The 2023 MrQ UK Championship gets underway tomorrow at the York Barbican with the final world ranking list at the end of the tournament set to determine the field for January’s Masters.
As in previous years, the top 16 after the UK Championship will qualify to play at snooker’s most prestigious invitational event, to be held at the Alexandra Palace from 7-14 January 2024.
To learn more about the qualification race, check out our pre-tournament preview, while below you can see the latest state of play…
The top 16 players in the official world ranking list following the UK Championship will qualify to play at the 2024 Masters.
Latest Race to the Masters (02/12/2023):
12th – Zhang Anda – £329,000 (QF)
13th – Ding Junhui – £325,000 (SF)
14th – Robert Milkins – £315,500 (r16)
15th – Barry Hawkins – £315,000 (r16)
16th – Jack Lisowski – £307,000 (r32)
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17th – Hossein Vafaei – £301,000 (SF) – F minimum
187th – Tom Ford – £299,000 (r16)
21st – Anthony McGill – £215,000 (r32) – F minimum
22nd – Zhou Yuelong – £206,000 (QF) – title required
24th – Noppon Saengkham – £189,500 (r32) – title required
29th – Matthew Selt – £176,000 (r16) – title required
32nd – Pang Junxu – £165,500 (r32) – title required
33rd – Fan Zhengyi – £163,500 (r32) – title required
36th – Joe O’Connor – £150,000 (r32) – title required
38th – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh – £138,000 (r32) – title required
39th – Jamie Jones – £135,000 (r16) – title required
40th – Yuan Sijun – £131,000 (r32) – title required
52nd – Elliot Slessor – £96,500 (r32) – title required
53rd – Ben Woollaston – £95,500 (r32) – title required
55th – Jamie Clarke – £94,500 (r16) – title required
62nd – Mark Joyce – £68,500 (r32) – title required
Follow the latest tournament news from the MrQ UK Championship via the World Snooker Tour website.