A superb triumph for Mark Selby in the English Open on Sunday has benefited him on a number of snooker rankings lists.
Selby prevailed in the title decider in Brentwood with a 9-6 victory over Luca Brecel.
It represented the 21st ranking title of his stellar career, and it was the second time that he captured the Steve Davis Trophy.
Let’s see how the English Open results impacted the various snooker rankings.
Official World Snooker Rankings
With the £80,000 top prize, Selby rises back to number two on the official two-year world rankings.
By claiming a first piece of silverware in about 20 months, Selby has taken his total sum across the last two years on the circuit up to £805,000.
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That is still quite a long way off the target set by current world number one, Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Neil Robertson rises to third after reaching the semi-finals, while Judd Trump drops from second to fourth.
Brecel moves up a position to tenth, just one spot shy of his record ranking.
Yan Bingtao, meanwhile, completes the top 16 but his membership of the elite will be in jeopardy amid an ongoing match-fixing investigation which saw the Chinese number two suspended last week.
| 1 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | £984,500 |
| 2 | Mark Selby | £805,000 |
| 3 | Neil Robertson | £708,500 |
| 4 | Judd Trump | £700,000 |
| 5 | Mark Allen | £659,500 |
| 6 | John Higgins | £490,500 |
| 7 | Mark Williams | £453,000 |
| 8 | Kyren Wilson | £434,000 |
| 9 | Zhao Xintong | £417,000 |
| 10 | Luca Brecel | £368,000 |
| 11 | Shaun Murphy | £332,500 |
| 12 | Jack Lisowski | £316,500 |
| 13 | Barry Hawkins | £315,000 |
| 14 | Stuart Bingham | £287,500 |
| 15 | Ryan Day | £264,000 |
| 16 | Yan Bingtao | £234,500 |
| — | — | — |
| 17 | Gary Wilson | £213,000 |
| 18 | David Gilbert | £211,500 |
Race to the World Grand Prix
The English Open was the last opportunity for players to qualify for January’s World Grand Prix.
Only the top 32 money-earners from the season so far are being invited to compete in Cheltenham.
Mark Allen is way out in front as the top seed having accumulated more than a quarter of a million pounds more than the player in second, Ryan Day.
The Northern Irishman will face David Gilbert in the first round next month, who squeezed into the 32nd and final qualifying spot.
Selby will be the fifth seed at the World Grand Prix, meaning the Jester will face Noppon Saengkham.
John Higgins and Zhao Xintong were among the marquee names who didn’t do enough to qualify via the one-year snooker rankings list.
| 1 | Mark Allen | 17 | Lyu Haotian |
| 2 | Ryan Day | 18 | Xiao Guodong |
| 3 | Kyren Wilson | 19 | Ali Carter |
| 4 | Ding Junhui | 20 | Jamie Jones |
| 5 | Mark Selby | 21 | Ronnie O’Sullivan |
| 6 | Gary Wilson | 22 | Sam Craigie |
| 7 | Luca Brecel | 23 | Hossein Vafaei |
| 8 | Jack Lisowski | 24 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| 9 | Zhou Yuelong | 25 | Robert Milkins |
| 10 | Judd Trump | 26 | Joe Perry |
| 11 | Tom Ford | 27 | Anthony McGill |
| 12 | Barry Hawkins | 28 | Noppon Saengkham |
| 13 | Mark Williams | 29 | Stuart Bingham |
| 14 | Shaun Murphy | 30 | Robbie Williams |
| 15 | Neil Robertson | 31 | Ricky Walden |
| 16 | Joe O’Connor | 32 | David Gilbert |
BetVictor European Series Rankings
The situation couldn’t be much closer in the BetVictor European Series rankings.
With just three events to go, Allen leads the way with £107,000 but is just £3,000 in front of Selby, who jumps to second.
Kyren Wilson drops from first to third on the list after losing in the early rounds of the English Open, with the Kettering cueist now £5,000 adrift of Allen.
The player with the most points after the eight BetVictor-sponsored events this campaign will earn a jackpot bonus of £150,000
| 1 | Mark Allen | £107,000 |
| 2 | Mark Selby | £104,000 |
| 3 | Kyren Wilson | £102,000 |
| 4 | Gary Wilson | £93,500 |
| 5 | Luca Brecel | £78,500 |
Featured photo credit: WST
