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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.

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.

Prize fund

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

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

Schedule

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

Date		Country	Tournament	Venue	City	Field	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Ref.
2 Sep	4 Sep	ENG	Event 1	North East Snooker Centre	North Shields	118	Ross Muir	George Pragnell	5–2
16 Sep	18 Sep	ENG	Event 2	Castle Snooker Club	Brighton	120	Martin O'Donnell	George Pragnell	5–1
14 Oct	16 Oct	BEL	Event 3	Delta Moon	Mons	90	Farakh Ajaib	Harvey Chandler	5–3
25 Nov	27 Nov	SWE	Event 4	Snookerhallen	Stockholm	91	Billy Castle	Andrew Higginson	5–4
9 Dec	11 Dec	ENG	Event 5	Landywood Snooker Club	Great Wyrley	103	Daniel Wells	Sydney Wilson	5–2
6 Jan	8 Jan	ENG	Event 6	Northern Snooker Centre	Leeds	124	Martin O'Donnell	Ross Muir	5–1
4 Mar	5 Mar	ENG	Playoff	Q House Snooker Academy	Darlington	16	Ashley Carty	Florian Nüßle	5–2

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.

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Total (£)
1	Martin O'Donnell +	150	2,500	275	150	0	2,500	5,575
2	Ross Muir	2,500	150	750	275	150	1,200	5,025
3	Daniel Wells	150	550	550	0	2,500	275	4,025
4	Billy Castle	550	0	150	2,500	0	750	3,950
5	George Pragnell	1,200	1,200	550	550	275	0	3,775
6	Farakh Ajaib	275	150	2,500	550	150	0	3,625
7	Rory McLeod	750	550	150	275	275	150	2,150
8	Liam Davies	0	0	0	750	750	550	2,050
9	Andrew Higginson	275	0	275	1,200	150	150	2,050
10	Harvey Chandler	0	150	1,200	0	275	275	1,900
11	Eden Sharav	550	275	0	150	275	550	1,800
12	Sydney Wilson	0	0	–	–	1,200	550	1,750
13	Ashley Carty +	275	750	150	0	550	0	1,725
14	Hamim Hussain	275	550	550	150	0	150	1,675
15	Steven Hallworth	150	0	150	275	275	750	1,600
16	Joshua Thomond	150	275	750	150	275	0	1,600
17	Peter Devlin	150	150	150	150	550	150	1,300
18	Florian Nüßle	275	275	275	150	150	150	1,275
19	Jamie Curtis-Barrett	550	150	550	-	0	0	1,250
20	Luke Simmonds	750	150	0	0	0	275	1,175

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Jamie Curtis-Barrett	0
	Ross Muir	4
					Ross Muir	4
					Rory McLeod	1
	Rory McLeod	4
	Eden Sharav	2
									Ross Muir	5
									George Pragnell	2
	Stan Moody	0
	George Pragnell	4
					George Pragnell	4
					Luke Simmonds	2
	Billy Castle	1
	Luke Simmonds	4

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Hamim Hussain	3
	George Pragnell	4
					George Pragnell	4
					Gao Yang	3
	Rory McLeod	1
	Gao Yang	4
									George Pragnell	1
									Martin O'Donnell	5
	Jack Haley	2
	Ashley Carty	4
					Ashley Carty	3
					Martin O'Donnell	4
	Martin O'Donnell	4
	Daniel Wells	3

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Harvey Chandler	4
	Jamie Curtis-Barrett	3
					Harvey Chandler	4
					Josh Thomond	1
	Josh Thomond	4
	Hamim Hussain	3
									Harvey Chandler	3
									Farakh Ajaib	5
	Daniel Wells	3
	Ross Muir	4
					Ross Muir	3
					Farakh Ajaib	4
	George Pragnell	1
	Farakh Ajaib	4

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	George Pragnell	2
	Andrew Higginson	4
					Andrew Higginson	4
					Brian Ochoiski	2
	Brian Ochoiski	4
	Kuldesh Johal	1
									Andrew Higginson	4
									Billy Castle	5
	Billy Castle	4
	Farakh Ajaib	1
					Billy Castle	4
					Liam Davies	1
	Robin Hull	1
	Liam Davies	4

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Jamie Wilson	1
	Michael Georgiou	4
					Michael Georgiou	3
					Daniel Wells	4
	Haydon Pinhey	1
	Daniel Wells	4
									Daniel Wells	5
									Sydney Wilson	2
	Ashley Carty	3
	Liam Davies	4
					Liam Davies	1
					Sydney Wilson	4
	Sydney Wilson	4
	Peter Devlin	0

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.

	Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Ross Muir	4
	Liam Davies	0
					Ross Muir	4
					Billy Castle	3
	Billy Castle	4
	Sydney Wilson	2
									Ross Muir	1
									Martin O'Donnell	5
	Eden Sharav	1
	Steven Hallworth	4
					Steven Hallworth	2
					Martin O'Donnell	4
	Simon Bedford	1
	Martin O'Donnell	4

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. 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. 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.

	Last-16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 7 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Ross Muir	4
	Peter Devlin	2
					Ross Muir	4
					Harvey Chandler	1
	Andrew Higginson	2
	Harvey Chandler	4
									Ross Muir	2
									Ashley Carty	4
	Farakh Ajaib	3
	Ashley Carty	4
					Ashley Carty	4
					Hamim Hussain	1
	George Pragnell	3
	Hamim Hussain	4
													Ashley Carty	5
													Florian Nüßle	2
	Billy Castle	1
	Steven Hallworth	4
					Steven Hallworth	4
					Sydney Wilson	1
	Rory McLeod	2
	Sydney Wilson	4
									Steven Hallworth	1
									Florian Nüßle	4
	Liam Davies	4
	Eden Sharav	0
					Liam Davies	3
					Florian Nüßle	4
	Florian Nüßle	4
	Joshua Thomond	0

References

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