The newest snooker rankings replace follows the conclusion of the 2025 Welsh Open, the season’s thirteenth rating match.
Mark Selby sealed a twenty fourth profession rating success with a 9-6 defeat of Stephen Maguire on the Venue Cymru in Llandudno on Sunday.
The Englishman was by no means behind within the contest, finally pulling away from his decided opponent with a late three-frame burst on the end.
Selby had survived a few gruelling encounters throughout the week, edging each Elliot Slessor and John Higgins in final-frame thrillers.
However the 41 year-old saved his finest snooker for the ultimate showdown, the place he compiled a brace of tons to say the Welsh Open crown for the second time.
Let’s check out the way it all impacted the assorted snooker rankings lists.
High 16
By pocketing the £100,000 champion’s cheque, Mark Selby rises to 3rd within the official rolling two-year world rankings.
Method out in entrance stays Judd Trump, who regardless of having not entered the competitors in Wales nonetheless boasts a lead over Kyren Wilson of greater than half one million kilos.
The newest withdrawal from Ronnie O’Sullivan sees the Rocket drop to fourth, simply forward of Mark Williams and Luca Brecel.
Mark Allen strikes above Shaun Murphy, who drops to eighth after the factors he claimed for ending runner-up on the 2023 Welsh Open had been deducted from his tally.
Chinese language duo Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda stay unchanged and full the highest ten in entrance of Barry Hawkins, Si Jiahui, and John Higgins.
Ali Carter and Gary Wilson are in 14th and fifteenth respectively forward of Xiao Guodong, who didn’t play on this 12 months’s Welsh Open however however replaces Jak Jones within the high 16.
Who had been the opposite movers?
Quite a lot of the opposite positions simply exterior the highest 16 have stayed the identical.
Stephen Maguire’s reward for reaching a primary rating occasion remaining in 5 years is a lift in his rating place, nonetheless.
The Glaswegian was wanting like dropping out of the world’s high 32 in current months, however the £45,000 runner-up prize has seen him return to twenty sixth within the standings.
Robert Milkins, in the meantime, has dropped eight locations to quantity 32 after the factors for his 2023 Welsh Open triumph had been subtracted from his whole.
For lots of gamers additional down the rankings, the upcoming World Open would be the final alternative to earn precious rating factors earlier than the season-ending World Championship.
Which means the race for tour survival is nicely and actually heating up.
The likes of Marco Fu, Anthony Hamilton, and Joe Perry are beneath the essential high 64 cut-off level for security on the provisional end-of-year rankings.
| Official 2-12 months World Rankings | Feb 17, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,754,700 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,227,800 |
| 3 | Mark Selby | £783,000 |
| 4 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £693,000 |
| 5 | Mark Williams | £641,600 |
| 6 | Luca Brecel | £633,900 |
| 7 | Mark Allen | £597,400 |
| 8 | Shaun Murphy | £586,900 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £547,000 |
| 10 | Zhang Anda | £499,550 |
| 11 | Barry Hawkins | £466,050 |
| 12 | Si Jiahui | £429,700 |
| 13 | John Higgins | £412,250 |
| 14 | Ali Carter | £402,800 |
| 15 | Gary Wilson | £386,400 |
| 16 | Xiao Guodong | £364,000 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Jak Jones | £362,800 |
| 18 | Chris Wakelin | £341,400 |
| 19 | Neil Robertson | £335,050 |
| 20 | Tom Ford | £328,950 |
| 21 | David Gilbert | £292,150 |
| 22 | Wu Yize | £286,600 |
| 23 | Stuart Bingham | £269,900 |
| 24 | Jack Lisowski | £263,600 |
| 25 | Hossein Vafaei | £259,800 |
1-year snooker rankings
The highest 32 from the one-year record qualify for the World Grand Prix, which is able to happen in Hong Kong for the primary time in March.
Past that, the highest 16 will function on the Gamers Championship and the highest 12 on the Tour Championship.
The Welsh Open was the final occasion that counted in direction of the race to the World Grand Prix, so the lineup for that occasion is now identified.
Stephen Maguire was manner exterior the highest 32 earlier than the week in Wales started, however by reaching the semi-finals he had achieved sufficient to seal his ticket to Hong Kong.
Luca Brecel is the one member of the highest 16 who has didn’t qualify for the World Grand Prix.
Selby rises eight locations to fourth on the one-year snooker rankings, guaranteeing his involvement within the three profitable occasions on this collection.
Factors earned at subsequent week’s World Open will have an effect on the races to each the Gamers and Tour Championships.
| 1-12 months Snooker Rankings | Feb 17, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £949,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £517,800 |
| 3 | Xiao Guodong | £281,500 |
| 4 | Mark Selby | £260,000 |
| 5 | Mark Williams | £255,600 |
| 6 | Neil Robertson | £227,050 |
| 7 | Barry Hawkins | £224,550 |
| 8 | Ding Junhui | £211,000 |
| 9 | Si Jiahui | £209,200 |
| 10 | Shaun Murphy | £200,900 |
| 11 | Chris Wakelin | £184,400 |
| 12 | Wu Yize | £181,600 |
| 13 | Mark Allen | £148,400 |
| 14 | Lei Peifan | £141,000 |
| 15 | John Higgins | £138,750 |
| 16 | Jack Lisowski | £121,600 |
| 17 | Zhang Anda | £117,550 |
| 18 | Ali Carter | £110,800 |
| 19 | Elliot Slessor | £107,250 |
| 20 | Jimmy Robertson | £102,600 |
| 21 | Pang Junxu | £102,400 |
| 22 | David Gilbert | £97,150 |
| 23 | Stephen Maguire | £95,750 |
| 24 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £94,500 |
| 25 | Xu Si | £92,050 |
| 26 | Tom Ford | £91,950 |
| 27 | Yuan Sijun | £91,600 |
| 28 | Stuart Bingham | £89,400 |
| 29 | Jackson Web page | £89,300 |
| 30 | Jak Jones | £75,300 |
| 31 | Matthew Selt | £73,250 |
| 32 | Gary Wilson | £72,400 |
| — | — | — |
| 33 | Hossein Vafaei | £69,800 |
| 39 | Luca Brecel | £59,400 |
The Dwelling Nations Collection bonus
The 2025 Welsh Open was the concluding occasion of 4 on the Dwelling Nations collection.
Neil Robertson, helped by his victory on the English Open earlier this time period, topped the collection rankings to pocket the £150,000 jackpot.
The good-looking sum received’t depend in direction of the official snooker rankings lists however shall be a useful bonus for the Australian to take pleasure in.
Robertson turns into the fourth completely different winner of the prize after John Higgins, Robert Milkins, and Judd Trump – the latter having received it on three events.
What’s the subsequent snooker occasion?
There’s a transient respite on the snooker calendar earlier than the motion returns in per week’s time with the subsequent rating occasion.
The World Open shall be again in Yushan from February twenty third to March 1st with a lot of the marquee names anticipated to attend.
Extra particulars shall be printed right here on SnookerHQ.com within the build-up to the match.
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