Gary Wilson’s victory at the BetVictor Scottish Open saw him come from a lowly 61st place on the one-year ranking list to jump to tenth and earn a place at next month’s World Grand Prix in Leicester.
Wilson went into the tournament in Edinburgh knowing he had to at least reach the semi-finals to climb into the top 32, and he went two steps further by winning his second ranking title and £80,000.
The field of 32 players is now confirmed for the World Grand Prix to run from January 15 to 21 at the Morningside Arena, the first event in the 2024 Players Series. The players are below, and the first round draw will be number one against number 32, number two against number 31, and so on. The format will be announced soon so make sure you are ready to buy tickets!
1. Judd Trump
2. Ronnie O’Sullivan
3. Zhang Anda
4. Mark Williams
5. Barry Hawkins
6. Ding Junhui
7. Tom Ford
8. Ali Carter
9. Mark Selby
10. Gary Wilson
11. Noppon Saengkham
12. John Higgins
13. Hossein Vafaei
14. Mark Allen
15. Zhou Yuelong
16. Lyu Haotian
17. Chris Wakelin
18. Stephen Maguire
19. Jack Lisowski
20. Matthew Selt
21. Shaun Murphy
22. Xiao Guodong
23. David Gilbert
24. Yuan Sijun
25. Wu Yize
26. Jordan Brown
27. Ricky Walden
28. Cao Yupeng
29. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
30. Dominic Dale
31. Pang Junxu
32. Jamie Jones
Saengkham’s run to the final earned him £35,000, boosting him from 20th to 11th. After the World Grand Prix, there will be just two ranking events before the line-up of 16 players is confirmed for the Players Championship in Telford in February.
Big names to miss out on Leicester include Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel, who both needed just one more win in Edinburgh, but fell at the last 16 and last 32 stage respectively.
Wilson moves up to third place in the BetVictor Series rankings, albeit still £114,000 behind runaway leader Judd Trump. There are just two counting events to go: the BetVictor German Masters and BetVictor Welsh Open, so Trump could wrap up the £150,000 bonus if no one gets within £80,000 of him by the end of the tournament in Berlin.
On the official two-year list, Wilson jumps from 20th to 17th while Saengkham is up from 26th to 22nd. Ronnie O’Sullivan will go into 2024 as the world number one with a lead of £113,500 over Trump. This list will now be used for seeding for the 2024 BetVictor Welsh Open and the 2024 World Open.
It’s early days in the Race to the Crucible, with six ranking events still to go, but Wilson has boosted his hopes of a place at the Theatre of Dreams, climbing to 13th, while Saengkham is among the chasing pack in 20th. Robert Milkins is in 16th spot, with Barry Hawkins just behind him, while former champion Neil Robertson is in 30th place, £116,000 behind Milkins.
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