International Open Series

The International Open Series (often referred to as Pontins International Open Series or PIOS for sponsorship purposes), was a series of snooker tournaments that ran from the 2001/2002 season until the 2009/2010 season. It was originally called the Open Tour but was renamed in 2005/2006.

History

It was established to provide players not on the WPBSA Main Tour or Challenge Tour with professional competition, and the best performers were promoted to the Challenge Tour. It was organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association during its first season, but the English Association of Snooker and Billiards took it over from 2002/2003. Following the EASB's split from the WPBSA, the entry criteria were revised barring professional and non-English players from entering. After the Challenge Tour was discontinued, the entry criteria were revised again to allow international amateur players to compete, and from 2005/2006 the competition promoted players directly to the Main Tour. The series was abandoned after the 2009/2010 season and replaced by the Q School in the 2010/2011 season.

Event finals

Season	Event	Winner	Runner-up	Final score
Open Tour
2001/2002	Event 1	Mark Gray	Shaun Murphy	5–2
	Event 2	Brian Morgan	Leo Fernandez	5–2
	Event 3	Robin Hull	Colm Gilcreest	5–4
	Event 4	Matthew Couch	Munraj Pal	5–3
	Event 5	Lee Spick	Mark Gray	5–3
	Event 6	Stuart Bingham	Matthew Selt	5–4
2002/2003	Event 1	Ryan Day	James Reynolds	5–4
	Event 2	Ryan Day	Mark Gray	5–3
	Event 3	Rory McLeod	Mark Gray	5–2
	Event 4	Ricky Walden	Jamie Cope	5–1
2003/2004	Event 1	David KL Taylor	Darren McVicar	4–3
	Event 2	James Tatton	Lee Richardson	4–2
	Event 3	Lee Richardson	Jamie Barratt	4–0
	Event 4	Sean Bullock	Andy Radford	4–0
	Event 5	Andy Radford	Mark Sutton	4–0
	Event 6	Eddie Cooper	Nick Spelman	4–2
	Event 7	Alan Trigg	Wayne Cooper	4–1
	Event 8	Paul Davison	Wayne Cooper	4–2
	Final play-off	Wayne Cooper	Nick Spelman	5–1
International Open Series
2005/2006	Event 1	Tian Pengfei	Martin Gould	6–3
	Event 2	Mark Joyce	James Leadbetter	6–3
	Event 3	Liu Song	Stephen Rowlings	6–1
	Event 4	Colm Gilcreest	Mark Joyce	6–3
	Event 5	Chris Melling	Paul Davison	6–5
	Event 6	Liu Song	Paul Davison	6–3
	Event 7	Tian Pengfei	Liu Song	6–3
	Event 8	Andrew Higginson	Jamie O'Neill	6–3
2006/2007	Event 1	Munraj Pal	Kurt Maflin	6–3
	Event 2	Julian Logue	Alex Davies	6–5
	Event 3	Leo Fernandez	Lee Walker	6–5
	Event 4	Kuldesh Johal	Lee Walker	6–4
	Event 5	Kurt Maflin	Ashley Wright	6–3
	Event 6	Jamie O'Neill	Ashley Wright	6–2
	Event 7	Bjorn Haneveer	Craig Steadman	6–2
	Event 8	James McBain	Kurt Maflin	6–4
2007/2008	Event 1	Simon Bedford	Gary Wilkinson	6–3
	Event 2	Kuldesh Johal	Andrew Pagett	6–4
	Event 3	Paul Davison	Michael King	6–2
	Event 4	Matthew Couch	Michael Wild	6–3
	Event 5	Peter Lines	Daniel Wells	6–5
	Event 6	Kuldesh Johal	Simon Bedford	6–5
	Event 7	Jamie Jones	Peter Lines	6–2
	Event 8	Liam Highfield	Justin Astley	6–2
2008/2009	Event 1	Bjorn Haneveer	Andrew Atkinson	6–2
	Event 2	Xiao Guodong	Noppadol Sangnil	6–5
	Event 3	Shokat Ali	Michael White	6–3
	Event 4	Craig Steadman	Mike Hallett	6–1
	Event 5	Chris Norbury	Alfie Burden	6–2
	Event 6	Xiao Guodong	Jack Lisowski	6–0
	Event 7	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Lee Page	6–3
	Event 8	Joe Jogia	Ben Woollaston	6–5
2009/2010	Event 1	Jack Lisowski	Liam Highfield	6–5
	Event 2	Liam Highfield	Neal Jones	6–2
	Event 3	Paul Davison	Kyren Wilson	6–4
	Event 4	Jamie Jones	Jak Jones	6–0
	Event 5	Anthony McGill	Farakh Ajaib	6–0
	Event 6	Kyren Wilson	Liam Highfield	6–4
	Event 7	Paul Davison	Justin Astley	6–2
	Event 8	Jack Lisowski	Justin Astley	6–1

Order of Merit winners

Season	Winner
2005/2006	Liu Song
2006/2007	Kurt Maflin
2007/2008	Kuldesh Johal
2008/2009	Joe Jogia
2009/2010	Jack Lisowski