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Tour Championship 2024: Format Change and Qualification Criteria
The Tour Championship 2024 was played at Manchester Central between the 1st and 7th of April and involved a format change on previous years with the field extended from eight players to twelve.
The top twelve players in the one-year ranking list after the World Open participated in Manchester.
Below is the one-year standings that has been used for this event. All stats are correct prior to the start of the Tour Championship:
| Current Ranking | Name | Current 1 year points | Wins/Games | 1 year win % | Tournament Wins | Losing Finalist | Season Centuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judd Trump | 711,000 | 62/76 | 82% | 5 | 3 | 76 |
| 2 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 435,500 | 39/50 | 78% | 5 | 0 | 52 |
| 3 | Zhang Anda | 334,000 | 33/50 | 66% | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| 4 | Ding Junhui | 256,000 | 33/48 | 69% | 0 | 2 | 43 |
| 5 | Mark Allen | 244,500 | 38/53 | 72% | 3 | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | Gary Wilson | 211,500 | 34/62 | 55% | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Barry Hawkins | 203,500 | 44/65 | 68% | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | Mark Williams | 203,000 | 32/50 | 64% | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Tom Ford | 177,000 | 32/51 | 63% | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Ali Carter | 174,500 | 43/66 | 65% | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | Mark Selby | 173,000 | 48/71 | 68% | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| 12 | John Higgins | 142,500 | 58/84 | 69% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Tour Championship: Draw and Results
Mark Williams defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-5 to win his second ranking event of the season.
Williams was in superb form all week defeating Tom Ford, Judd Trump, Mark Allen and O'Sullivan to lift the trophy.
The 2024 Tour Championship sees the field extended to twelve players for the first time with the top four seeds moving straight through to the quarter-finals.
All matches are played over nineteen frames.
Final
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Williams 5-10
Semi-Finals
Mark Allen v Mark Williams 5-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Gary Wilson 10-7
Quarter-finals:
Judd Trump v Mark Williams 4-10
Ding Junhui v Mark Allen 8-10
Zhang Anda v Gary Wilson 8-10
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ali Carter 10-2
Round One:
Mark Williams v Tom Ford 10-9
Mark Allen v John Higgins 10-7
Gary Wilson v Mark Selby 10-8
Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter 8-10
Tour Championship 2024: Season Tournament Winners
The Tour Championship focuses on the top twelve players of the season but who has been winning events on the tour so far in 2023/24?
Below is a table of all the tournament winners and ruuners-up for this season:
| Tournament | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Championship League June/July | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| European Masters | Barry Hawkins | Judd Trump |
| Shanghai Masters | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Luca Brecel |
| British Open | Mark Williams | Mark Selby |
| English Open | Judd Trump | Zhang Anda |
| Wuhan Open | Judd Trump | Ali Carter |
| Northern Ireland Open | Judd Trump | Chris Wakelin |
| International Championship | Zhang Anda | Tom Ford |
| Champion of Champions | Mark Allen | Judd Trump |
| UK Championship | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ding Junhui |
| Shoot Out | Mark Allen | Cao Yupeng |
| Scottish Open | Gary Wilson | Noppon Saengkham |
| Masters | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ali Carter |
| World Grand Prix | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Judd Trump |
| German Masters | Judd Trump | Si Jiahui |
| Welsh Open | Gary Wilson | Martin O'Donnel |
| Players Championship | Mark Allen | Zhang Anda |
| World Masters | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Luca Brecel |
| Championship League March | Mark Selby | Joe O'Connor |
| World Open | Judd Trump | Ding Junhui |
| Tour Championship | Mark Williams | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
Tour Championship 2024: Previous Winners
The Tour Championship was introduced in 2019 and is the only event, other than the World Championship, where all matches are played over two sessions. Neil Robertson is the only player to have won the Tour Championship more than once with his back-to-back victories in 2021 and 2022:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mark Williams | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-5 | Manchester Central, Manchester |
| 2023 | Shaun Murphy | Kyren Wilson | 10-7 | Bonus Arena, Hull |
| 2022 | Neil Robertson | John Higgins | 10-9 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
| 2021 | Neil Robertson | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 10-4 | Celtic Manor, Newport |
| 2020 | Stephen Maguire | Mark Allen | 10-6 | Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes |
| 2019 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Neil Robertson | 13-11 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
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