The 2021–22 Q Tour was a series of snooker tournaments that took 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]

2021–22 Q Tour
Details
Duration19 November 2021 – 11 May 2022 (2021-11-19 – 2022-05-11)
Tournaments5

A series of four events were organised with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2022–23 snooker season. Si Jiahui led the list but had already got a place on tour, so Sean O´Sullivan, who finished second, got the place. The 16 highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2022–23 season, gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also got a place. Julien Leclercq won this event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final.

Format

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Except for the playoff, events were played over three days. The first day was an open qualifying day with 16 places available. The main draw started on the second day when the 16 qualifiers were 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 were 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 included 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

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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

Schedule

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The schedule for the four regular events and the playoff is given below.[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 114   Sean O'Sullivan   Julien Leclercq 5–2 [7]
18 Mar 20 Mar   ENG Event 4 Northern Snooker Centre Leeds 116   Robbie McGuigan   Michael Collumb 5–3 [8]
10 May 11 May   ENG Playoff Q House Snooker Academy Darlington 16   Julien Leclercq   Alex Clenshaw 5–2 [9]

Rankings

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Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having the most prize money in the later events being ranked higher.[10] Three of the players earned places on the main tour during the season. Si Jiahui qualified by winning the World Snooker Federation Open, while David Lilley and Michael White qualified via the 2021-22 season one year ranking list.[11][12]

Rank Player Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Total (£)
1   Si Jiahui * 1,200 2,500 550 0 4,250
2   Sean O´Sullivan + 0 750 2,500 0 3,250
3   Robbie McGuigan 150 275 0 2,500 2,925
4   David Lilley * 2,500 150 275 0 2,925
5   Ben Mertens 0 750 750 275 1,775
6   Michael Collumb 275 0 275 1,200 1,750
7   Simon Bedford 750 0 0 750 1,500
8   Julien Leclercq + 0 0 1,200 275 1,475
9   Michael White * 0 1,200 275 0 1,475
10   Alex Millington 750 275 150 150 1,325
11   Alex Clenshaw 0 550 0 750 1,300
12   Harvey Chandler 550 0 550 150 1,250
13   Daniel Wells 550 275 275 150 1,250
14   Brandon Sargeant 275 150 150 550 1,125
15   Liam Davies 550 0 0 550 1,100
16   Alfie Lee 275 0 750 0 1,025
17   Michael Georgiou 275 150 0 550 975
18   Hamim Hussain 0 0 150 550 700
19   Ryan Davies 150 275 0 275 700
20   Mark Lloyd 0 550 0 150 700
* Qualified for the main tour through other means
+ Qualified for the main tour

Event 1

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The first event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 19 to 21 November 2021.[13] David Lilley beat Si Jiahui 5–1 in the final.[5] The final-day results are given below.[14]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Liam Davies1
 
 
 
  Alex Millington4
 
  Alex Millington0
 
 
 
  David Lilley4
 
  David Lilley4
 
 
 
  Daniel Wells3
 
  David Lilley5
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui1
 
  Simon Bedford4
 
 
 
  Harvey Chandler0
 
  Simon Bedford2
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui4
 
  Si Jiahui4
 
 
  Keishin Kamihashi1
 

Event 2

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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.[15]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
  Mark Lloyd3
 
  Sean O'Sullivan3
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui4
 
  Si Jiahui4
 
 
 
  Sydney Wilson1
 
  Si Jiahui5
 
 
 
  Michael White4
 
  Michael White4
 
 
 
  Alex Clenshaw2
 
  Michael White4
 
 
 
  Ben Mertens0
 
  Sanderson Lam1
 
 
  Ben Mertens4
 

Event 3

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The third event was held at The Winchester in Leicester from 28 to 30 January. Nutcharut Wongharuthai, Thailand’s leading female player, won five matches to reach the final-day quarter-finals.[16] Sean O'Sullivan won the event, beating Julien Leclercq 5–2 in the final.[7] The final-day results are given below.[17]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Nutcharut Wongharuthai0
 
 
 
  Ben Mertens4
 
  Ben Mertens2
 
 
 
  Julien Leclercq4
 
  Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
  Si Jiahui3
 
  Julien Leclercq2
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan5
 
  Harvey Chandler3
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan4
 
  Sean O'Sullivan4
 
 
 
  Alfie Lee0
 
  Alfie Lee4
 
 
  Eden Sharav2
 

Event 4

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The fourth event was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from 18 to 20 March. At the start of the final day only Simon Bedford could take the automatic qualification place held by Sean O'Sullivan.[18] However Bedford lost to Robbie McGuigan in the semi-finals, guaranteeing that O'Sullivan would take the automatic qualification place. McGuigan went on to win the event, beating Michael Collumb 5–3 in the final.[8] The final-day results are given below.[19]

 
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou3
 
 
 
  Simon Bedford4
 
  Simon Bedford3
 
 
 
  Robbie McGuigan4
 
  Robbie McGuigan4
 
 
 
  Hamim Hussain2
 
  Robbie McGuigan5
 
 
 
  Michael Collumb3
 
  Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
  Brandon Sargeant2
 
  Alex Clenshaw3
 
 
 
  Michael Collumb4
 
  Michael Collumb4
 
 
  Liam Davies2
 

Playoff

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The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Q House Snooker Academy in Darlington on 10 and 11 May. The event saw the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the four already qualified for the main tour, compete for a further place on that tour. Two rounds were played each day with matches over 7 frames except for the final which was over 9 frames. The draw was seeded, based on the final rankings.[20][21] Julien Leclercq won the event, beating Alex Clenshaw 5–2 in the final. Leclercq scored three centuries in his opening match against Alfie Lee, and reached the final with further wins against Michael Georgiou and Harvey Chandler. Clenshaw had won his semi-final against Liam Davies despite losing the first three frames. Clenshaw won the first two frames in the final but Leclercq won the next five, to win a place on the main tour.[9]

 
Last-16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Robbie McGuigan4
 
 
 
  Mark Lloyd0
 
  Robbie McGuigan3
 
 
 
  Harvey Chandler4
 
  Harvey Chandler4
 
 
 
  Daniel Wells3
 
  Harvey Chandler1
 
 
 
  Julien Leclercq4
 
  Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
  Alfie Lee0
 
  Julien Leclercq4
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou3
 
  Simon Bedford3
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou4
 
  Julien Leclercq5
 
 
 
  Alex Clenshaw2
 
  Michael Collumb4
 
 
 
  Hamim Hussain2
 
  Michael Collumb1
 
 
 
  Liam Davies4
 
  Alex Millington0
 
 
 
  Liam Davies4
 
  Liam Davies3
 
 
 
  Alex Clenshaw4
 
  Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
  Brandon Sargeant3
 
  Alex Clenshaw4
 
 
 
  Ryan Davies0
 
  Ben Mertens1
 
 
  Ryan Davies4
 

References

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  6. ^ a b "Success for Si at WPBSA Q Tour". WPBSA. 12 December 2021.
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  8. ^ a b "Comeback kid McGuigan claims Q Tour title". WPBSA. 20 March 2022.
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  11. ^ "Si Beats Stephens In WSF Open Final". WST. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022.
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  14. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event One - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  15. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Two - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Wongharuthai beats five male players". WST. 29 January 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  17. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Three - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Q Tour race enters final lap". WPBSA. 19 March 2022.
  19. ^ "World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2021/22 Q Tour - Event Four - Matches". WPBSA. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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