The official ranking system for snooker is a list that ranks players according to their performance in recent years. It is administered and maintained by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Each ranking series event is updated with this listing. In order to be eligible to play on the World Snooker Tour, a player must have a current snooker world ranking. Players are seeded according to their performance in specific tournaments and their ranking.
For the first two years, the snooker world rankings were based on the results of three World Championships: the World Open, UK Championship, and the Professional Players Tournament. Each event's winner was awarded one seed and each of the runner-ups two. From 1976 to 1982, the World Championship was the only ranking competition. In 1982, the International Open was the fourth ranking tournament. There were more tournaments as the competition grew.
The World Championship saw the return of the knockout format. This was considered the start of modern snooker. Today, the majority of records are based in 1969. The current snooker world ranking lists has 31 titles.
In the 1970s Ray Reardon was the undisputed king of the snooker world. He was the World Champion, and won six Welsh amateur titles. He won the 1974 World Championship, the first ranking event. His record for the most number of ranking titles remained unbroken until 1998 when Steve Davis won it. However, he eventually retired from snooker.
Stephen Hendry was one among the most dominant players of the 1990s. He held the number one ranking for eight straight years and claimed seven world titles during that time. He is now tied with Ronnie O'Sullivan in the all-time rankings. He will retire from snooker following the 2012 championships.
Judd Trump, currently world ranking snooker champion, is his name. He is also the snooker player the year. Despite this, he has not yet managed to break the top spot. He was just one point ahead of Mark Williams at the beginning 2019 Both players will face off in the finals of the 2020 UK Championship and the Cazoo Masters.
Another big player in the rankings is Kyren Wilson. He is a professional and specializes in the Premier League. He enjoys betting on sports and is an expert in MLB and NBA. He also loves to play MLB and NFL. He has won four ranking championships in his last two seasons with only two losses.
The four-time world champion Mark Selby has lost in the semi-final and quarter-final of the World Championship. Selby has also had to deal with some high-profile failures throughout his career.
From September 12-16, India's fourth Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament (Indian Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament) will be held in Visakhapatnam. There will be many celebrities there to enjoy the action. The event is open to all.