Snooker season 2017/2018

	Snooker season 2017/2018 ;
Duration:	May 4, 2017 - May 7, 2018
Number of tournaments:	38 (20 ratings)
Tournament Winners Triple Crown
UK Championship :	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Masters :	Mark Allen
World Championship :	Mark Williams
Progress
Leader in the number of victories:	Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
The leader in the number of rating victories:	Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
Leader in the number of finals:	Ronnie O'Sullivan (5)
Leader in the amount of money earned:	Mark Williams (£ 749,500)
Leader in the number of hundred series:	Ronnie O'Sullivan (74); Judd Trump (74)
Maximum series:	eight
Awards
World Snooker Player of the Year:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Player of the Year according to journalists:	Mark Williams
Player of the Year according to fans:	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Rookie of the Year:	Xu Sy
Performance of the year:	Mark Williams (victory at the 2018 World Cup)
The best moment of the year:	Michael Georgiou (dramatic victory at Shoot-Out-2018)

The 2017/2018 snooker season is an elite world tour of snooker tournaments conducted by the World Association of Professional Billiards and Snooker ( WPBSA ) from May 4, 2017 to May 7, 2018.

Members

This season, 131 players will participate in the Main Tour. 64 went over according to the results of the 2016/2017 season. Also, 30 newcomers to the 2016/2017 season, having a 2-year yellow card, were added to them.

Main Tour Beginners

No	Name	A country	Date of Birth	Years on the Main Tour	Reason for getting on the main tour
one	Sohei Wahedi	Iran	March 15, 1989	-	World Amateur Champion
2	Xu Sy	China	January 24, 1998	-	World Champion U-21
3	Chris Totten	Scotland	December 5, 1998	-	European Champion
four	Alexander Ursenbacher	Switzerland	April 26, 1996	2013—2015	European Champion U-21
five	Liu Haotian	China	November 29, 1997	2013—2015	Champion of Asia
6	Yuan xijun	China	May 29, 2000	-	Asian Champion U-21
7	Basem Eltahan	Egypt		-	Champion of Africa
eight	Matthew Bolton	Australia	July 7, 1979	-	Champion of Oceania
9	Akani Songsermsavad	Thailand	September 10, 1995	2015—2017	One year rating
ten	Fiss clark	Scotland	August 17, 1994	2015—2017	One year rating
eleven	Robin Hull	Finland	August 16, 1974	1993-1997, 1998—2008, 2011—2012, 2013—2017	One year rating
12	Rod Lawler	England	July 12, 1971	1990-2017	One year rating
13	Ross Muir	Scotland	October 6, 1995	2013—2017	One year rating
14	Nigel Bond	England	November 15, 1965	1989-2017	One year rating
15	Eden Sharav	Israel	April 30, 1992	2015-2017	One year rating
sixteen	Ian Burns	England	March 11, 1985	2012-2017	One year rating
17	Gerard Green	Northern Ireland	November 12, 1973	1993-2016	EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
18	Peter Lines	England	December 11, 1969	1991-2004, 2006/2007, 2008—2016	EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs
nineteen	Lukas Klekers	Germany	May 18, 1996	-	Q School - Stage 1
20	Allan Taylor	England	November 28, 1984	2013-2017	Q School - Stage 1
21	Billy Joe Castle	England	July 14, 1992	-	Q School - Stage 1
22	Ashley Higill	England	September 28, 1994	-	Q School - Stage 1
23	Dwayne Jones	Wales	April 30, 1993	2015-2017	Q School - Stage 2
24	Sanderson lam	England	January 28, 1994	2015-2017	Q School - Stage 2
25	Paul Davison	England	October 1, 1971	1992-2005, 2006/2007, 2008/2009, 2010—2014, 2015—2017	Q School - Stage 2
26	Chen Zifan	China	September 17, 1995	-	Q School - Stage 2
27	Zhang Yong	China	July 21, 1995	2015-2017	Overall rating Q School
28	Sean O'Sullivan	England	April 29, 1994	2012-2014, 2015—2017	Overall rating Q School
29th	Joe Swale	Northern Ireland	August 29, 1969	1991-2012, 2013—2017	Overall rating Q School
thirty	Martin O'Donell	England	June 4, 1986	2012-2017	Overall rating Q School
31	Li Yuan	China	October 20, 1989	-	Nomination from China 1
32	Nu Zhuang	China	June 26, 1994	-	Nomination from China 2
33	Hamza Akbar	Pakistan	November 12, 1993	2015-2017	Special permission
34	Jimmy white	England	May 6, 1962	1980-2017	Main Tour Invitation
35	Ken Doherty	Ireland	September 17, 1969	1990-2017	Main Tour Invitation

Competition Calendar

The competition calendar for the 2017/18 season includes:

20 World Ranking Tournaments - WR
6 non-rated tournaments - NR
1 low-ranking tournament - VE
3 team tournaments - TE
6 professional amateur tournaments - P / A
4 tournaments for seniors (players over 60) - WST

Schedule

Below is the full schedule of competitions throughout the year, including all winners and finalists of tournaments.

WR = Rating
NR = Not Rating
VE = Low Rating
TE = Team
P / A = Pro
WST = Seniors

May

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
May 4-7	Vienna Snooker Open Vienna , Austria P / a $ 10,000 Vienna Snooker Open 2017	Peter Ebdon 5-4	Mark davis
May 24-27	Belgium Open Ghent , Belgium P / a $ 10,000 Belgium Open 2017	Björn Haneveer 6-5	Ben martens

June

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
June 7-11	Pink ribbon Gloucester , England P / a $ 10,000 Pink Ribbon 2017	Robert Milkins 5-4	Rob james
July 20-23	Riga Masters Riga , Latvia Wr $ 259,000 Riga Masters 2017	Ryan Day 5-2	Stephen Maguire

July

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
July 3-9	World cup Wuxi , China TE $ 800,000 World Cup 2017	Ding Junhui / Liang Wenbo 4-3	Judd Trump / Barry Hawkins
July 20-23	Hong kong masters Hong Kong Nr $ 315,000 Hong Kong Masters 2017	Neil robertson 6-3	Ronnie O'Sullivan
July 28-29	CVB Snooker Challenge Shenzhen china TE $ 120,000 CVB Snooker Challenge 2017	Great Britain 26-9	China
July 26-30	World Games Wroclaw , Poland P / a $ 0 World Games 2017	Kyren Wilson 3-1	Alistair Carter

August

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
August 16-22	China championship Guangzhou , China Wr $ 700,000 China Championship 2017	Luca Bresel 10-5	Sean Murphy
August 22-27	Paul hunter classic Fuerth , Germany Wr $ 100,000 Paul Hunter Classic 2017	Michael white 4-2	Sean Murphy

September

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
September 4-9	Six-red World Championship Bangkok , Thailand Ve 10,000,000 baht Six-red World Championship 2017	Mark Williams 8-2	Tepchaia Un-Nuh
September 12-16	Indian open Visakhapatnam , India Wr $ 323,000 Indian Open 2017	John Higgins 5-1	Anthony McGill
September 19-21	Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games - Six Red Ashgabat , Turkmenistan P / a $ 0 2017 Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games	Yan Bintao 5-1	Soheil wahedi
September 18-24	World open Yushan , China Wr $ 700,000 World Open 2017	Ding Junhui 10-3	Kyren Wilson
September 22-24	Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games - Team Ashgabat , Turkmenistan TE $ 0 2017 Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games	Iran 3-0	Qatar
September 24-26	Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games - Individual Ashgabat , Turkmenistan P / a $ 0 2017 Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Competition Games	Zhao Xintong 4-2	Hossein Wafay Ayyuri

October

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
October 2-8	European masters Lommel , Belgium Wr $ 366,500 European Masters 2017	Judd Trump 9-7	Stuart Binham
October 16-22	English open Barnsley , England Wr $ 366,000 English Open 2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-2	Kyren Wilson
October 24-26	UK Seniors Championship Redhill , Surrey , England Wst $ 14,500 UK Seniors Championship 2017	Jimmy white 4-2	Ken Doherty
October 23-27	Haining open Hainin china Nr 472,000 yuan Haining Open 2017	Mark Selby 5-1	Tom Ford
October 29 - November 5	International championship Daqing , China Wr $ 750,000 International Championship 2017	Mark Selby 10-7	Mark Allen

November

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
November 6-12	Champion of champions Coventry , England Nr $ 370,000 Champion of Champions 2017	Sean Murphy 10-8	Ronnie O'Sullivan
November 13-18	Shanghai masters Shanghai China Wr $ 700,000 Shanghai Masters 2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-3	Judd Trump
November 20-26	Northern Ireland Open Belfast , Northern Ireland Wr $ 366,000 Northern Ireland Open 2017	Mark Williams 9-8	Yan Bintao
November 28 - December 10	UK Championship York , England Wr $ 850,000 UK Championship 2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5	Sean Murphy

December

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
December 11-17	Scottish Open Glasgow , Scotland Wr $ 366,000 Scottish Open 2017	Neil robertson 9-8	Cao Yupeng

January

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
January 6-7	Seniors Irish Masters Kill , Ireland Wst $ 10,700 Seniors Irish Masters 2018	Steve davis 4-0	Jonathan Bagley
January 14-21	The masters London england Nr $ 600,000 The Masters 2018	Mark Allen 10-7	Kyren Wilson
January 31 - February 4	German masters Berlin , Germany Wr $ 364,500 German Masters 2018	Mark Williams 9-1	Graham Dott

February

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
February 8-11	Snooker shoot-out Watford , England Wr $ 146,000 Shoot-Out 2018	Michael Georgiou 1-0	Graham Dott
February 19-25	World Grand Prix Preston , England Wr $ 375,000 World Grand Prix 2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-3	Ding Junhui
February 26 - March 4	Welsh open Cardiff , Wales Wr $ 366,000 Welsh Open 2018	John Higgins 9-7	Barry Hawkins

March

Dates	Tournament	Champion (Final Score)	Finalist
March 7-11	Gibraltar Open Gibraltar Wr $ 153,000 Gibraltar Open 2018	Ryan Day 4-0	Cao Yupeng
March 14-18	Romanian masters Bucharest , Romania Nr $ 176,800 Romanian Masters 2018	Ryan Day 10-8	Stuart Binham