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This website has been created to present analysis of the Professional Snooker Tour. Please note that it is not intended to be a source of snooker statistics – there are already plenty of sites out there for this purpose. Instead, I will be using analysis to explore different aspects of the ranking system and the structure of the Professional Tour. More…
I have made a few changes to the site for the 2012/13 season in order to make the site easier for me to update, and easier for users to navigate.
Latest News:
- Ronnie O’Sullivan has become the first player since 1996 to successfully defend the World Championship title.
- The provisional schedule for 2013/14 has now been released. Further analysis to follow…
- Neil Robertson has defeated Mark Selby in the final of the China Open.
Latest Blogs:
- My preview of the 2013 World Championship
- My thoughts on World Snooker’s decision to introduce flat tournament structures from next season.
- I have added a form rating to complement the Snooker Rating. See Current Ratings.
- My thoughts on the staging of qualifying events for ranking tournaments.
- World Snooker announce plans to introduce a ranking system based on prize money for the 2014/15 season.
Ranking Events:
| Tournament | Qualifiers | Finals | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Open | Completed | Completed | Mark Allen |
| PTC Finals | - | Completed | Ding Junhui |
| China Open | Completed | Completed | Neil Robertson |
| World Championship | Completed | Completed | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
Click here for the full 2012/13 Calendar of ranking events.
Snooker Ratings:
The rating system I have created is based on a system devised by Arpad Elo to rank Chess players. I am not the first person to create such a system for Snooker, and I’m sure that I won’t be the last either.
The ratings are designed to reflect the strength of a player relative to all other players, so if Player A (rating = 1,000) plays Player B (rating = 500) then you would expect Player A to win twice as many frames as Player B. This type of rating system is in many ways the purest way to rank players according to their ability and I hope that it will be of interest to followers of the game. More…
The Top 8 in the Snooker Ratings after the World Championship are:
| Player | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 1,070 |
| 2 | Mark Selby | 929 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson | 890 |
| 4 | Judd Trump | 827 |
| 5 | Barry Hawkins | 804 |
| 6 | Mark Allen | 796 |
| 7 | Ali Carter | 765 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | 743 |
The Top 8 players over the last 5 tournaments have been:
| Player | Form | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | 13 |
| 2 | Mark Allen | 12 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson | 11 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | 10 |
| 5 | Barry Hawkins | 9 |
| 6 | Judd Trump | 9 |
| 7 | Stephen Maguire | 8 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | 8 |
My intention is to report on my analysis in a way that is accessible to all readers. I encourage you to contact me if there is anything which isn’t clear and I would be happy to clarify or amend any posts.
Please contact me at james@snookeranalyst.com if you have any thoughts or suggestions about this site.
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