As noted in the comments section of my “Who will stay and who will go” article yesterday, the 72 players who will retain their main tour players as of right have now been decided, click below for confirmation.
Note that my Friday review will follow in due course but that my rankings pages are now up to date.
First things first, the links to my updated rankings pages:
So as Andrew B pointed out, the 72 players to retain their tour status next season are in effect the top 72 on the one-year list. To confirm therefore:
Players relegated from the tour:
- John Parrott, (11,985 points)
- Jin Long, (11,898 points)
- Xiao Guodong, (10,640 points)
- Sam Baird, (10,560 points)
- Craig Steadman, (10,460 points)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, (10,460 points)
- David Gray, (9,740 points)
- Lee Spick, (9,715 points)
- Li Hang, (9,660 points)
- Liu Song, (9,635 points)
- Daniel Wells, (9,620 points)
- Noppadol Sangnil, (9,490 points)
- David Hogan, (9,230 points)
- Atthasit Mahitthi, (9,180 points)
- Brendan O’Donoghue, (9,140 points)
- Mark Boyle, (8,940 points)
- Mei Xiwen, (8,860 points)
- Jordan Brown, (8,780 points)
- Stephen Rowlings, (8,690 points)
- Chris Norbury, (8,590 points)
- David Roe, (8,330 points)
- Lee Page, (8,060 points)
- Ian Preece, (8,035 points)
- Andrew Norman, (8,003 points)
Following the qualifying tournament I intend to post in more detail about the relegated players but a special mention should I feel be given to both John Parrott and David Roe, who between them have played an incredible 51 (ish) professional seasons between them but now find themselves relegated. For Roe the writing has been on the wall for a long time following a couple of dreadful seasons, and while Parrott has won few matches himself, it is always a strange feeling to see a former world champion be effectively forced into retirement.
Elsewhere there are some other talented players who barring wildcards will not be on the tour next season, notably the likes of Xiao Guodong and Craig Steadman who following good seasons have been made to suffer for round one exits in the World Championship.
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16 comments
sammy says:
March 6, 2010 at 6:19 am (UTC 0 )
But Paul Davies could
still be relegated if Zhang or Wattana overtake him.
ddrIII says:
March 6, 2010 at 7:41 am (UTC 0 )
Matt, Jin Long should also be in the above list.
re: Sammy
Paul Davies will be still safe because if that happens, he will become the 8th player on 1-year-list.
matt2745 says:
March 6, 2010 at 9:11 am (UTC 0 )
Ta, the whole blogging at 4am thing has its drawbacks!
Wolfgang says:
March 6, 2010 at 1:40 pm (UTC 0 )
ddrlll: If Zhang wins another two matches or Wattana wins his last 32 match in China, Davies would be out because he currently sits on 9th position in the one-year-ranking with no option to improve.
matt2745 says:
March 6, 2010 at 1:47 pm (UTC 0 )
If Wattana or Zhang were to do that and get in the top 64 though then Davies would take their spot in the one-years wouldn’t he?
Teo says:
March 6, 2010 at 1:51 pm (UTC 0 )
Yes he would currently be on 9th place but if either wattana or zhang overtakes him he will be 8th since the one who overtakes him will be inside the top 64.
Teo says:
March 6, 2010 at 1:53 pm (UTC 0 )
Oh, I am too slow
matt2745 says:
March 6, 2010 at 1:53 pm (UTC 0 )
No problem, more comments the better for me
spyder says:
March 6, 2010 at 4:05 pm (UTC 0 )
The Chinese contingent minus Ding and Liang has been almost entirely wiped out.
Witz78
Twitter: witz78
says:
March 7, 2010 at 1:07 am (UTC 0 )
Id hope that Xaio Guodong or Un-Nooh would get a wildcard back on tour, this yo-yo’ing off the main tour is doing a lot of these guys no favours. These 2 in particular are quality players who nearly survived on tour, and deserve another chance. Im totally opposed to the current cut throat set up for newcomers to the tour who have the odds stacked against them to survive on tour let alone progress up the rankings.
Its ironic that 2 seasoned pros like Wattana and Drago have been 2 of the few success stories of the “new” players to tour this season. These guys have the experience to grind out wins versus the journeymen that the newcomers, through youthful naivety lack…
ddrIII says:
March 7, 2010 at 9:51 am (UTC 0 )
Witz78, let’s not forget Xiao Guodong is now relegated for the 2nd time so as some others.
Wolfgang says:
March 7, 2010 at 2:49 pm (UTC 0 )
Oops, sorry I got all mixed up with those “ifs”. Of course you are right. I didn’t notice those players freeing up a spot in case they go up into the top-64.
matt2745 says:
March 7, 2010 at 5:15 pm (UTC 0 )
Don’t worry, VERY easily done!
Andrew B says:
March 8, 2010 at 10:24 pm (UTC 0 )
Something I haven’t seen noted elsewhere – John Parrott would have stayed in the top 64 if he hadn’t missed the Shanghai Masters last season – the 450 guaranteed points that cost him would have been enough.
matt2745 says:
March 8, 2010 at 10:25 pm (UTC 0 )
Good spot, guess he was never going to miss his own charity gold tournament though
Alexa says:
May 5, 2010 at 11:43 pm (UTC 0 )
a fair system would be a minimum two years for new professionals to give them a chance Zhang Anda has been the pick of the new pros