World Series of Snooker 2008/2009

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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. 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

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.

Players

Professionals:

• Template:Flagicon Mark Selby
• Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty
• Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy
• Template:Flagicon John Higgins

Wildcards:

• Template:Flagicon Rafał Jewtuch
• Template:Flagicon Gary Britton
• Template:Flagicon Martyn Desperques
• Template:Flagicon Aaron Canavan

Main draw

Century breaks

• 105 Template:Ndash Mark Selby
• 104 Template:Ndash John Higgins

World Series of Snooker Berlin

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.

Players

Professionals:

• Template:Flagicon Graeme Dott
• Template:Flagicon John Higgins
• Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire
• Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy

Wildcards:

• Template:Flagicon Chris McBreen
• Template:Flagicon Lasse Münstermann
• Template:Flagicon Hans Blankaert
• Template:Flagicon Patrick Einsle

Main draw

Century breaks

• 132 Template:Ndash Shaun Murphy
• 113 Template:Ndash Graeme Dott

World Series of Snooker Warsaw

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.

Players

Professionals:

• Template:Flagicon Steve Davis
• Template:Flagicon Mark Selby
• Template:Flagicon Ding Junhui
• Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty

Wildcards:

• Template:Flagicon Rafał Górecki
• Template:Flagicon Mariusz Sirko
• Template:Flagicon Piotr Murat
• Template:Flagicon Rafał Jewtuch

Main draw

Century breaks

• 102, 100 Template:Ndash Mark Selby
• 101 Template:Ndash Ding Junhui

World Series of Snooker Moscow

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.

Players

Professionals:

• Template:Flagicon John Higgins
• Template:Flagicon Ding Junhui
• Template:Flagicon Mark Selby

Wildcards:

• Template:Flagicon Anna Mazhirina
• Template:Flagicon Shachar Ruberg
• Template:Flagicon Sergey Vasiliev
• Template:Flagicon Ruslan Chinakhov
• Template:Flagicon Sergey Isaenko

Main draw

Century breaks

• 127 Template:Ndash John Higgins

Points table

Rank	Player	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon	Total
1	Template:Flagicon John Higgins	5	1	-	5	11
2	Template:Flagicon Ding Junhui	-	-	5	3	8
3	Template:Flagicon Graeme Dott	-	5	-	-	5
	Template:Flagicon Mark Selby	3	-	1	1	5
5	Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy	1	3	-	-	4
6	Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty	0	-	3	-	3
7	Template:Flagicon Gary Britton	1	-	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire	-	1	-	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Steve Davis	-	-	1	-	1
	Template:Flagicon Shachar Ruberg	-	-	-	1	1

World Series of Snooker Grand Final

The Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker was held in Portimão, Portugal between 8–10 May 2009.

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.

Players

Group one:

• Template:Flagicon Ryan Day
• Template:Flagicon Lasse Munstermann
• Template:Flagicon Michal Zielinski
• Template:Flagicon Garry Britton

Group two:

• Template:Flagicon Jimmy White
• Template:Flagicon Schachar Ruberg
• Template:Flagicon Itaro Santos
• Template:Flagicon Luca Brecel

Knockout stage:

• Template:Flagicon Ryan Day
• Template:Flagicon Garry Britton
• Template:Flagicon Luca Brecel
• Template:Flagicon Jimmy White
• Template:Flagicon Steve Davis
• Template:Flagicon Stephen Maguire
• Template:Flagicon Ken Doherty
• Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy
• Template:Flagicon John Higgins
• Template:Flagicon Ding Junhui
• Template:Flagicon Graeme Dott
• Template:Flagicon Mark Selby

Note: professional players in bold.

Round-robin stage

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

Table

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Template:Flagicon Ryan Day	3	3	12	2	+10	3
2	Template:Flagicon Garry Britton	3	2	8	9	−1	2
3	Template:Flagicon Lasse Münstermann	3	1	7	9	−2	1
4	Template:Flagicon 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

Table

POS	Player	MP	MW	FW	FL	FD	PTS
1	Template:Flagicon Luca Brecel	3	3	12	6	+6	3
2	Template:Flagicon Jimmy White	3	2	11	5	+6	2
3	Template:Flagicon Itaro Santos	3	1	6	10	−4	1
4	Template:Flagicon 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

Century breaks

• 122, 105, 100 Template:Ndash Shaun Murphy
• 101 Template:Ndash John Higgins
• 100 Template:Ndash Graeme Dott