World Snooker Tour awards

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The World Snooker Tour produces annual awards in several categories, including player of the year. [1] [2]

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The Association of Snooker Writers, founded by a group of journalists who wrote about snooker in 1981, [3] first instituted awards for players and others associated with the game in 1983. [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]

List of awardees

Snooker Writers' Association and WPBSA Awards
Awarding bodyYearPlayer of the Year [7] Personality of the YearYoung Player of the YearMatch of the YearOther awardsRef.
Association of Snooker Writers1983 Steve Davis Bill Werbeniuk Tony Jones [3] [8]
1984 Steve Davis Dennis Taylor [3] [9]
WPBSA 1985 Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor John Parrott [4] [10]
1986 Steve Davis
Joe Johnson 		Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry [4] [11]
1987 Steve Davis Joe Johnson Stephen Hendry Jimmy White and Steve Davis, last frame of the final, 1987 Classic [a] Overseas Player of the Year: Dene O'Kane
Highest Break of the season: Jimmy White
Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley 		[7] [12] [13]
1988 Steve Davis Terry Griffiths Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry v Jimmy White, last frame of 1988 WC final [a] Break of the year: 140 (Steve Davis and Steve James)
Overseas Player of the Year: Tony Drago
Billiards player of the year: Norman Dagley 		[14] [15]
1989 Steve Davis Martin Clark [b] John Parrott v Steve James (1989 World Snooker Championship) Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell [16] [17]
1990 Stephen Hendry Nigel Bond [b] [18] [19]
1991 Stephen Hendry Alan McManus [b] [20] [21]
1992 Stephen Hendry Peter Ebdon [b] [22]
1993 Stephen Hendry Ronnie O'Sullivan [23] [24]
1994 Ronnie O'Sullivan Fergal O'Brien [25]
1995 Stephen Hendry Tai Pichit [b] [26] [27]
1996 Stephen Hendry Paul Hunter BBC Viewers Award: Stephen Hendry
Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell 		[7] [28] [29]
1997 Stephen Hendry Lee Walker Break of the year: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Billiards player of the year: Mike Russell
BBC TV Viewers Choice: Steve Davis 		[30] [31]
Snooker Writers' Association1998 John Higgins Paul Hunter Mark Williams v Stephen Hendry (1998 Masters) [7] [6]
1999 Stephen Hendry Marco Fu [32]
2000 Mark Williams
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002 Stephen Lee [33]
WPBSA 2003 Mark Williams
2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Maguire [34]
2005 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2006 John Higgins
2007 Neil Robertson
2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2009 John Higgins
2010: no awards
World Snooker Tour Awards
Awarding bodyYearWST Player of the YearSnooker Journalists' Player of the YearFans' Player of the YearRookie of the YearPerformance of the YearMagic Moment of the YearBreakthrough of the YearRef.
World Snooker Tour 2011 John Higgins John Higgins Judd Trump Jack Lisowski Judd Trump Rory McLeod [35]
2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Judd Trump Luca Brecel Stuart Bingham Stephen Hendry [36]
2013 Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby Ian Burns Ronnie O'Sullivan Jimmy Robertson [37] [38]
2014 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ding Junhui Ronnie O'Sullivan John Astley Mark Selby Mark Selby [39] [40]
2015 Stuart Bingham Stuart Bingham Judd Trump Oliver Lines Joe Perry Ronnie O'Sullivan [41]
2016 John Higgins Mark Selby Ronnie O'Sullivan Darryl Hill Mark Selby Steve Davis [42] [43]
2017 Mark Selby Mark Selby Mark Selby Yan Bingtao Anthony Hamilton Mark King [44] [38] [45]
2018 Mark Williams Mark Williams Ronnie O'Sullivan Xu Si Mark Williams Michael Georgiou [46]
2019 Judd Trump Judd Trump Ronnie O'Sullivan Joe O'Connor James Cahill Ronnie O'Sullivan [47]
2020 Judd Trump Judd Trump Judd Trump Louis Heathcote Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins [48]
2021 Judd Trump Mark Selby Judd Trump Pang Junxu Mark Selby Neil Robertson [49]
2022 Neil Robertson Ronnie O'Sullivan Zhao Xintong Wu Yize Ronnie O'Sullivan Neil Robertson [2]
2023 Mark Allen Mark Allen Mark Allen Julien Leclercq Luca Brecel Mark Selby (Maximum break at the 2023 World Snooker Championship) Si Jiahui [50]
2024 Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan Ronnie O'Sullivan He Guoqiang Kyren Wilson Shaun Murphy (Maximum break at the 2023 Shoot Out) Zhang Anda (2023 International Championship) [51]
2025 Judd Trump Kyren Wilson Judd Trump Bai Yulu Zhao Xintong Judd Trump (2024 Saudi Arabia Masters final) Xiao Guodong (2024 Wuhan Open) [52]

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 [7]
YearAwardee(s)Ref.
2011 Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry [35]
2012 Walter Donaldson, Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan [36]
2013 Terry Griffiths, Joe Johnson, Ken Doherty, Peter Ebdon, Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, and Neil Robertson [37]
2014 Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn [39]
2015 John Parrott and Mark Selby [41]
2016 Stuart Bingham, Rex Williams and Sindhu Pulsirivong [42]
2017 Jimmy White and Clive Everton [44]
2018 Ding Junhui and Barry Hearn [46]
2021 Judd Trump and Brandon Parker [49]
2022 Reanne Evans and Allison Fisher [2]
2023 John Virgo [50]
2024 Luca Brecel and Daniel Blunn [51]
2025 Kyren Wilson [52]

Former awards

Services to snooker award

Services to Snooker Awards [7] [53]
YearAwardeeNotes
1983 Mike Watterson
1984 Clive Everton
1985Del SimmondsPromoter and administrator
1986 Rex Williams
1987 Barry Hearn
1988Howard KrugerManager of several leading players
1990 John Spencer
1991 Eddie Charlton
1994 Ray Reardon
1996Rick Waumsley BBC snooker coverage
1998Jonathan Martin BBC Sport
1999Jim ElkinsTournament director for the Masters
2000 David Vine; Len Ganley
2001 John Williams

Achievement of the year

Performance of the Year/Achievement of the year awards [7]
YearAwardeeNotes
1987 (performance) Joe Johnson Reaching the World Snooker Championship final in two consecutive years
1988 (performance) Steve James Performance at the 1988 World Snooker Championship
1995 (performance) Stephen Hendry Seven century breaks in the 1995 World Snooker Championship final
1996 (performance) Nigel Bond Winning British Open final after needing a snooker in the final frame [29]
1996 (achievement) Mark Williams Winning the Welsh Open while ranked 39th [29]
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 [7] [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
1993 John Pulman Former world champion [24]
1995 John Higgins Winner of three ranking titles in a season
1996 Ted Lowe BBC commentator, 50 years associated with snooker [29]
1996Peter DykePromoter, who recommended to Embassy that they should sponsor the World Championship [29]
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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Frame of the Year
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Newcomer of the year

References

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  4. 1 2 3 Morrison 1987, p. 159.
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  35. 1 2 "Higgins Voted Player Of Year". World Snooker. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011.
  36. 1 2 "Rocket Named Player Of Year". World Snooker. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012.
  37. 1 2 "Selby Named Player Of The Year". World Snooker. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  38. 1 2 "Selby beats O'Sullivan to top player award". The Times. 10 May 2013. p. 62.
  39. 1 2 "O'Sullivan named Player Of The Year". World Snooker. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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