Snooker World Rankings 2007/2008 - Notes

Notes

  • Ding Junhui (27 to 9), Mark Selby (28 to 11) and Ryan Day (17 to 16) enter the top 16 for the first time. Additionally, Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Allister Carter reach career-high rankings.
  • Jimmy White drops down from number 35 to number 60, after his least successful season ever, earning only 5725 points in the 06/07 season alone, down from 6450 in the 05/06 season.
  • Former world number 4 Matthew Stevens drops down from number 14 to number 20.
  • Barry Hawkins and Anthony Hamilton both drop out of the top 16 after a single season – Hawkins is down from number 12 to number 19, and Hamilton from number 16 to number 26.
  • Mark Allen moves up the rankings, from number 62 to number 29. Jamie Cope also reaches the top 32 for the first time (48 to 22),
  • Three players re-enter the top 32 – Dave Harold (36 to 30), Dominic Dale (40 to 31) and Gerard Greene (39 to 32)
  • Five players necessarily dropped out of the top 32; they are: James Wattana (25 to 33), David Gray (23 to 35), Alan McManus (19 to 38), Andy Hicks (31 to 41) and Robert Milkins (32 to 47).
  • Andrew Higginson rises 66 places from number 110 to number 44.
  • Judd Trump is up 21 spots from number 72 to number 51.
  • Tony Drago drops out of the top 64, from 52 to 68.

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