Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Selby ya rasa matsayi mafi girma ga O'Sullivan a ranar 24 ga Maris, 2019, kasancewar shi ne na duniya tun daga watan Fabrairun 2015. O'Sullivan ya sake samun matsayi na farko ta hanyar lashe lambar yabo ta 36 a gasar Championship; Selby da kansa an cire shi a zagaye na farko ta Neil Robertson a cikin yanke shawara na karshe, bayan ya ɓata jagorancin hoto huɗu. Yana da damar da za ta sake samun matsayi na farko a
China Open kasa da makonni biyu daga baya, amma ya rasa 3<unk>6 ga Craig Steadman a zagayen shiga gasar da aka gudanar daga matakin shiga gasar na farko a watan Fabrairu. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, Selby ya doke Zhao Xintong 10<unk>7 a zagaye na farko kafin Gary Wilson ya doke shi 10<unk>13 a zagaye na biyu. Sakamakon wannan wasan kwaikwayon mara kyau, ya ƙare kakar wasa a matsayin na shida a duniya, wanda John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Mark Williams da Judd Trump suka wuce.