With the 2012/13 season now in its final week for the professionals, it is time to look ahead to next season and see how the 100 available main tour places look like being filled. Click below for the latest breakdown and summary as to who will be on the professional circuit in the final season before it is increased to 128 players…
Updated 20/05/2012
For a full explanation of how the tour places are allocated, please see my previous article here.
The players currently confirmed to be on the main tour are as follows:
The Top 64
These players finished inside the top 64 on the two year rankings and so will retain their place on the circuit as a result.
(provisional rankings as of 01/05/2012)
1 Mark Selby
2 Judd Trump
3 Mark Williams
4 John Higgins
5 Stephen Maguire
6 Shaun Murphy
7 Neil Robertson
8 Stephen Lee
9 Ding Junhui
10 Matthew Stevens
11 Mark Allen
12 Graeme Dott
13 Ronnie O’Sullivan
14 Martin Gould
15 Ricky Walden
16 Stuart Bingham
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17 Ali Carter
18 Andrew Higginson
19 Mark Davis
20 Peter Ebdon
21 Stephen Hendry – RETIRED
22 Barry Hawkins
23 Dominic Dale
24 Joe Perry
25 Marcus Campbell
26 Tom Ford
27 Jamie Cope
28 Marco Fu
29 Ryan Day
30 Jamie Jones
31 Mark King
32 Anthony Hamilton
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33 Michael Holt
34 Fergal O’Brien
35 Ken Doherty
36 Robert Milkins
37 Liang Wenbo
38 Rory McLeod
39 Jamie Burnett
40 Jack Lisowski
41 Xiao Guodong
42 Gerard Greene
43 Ben Woollaston
44 Matthew Selt
45 Nigel Bond
46 Jimmy White
47 Joe Jogia
48 Dave Harold
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49 Mike Dunn
50 Anthony McGill
51 Steve Davis
52 Alan McManus
53 Peter Lines
54 Michael White
55 Jimmy Robertson
56 Liu Chuang
57 David Gilbert
58 Yu Delu
59 Mark Joyce
60 Alfie Burden
61 Andy Hicks
62 Adam Duffy
63 James Wattana
64 Barry Pinches
The PTC 8 (Top Eight on the PTC List Not Already On Tour)
These are the top eight players on the 2010/11 PTC Order of Merit not already on the tour via the two year list
- Li Yan
- Passakorn Suwannawat
- Simon Bedford
- Dechawat Poomjaeng
- Craig Steadman
- Kurt Maflin
- David Grace
- Liam Highfield
Then a further 12 will be promoted from the Q School and these are as follows:
– Sam Baird (2011 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
– Martin O’Donnell (2011 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
– Chen Zhe (2011 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
– Ian Burns (2011 Q School Event One semi-finalist)
– Sean O’Sullivan (2011 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
– Paul Davison (2011 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
– Jamie O’Neill (2011 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
– Daniel Wells (2011 Q School Event Two semi-finalist)
– Joel Walker (2011 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
– Rod Lawler (2011 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
– Michael Wasley (2011 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
– Robbie Williams (2011 Q School Event Three semi-finalist)
The remaining players come from a mix of other amateur/international competitions . At present that looks to be shaping up as follows:
– Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (2011 IBSF World Champion)
– Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon (2011 IBSF World Under 21 Champion)
– Michael Leslie (2012 European U-21 Champion)
– ? (2012 European Champion)
– Pankaj Advani (ACBS) – source
– Zhang Anda – runner-up to Ayouri (already nominated) (2012 Asian U-21 Champion)
– Cao Yupeng (China Nomination)
– Tian Pengfei (China Nomination)
– Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand Nomination)
– Aditya Mehta (Indian Nomination) – source
– Tony Drago (European Nomination) – source
– Luca Brecel (European Nomination) – source
– Floyd Zeigler (Americas Nomination) – source
– Ben Judge (Oceania Nomination)
– Mohamed Khairy (Africa Nomination) – source