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The 2021 WST Pro Series was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 18 January to 21 March 2021 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. The event featured 128 players, and was played over three stages of round-robin groups of eight players, with the Final Group winner as the tournament champion.

Seven-time World Champion, Stephen Hendry, was due to make his return to the professional snooker tour, having initially retired in 2012. However, he withdrew before the tournament began.

Gary Wilson made his third career maximum break in the second frame of his Group G match with Liam Highfield.

Mark Williams won the only edition of the event, winning the 23rd ranking title of his career on his 46th birthday, becoming the third oldest ranking event winner behind Welsh compatriots Doug Mountjoy who was 46 in 1989 and Ray Reardon who was 50 in 1982.

Turnaj WST Pro Series 2021 je sérií 8 turnajů snookeru, které se budou konat v Milton Keynes od 12. března do 2. května. Jedná se o první z řady turnajů, které se budou konat v nově postaveném Marshall Areně.

Turnaje se budou hrát na modulárním stole Matchroom s použitím systému 12 červených koulí. Turnajů se zúčastní 128 hráčů, kteří budou rozděleni do 16 skupin po 8 hráčích. Vítězové každé skupiny postoupí do finále, které se bude hrát na 4 vítězné zápasy.

Turnajová série nabídne celkový prize pool 200 000 £, přičemž vítěz obdrží 20 000 £. Turnaj bude vysílán živě na Eurosportu.