World Snooker Tour awards

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The World Snooker Tour makes annual awards in several categories, including player of the year, and established a Hall of Fame in 2011. [1] [2]

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The Association of Snooker Writers, a grouping of journalists who wrote about snooker, was founded in 1981. [3] In 1983, they instituted awards for players and others associated with the game, and made another set of awards in 1984. [3] From 1985, the awards were taken over by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. [4] In 1998, the journalists' group was reformed as the Snooker Writers' Association, and the awards were in that body's name for several years. [5] [6] The awards are now administered by the World Snooker Tour. [2]

Player of the year and miscellaneous awards

World Snooker Tour Awards
Awarding bodyYearPlayer of the YearYoung Player of the YearOther awardsRef.
Association of Snooker Writers1983 Steve Davis no awardPersonality of the Year: Bill Werbeniuk [3]
1984 Steve Davis no awardPersonality of the Year: Dennis Taylor [3]
WPBSA 1985 Dennis Taylor [4]
1986 Steve Davis and Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry Personality of the Year: Joe Johnson [4] [7]
1987 Steve Davis Stephen Hendry Overseas Player of the Year: Dene O'Kane [8] [9]
1988 Steve Davis Stephen Hendry Personality of the Year: Terry Griffiths; Overseas Player of the Year: Tony Drago; Frame of the year: Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White (Last frame of the final, 1988 World Snooker Championship); Break of the year: 140, Steve Davis at the 1987 Fidelity International, and Steve James at the 1988 World Snooker Championship; Performance of the year: Steve James, 1988 World Snooker Championship; Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley [10] [11]
1989 Steve Davis Martin Clark [lower-alpha 1] Match of the year: John Parrott v Steve James (1989 World Snooker Championship); Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell [12] [13]
1990 Stephen Hendry [14]
1991 Stephen Hendry [15]
1992 Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon [lower-alpha 1] [16]
1993 Stephen Hendry [17]
1994 Ronnie O'Sullivan Fergal O'Brien [18]
1995 Stephen Hendry Achievement of the year: John Higgins [19]
1996 Stephen Hendry [8] [20]
1997 Stephen Hendry [21]
Snooker Writers' Association1998 John Higgins Paul Hunter Match of the Year: Mark Williams v Stephen Hendry (1998 Masters) [8] [6]
1999 Stephen Hendry Marco Fu [22]
2000 Mark Williams
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002 Stephen Lee [23]
WPBSA 2003 Mark Williams
2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Maguire [24]
2005 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2006 John Higgins
2007 Neil Robertson
2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2009 John Higgins
2010: no awards
World Snooker 2011 John Higgins Jack Lisowski [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: John Higgins; Players Player of the Year: Mark Williams; Performance of the Year: Judd Trump; Magic Moment: Rory McLeod [25]
2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan Luca Brecel [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the Year: Stuart Bingham; Magic Moment: Stephen Hendry [26]
2013 Mark Selby Ian Burns [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment: Jimmy Robertson [27] [28]
2014 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Astley [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Ding Junhui; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment: Mark Selby [29] [30]
2015 Stuart Bingham Oliver Lines [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Stuart Bingham; Performance of the Year: Joe Perry; Magic Moment: Ronnie O’Sullivan [31]
2016 John Higgins Darryl Hill [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment: Ali Carter; Lifetime award: Steve Davis [32] [33]
2017 Mark Selby Yan Bingtao [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Anthony Hamilton; Magic Moment: Mark King [34] [28] [35]
2018 Mark Williams Xu Si [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Mark Williams; Performance of the Year: Mark Williams; Magic Moment: Michael Georgiou [36]
2019 Judd Trump Joe O'Connor [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Writers' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Performance of the Year: James Cahill; Magic Moment of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan [37]
2020 Judd Trump Louis Heathcote [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Performance of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment of the Year: John Higgins [38]
2021 Judd Trump Pang Junxu [lower-alpha 2] Fans' Player of the Year: Judd Trump; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Mark Selby; Performance of the Year: Mark Selby; Magic Moment of the Year: Neil Robertson [39]
2022 Neil Robertson Wu Yize [lower-alpha 2] Fan's player of the year: Zhao Xintong; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Magic Moment of the Year: Neil Robertson [2]
2023 Mark Allen Julien Leclercq [lower-alpha 2] Fan's player of the year: Mark Allen; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Mark Allen; Performance of the year: Luca Brecel (2023 World Snooker Championship final); Magic Moment of the Year: Mark Selby (Maximum break at the 2023 World Snooker Championship); Breakthrough of the year: Si Jiahui [40]
2024 Ronnie O'Sullivan He Guoqiang [lower-alpha 2] Fan's player of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Snooker Journalists' Player of the Year: Ronnie O'Sullivan; Performance of the year: Kyren Wilson (2024 World Snooker Championship); Magic Moment of the Year: Shaun Murphy (Maximum break at the 2023 (Dec) Shoot Out); Breakthrough of the year: Zhang Anda (2023 International Championship) [41]

Services to snooker award

Services to Snooker Awards [8]
YearAwardeeNotes
1983 Mike Watterson
1984 Clive Everton
1985Del Simmonds [lower-alpha 3]
1986 Rex Williams
1987 Barry Hearn
1988Howard Kruger [lower-alpha 4]
1990 John Spencer
1994 Ray Reardon
1996Rick Waumsley [lower-alpha 5]
1998Jonathan Martin [lower-alpha 6]
1999Jim Elkins [lower-alpha 7]
2000 David Vine; Len Ganley
2001 John Williams

Achievement of the year

Achievement of the year awards [8]
YearAwardeeNotes
1987 Joe Johnson Reaching the World Snooker Championship final in two consecutive years
1988 Steve James Performance at the 1988 World Snooker Championship
1995 Stephen Hendry Seven century breaks in the 1995 World Snooker Championship final
1996 Nigel Bond Winning British Open final after needing a snooker
1997 Ken Doherty Winning the 1997 World Snooker Championship
1998 Mark Williams Recovering from 0–6 to win Masters final on re-spotted black
1999 Stephen Hendry Winning a seventh World Snooker Championship
2000 Joe Swail Reaching the 2000 World Snooker Championship semi-finals
2001 Paul Hunter Winning the 2001 Masters final from 3–7 behind
2002 Peter Ebdon Winning the 2002 World Snooker Championship
2003 Ken Doherty Winning the 2003 World Snooker Championship semi-final against Paul Hunter
2004 Jimmy White First ranking title for eleven years
2005 Shaun Murphy Winning the 2005 World Snooker Championship
2006 Graeme Dott Winning the 2006 World Snooker Championship
2007 Andrew Higginson Reaching the 2007 Welsh Open final
2008 Mark Selby Winning the Masters at his first attempt

Special awards

Special Awards [8] [3]
YearAwardeeNotes
1984Mike GreenRetiring secretary of the WPBSA
1987 Jackie Rea 40 years as a professional player
1988 Fred Davis Playing professionally at the age of 75
1989Nick Hunter BBC snooker producer
1995 John Higgins Winner of three ranking titles in a season
1996 Ted Lowe BBC commentator
1997 Mark Wildman Services to English billiards
1998 Jimmy White Defeat of Stephen Hendry at the 1998 World Snooker Championship
2000 Steve Davis 20 years as a top-16 ranked player
2001 John Dee Snooker journalist
2004Peter DykePromoter
2005 John Spencer Professional player, administrator and commentator
2006Richard BalaniPromoter of snooker events in Malta
2007 Clive Everton Journalist and commentator
2008 Barry Hearn 30 years as a tournament promoter and manager of snooker players

Hall of fame

The World Snooker hall of fame was instituted in 2011, with eight winners of multiple world snooker championships as the initial inductees. [1]

Hall of Fame [8]
YearAwardee(s)Ref.
2011 Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry [25]
2012 Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan [26]
2013 Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, and Neil Robertson [27]
2014 Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn [29]
2015 John Parrott and Mark Selby [31]
2016 Stuart Bingham, Rex Williams and Sindhu Pulsirivong [32]
2017 Jimmy White and Clive Everton [34]
2018 Ding Junhui and Barry Hearn [36]
2021 Judd Trump and Brandon Parker [39]
2022 Reanne Evans and Allison Fisher [2]
2023 John Virgo [40]
2024 Luca Brecel and Daniel Blunn [41]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Newcomer of the year
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rookie of the Year
  3. ↑ Promoter and administrator
  4. ↑ Manager of several leading players
  5. ↑ BBC snooker coverage
  6. ↑ BBC Sport
  7. ↑ Tournament director for the Masters

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