World Series of Snooker 2008/2009

World Series of Snooker
World Series of Snooker Warsaw
Tournament information
Dates	25–26 October 2008
Venue	EXPO XXI
City	Warsaw
Country	Poland
Organisation	FSTC Sports Management
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	102
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	6–4

World Series of Snooker
World Series of Snooker Berlin
Tournament information
Dates	12–13 July 2008
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	FSTC Sports Management
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	132
Final
Champion	Graeme Dott
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy
Score	6–1

World Series of Snooker
World Series of Snooker Jersey
Tournament information
Dates	21–22 June 2008
Venue	Fort Regent
City	Saint Helier
Country	Jersey
Organisation	FSTC Sports Management
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	105
Final
Champion	John Higgins
Runner-up	Mark Selby
Score	6–3

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[edit]

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:

Wildcards:

Main draw[edit]

^[3]^[4]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 Frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames		Final Best 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 Snooker Berlin[edit]

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:

Wildcards:

Main draw[edit]

^[6]^[7]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 Frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames		Final Best 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 Snooker Warsaw[edit]

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:

Wildcards:

Main draw[edit]

^[9]^[10]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 Frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 Frames		Final Best 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 Snooker Moscow[edit]

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:

Wildcards:

Main draw[edit]

^[12]^[13]

Quarter-finals Best of 7 Frames		Semi-finals Best of 7 Frames		Final Best 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 Snooker
World Series of Snooker Moscow
Tournament information
Dates	22–23 November 2008 (2008-11-22 – 2008-11-23)
Venue	Krilya Sovetov Sports Arena
City	Moscow
Country	Russia
Organisation	FSTC Sports Management
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	127
Final
Champion	John Higgins
Runner-up	Ding Junhui
Score	5–0

Points table[edit]

Rank	Player					Total
1	John Higgins	5	1	-	5	11
2	Ding Junhui	-	-	5	3	8
3	Graeme Dott	-	5	-	-	5
3	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[edit]

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:

Note: professional players in bold.

World Series of Snooker
Grand Final
Tournament information
Dates	8–10 May 2009 (2009-05-08 – 2009-05-10)
Venue	Pavilhão Arena
City	Portimão
Country	Portugal
Organisation	FSTC Sports Management
Format	Non-ranking event
Highest break	122
Final
Champion	Shaun Murphy
Runner-up	John Higgins
Score	6–2

Round-robin stage[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 154–164. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
^ "John Higgins wins first World Series event in Jersey". Daily Mirror. 23 June 2008.
^ "Saint Helier (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 1 Jersey". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.
^ "Hunger inspired Graeme Dott's World Series win". Daily Record. Glasgow. 15 July 2008.
^ "Berlin (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 2 Germany". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
^ "Ding wins in Warsaw!". Pro Snooker Blog. 26 October 2008.
^ "Warsaw (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 3 Warsaw". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
^ "Higgins wins Moscow leg". Pro Snooker Blog. 23 November 2008.
^ "Moscow (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 4 Moscow". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
^ "World Series of Snooker: Running Order of the Grand Final". Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
^ "Global Snooker Coverage: Grand Final". Retrieved 9 May 2009.^{[dead link]}
^ "Murphy gains Higgins revenge to capture World Series". Pro Snooker Blog. 10 May 2009.
^ "PIOS 2008/09 Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[1] Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 154–164. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.

[2] "John Higgins wins first World Series event in Jersey". Daily Mirror. 23 June 2008.

[3] "Saint Helier (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[4] "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 1 Jersey". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008.

[5] "Hunger inspired Graeme Dott's World Series win". Daily Record. Glasgow. 15 July 2008.

[6] "Berlin (Results)". Snooker Virus. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[7] "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 2 Germany". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.

[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.

[10] "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 3 Warsaw". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.

[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.

[13] "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 4 Moscow". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.

[14] "World Series of Snooker: Running Order of the Grand Final". Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.

[15] "Global Snooker Coverage: Grand Final". Retrieved 9 May 2009.^{[dead link]}

[16] "Murphy gains Higgins revenge to capture World Series". Pro Snooker Blog. 10 May 2009.

[17] "PIOS 2008/09 Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

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