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2022–23 Q Tour

{{Short description|Series of snooker tournaments}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox snooker season

|duration = {{Start and end dates|2022|9|2|2023|3|5|df=y}}

|tournaments = 7

|previous = 2021–22

|next = 2023–24

}}

The 2022–23 Q Tour was a series of snooker tournaments that took place during the 2022–23 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.{{Cite web |url=https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-q-tour-2022-23/ |title=WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 |date=8 July 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

A series of six events was played with the leading money-winner gaining a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 snooker season. The 16 highest-ranked players who had not already got a place on the main tour for the 2023–24 season, gained entry to a further event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, the winner of which also got a place.

Martin O'Donnell won two of the six events to be the leading money-winner and gain a place on the main tour. Ashley Carty won the playoff to gain the second place.

Format

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 2022 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 qualified directly included the top 32 eligible players from the 2022 UK Q School Order of Merit, the top eight from the 2022 Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit, and the eight highest ranked junior players not already qualified.{{Cite web |url=https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-q-tour-2022-23-uk-qualifying-rounds-open-for-entry/ |title=WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – UK qualifying rounds open for entry |date=27 July 2022 |website=WPBSA}}{{Cite web |url=https://wpbsa.com/wp-content/uploads/1851_WPBSA_Q-Tour-Sponsorship-Doc-WEB.pdf |title=WPBSA Q Tour 2022/23 – Pathway to the World Snooker Tour |access-date=22 August 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

= Prize fund =

Each event featured a prize fund of £12,000 with the winner receiving £2,500.

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  • Winner: £2,500
  • Runner-up: £1,200
  • Semi-final: £750
  • Quarter-final: £550
  • Last 16: £275
  • Last 32: £150
  • Total: £12,000

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Schedule

The schedule for the six regular events and the playoff is given below.

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colspan="2" style="width:100px; text-align:center;"| Date

! Country

! Tournament

! Venue

! City

! Field

! Winner

! Runner-up

! Score

! Ref.

2 Sep

| 4 Sep

| {{flag|ENG}}

| Event 1

| North East Snooker Centre

| North Shields

| align=center| 118

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir

| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell

| align=center| 5–2

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=Ross is the boss at Q Tour event one |url=https://wpbsa.com/ross-is-the-boss-at-q-tour-event-one |date=4 September 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

16 Sep

| 18 Sep

| {{flag|ENG}}

| Event 2

| Castle Snooker Club

| Brighton

| align=center| 120

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell

| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell

| align=center| 5–1

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=O'Donnell downs Pragnell for Q Tour title |url=https://wpbsa.com/odonnell-downs-pragnell-for-q-tour-title |date=18 September 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

14 Oct

| 16 Oct

| {{flag|BEL}}

| Event 3

| Delta Moon

| Mons

| align=center| 90

| {{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler

| align=center| 5–3

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=Ajaib over the Moon at Q Tour |url=https://wpbsa.com/ajaib-over-the-moon-at-q-tour |date=16 October 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

25 Nov

| 27 Nov

| {{flag|SWE}}

| Event 4

| Snookerhallen

| Stockholm

| align=center| 91

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson

| align=center| 5–4

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=Billy is King of the Castle in Sweden |url=https://wpbsa.com/billy-is-king-of-the-castle-in-sweden |date=27 November 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

9 Dec

| 11 Dec

| {{flag|ENG}}

| Event 5

| Landywood Snooker Club

| Great Wyrley

| align=center| 103

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson

| align=center| 5–2

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=Wells wins at Landywood |url=https://wpbsa.com/wells-wins-at-landywood |date=11 December 2022 |website=WPBSA}}

6 Jan

| 8 Jan

| {{flag|ENG}}

| Event 6

| Northern Snooker Centre

| Leeds

| align=center| 124

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir

| align=center| 5–1

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=O'Donnell earns main tour return |url=https://wpbsa.com/odonnell-earns-main-tour-return |date=8 January 2023 |website=WPBSA}}

4 Mar

| 5 Mar

| {{flag|ENG}}

| Playoff

| Q House Snooker Academy

| Darlington

| align=center| 16

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty

| {{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle

| align=center| 5–2

| align=center| {{Cite web |title=Playoff Champion Carty Returns to the World Snooker Tour |url=https://wpbsa.com/playoff-champion-carty-returns-to-the-world-snooker-tour/ |date=5 March 2023 |website=WPBSA}}

Rankings

Below are listed the leading players in the prize money rankings. Players on equal points were ranked by "countback", with the player having won the most prize money in the latest event played being ranked higher.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 WPBSA Q Tour Ranking List |url=https://snookerscores.net/organisation/world-professional-billiards-and-snooker-association/ranking-list/202223-wpbsa-q-tour-ranking-list |work=WPBSA}}

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Rank

! Player

! Event 1

Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5Event 6 || Total (£)
style="background:lightyellow;"

|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell +

| 150

2,50027515002,5005,575
2

|align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir

| 2,500

1507502751501,2005,025
3

|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells

| 150

55055002,5002754,025
4

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle

| 550

01502,50007503,950
5

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell

| 1,200

1,20055055027503,775
6

|align=left|{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib

| 275

1502,50055015003,625
7

|align=left|{{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod

| 750

5501502752751502,150
8

|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies

| 0

007507505502,050
9

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson

| 275

02751,2001501502,050
10

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler

| 0

1501,20002752751,900
11

|align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav

| 550

27501502755501,800
12

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson

| 0

0––1,2005501,750
style="background:lightyellow;"

|13

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty +

| 275

750150055001,725
14

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Hamim Hussain

| 275

55055015001501,675
15

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth

| 150

01502752757501,600
16

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joshua Thomond

| 150

27575015027501,600
17

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Devlin

| 150

1501501505501501,300
18

|align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle

| 275

2752751501501501,275
19

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Curtis-Barrett

| 550

150550-001,250
20

|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds

| 750

1500002751,175

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style="background:lightyellow;"

| + Qualified for the main tour

Event 1

The first event took place at North East Snooker Centre, North Shields, from 2 to 4 September 2022. Ross Muir beat George Pragnell 5–2 in the final. Muir lost just five frames in the six rounds of the event. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event One - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-one/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=4 September 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Curtis-Barrett|0 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4

|| {{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod|4 |{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Moody|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4 |{{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Simmonds|2

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|2

}}

Event 2

The second event took place at Castle Snooker Club, Brighton, from 16 to 18 September 2022. Martin O'Donnell beat George Pragnell 5–1 in the final, having won his quarter and semi-final matches in the deciding frame. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Two - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-two/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=18 September 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Hamim Hussain|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|4

|| {{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod|1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yang|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Haley|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|4 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yang|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|5

}}

Event 3

The third event took place at the Delta Moon Club, Mons, Belgium from 14 to 16 October 2022. Farakh Ajaib beat Harvey Chandler 5–3 in the final. Chandler took a 2–0 lead before Ajaib won the next four frames, with a 45 clearance in frame 6 after Chandler had made a break of 60. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Three - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-three/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=16 October 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Curtis-Barrett|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Josh Thomond|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Hamim Hussain|3

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|3 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|1 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Josh Thomond|1

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|3 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|3 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib|5

}}

Event 4

The fourth event took place at the Snookerhallen Club, Stockholm, Sweden from 25 to 27 November 2022. Billy Castle beat Andrew Higginson in the deciding frame of the final, on a re-spotted black. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Four - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-four/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=27 October 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4

|| {{flagicon|FRA}} Brian Ochoiski|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Kuldesh Johal|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|4 |{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib|1

|| {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull|1 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Brian Ochoiski|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|5

}}

Event 5

The fifth event took place at Landywood Snooker Club, Great Wyrley, from 9 to 11 December 2022. Daniel Wells beat Sydney Wilson 5–2 in the final. Wells lost the first three frames of his semi-final against Michael Georgiou, but won the next four to reach the final. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Five - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-five/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=11 December 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Wilson|1 |{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Haydon Pinhey|1 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Devlin|0

|| {{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou|3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|4

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|4

|| {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Wells|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|2

}}

Event 6

The sixth event took place at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, from 6 to 8 January 2023. The final was between Ross Muir and Martin O'Donnell. Both had won a Q Tour event earlier in the season and the points situation was such that the winner of the match would head the rankings and gain a place on the main tour for the following season. In the final O'Donnell won the opening frame with a break of 142 and went on to win the match by five frames to one. The final-day results are given below.{{cite web |title=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association - 2022/23 Q Tour - Event Six - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-event-six/results |work=WPBSA |access-date=11 December 2022}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD2 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD3 = Final
Best of 9 frames

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|2

|| {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Bedford|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|4

|| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnell|5

}}

Playoff

The final event, the WPBSA Q Tour Playoff, was held at the Q House Snooker Academy in Darlington on 4 and 5 March. The event saw the 16 highest ranked players, excluding the player already qualified for the main tour, competed for a further place on that tour. Daniel Wells withdrew on medical grounds and was replaced by Florian Nüßle.{{Cite web |title=Draw change |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/WPBSAofficial/status/1631607105953095681 |date=3 March 2023 |website=WPBSA |via=Twitter}} 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.{{Cite web |title=WPBSA Q Tour 2023 - Play-offs information |url=https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-q-tour-2023-play-offs-information |date=13 February 2023 |website=WPBSA}}{{Cite web |title=2022/23 Q Tour - Playoff - Matches |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/202223-q-tour-playoff/knockout/matches |access-date=5 March 2023 |website=WPBSA}} Ashley Carty beat Florian Nüßle 5–2 in the final. Carty lost the first three frames in his opening match against Farakh Ajaib but recovered to win 4–3. He was two frames down in his semi-final match against top seed Ross Muir but again won four frames in a row to win 4–2.

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=4

|team-width = 200

|bold_winner=high

|short_brackets=yes

| RD1 = Last-16
Best of 7 frames| RD2 = Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames| RD3 =Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames | 3rdplace=no | RD4 = Final
Best of 9 frames

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Devlin|2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|4

||{{flagicon|PAK}} Farakh Ajaib|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} George Pragnell|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Hamim Hussain|4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Castle|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth|4

||{{flagicon|JAM}} Rory McLeod|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|4

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|4 |{{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav|0

||{{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joshua Thomond|0

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler|1

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Hamim Hussain|1

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Sydney Wilson|1

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies|3 |{{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle|4

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth|1 |{{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle|4

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Carty|5 |{{flagicon|AUT}} Florian Nüßle|2

}}

References

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