2008–09 snooker season

New professional players

;From PIOS Tour

Calendar

The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.

World Snooker Tour

Ranking event

Non-ranking event

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.

No.	Ch.	Player	Points 2006/07	Points 2007/08	Total
1		rise Points distribution 2008/2009 Points distribution for world ranking events: Tournament Round → L96 L80 L64 L48 L32 L16 QF SF F W Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Shanghai Masters Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Shanghai Masters Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Grand Prix Unseeded loser 500 813 1125 1438 1750 2375 3125 4000 5000 6250 Grand Prix Seeded loser 250 407 563 719 875 – – – – – Bahrain Championship Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Bahrain Championship Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – UK Championship Unseeded loser 600 975 1350 1725 2100 2850 3750 4800 6000 7500 UK Championship Seeded loser 300 488 675 863 1050 – – – – – Welsh Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 Welsh Open Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – China Open Unseeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 1900 2500 3200 4000 5000 China Open Seeded loser 200 325 450 575 700 – – – – – Unseeded loser 800 1300 1800 2300 2800 3800 5000 6400 8000 10000 Seeded loser 400 650 900 1150 1400 – – – – –