Players who will compete on the World Snooker Tour during the 2018/19 season.
Here is the final list of players who will compete on the World Snooker Tour during the 2018/19 season.
The Top 64 (64)
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:
Mark Selby
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Mark Williams
John Higgins
Judd Trump
Ding Junhui
Barry Hawkins
Shaun Murphy
Kyren Wilson
Neil Robertson
Ali Carter
Mark Allen
Stuart Bingham
Anthony McGill
Luca Brecel
Ryan Day
Stephen Maguire
Marco Fu
Liang Wenbo
Joe Perry
Mark King
Graeme Dott
Yan Bingtao
Martin Gould
Xiao Guodong
Jack Lisowski
David Gilbert
Ricky Walden
Michael White
Anthony Hamilon
Michael Holt
Tom Ford
Zhou Yuelong
Jimmy Robertson
Robert Milkins
Li Hang
Ben Woollaston
Cao Yupeng
Jamie Jones
Gary Wilson
Mark Davis
Mark Joyce
Yu Delu
Kurt Maflin
Hossein Vafaei
Dominic Dale
Matthew Stevens
Chris Wakelin
Michael Georgiou
Stuart Carrington
Fergal O’Brien
Noppon Saengkham
Mike Dunn
Andrew Higginson
Peter Ebdon
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Robbie Williams
Scott Donaldson
Matthew Selt
Liam Highfield
Lyu Haotian
Rory McLeod
Daniel Wells
Alan McManus
The Two Year Cards (32)
These players competed on the main tour in 2017/18 and will start the 2018/19 season on the second year of their two-year tour cards.
Akani Songsermsawad
Martin O’Donnell
Gerard Greene
Alexander Ursenbacher
Xu Si
Yuan Sijun
Ian Burns
Zhang Yong
Peter Lines
Li Yuan
Robin Hull
Allan Taylor
Duane Jones
Nigel Bond
Chen Zifan
Ashley Hugill
Niu Zhuang
Chris Totten
Eden Sharav
Paul Davison
Soheil Vahedi
Billy Joe Castle
Hamza Akbar
Ross Muir
Joe Swail
Sanderson Lam
Sean O’Sullivan
Rod Lawler
Rhys Clark
Lukas Kleckers
Basem Eltahhan
Matthew Bolton
The Top Eight (One-Year Ranking list) (8)
The top eight players on the 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, have earned a tour card for the 2018/19 season. They receive a fresh two-year tour card, starting on zero ranking points.
Elliot Slessor
Tian Pengfei
John Astley
Oliver Lines
Lee Walker
Mei Xiwen
Alfie Burden
Zhang Anda
Q School (12)
A further 12 will be promoted from the Q School and again they will receive a two-year tour card.
Jak Jones (2018 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Sam Baird (2018 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Hammad Miah (2018 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Sam Craigie (2018 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
Jordan Brown (2018 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Craig Steadman (2018 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Lu Ning (2018 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Zhao Xintong (2018 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
Thor Chuan Leong (2018 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Kishan Hirani (2018 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Andy Lee (2018 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
Ashley Carty (2018 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
EBSA Play-Offs (2)
Two more qualified via the EBSA Play-Offs at the English Institute for Sport last month. They will also earn a two-year card.
Jamie Clarke
Joe O’Connor
China Tour Nominations (2)
Two players have qualified via the CBSA China Tour. They earn a fresh two-year tour cards.
Chen Feilong
Zhang Jiankang
International Nominations (6)
The remaining players come from a mix of other amateur/international competitions and again will earn a two-year card.
Luo Honghao (WSF Championship winner)
Adam Stefanów (WSF Championship runner-up)
Harvey Chandler (EBSA Championship winner)
Simon Lichtenberg (EBSA u-21 Championship winner)
Mohamed Ibrahim (African Championship winner)
Fan Zhengyi (U-21 Championship winner)
Invitational Tour Cards (3)
There are a further three players who will be able to play having been awarded invitational tour cards.
Jimmy White (SECOND year of a two-year invitational tour card)
Ken Doherty (SECOND year of a two-year invitational tour card)
James Wattana (FIRST year of a two-year invitational tour card)
Source- World Snooker
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