2010–11 snooker season

The 2010–11 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 20 May 2010 and 2 May 2011. The German Masters was the first ranking tournament in Germany since the 1997/1998 season. The Grand Prix was renamed to World Open, and the format of the tournament was changed with 32 amateurs joining the Main Tour professionals. The Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series was introduced to the calendar. These events were open to amateurs and professionals with a separate Order of Merit. The top 24 in the Order of Merit qualified for the Finals, which was a ranking event. The Premier League was for the first time part of the Main Tour. The Jiangsu Classic was renamed to the Wuxi Classic, and other events were introduced to the calendar: the new cue sport Power Snooker, the World Seniors Championship, and Snooker Shoot Out. The Scottish Professional Championship was held for the first time since 1989.

At the end of the season John Higgins was named the World Snooker Player of the Year and the Snooker Writers Player of the Year, Judd Trump the Fans Player of the Year, Mark Williams the Players Player of the Year and Jack Lisowski the Rookie of the Year. Judd Trump received the "Performance of the Year" for winning his first ranking event, the China Open and reaching the final of the World Championship. "The Magic Moment" award has gone to Rory McLeod for his "thrilling" win against Tony Drago at the Snooker Shoot-Out. Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

New professional players
Countries

Note: new means in these case, that these players were not on the 2009/2010 professional Main Tour.

1. IBSF World Snooker Championship winner: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden
 * International champions:

2. IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: 🇹🇭 Noppon Saengkham

3. EBSA European Under-19 Snooker Championships winner: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jak Jones

4. EBSA International Play Off winner: 🇳🇴 Kurt Maflin

5. ACBS Asian Snooker Championship winner: 🇹🇭 Issara Kachaiwong

6. ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship winner: 🇨🇳 Liu Chuang 1. English nomination 1: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Wicheard
 * NGB nominations

2. English nomination 2: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kuldesh Johal

3. Welsh nomination: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Andrew Pagett

4. Scottish nomination: James McBain

5. Northern Irish nomination: Dermot McGlinchey

6. ACBS Asian Nomination: 🇹🇭 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Lisowski
 * From PIOS Tour

2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Highfield

3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Davison

4. Anthony McGill

5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson

6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie O'Neill

7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Astley

8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jamie Jones

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Reanne Evans
 * WPBSA Wildcard

2. 🇩🇪 Patrick Einsle

3. 🇧🇷 Igor Figueiredo

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

Points distribution
2010/2011 Points distribution for world ranking and minor-ranking events