Tour Players 2019/20
Following the conclusion of Q School we can now confirm the final list of players who will compete on the World Snooker Tour during the 2019/20 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:
- Ronnie O’Sullivan
- Judd Trump
- Mark Williams
- Neil Robertson
- John Higgins
- Mark Selby
- Mark Allen
- Kyren Wilson
- Barry Hawkins
- Ding Junhui
- Jack Lisowski
- David Gilbert
- Stuart Bingham
- Shaun Murphy
- Luca Brecel
- Stephen Maguire
- Ali Carter
- Ryan Day
- Joe Perry
- Gary Wilson
- Yan Bingtao
- Graeme Dott
- Anthony McGill
- Jimmy Robertson
- Xiao Guodong
- Lyu Haotian
- Tom Ford
- Mark King
- Li Hang
- Ricky Walden
- Zhou Yuelong
- Martin Gould
- Mark Davis
- Matt Selt
- Scott Donaldson
- Robert Milkins
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- Noppon Saengkham
- Ben Woollaston
- Hossein Vafaei
- Liang Wenbo
- Martin O’Donnell
- Matthew Stevens
- Michael Holt
- Michael White
- Michael Georgiou
- Peter Ebdon
- Chris Wakelin
- Kurt Maflin
- Stuart Carrington
- Alan McManus
- Sunny Akani
- Yuan Sijun
- Mark Joyce
- Marco Fu
- Ken Doherty
- Andrew Higginson
- Daniel Wells
- Zhao Xintong
- Robbie Williams
- Liam Highfield
- Anthony Hamilton
- Fergal O’Brien
- Mike Dunn
The Two Year Cards (28)
These players competed on the main tour in 2018/19 and will start the 2019/20 season on the second year of their two-year tour cards.
- Lu Ning
- Sam Craigie
- Tian Pengfei
- Joe O’Connor
- Mei Xiwen
- Luo Honghao
- Sam Baird
- Craig Steadman
- John Astley
- Zhang Anda
- Jak Jones
- Elliot Slessor
- Alfie Burden
- Oliver Lines
- Jordan Brown
- Lee Walker
- Ashley Carty
- Thor Chuan Leong
- Jamie Clarke
- Zhang Jiankang
- Chen Feilong
- Harvey Chandler
- Kishan Hirani
- Hammad Miah
- Adam Stefanow
- Andy Lee
- Fan Zhengyi
- Simon Lichtenberg
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 2019/20 season. They receive a fresh two-year tour card, starting on zero ranking points.
- Eden Sharav
- James Cahill
- Ian Burns
- Duane Jones
- Dominic Dale
- Gerard Greene
- Rod Lawler
- Nigel Bond
Q School (16)
A further 16 will be promoted from the Q School and again they will receive a two-year tour card.
- Xu Si (2019 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- David Lilley (2019 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Jamie O’Neill (2019 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Soheil Vahedi (2019 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
- Chen Zifan (2019 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Riley Parsons (2019 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Louis Heathcote (2019 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Fraser Patrick (2019 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
- Barry Pinches (2019 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
- Alex Borg (2019 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
- Alexander Ursenbacher (2019 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
- Andy Hicks (2019 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
- Si Jiahui (2019 Q School Order of Merit)
- Billy Castle (2019 Q School Order of Merit)
- Peter Lines (2019 Q School Order of Merit)
- Peifan Lei (2019 Q School Order of Merit)
World Snooker Challenge Tour (3)
Three players qualified via the World Snooker Challenge Tour. They will also earn a two-year card.
- Brandon Sargeant
- David Grace
- Mitchell Mann
China Tour Nominations (2)
Two players have qualified via the CBSA China Tour. They earn a fresh two-year tour cards.
- Bingyu Chang
- Langning Bai
International Nominations (5)
The remaining players come from a mix of other amateur/international competitions and again will earn a two-year card.
- Kacper Filipiak (EBSA Championship winner)
- Jackson Page (EBSA u-21 Championship winner)
- Steve Mifsud (Oceania Championship winner)
- Igor Figueiredo (Americas Championship winner)
- TBC (African Championship winner)
Invitational Tour Cards (2)
There are a further three players who will be able to play having been awarded invitational tour cards.
- Jimmy White (FIRST year of a two-year invitational tour card)
- James Wattana (SECOND year of a two-year invitational tour card)
The season gets underway with the Kaspersky Riga Masters and International Championship qualifiers which run from 10-17 June 2019 in Sheffield
