Beijing time, March 27, the 2022 Snooker Gibraltar Open ended successfully, with 46-year-old veteran Robert Milkins defeating Karen Wilson 4-2 to win the first championship in the rankings. In terms of the latest world rankings, Milkins rose 15 places to reach 28th. Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump are still in the top three. In terms of Chinese players, Zhao Xintong ranked 7th, Yan Bingtao ranked 17th, and Ding Junhui ranked 30th.
2022 Snooker Gibraltar Open is the 14th ranking match of this season and the third-last ranking match of this season. This event was founded in 2015. 46-year-old veteran Robert Milkins won the championship with a record of 7 consecutive victories.
Before this, 46-year-old Milkins had never won the ranking championship, but his persistence finally paid off at the 2022 Gibraltar Open. After winning the championship with
, Milkins received 50,000 pounds of championship bonus points, and his world ranking rose sharply from 44th before the Gibraltar Open to 28th. Wilson, who won the runner-up, received £20,000 runner-up bonus points, and still ranked fifth in the world.
Overall, after the Gibraltar Open, the top 11 in the world have not changed: Selby, O'Sullivan, Trump, Robertson, Wilson, Higgins, Zhao Xintong, Williams, Hawkins, Murphy, Allen. Among them, O'Sullivan ranked third, with his bonus points of 996,000 pounds (about RMB 8361,636); Zhao Xintong still ranked seventh, with his bonus points of 384,500 pounds (about RMB 3227,960).
Stuart Bingham rose to 12th, and Anthony McGill fell to 13th. The world rankings are 14th to 16th: Jack Lisovsky, Luca Brechel, and Stephen Maguire.
In addition, Yan Bingtao, who did not participate in the Gibraltar Open, continued to rank 17th. Ding Junhui, who reached the quarterfinals, rose two places to rank 30th, with a bonus point of 138,500 pounds (approximately RMB 1162,737).