Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Snooker world rankings 2008/2009: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players in the 2007/2008 season who qualified for the 2008/2009 season are listed below. The points listed here take into account the Snooker world ranking points 2006/2007 and Snooker world ranking points 2007/2008. The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the WPBSA. As of 17 July 2010, the number one-ranked player is John Higgins, although on May 2 2010 the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association suspended him from tournament play, pending an investigation into match fixing allegations made by the News of the World tabloid newspaper.