2021–22 Q Tour

The 2021–22 Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments taking place during the 2021–22 snooker season. The Q Tour is the second-tier tour, run by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for players not on the main World Snooker Tour.[1] Initially announced in July 2020, the tour was delayed by a year and started in late 2021.[2]

2021–22 Q Tour
Details
Duration19 November 2021 – 11 May 2022 (2021-11-19 2022-05-11)
Tournaments5

A series of four events were organised with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour. Si Jiahui led the list but had already got a place on tour, so Sean O´Sullivan, who finished second, got the place. The next 16 players in the rankings gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also gets a place on the main tour.

Format

Except for the playoff, events were played over three days. The first day was an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw started on the second day when the 16 qualifiers were joined by the 48 seeded players who qualified based on their rankings in the 2021 Q School Order of Merit to make a first round field of 64 players. There were 3 rounds on the second day and a further three on the final day, to determine the winner of the event. The 48 who qualify directly included the top 40 ranked players not currently on the main tour and a further 8 under-21 players outside this top 40.[3]

Prize fund

Each event featured a prize fund of £12,000 with the winner receiving £2,500.[4]

  • Winner: £2,500
  • Runner-up: £1,200
  • Semi-final: £750
  • Quarter-final: £550
  • Last 16: £275
  • Last 32: £150
  • Total: £12,000

Participants

The following 48 players were eligible to play. Players who decided not to complete were replaced by players further down the 2021 Q School Order of Merit.[3]

Under-21 players:

  • Hayden Staniland
  • Jenson Kendrick
  • Florian Nüßle
  • Hamim Hussain
  • Liam Pullen
  • Julien Leclercq
  • Callum Beresford
  • Liam Graham

Top-up players:

Schedule

The schedule for the four regular events and the playoff is given below.[3]

Date Country Tournament Venue City Field Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
19 Nov 21 Nov  ENG Event 1 Castle Snooker Club Brighton 107 David Lilley Si Jiahui 5–1 [5]
10 Dec 12 Dec  WAL Event 2 Terry Griffiths Matchroom Llanelli 99 Si Jiahui Michael White 5–4 [6]
28 Jan 30 Jan  ENG Event 3 The Winchester Leicester 114 Sean O'Sullivan Julien Leclercq 5–2 [7]
18 Mar 20 Mar  ENG Event 4 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 116 Robbie McGuigan Michael Collumb 5–3 [8]
10 May 11 May  ENG Playoff Q House Snooker Academy Darlington 16

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having the most prize money in the later events being ranked higher.[9]

Rank Player Event 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Total (£)
1 Si Jiahui * 1,2002,50055004,250
2 Sean O´Sullivan + 07502,50003,250
3 Robbie McGuigan 15027502,5002,925
4 David Lilley * 2,50015027502,925
5 Ben Mertens 07507502751,775
6 Michael Collumb 27502751,2001,750
7 Simon Bedford 750007501,500
8 Julien Leclercq 001,2002751,475
9 Michael White * 01,20027501,475
10 Alex Millington 7502751501501,325
11 Alex Clenshaw 055007501,300
12 Harvey Chandler 55005501501,250
13 Daniel Wells 5502752751501,250
14 Brandon Sargeant 2751501505501,125
15 Liam Davies 550005501,100
16 Alfie Lee 275075001,025
17 Michael Georgiou 2751500550975
18 Hamim Hussain 00150550700
19 Ryan Davies 1502750275700
20 Mark Lloyd 05500150700
* Qualified for the main tour through other means
+ Qualified for the main tour

Event 1

The first event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 19 to 21 November 2021.[10] David Lilley beat Si Jiahui 5–1 in the final.[5] The final-day results are given below.[11]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Liam Davies1
 
 
 
Alex Millington4
 
Alex Millington0
 
 
 
David Lilley4
 
David Lilley4
 
 
 
Daniel Wells3
 
David Lilley5
 
 
 
Si Jiahui1
 
Simon Bedford4
 
 
 
Harvey Chandler0
 
Simon Bedford2
 
 
 
Si Jiahui4
 
Si Jiahui4
 
 
Keishin Kamihashi1
 

Event 2

The second event was held at the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli from 10 to 12 December. Si Jiahui beat Michael White 5–4 in the final. Si led 4–0 before White won the next four frames to take the match to a decider.[6] The final-day results are given below.[12]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
Mark Lloyd3
 
Sean O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
Si Jiahui4
 
Si Jiahui4
 
 
 
Sydney Wilson1
 
Si Jiahui5
 
 
 
Michael White4
 
Michael White4
 
 
 
Alex Clenshaw2
 
Michael White4
 
 
 
Ben Mertens0
 
Sanderson Lam1
 
 
Ben Mertens4
 

Event 3

The third event was held at The Winchester in Leicester from 28 to 30 January. Nutcharut Wongharuthai, Thailand’s leading female player, won five matches to reach the final-day quarter-finals.[13] Sean O'Sullivan won the event, beating Julien Leclercq 5–2 in the final.[7] The final-day results are given below.[14]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Nutcharut Wongharuthai0
 
 
 
Ben Mertens4
 
Ben Mertens2
 
 
 
Julien Leclercq4
 
Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
Si Jiahui3
 
Julien Leclercq2
 
 
 
Sean O'Sullivan5
 
Harvey Chandler3
 
 
 
Sean O'Sullivan4
 
Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
Alfie Lee0
 
Alfie Lee4
 
 
Eden Sharav2
 

Event 4

The fourth event was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 18 to 20 March. At the start of the final day only Simon Bedford could take the automatic qualification place held by Sean O'Sullivan.[15] However Bedford lost to Robbie McGuigan in the semi-finals, guaranteeing that O'Sullivan would take the automatic qualification place. McGuigan went on to win the event, beating Michael Collumb 5–3 in the final.[8] The final-day results are given below.[16]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
Michael Georgiou3
 
 
 
Simon Bedford4
 
Simon Bedford3
 
 
 
Robbie McGuigan4
 
Robbie McGuigan4
 
 
 
Hamim Hussain2
 
Robbie McGuigan5
 
 
 
Michael Collumb3
 
Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
Brandon Sargeant2
 
Alex Clenshaw3
 
 
 
Michael Collumb4
 
Michael Collumb4
 
 
Liam Davies2
 

Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, will be held at the Q House Snooker Academy in Darlington on 10 and 11 May. The event will see the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the four already qualified for the main tour, compete for a further place on that tour. Two rounds will be played each day with matches over 7 frames except for the final which will be over 9 frames. The draw is seeded, based on the final rankings.[17][18]

 
Last-16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
Robbie McGuigan
 
 
 
Mark Lloyd
 
 
 
 
 
Harvey Chandler
 
 
 
Daniel Wells
 
 
 
 
 
Julien Leclercq
 
 
 
Alfie Lee
 
 
 
 
 
Simon Bedford
 
 
 
Michael Georgiou
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Collumb
 
 
 
Hamim Hussain
 
 
 
 
 
Alex Millington
 
 
 
Liam Davies
 
 
 
 
 
Alex Clenshaw
 
 
 
Brandon Sargeant
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Mertens
 
 
Ryan Davies
 

References

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