The World Series of Snooker was played for the first time in the 2008/2009 season. Although there was a previous incarnation of the event organised by Matchroom Sport, that ran in the 1987/88 season, and from 1990/91 until 1992/93. It was a series of five non-ranking tournaments spread over Europe, where top professional players performed against regional wildcard players. The series consisted of four tournaments plus a Grand Final for which the winner earned €50,000. The winner of each tournament received five points, the runner-up three and losing semi-finalists one each. These points determined the seeding positions for the Grand Final, with the top four getting a bye to quarter-finals and fifth and sixth getting a bye to the second round. In the final Shaun Murphy defeated John Higgins 6–2.

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The first event was held in Saint Helier, Jersey between 21 and 22 June 2008. John Higgins won in the final 6–3 against Mark Selby.

Players

Professionals: Wildcards:

Main draw

Century breaks

World Series of Snooker Berlin

The second event was held in Berlin, Germany between 12 and 13 July 2008. Graeme Dott won in the final 6–1 against Shaun Murphy.

Players

Professionals: Wildcards:

Main draw

Century breaks

World Series of Snooker Warsaw

The third event was held in Warsaw, Poland between 25 and 26 October 2008. Ding Junhui won in the final 6–4 against Ken Doherty.

Players

Professionals: Wildcards:

Main draw

Century breaks

World Series of Snooker Moscow

The fourth event was held in Moscow, Russia between 22 and 23 November 2008. John Higgins won in the final 5–0 against Ding Junhui.

Players

Professionals: Wildcards:

Main draw

Century breaks

Points table

World Series of Snooker Grand Final

The Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker was held in Portimão, Portugal between 8–10 May 2009. Shaun Murphy won in the final 6–2 against John Higgins. This was the only Grand Final in the history of the World Series of Snooker. Murphy won the title a week after losing the World Snooker Championship Final to Higgins.

Players

Group one: Group two: Knockout stage: Note: professional players in bold.

Round-robin stage

Round one was played in a round robin format. The matches were best of seven frames. Each player played each other once. The winner and runner-up advanced to round two.

Group one

Table Matches:

Group two

Table Matches:

Knockout stage

Century breaks