Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Selby wuxuu lumiyay booska ugu sarreeya qiimeynta O'Sullivan bishii Maarso 24, 2019, isagoo ahaa lambarka koowaad ee adduunka tan iyo Febraayo 2015. O'Sullivan wuxuu dib u soo ceshay kaalinta koowaad isagoo ku guuleystay horyaalkiisii 36-aad ee tartanka Tour Championship; Selby laftiisa ayaa lagu tirtiray wareegga koowaad Neil Robertson oo go'aan ka gaaray wareegga ugu dambeeya, ka dib markii uu khasaariyay afar wareeg oo horyaal ah. Waxa uu fursad u helay in uu dib u helo kaalinta koowaad ee China Open
wax ka yar laba toddobaad ka dib, laakiin waxaa laga badiyay 3<unk>6 Craig Steadman wareegga isreebreebka oo la qabtay laga soo bilaabo marxaladda isreebreebka asalka ah ee bishii Febraayo. Horyaalka Adduunka, Selby wuxuu ku garaacay Zhao Xintong 10<unk>7 wareegga koowaad ka hor inta uusan ku guuleysan 10<unk>13 Gary Wilson wareegga labaad. Natiijada ka soo baxday waxqabadkan dhexdhexaadka ah, wuxuu xilli ciyaareedkii ku soo gabagabeeyay lambarka lixaad ee adduunka, isagoo sidoo kale ka sarreeyey John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Mark Williams iyo Judd Trump.