Ding Junhui has won the 2024 International Championship, beating Chris Wakelin by 10-7 in the Final. The event was played in Nanjing, China, from 3 to 10 November 2024. Zhang Anda was the defending Champion.
Here is the report by WST:
DING CLAIMS NANJING GLORY
Ding Junhui secured the 15th ranking title of his illustrious career with a 10-7 defeat of Chris Wakelin in the final of the International Championship in Nanjing.
Chinese sporting icon Ding has now triumphed in seven ranking events in his native country, but this week’s victory is a first …
Neil Robertson ended a 2 years title drought by winning the 2024 English Open, beating Wu Yize by 9-7 in an “all Grove” final.
The tournament was played in Brentwood, England from 16 to 22 September 2024. All grove players were involved. All the detailed results are on snooker.org.
This was a particularly emotional win for Neil as his father was present and for the first time watched him win “live”.
Here is what Neil had to say after his win as reported by WST:“I haven’t won for a couple of years …
The 2023 World Snooker Championship was a particularly happy one for the Grove players. Luca Brecel won it, beating Mark Selby in the final. Mark was trying to win a fifth World Title but ran across an inspired Luca Brecel. Luca – who is back at the Grove – won the final by 18-15 to become the first World Snooker Champion from mainland Europe. For Mark though, getting this far after battling severe mental health issues in recent years was a great achievement and something extremely positive. Mark was full …
Neil Robertson beat Judd Trump by 10-9 in the Final of the 2020 UK Championship, winning the Triple Crown event for the third time. He had previously won this prestigious event in 2013 and 2015. Only three players have more UK crowns: Ronnie O’Sullivan (7, Steve Davis (6)), and Stephen Hendry (7). This is Neil’s 19th ranking title, bringing him on par with Judd Trump, and one better than Mark Selby.
The tournament was held in Milton Keynes, under social distancing rules. It started on November 23th and finished on …
Congratulations to Judd, the 2019 World Snooker Champion!
He beat John Higgins by 18-9 in a record-breaking final. Judd made seven centuries in that final, more than in any other Crucible final. The match had 11 centuries in total, more than any other match. And this World Championship saw 100 centuries made, the 100th bu the new champion. Also, by winning the World Championship, Judd became only the 11th player in history to hold the “Triple Crown” – UK Championship (2011),, Masters (2019), World Championship (2019)
Neil Robertson and Ali Carter reached …
Mark Selby and Neil Robertson were the only two Grove players involved in the 2024 Champion of Champions. The tournament was held in Bolton, England from 11 to 17 November 2024. Mark Allen was the defending Champion.
The event was won by Mark Williams who beat Xiao Guodong by 10-7 in the final.
Mark Selby was beaten by Xiao Guodong in his Group final. the score was 6-5 to Xiao.
Neil Robertson reached the semi-finals, where he lost by 6-2 to the eventual champion, Mark Williams.
All the results are available on snooker.org.
The 2024 Wuhan Open was played from October 6 to October 12, 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wuhan, China.
Judd Trump was the defending champion. The event was won by Xiao Guodong, who beat Si Jiahui in the final.
All the Grove players were involved but none of them faired particularly well.
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel failed to qualify for the main venue stage. Neil Robertson was beaten by Jackson Page (5-1) in the firstb round proper.
Wu Yize and Ding Junhui both exited the tournament in …
The inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters was played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 30th of August to 7th of September, in the Green Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The price money of offer was the highest ever in snooker, bar the World Championship. The event was played from start to finish at the main venue which is how it should always be. The event was won by Judd Trump who narrowly beat Mark Williams by 10-9 in the final. The decider went to the last black!
All Grove players had entered the …
The 2024 Xi’an Grand Prix was played in Xi’an, China, from 19 to 25 August 2024. This was the first instalment of this event, therefore there was no defending champion. The event was won by Kyren Wilson, the reigning World Champion who defeated Judd Trump, the current World Number One, by 1-8 in an excellent final.
All Grove players were involved albeit not all of them made it to the venue. Round 1 matches had been played in Leicester during the last week of July and two of the Grove …
The 2024 Shanghai Masters was played, in Shanghai, China, from July 15, 2024 to July 21, 2024. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who defeated Shaun Murphy in the final (11-5).
All detailed results are available on snooker.org.
This being an invitational event, the field was limited at 24 players, but three Grove players had been invited: Mark Selby, Luca Brecel and Ding Junhui.
Luca lost to Si Jiahui in the last 16 (6-2). Ding reached the quarter-finals where he lost to the defending Champion, Ronnie …
