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
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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] Playersedit
Main drawedit
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World Series of Snooker Berlin
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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] Playersedit
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World Series of Snooker Warsaw
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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] Playersedit
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World Series of Snooker Moscow
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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] Playersedit
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Points table
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| 1 |  John Higgins |
5 | 1 | - | 5 | 11 |
| 2 |  Ding Junhui |
- | - | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Graeme Dott |
- | 5 | - | - | 5 |
 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
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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] Playersedit
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Round-robin stage
editRound 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
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Group two
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Table
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Knockout stage
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| Jimmy White
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| Luca Brecel
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| Shaun Murphy
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 Ryan Day
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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.