Snooker Pro Series 2020–New Format announced schedule dates, groups stage draw, prize money.
In January, the latest WST Pro Series of Snooker will take place with a revamped format and prize money total of £420,500.
The groundbreaking world ranking championship will take place for the first time in 2021, with 128 players playing for the inaugural title MK Arena in Milton Keynes.
Snooker Pro Series 2021–Format, How it works & schedule dates.
For the initial round-robin phase, players are divided into 16 groups of eight. All matches are best of three frames, and the top two in each group will advance to the second stage of the group.
In the second step, 32 players will be divided into four groups of eight. The top two of each category will move forward again.
The player who reaches the top of the final group of eight players will be awarded champions title.
In the initial group phase, one player from each seeding pool (1-16, 17-32, 33-48, 49-64, 65-80, 81-96, 97-112, 113-128), based on the current official world rankings, will be drawn into each group.
January 18-25: Groups one to eight
March 9-16: Groups nine to 16
March 17-20: Second group stage
March 21: Final group
WST Snooker Pro Series 2021: All 16 Groups Stage draw, Full Players List.
Group A
Shaun Murphy, Michael Holt, Alan McManus , Louis Heathcote Xu Si, Ken Doherty, Fraser Patrick, Brian Ochoiski .
GROUP B
Kyren Wilson, Li Hang, Yuan Sijun, Sunny Akani, Pang Junxu, Kacper Filipiak, Dean Young , Fan Zhengyi.
GROUP C
Stuart Bingham, Scott Donaldson, Sam Craigie, Chris Wakelin, Jamie Clarke, Ashley Carty, Billy Castle, Jamie Curtis-Barrett .
GROUP D
Barry Hawkins, Ricky Walden, Jimmy Robertson, Alexander Ursenbacher, Gerard Greene, Duane Jones, Farakh Ajaib , Paul Davison.
GROUP E
Mark Selby, Matthew Selt, Joe O’Connor, Stuart Carrington, Eden Sharav , Soheil Vahedi , Lukas Kleckers, Daniel Womersley .
GROUP F
Mark Allen, Ben Woollaston, Noppon Saengkham, David Grace, Igor Figueiredo, Jordan Brown , Riley Parsons , Fergal O’Brien.
GROUP G
Gary Wilson, Lu Ning, Martin O’Donnell, Liam Highfield, Jamie O’Neill, Zhao Jianbo, Rory McLeod , John Astley .
GROUP H
Yan Bingtao, Ali Carter, Mark Davis, Tian Pengfei, Chang Bingyu , Simon Lichtenberg, Amine Amiri, Kuldesh Johal .
GROUP I
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Tom Ford, Lyu Hoatian , Mark Joyce, Chen Zifan, David Lilley, Ben Hancorn, Jamie Wilson .
GROUP J
David Gilbert, Martin Gould, Elliot Slessor, Ian Burns, James Cahill, Peter Lines, Oliver Lines, Iulian Boiko .
GROUP K
Anthony McGill Zhao Xintong Mark King Dominic Dale Andy Hicks Si Jiahui Peter Devlin Lee Walker
GROUP L
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Zhou Yuelong, Anthony Hamilton, Luo Honghao , Mitchell Mann, Lei Peifan , Ashley Hugill, Leo Fernandez .
GROUP M
Joe Perry, Xiao Guodong , Matthew Stevens, Daniel Wells, Jak Jone , Rod Lawler, Allan Taylor, Haydon Pinhey.
GROUP N
Jack Lisowski , Graeme Dott, Luca Brecel, Andrew Higginson, Jackson Page, Brandon Sargeant, Zak Surety, Michael White.
GROUP O
Judd Trump, Hossein Vafaei, Ryan Day, Jamie Jones, Barry Pinches, Jimmy White , Steven Hallworth, Sean Maddocks .
GROUP P
Mark Williams , Kurt Maflin , Robert Milkins, Nigel Bond , Robbie Williams , Gao Yang , Alex Borg, Oliver Brown.
Snooker Pro Series 2021: Full Breakdown of prize money, fund, purse for every stage winners to Final group.
Prize money will be as follows:
First group stage
Winner: £4,000
Runner-up: £3,000
3rd Place: £2,500
4th Place: £2,000
5th Place: £1,500
6th Place: £1,000
7th Place: £500
8th Place: £0
Second group stage
Winner: £10,000
Runner-up: £7,500
3rd place: £5,000
4th place: £4,000
5th place: £3,000
6th place: £2,000
7th place: £1,500
8th place: £1,000
Final group stage
Winner: £20,000
Runner-up: £10,000
3rd place: £7,500
4th place: £5,000
5th place: £4,000
6th place: £3,000
7th place: £2,000
8th place: £1,000
Source: World Snooker Tour
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