The most recent snooker rankings replace follows the conclusion of the 2025 World Open, the season’s 14th rating match.
John Higgins gained his first rating title in 4 years with a 10-6 victory over Joe O’Connor within the closing on the Yushan Sport Centre on Saturday.
The Scot hadn’t claimed silverware at this stage since his triumph on the 2021 Gamers Championship, shedding 5 rating finals within the interim.
However he at all times had a component of management after successful the opening three frames of the title-deciding affair and ultimately sealed the win with the encounter’s solely century break.
Aged 49 (and 287 days), Higgins turns into the second-oldest winner of a rating occasion – solely 100 or so days shy of Ray Reardon’s file.
The 2025 World Open had massive implications on the 2 fundamental snooker rankings lists, so let’s check out among the essential updates.
Prime 16
With an additional £175,000 added to his rolling two-year tally, Higgins rises 5 locations within the official standings and again into the highest eight.
Nothing else has modified above that, with Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson nonetheless occupying the highest two spots.
Mark Selby stays in third forward of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, Luca Brecel, and Mark Allen.
Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda proceed to position in ninth and tenth respectively forward of Barry Hawkins.
Shaun Murphy drops down 4 spots to twelfth regardless of reaching the World Open quarter-finals final week.
The Masters champion has misplaced the rating factors from his 2023 Gamers Championship victory with the factors from his 2023 Tour Championship success quickly to be deducted from his tally as effectively.
Si Jiahui drops to thirteenth however stays forward of Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, and Xiao Guodong.
Who have been the opposite movers?
Joe O’Connor’s second profession look in a rating occasion closing sees the Englishman rejoin the highest 32 in thirty first place.
Semi-finalist Zak Surety, who was inside a couple of pots of beautiful John Higgins within the final 4, strikes up 16 rungs to quantity 73.
Contemplating Surety is enjoying within the first of a contemporary two-year card and gained’t have factors to defend subsequent time period, a maiden membership throughout the high 64 is in prospect.
| Official 2-12 months World Rankings | Mar 2, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £1,753,700 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £1,206,800 |
| 3 | Mark Selby | £778,000 |
| 4 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £693,000 |
| 5 | Mark Williams | £641,600 |
| 6 | Luca Brecel | £623,900 |
| 7 | Mark Allen | £592,400 |
| 8 | John Higgins | £587,250 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £551,000 |
| 10 | Zhang Anda | £499,550 |
| 11 | Barry Hawkins | £488,050 |
| 12 | Shaun Murphy | £483,900 |
| 13 | Si JIahui | £429,700 |
| 14 | Ali Carter | £385,800 |
| 15 | Gary Wilson | £376,400 |
| 16 | Xiao Guodong | £369,000 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Jak Jones | £367,800 |
| 18 | Tom Ford | £340,950 |
| 19 | Neil Robertson | £335,050 |
| 20 | Chris Wakelin | £331,400 |
| 21 | Wu Yize | £295,600 |
| 22 | David Gilbert | £292,150 |
| 23 | Stuart Bingham | £269,900 |
| 24 | Hossein Vafaei | £268,800 |
| 25 | Jack Lisowski | £262,600 |
Tour Survival
The World Open was the penultimate alternative this season for the gamers additional down the snooker rankings to realize factors.
Solely the World Snooker Championship is left on the calendar for these rivals to compete in.
As normal, the highest 64 on the two-year rankings will safe a tour card for one more season.
The highest 4 on the one-year rankings who will not be in any other case assured security will moreover obtain a contemporary two-year card.
That’s excellent news for Stan Moody, Louis Heathcote, Tian Pengfei, and Ma Hailong – who’re all outdoors the highest 64 on the provisional end-of-season snooker rankings however rank extremely on the one-year checklist as issues stand.
Marco Fu, Ashley Carty, Anthony Hamilton, Stuart Carrington, Joe Perry, and Alfie Burden are a couple of of the acquainted names who will want a robust outing in Sheffield subsequent month to increase their professional careers.
Sanderson Lam, Jamie Clarke, and Ishpreet Singh Chadha at present occupy the final three spots inside the highest 64 on the provisional end-of-season rankings.
1-year snooker rankings
The highest 32 from the one-year snooker rankings had already certified for subsequent week’s World Grand Prix.
However factors earned on the World Open have counted in direction of qualification for the opposite two rating occasions forward of the Crucible.
The highest 16 from this checklist will characteristic on the Gamers Championship in Telford with the highest 12 then competing on the Tour Championship in Manchester.
Joe O’Connor got here agonisingly in need of a Gamers Championship berth along with his runner-up prize of £75,000 taking him to simply under the cut-off level in seventeenth.
Because the 29 year-old didn’t qualify for the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong, he gained’t have any extra alternatives to enhance on his standing.
Higgins jumps to 3rd on the one-year checklist, guaranteeing his involvement in each the Gamers and Tour Championships.
Ronnie O’Sullivan had already been struggling to qualify for these profitable occasions, however the Rocket’s withdrawal from the World Grand Prix has formally put an finish to any likelihood of seeing him return to the baize earlier than Sheffield.
Hossein Vafaei, in thirty third place, will substitute O’Sullivan within the World Grand Prix draw.
| 1-12 months Snooker Rankings | Mar 2, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | £958,200 |
| 2 | Kyren Wilson | £526,800 |
| 3 | John Higgins | £313,750 |
| 4 | Xiao Guodong | £286,500 |
| 5 | Mark Selby | £265,000 |
| 6 | Mark Williams | £255,600 |
| 7 | Barry Hawkins | £246,550 |
| 8 | Neil Robertson | £227,050 |
| 9 | Ding Junhui | £225,000 |
| 10 | Shaun Murphy | £222,900 |
| 11 | Si Jiahui | £209,200 |
| 12 | Wu Yize | £190,600 |
| 13 | Chris Wakelin | £184,400 |
| 14 | Mark Allen | £153,400 |
| 15 | Lei Peifan | £146,000 |
| 16 | Ali Carter | £143,800 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Joe O’Connor | £134,250 |
| 18 | Jack Lisowski | £130,600 |
| 19 | Pang Junxu | £124,400 |
| 20 | Zhang Anda | £117,550 |
| 21 | Jimmy Robertson | £116,600 |
| 22 | Elliot Slessor | £116,250 |
| 23 | Tom Ford | £113,950 |
| 24 | Xu Si | £106,050 |
| 25 | David Gilbert | £97,150 |
| 26 | Yuan Sijun | £96,600 |
| 27 | Stephen Maguire | £95,750 |
| 28 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £94,500 |
| 29 | Jackson Web page | £94,300 |
| 30 | Stuart Bingham | £89,400 |
| 31 | Ryan Day | £80,800 |
| 32 | Jak Jones | £80,300 |
| 33 | Hossein Vafaei | £78,800 |
When is the subsequent snooker occasion?
Subsequent up on the snooker calendar is the World Grand Prix, which strikes to Hong Kong for the primary time.
The 2025 version, with an elevated prize fund and £180,000 going to the winner, runs from March 4th to March ninth.
Extra particulars on that occasion will probably be out there on SnookerHQ.com within the coming days.
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