World Series of Snooker 2008/2009 (original) (raw)

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Logo of the World Series of Snooker

The World Series of Snooker was played for the first time in the 2008/2009 season. Although there was a previous incarnation of the event organised by Matchroom Sport, that ran in the 1987/88 season, and from 1990/91 until 1992/93.[1] It was a series of five non-ranking tournaments spread over Europe, where top professional players performed against regional wildcard players. The series consisted of four tournaments plus a Grand Final for which the winner earned €50,000.

The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined the seeding positions for the Grand Final, with the top four getting a bye to quarter-finals and fifth and sixth getting a bye to the second round. In the final Shaun Murphy defeated John Higgins 6–2.

World Series of Snooker Jersey

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The first event was held in Saint Helier, Jersey between 21 and 22 June 2008.John Higgins won in the final 6–3 against Mark Selby.[2] Players[edit] Professionals: Mark Selby Ken Doherty Shaun Murphy John Higgins Wildcards: Rafał Jewtuch Gary Britton Martyn Desperques Aaron Canavan Main draw[edit] [3][4] Quarter-finalsBest of 7 FramesSemi-finalsBest of 9 FramesFinalBest of 11 Frames Mark Selby 4 Rafał Jewtuch 0 Mark Selby 5 Gary Britton 1 Ken Doherty 1 Gary Britton 4 Mark Selby 3 John Higgins 6 Shaun Murphy 4 Martyn Desperques 1 Shaun Murphy 2 John Higgins 5 John Higgins 4 Aaron Canavan 0 Century breaks[edit] 105 – Mark Selby 104 – John Higgins

World Series of SnookerWorld Series of Snooker JerseyTournament informationDates21–22 June 2008 (2008-06-21 – 2008-06-22)VenueFort RegentCitySaint HelierCountryJerseyOrganisationFSTC Sports ManagementFormatNon-ranking eventHighest break105FinalChampion John HigginsRunner-up Mark SelbyScore6–3Snooker tournament

World Series of Snooker Berlin

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The second event was held in Berlin, Germany between 12 and 13 July 2008.Graeme Dott won in the final 6–1 against Shaun Murphy.[5] Players[edit] Professionals: Graeme Dott John Higgins Stephen Maguire Shaun Murphy Wildcards: Chris McBreen Lasse Münstermann Hans Blankaert Patrick Einsle Main draw[edit] [6][7] Quarter-finalsBest of 7 FramesSemi-finalsBest of 9 FramesFinalBest of 11 Frames Graeme Dott 4 Chris McBreen 1 Graeme Dott 5 John Higgins 4 John Higgins 4 Lasse Münstermann 3 Graeme Dott 6 Shaun Murphy 1 Stephen Maguire 4 Hans Blankaert 0 Stephen Maguire 3 Shaun Murphy 5 Shaun Murphy 4 Patrick Einsle 0 Century breaks[edit] 132 – Shaun Murphy 113 – Graeme Dott

World Series of SnookerWorld Series of Snooker BerlinTournament informationDates12–13 July 2008 (2008-07-12 – 2008-07-13)VenueTempodromCityBerlinCountryGermanyOrganisationFSTC Sports ManagementFormatNon-ranking eventHighest break132FinalChampion Graeme DottRunner-up Shaun MurphyScore6–1Snooker tournament

World Series of Snooker Warsaw

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The third event was held in Warsaw, Poland between 25 and 26 October 2008.Ding Junhui won in the final 6–4 against Ken Doherty.[8] Players[edit] Professionals: Steve Davis Mark Selby Ding Junhui Ken Doherty Wildcards: Rafał Górecki Mariusz Sirko Piotr Murat Rafał Jewtuch Main draw[edit] [9][10] Quarter-finalsBest of 7 FramesSemi-finalsBest of 9 FramesFinalBest of 11 Frames Ken Doherty 4 Rafał Górecki 0 Ken Doherty 5 Mark Selby 3 Mark Selby 4 Mariusz Sirko 0 Ken Doherty 4 Ding Junhui 6 Steve Davis 4 Rafał Jewtuch 0 Steve Davis 1 Ding Junhui 5 Ding Junhui 4 Piotr Murat 0 Century breaks[edit] 102, 100 – Mark Selby 101 – Ding Junhui

World Series of SnookerWorld Series of Snooker WarsawTournament informationDates25–26 October 2008 (2008-10-25 – 2008-10-26)VenueEXPO XXICityWarsawCountryPolandOrganisationFSTC Sports ManagementFormatNon-ranking eventHighest break102FinalChampion Ding JunhuiRunner-up Ken DohertyScore6–4Snooker tournament Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Series of Snooker 2008 in Warsaw.

World Series of Snooker Moscow

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The fourth event was held in Moscow, Russia between 22 and 23 November 2008.John Higgins won in the final 5–0 against Ding Junhui.[11] Players[edit] Professionals: John Higgins Ding Junhui Mark Selby Wildcards: Anna Mazhirina Shachar Ruberg Sergey Vasiliev Ruslan Chinakhov Sergey Isaenko Main draw[edit] [12][13] Quarter-finalsBest of 7 FramesSemi-finalsBest of 7 FramesFinalBest of 9 Frames John Higgins 4 Anna Mazhirina 0 John Higgins 4 Shachar Ruberg 0 Shachar Ruberg 4 Sergey Vasiliev 1 John Higgins 5 Ding Junhui 0 Ding Junhui 4 Sergey Isaenko 0 Ding Junhui 4 Mark Selby 2 Mark Selby 4 Ruslan Chinakhov 1 Century breaks[edit] 127 – John Higgins

World Series of SnookerWorld Series of Snooker MoscowTournament informationDates22–23 November 2008 (2008-11-22 – 2008-11-23)VenueKrilya Sovetov Sports ArenaCityMoscowCountryRussiaOrganisationFSTC Sports ManagementFormatNon-ranking eventHighest break127FinalChampion John HigginsRunner-up Ding JunhuiScore5–0Snooker tournament Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Series of Snooker 2008 in Moscow.

Points table

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Rank	Player					Total
1	John Higgins	5	1	-	5	11
2	Ding Junhui	-	-	5	3	8
3	Graeme Dott	-	5	-	-	5
Mark Selby	3	-	1	1	5
5	Shaun Murphy	1	3	-	-	4
6	Ken Doherty	0	-	3	-	3
7	Gary Britton	1	-	-	-	1
Stephen Maguire	-	1	-	-	1
Steve Davis	-	-	1	-	1
Shachar Ruberg	-	-	-	1	1

World Series of Snooker Grand Final

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The Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker was held in Portimão, Portugal between 8–10 May 2009.[14][15] Shaun Murphy won in the final 6–2 against John Higgins. This was the only Grand Final in the history of the World Series of Snooker. Murphy won the title a week after losing the World Snooker Championship Final to Higgins.[16] Players[edit] Group one: Ryan Day Lasse Munstermann Michal Zielinski Garry Britton Group two: Jimmy White Schachar Ruberg Itaro Santos[17] Luca Brecel Knockout stage: Ryan Day Garry Britton Luca Brecel Jimmy White Steve Davis Stephen Maguire Ken Doherty Shaun Murphy John Higgins Ding Junhui Graeme Dott Mark Selby Note: professional players in bold.

World Series of SnookerGrand FinalTournament informationDates8–10 May 2009 (2009-05-08 – 2009-05-10)VenuePavilhão ArenaCityPortimãoCountryPortugalOrganisationFSTC Sports ManagementFormatNon-ranking eventHighest break122FinalChampion Shaun MurphyRunner-up John HigginsScore6–2Snooker tournament

Round-robin stage

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Round one was played in a round robin format. The matches were best of seven frames. Each player played each other once. The winner and runner-up advanced to round two.

Group one

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Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Ryan Day 3 3 12 2 +10 3 2 Garry Britton 3 2 8 9 −1 2 3 Lasse Münstermann 3 1 7 9 −2 1 4 Michał Zieliński 3 0 4 12 −8 0	Matches: Ryan Day 4–0 Garry Britton Michał Zieliński 1–4 Lasse Münstermann Ryan Day 4–1 Michał Zieliński Lasse Münstermann 2–4 Garry Britton Ryan Day 4–1 Lasse Münstermann Garry Britton 4–2 Michał Zieliński

Group two

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Table POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Luca Brecel 3 3 12 6 +6 3 2 Jimmy White 3 2 11 5 +6 2 3 Itaro Santos 3 1 6 10 −4 1 4 Schachar Ruberg 3 0 4 12 −8 0	Matches: Jimmy White 4–1 Itaro Santos Luca Brecel 4–2 Schachar Ruberg Jimmy White 4–0 Schachar Ruberg Itaro Santos 1–4 Luca Brecel Jimmy White 3–4 Luca Brecel Schachar Ruberg 2–4 Itaro Santos

Knockout stage

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Round two Best of 9 frames	Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames	Final Best of 11 frames
John Higgins	5
Steve Davis	5	Steve Davis	2
Jimmy White	4	John Higgins	5
Stephen Maguire	3
Ding Junhui	2
Stephen Maguire	5	Stephen Maguire	5
Garry Britton	2	John Higgins	2
Shaun Murphy	6
Graeme Dott	5
Ken Doherty	3	Luca Brecel	4
Luca Brecel	5	Graeme Dott	4
Shaun Murphy	5
Mark Selby	4
Shaun Murphy	5	Shaun Murphy	5
Ryan Day	1

Century breaks

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• 122, 105, 100 – Shaun Murphy
• 101 – John Higgins
• 100 – Graeme Dott

References

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1. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 154–164. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
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8. ^ "Ding wins in Warsaw!". Pro Snooker Blog. 26 October 2008.
9. ^ "Warsaw (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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11. ^ "Higgins wins Moscow leg". Pro Snooker Blog. 23 November 2008.
12. ^ "Moscow (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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14. ^ "World Series of Snooker: Running Order of the Grand Final". Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
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17. ^ "PIOS 2008/09 Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.