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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