liang Wenbo 28. Ryan Day 29. Xiao Guodong 30. Matt Selt 31. Michael Holt 32. Ricky Walden 33. Gary Wilson 34. Scott Donaldson 35. Lu Ning 36. Matthew Stevens 37. Robert Milkins 38. Li Hang 39. Luca Brecel 40. Jordan Brown 41. Hossein Vafaei 42. Mark Joyce 43. Liam Highfield 44. Noppon Saengkham 45. Alexander Ursenbacher 46. Ben Woollaston 47. Stuart Carrington 48. Martin O’Donnell 49. Mark Davis 50. Elliot Slessor 51. Sam Craigie 52. Mark King 53. Lyu Haotian 54. Anthony Hamilton 55. Jamie Jones 56. Andrew Higginson 57. Sunny Akani 58. Tian Pengfei 59. David Grace 60. Chris Wakelin 61. Dominic Dale 62. Joe O’Connor 63. Jimmy Robertson 64. Nigel Bond

The two-year cards

These players competed on the main tour in 2020/21 and will start the 2021/22 season on the second year of their two-year tour cards.

• Jak Jones • Pang Junxu • Jamie Clarke • Robbie Williams • Steven Hallworth • Ashley Carty • Simon Lichtenberg • Oliver Lines • Zhao Jianbo • Ken Doherty • Gao Yang • Fergal O’Brien • Rory McLeod • Allan Taylor • Aaron Hill • Lukas Kleckers • Ashley Hugill • Peter Devlin • Jamie Wilson • Ben Hancorn • Lee Walker • Fan Zhengyi • Zak Surety • Stephen Hendry • Farakh Ajaib • Iulian Boiko • Sean Maddocks

The top eight

The top eight players on the 2020/21 one-year ranking list, not already inside of the top 64 of the two-year ranking list or on the first year of a two-year card. They receive a fresh two-year tour card, starting on zero ranking points.

1. Chang Bingyu 2. Igor Figueiredo 3. Xu Si 4. Louis Heathcote 5. Chen Zifan 6. Jamie O’Neill 7. Andy Hicks 8. Gerard Greene

Qualifying School

A further 14 will be promoted from the Q School and again they will receive a two-year tour card.

• Jackson Page (Q School Event One semi-finalist) • Yuan Sijun (Q School Event One semi-finalist) • Peter Lines (Q School Event One semi-finalist) • Fraser Patrick (Q School Event One semi-finalist) • Michael Judge (Q School Event Two semi-finalist) • Alfie Burden (Q School Event Two semi-finalist) • Barry Pinches (Q School Event Two semi-finalist) • Craig Steadman (Q School Event Two semi-finalist) • Duane Jones (Q School Event Three semi-finalist) • Dean Young (Q School Event Three semi-finalist) • Ian Burns (Q School Event Three semi-finalist) • Lei Peifan (Q School Event Three semi-finalist) • Hammad Miah (Q School OOM) • Mitchell Mann (Q School OOM)

China Tour qualifiers

Four players have qualified via the CBSA China Tour. They earn a fresh two-year tour cards.

1. Wu Yize 2. Zhang Jiankang 3. Cao Yupeng 4. Zhang Anda

World Women’s Snooker Tour

The top two players from the World Women’s Snooker Tour rankings will be awarded a two-year card.

• Reanne Evans (No.1 Ranked) • Ng On Yee (No.2 Ranked)

Deferred Tour card

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Tour Championship snooker 2024 schedule: Order of play today (Saturday 6th April)

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Ali Carter: 'Maybe 90% of players on tour have got no money'

• Published 14 February 2023

Ali Carter turned professional in the 1990s and won his first title at the 2009 Welsh Open

Ali Carter believes there are too many players on the World Snooker Tour despite a guaranteed £20,000 for the world's top 130 in 2022-23.

WST and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) introduced the financial 'safety net' this season. , external

Carter, 43, won the German Masters this month, his first title for seven years.

"It's been really tough. Maybe 90% of players on the tour have got no money," he told the BBC's Framed Podcast.

Listen to BBC's Framed podcast with Ali Carter

When the tour announced the guaranteed £20,000 in September, chairman Steve Dawson said it would "support the many talented players who may need a level of security to fund their snooker careers".

But reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is among others who have spoken about the issue of earnings in the past and Carter, from Essex, believes too many tour players are under financial strain.

"I think the tour should probably be cut [in numbers], to give a prize that if you do get your tour card, you are guaranteed a living, a good living," he said.

"They're earning nothing, 20 grand a year, 30 grand a year after expenses, maybe less than that. You could go and get a job stacking a shelf in a supermarket [for that], no disrespect to anyone who does that.

"But these boys have put their life into playing snooker from a very young age, so it just seems a little bit unfair to me, that's all."

In response, a WST statement said: "Our tour is about meritocracy. We have an abundance of talent from many different countries around the globe, the strength in depth on our tour is incredible. There are opportunities for all of them and there are huge rewards for those that succeed.

"Our ambition is to keep snooker growing on a global scale and ensure that the best players from every continent have a pathway to compete at the highest level.

"This season we brought in an initiative to provide a prize money guarantee to all tour players, ensuring that they have at least £20,000 over the season. This has given them the security of knowing that they have an income and they can budget their season around this."

In the past two years 42 players have earned more than £100,000 in prize money , external at ranking events.

'I like the fine things in life'

Carter has won five ranking titles during his career and twice been a finalist at the World Snooker Championship, losing to O'Sullivan on both occasions.

He said: "I like the fine things in life, I want the nice things in life, so if you want them, you've got to go out there and get them, and there's only one person that can do that.

"No-one gives you anything in this life, you have to go out and earn it. So that's what I'm trying to do.

"I'm 44 in July and arguably I'm fitter and more well than I'm ever been and I'm playing some great stuff, I'm scoring heavy, I'm enjoying it and winning takes the pressure off, as well on the financial strain that all the snooker players are under, apart from probably the top eight or so."

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Carter has overcome testicular and lung cancer in the past and also suffers from Crohn's disease, and it has taught him not to look too far ahead.

But working with coach Chris Henry for the last few months has enabled him to "rewire the brain into firing out positives instead of negatives".

He said: "I've changed my practice routines, just challenging myself in practice. We all know we like doing things we're good at, and I can go into my snooker room, and just knock a few line-ups in and a few long balls, but you're not challenging yourself. You can go in there and just set up easy routines just from habit, really.

"But Chris is like 'you've got to challenge yourself in practice all the time, make it as difficult as possible. That's the only way at your level you're going to see an improvement'."

Carter added: "I've had a long, long career, I've suffered a lot with illness and I've battled through adversity. I should probably give myself a pat on the back, really.

"I'm not as successful as some, but I'm more successful than most. I'm probably in the top 5-10% of all snooker players of all time, so it's not bad. I've won five ranking events, and some other events. Twice a world finalist, I've made 147s, I've done it all and I'm not finished yet.

"I honestly, genuinely believe now I've teamed up with Chris I'm playing better than I ever have."

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2023/24 snooker season results:

World Mixed Doubles: Luca Brecel and Reanne Evans 4-2 lMark Selby and Rebecca Kenna. Full report

World Open:  Judd Trump 10-4 Ding Junhui . Full report

Riyadh Season World Masters:  Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-2 Luca Brecel 5-2. Full report

February 2024

Players Championship: Mark Allen 10-8 Zhang Anda. Full report

German Masters:  Judd Trump 10-5 Si Jiahui  Full report

January 2024

World Grand Prix:  Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Judd Trump.  Full report

Masters: Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-7 Ali Carter. Full report

December 2023

Scottish Open: Gary Wilson 9-5 Noppon Saengkham. Full report

Snooker Shoot Out: Mark Allen 65-4 Cao Yupeng. Full report

UK Championship: Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 Ding Junhui. Full report

November 2023

Champion of Champions: Mark Allen 10-3 Judd Trump . Full report

International Championship: Zhang Anda 10-6 Tom Ford. Full report

October 2023

Northern Ireland Open: Judd Trump 9-3 Chris Wakelin. Full report

Wuham Open : Judd Trump 10-7 Ali Carter. Full report

English Open: Judd Trump 9-7 Zhang Anda. Full report

September 2023

British Open: Mark Williams 10-7 Mark Selby

Shaghai Masters: Ronnie O'Sullivan 11-9 Luca Brecel  Full report

August 2023

European Masters: Barry Hawkins 9-6 Judd Trump.  Full report

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Players Championship snooker: Ali Carter 'very close to best' after ending Judd Trump's record title bid

Updated 22/02/2024 at 12:40 GMT

Judd Trump's bid for a record third title win at the Players Championship and hopes of toppling Ronnie O'Sullivan as world No. 1 were buried by a 6-4 defeat to Ali Carter in the quarter-finals in Telford on Wednesday night. Despite hitting a century and four breaks over 50, it was evergreen world No. 8 Carter who booked his spot in the semi-finals with a trademark display of matchplay excellence.

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