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]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 19 November 2021 – 20 March 2022 |
| Tournaments | 5 |
← 2019–20 | |
Format
Events are played over three days. The first day is an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw starts on the second day when the 16 qualifiers are 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 are 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 include 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]
- Sanderson Lam
- Michael Georgiou
- Si Jiahui
- Soheil Vahedi
- Michael White
- David Lilley
- Ross Muir
- John Astley
- Bai Langning
- James Cahill
- Dylan Emery
- Mark Lloyd
- Simon Blackwell
- Haydon Pinhey
- Billy Castle
- Kuldesh Johal
- Rod Lawler
- Leo Fernandez
- Robbie McGuigan
- Daniel Womersley
- Ryan Davies
- Michael Collumb
- Luke Pinches
- Joshua Thomond
- Saqib Nasir
- Niel Vincent
- Sydney Wilson
- Ben Fortey
- Alex Millington
- Ben Mertens
- Tony Knowles
Oliver BrownBrian CiniPaul DaviesRoss VallanceLuo HonghaoRoss BulmanPaul DavisonDylan MitchellSean Harvey
Under-21 players:
- Hayden Staniland
- Jenson Kendrick
- Florian Nüßle
- Hamim Hussain
- Liam Pullen
- Julien Leclercq
- Callum Beresford
- Liam Graham
Top-up players:
- Ian Martin
- Harvey Chandler
- Eden Sharav
- Joshua Cooper
- Lee Shanker
- Alex Taubman
- Brandon Sargeant
- Brian Ochoiski
- Lewis Gillen
Schedule
The provisional schedule for the four events is given below. A play-off tournament with 16 players is also planned.[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 | |||||
| 18 Mar | 20 Mar | ENG |
Event 4 | Northern Snooker Centre | Leeds | |||||
| Play-off | 16 | |||||||||
Rankings
Below are the leading players in the prize money rankings after Event 1[7] and Event 2.[8].
| Rank | Player | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Event 4 | Total (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Si Jiahui |
1,200 | 2,500 | 3,700 | ||
| 2 | David Lilley |
2,500 | 150 | 2,650 | ||
| 3 | Michael White |
0 | 1,200 | 1,200 | ||
| 4 | Alex Millington |
750 | 275 | 1,025 | ||
| 5 | Daniel Wells |
550 | 275 | 825 | ||
| T6 | Simon Bedford |
750 | 0 | 750 | ||
| T6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ben Mertens |
0 | 750 | 750 | ||
| T6 | Sean O´Sullivan |
0 | 750 | 750 | ||
| 9 | Sydney Wilson |
150 | 550 | 700 | ||
| T10 | Harvey Chandler |
550 | 0 | 550 | ||
| T10 | Liam Davies |
550 | 0 | 550 | ||
| T10 |  Keishin Kamihashi |
550 | 0 | 550 | ||
| T10 | John Astley |
275 | 275 | 550 | ||
| T10 | Sanderson Lam |
0 | 550 | 550 | ||
| T10 | Alex Clenshaw |
0 | 550 | 550 | ||
| T10 | Mark Lloyd |
0 | 550 | 550 |
Event 1
The first event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 19 to 21 November 2021.[9] David Lilley beat Si Jiahui 5–1 in the final.[5] The final-day results are given below.[10]
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
| Liam Davies | 1 | |||||||||
| Alex Millington | 4 | |||||||||
| Alex Millington | 0 | |||||||||
| David Lilley | 4 | |||||||||
| David Lilley | 4 | |||||||||
| Daniel Wells | 3 | |||||||||
| David Lilley | 5 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 1 | |||||||||
| Simon Bedford | 4 | |||||||||
| Harvey Chandler | 0 | |||||||||
| Simon Bedford | 2 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 4 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 4 | |||||||||
| Keishin Kamihashi | 1 | |||||||||
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.[11]
| Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 9 frames | ||||||||
| Sean O'Sullivan | 4 | |||||||||
| Mark Lloyd | 3 | |||||||||
| Sean O'Sullivan | 3 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 4 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 4 | |||||||||
| Sydney Wilson | 1 | |||||||||
| Si Jiahui | 5 | |||||||||
| Michael White | 4 | |||||||||
| Michael White | 4 | |||||||||
| Alex Clenshaw | 2 | |||||||||
| Michael White | 4 | |||||||||
| Ben Mertens | 0 | |||||||||
| Sanderson Lam | 1 | |||||||||
| Ben Mertens | 4 | |||||||||
References
- "WPBSA Q Tour 2021/22". WST. 10 September 2021.
- "WPBSA Q Tour Launched". WPBSA. 21 July 2020.
- "WPBSA Q Tour 2021/22 Dates and entry information". WPBSA. 30 September 2021.
- "Entry Form – Q Tour 2021/22 - Event 1" (PDF). WPBSA. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- "Lilley Crowned King of the Castle at Q Tour". WPBSA. 21 November 2021.
- "Success for Si at WPBSA Q Tour". WPBSA. 12 December 2021.
- "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 WPBSA Q Tour Rankings". WPBSA. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- "Q Tour 2 (2021) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Q Tour 2021/22: Event one". WST. 8 November 2021.
- "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event One - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Two - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.