Ronnie O’Sullivan retains world No. 1 spot as Mark Allen claims final place in elite Champion of Champions snooker event
Ronnie O’Sullivan will arrive at the Champion of Champions event in Bolton next week as world No. 1 with Northern Ireland Open winner Mark Allen claiming the final place at the elite 16-player £440,000 tournament (31 October-6 November).
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Allen also moves up a spot in the latest world rankings to number nine with new world No. 2 Robertson swapping places with Trump despite losing 6-2 to Allen in the semi-finals in Belfast.
Mark Williams did not qualify for the Champion of Champions, but has moved up from eighth to sixth in the world after losing 5-4 to Allen in the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals.
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Champions of Champions line-up
- Judd Trump (Eng) – Champions of Champions, Turkish Masters
- Zhao Xintong (Chn) – UK Championship, German Masters
- Neil Robertson (Aus) – Masters, Players Championship, Tour Championship,
- Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) – World Championship, World Grand Prix
- Fan Zhengyi (Chn) – European Masters (2021/22)
- John Higgins (Sco) – Championship League
- Luca Brecel (Bel) – Scottish Open
- Kyren Wilson (Eng) – European Masters (2022/23)
- Hossein Vafaei (Irn) – Shoot Out
- Joe Perry (Eng) – Welsh Open
- Robert Milkins (Eng) – Gibraltar Open
- Ryan Day (Wal) – British Open
- Lee Walker (Wal) – World Seniors Championship
- Mark Allen (NI) – Northern Ireland Open
- Nutcharut Wongharuthai (Tha) – Women’s World Championship
- Mark Selby (Eng) – Highest ranked player (world No. 4)
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World Snooker rankings after Northern Ireland Open
- 1. Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 1,007,000
- 2. Neil Robertson (Aus) 873,500
- 3. Judd Trump (Eng) 853,000
- 3. Neil Robertson (Aus) 861,000
- 4. Mark Selby (Eng) 828,500
- 5. John Higgins (Sco) 506,000
- 6. Mark Williams (Wal) 454,000
- 7. Kyren Wilson (Eng) 450,500
- 8. Zhao Xintong (Chn) 401,500
- 9. Mark Allen (NI) 401,500
- 10. Barry Hawkins (Eng) 335,000
- 11. Luca Brecel (Bel) 327,500
- 12. Jack Lisowski (Eng) 322,000
- 13. Shaun Murphy (Eng) 307,500
- 14. Stuart Bingham (Eng) 299,500
- 15. Yan Bingtao (Chn) 244,000
- 16. Ryan Day (Wal) 237,000
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