Subject to the result of tonight’s Newport final (which will see an extra 1,000 points added to the total of either Ding Junhui or Mark Selby), I have now been able to updated my projected seedings page with the new list, which will eventually be used to determine the seedings for the first few tournaments of the 2012/13 season. Click below for more…
- Click here to view the seeding list at the Welsh Open revision, which will be used to determine the seedings for the World Championship at the Crucible (subject to the result of the Welsh Open final)
- Click here to view the new projected seedings list running between now and the end of the season
- Click here to view the points that each player will lose between now and the end of the season
As is the case at each cut-off, I have relocated the previous projected seedings list to a new page on the website, and added the latest list which will be used to determine the seedings for the early part of next season.
As you can see, there are a few interesting movers, notably Ali Carter who drops down to 19th position and therefore must have a strong finish to this season if he is to save his top 16 status, while Stephen Hendry also falls a number of places to 26th. Steve Davis as was to be expected has also taken a hit due to the removal of his points for reaching the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 2010, while experienced players such as Adrian Gunnell and Rod Lawler have dropped out of the top 70.
As well as the various tiers, the list will also be used to determine who will stay on the main tour for next season, in two important ways.
The first and most obvious is that those players who finish the campaign ranked inside the top 64 will be assured of their tour card for 2012/13, as has always been the case in recent seasons.
The second however is those players not inside the top 64, but ranked highly enough on the PTC Order of Merit who I have highlighted in yellow, will also stay on tour. Those players are:
- Adam Duffy
- Kurt Maflin
- Li Yan
- Passakorn Suwannawat
- Dechawat Poomjaeng
- David Grace
- Simon Bedford
The eighth player who will gain a tour player is Craig Steadman who as an amateur I am not able to highlight in yellow for obvious reasons.
There is however all to play for as just outside of the top 64 as it stands are the likes of Joe Swail, James Wattana, Ian McCulloch and Liam Highfield, who if they can move up into that bracket, would potentially do so at the expense of David Grace and Kurt Maflin, in that order.
With three tournaments plus the PTC finals still to come then, there is much to play for between now and May…
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3 comments
Mark
February 19, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC 0)
Thanks Matt. Great work once again, it really is appreciated. You make things so much clearer. Mcmanus’s slide slowly continues, I just hope he can have a strong end to the season, or if not a strong 12/13 season
Rivers
February 19, 2012 at 10:18 pm (UTC 0)
Yes, always great these lists…
Selby looks good to stay number 1 I think. Is this the first time this season that Ron starts provisionally within the 16?
The Top 16 for the new season looks to be more or less certain unless someone really gets a bad run in the remaining rankers and someone gets an inspired run. Ali Carter really needs an inspired run in the 2 Chinese events and Worlds, but its a fairly big gap I feel.
And its also evident just how important it was to make the 24 in order of merit…these extra points or lack of them punishing some and helping others.
Looks like finally the Top 32 border is close unlike previously with only Ken and Rory battling out the last spot; Top 48 looks as tight as usual and Steve might just hold on his 48 status I think if he can win something like 3 matches and some results go his way.
But I think that it will be only the 12/13 season we`ll finally get the complete rolling rankings working since this upcoming summer the first PTC points will come off and finally a proper amount of tournaments will be held over these last 24 months.
But as we saw with Trump last year, a couple of strong runs can quickly alter the rankings, so looking forward to the best part of season yet to come!
Oh, and keep up the good work with blog!
J.Kelly
February 20, 2012 at 11:47 am (UTC 0)
I know that all the Q school graduates will get a two-year tour card, but what about all the other international nominees and wild cards, will they get two years, as well, or just one?