1984–85 snooker world rankings
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The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body for professional snooker, first introduced a ranking system for professional players in 1976, with the aim of seeding players for the World Snooker Championship. The reigning champion would be automatically seeded first, the losing finalist from the previous year seeded second, and the other seedings based on the ranking list. Initially the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships, with five points for the winner, four for the runner-up, three for losing semi-finalists, two for losing quarter-finalists, and one for losers in the last 16 round.[2] After the 1982 World Snooker Championship, two other tournaments – the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament – which were open to all members of the WPBSA carried points as per the previous system. Points for world championship finishes from 1983 became worth double the previous tariff, with ten points for the winner, eight for the runner up, and so on.[3] In the 1983/84 snooker season, the Lada Classic was added as a ranking tournament.[3] Merit points were awarded to players who were required to compete in qualifying rounds of ranking tournaments and reached the last 32, with a full merit point awarded if this was achieved in the world championship, and half a merit point otherwise.[2][3] No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament: for example, a top 16 player seeded into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match.[4] The tournaments that counted towards the 1984/1985 rankings were those which were open to all professional players, over three seasons.[4] These were the Jameson International Open 1982 and 1983, the Professional Players Tournament 1982 and 1983, the 1984 Lada Classic, and the 1982, 1983 and 1984 Embassy World Championships.[5] The list was published after the 1984 World Championship.[6] Steve Davis was ranked first with 32 points, ahead of Tony Knowles in second place with 21 points.[7] Cliff Thorburn was third, with 20 points, a point ahead of Kirk Stevens in fourth.[7] Ray Reardon dropped from second to fifth place.[6] The top 16 players in the rankings were seeded into the main event of the 1985 World Snooker Championship, while all other players would need to enter the qualifying rounds.[4] John Virgo, who did not win any ranking points in the 1983/1984 season, was the only player to lose their place in the top 16 from the previous year.[4] Willie Thorne joined the top 16.[4] After the initial ranking list was published, the board of the WPBSA voted to award merit points, as well as ranking points, to players who had won qualifying groups and then progressed in the main tournament; the initial list had not included merit points for those players.[8] Three pairs of players exchanged positions as a result: Tony Meo moved from eleventh to tenth place, ahead of Dennis Taylor; Dean Reynolds took 22nd place from Cliff Wilson who moved to 23rd; and Patsy Fagan overtook George Scott to be ranked 37th rather than 38th.[8]
Points tariff
| Position | 1982 World Championship | 1983 and 1984 World Championships | Other ranking tournaments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Runner-up | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Losing semi-finalist | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Losing Quarter-finalist | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Last 16 Loser | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Last 32 Loser | 1 merit point | 1 merit point | 0.5 merit point |
Rankings
The world rankings for the professional snooker players in the 1984/85 season are listed below.[4][8] In the table, numbers in parentheses indicate that the player earned merit points.[lower-alpha 1]
| Ranking | Name | 1982 | 1982/83 season | 1983/84 season | Ranking points | Merit points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC | IO | PPT | WC | IO | PPT | Cl | WC | ||||
| 1 | File:Flag of England.svg Steve Davis (ENG) | 0 | 2 | – | 10 | 5 | (0.5) | 5 | 10 | 32 | (0.5) |
| 2 | File:Flag of England.svg Tony Knowles (ENG) | 2+(1) | 5 | (0.5) | 6 | 1 | 5+(0.5) | 2 | 0 | 21 | (2) |
| 3 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1+(0.5) | 8 | 4 | 2+(0.5) | 0 | 4 | 20 | (1) |
| 4 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kirk Stevens (CAN) | 2 | 3 | (0.5) | 4 | – | 2+(0.5) | 2 | 6 | 19 | (1) |
| 5 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Ray Reardon (WAL) | 4 | 1 | 5+(0.5) | 2 | 1 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 4 | 18 | (1) |
| 6 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 3+(0.5) | 4 | 3 | 1+(0.5) | 2 | 2 | 18 | (1) |
| 7 | File:Flag of England.svg Jimmy White (ENG) | 3+(1) | 1 | 4+(0.5) | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 1 | 8 | 17 | (2) |
| 8 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 0 | 2 | 2+(0.5) | 2 | 3 | 1+(0.5) | 2 | 4 | 16 | (1) |
| 9 | File:Ulster Banner.svg Alex Higgins (NIR) | 5 | 1 | (0.5) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | (0.5) |
| 10 | File:Flag of England.svg Tony Meo (ENG) | (1) | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 4+(0.5) | 0 | 3+(0.5) | 4 | 0 | 12 | (3) |
| 11 | File:Ulster Banner.svg Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 0 | 2 | 1+(0.5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | (0.5) |
| 12 | File:Flag of England.svg Willie Thorne (ENG) | 2+(1) | 0 | (0.5) | 2 | 2+(0.5) | 3+(0.5) | 0 | 2+(1) | 11 | (3.5) |
| 13 | File:Flag of England.svg John Spencer (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 1+(0.5) | 2 | 2 | (0.5) | 1 | 2 | 10 | (1) |
| 14 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2+(0.5) | 4 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 2 | 10 | (1) |
| 15 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | (0) |
| 16 | File:Flag of England.svg David Taylor (ENG) | 0 | 4 | (0.5) | 2 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 2 | 8 | (1) |
| 17 | File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Silvino Francisco (RSA) | 2+(1) | – | – | (1) | 2+(0.5) | 1+(0.5) | 1+(0.5) | 2+(1) | 8 | (4.5) |
| 18 | File:Flag of England.svg John Virgo (ENG) | 1 | 3+(0.5) | 3+(0.5) | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 7 | (2.5)[lower-alpha 2] |
| 19 | File:Flag of England.svg Joe Johnson (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 2+(0.5) | 0 | (0.5) | 4+(0.5) | (0.5) | (1) | 6 | (3) |
| 20 | File:Flag of England.svg John Parrott (ENG) | – | – | – | – | – | (0.5) | 3+(0.5) | 2+(1) | 5 | (2) |
| 21 | File:Flag of England.svg Mark Wildman (ENG) | 0 | (0.5) | 1+(0.5) | (1) | (0.5) | 1+(0.5) | 3+(0.5) | 0 | 5 | (3.5) |
| 22 | File:Flag of England.svg Dean Reynolds (ENG) | 1+(1) | 1+(0.5) | 2+(0.5) | (1) | (0.5) | (0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 4 | (4.5) |
| 23 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Cliff Wilson (WAL) | (1) | 2+(0.5) | 1+(0.5) | (1) | 0 | 1+(0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 4 | (4) |
| 24 | File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg Perrie Mans (RSA) | 1 | 1 | (0.5) | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 4 | (0.5) |
| 25 | File:Flag of England.svg Mike Hallett (ENG) | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | (1) | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 1+(0.5) | (1) | 2 | (4.5)[lower-alpha 3] |
| 26 | File:Flag of England.svg Dave Martin (ENG) | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | (1) | 1+(0.5) | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 0 | 2 | (3.5) |
| 27 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Eugene Hughes (IRL) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | (1) | (0.5) | 2+(0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 2 | (3) |
| 28 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Campbell (AUS) | – | – | – | (1) | 0 | 2+(0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 2 | (2) |
| 29 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Murdo MacLeod (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 2 | (1.5) |
| 30 | File:Flag of England.svg Neal Foulds (ENG) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2+(1) | 2 | (1) |
| 31 | File:Flag of England.svg Rex Williams (ENG) | (1) | (0.5) | (0.5) | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | 1+(0.5) | (1) | 1 | (5) |
| 32 | File:Flag of England.svg Graham Miles (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | (1) | (0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | (1) | 1 | (3) |
| 33 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Eddie Sinclair (SCO) | 0 | (0.5) | 1+(0.5) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | (0.5) | (1) | 1 | (3) |
| 34 | File:Flag of England.svg Mike Watterson (ENG) | 0 | (0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 1+(0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | (2) |
| 35 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mario Morra (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 | (1.5) |
| 36 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Jim Donnelly (SCO) | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (1.5) |
| 37 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Patsy Fagan (IRL) | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 1 | (1.5) |
| 38 | File:Flag of England.svg George Scott (ENG) | – | (0.5) | – | – | 1+(0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | (1.5) |
| 39 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Colin Roscoe (WAL) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+(0.5) | 0 | 1 | (1) |
| 40 | File:Flag of England.svg Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) | (1) | (0.5) | (0.5) | (1) | – | (0.5) | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | (4) |
| 41 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jim Wych (CAN) | 0 | (0.5) | (0.5) | – | – | – | – | (1) | 0 | (2) |
| 42 | File:Flag of England.svg Mick Fisher (ENG) | – | (0.5) | – | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2) |
| 43 | File:Flag of England.svg Les Dodd (ENG) | – | (0.5) | – | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1.5) |
| 44 | File:Flag of England.svg Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) | (1) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1.5) |
| 45 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marcel Gauvreau (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | (1) |
| 46 | File:Flag of England.svg Fred Davis (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | (1) |
| 47 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Roy Andrewartha (WAL) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | (1) |
| 48 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren King (AUS) | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | (1) |
| 49 | File:Flag of Malta.svg Paul Mifsud (MLT) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (1) | 0 | (1) |
| 50 | File:Flag of England.svg Ray Edmonds (ENG) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
| 51 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Ian Black (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
| 52 | File:Flag of England.svg John Dunning (ENG) | (1) | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
| 53 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Bear (CAN) | (1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | (1) |
| 54 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Eddie McLaughlin (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 55 | File:Ulster Banner.svg Tommy Murphy (NIR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 56 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Jonik (CAN) | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 57 | File:Flag of England.svg Steve Duggan (ENG) | – | – | – | – | – | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 58 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paddy Morgan (AUS) | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 59 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Billy Kelly (IRL) | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 60 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Clive Everton (WAL) | 0 | 0 | (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.5) |
| 61 | File:Ulster Banner.svg Jackie Rea (NIR) | – | – | (0.5) | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | (0.5) |
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| Preceded by 1983/1984 |
1984/1985 | Succeeded by 1985/1986 |
Notes
- ↑ Merit points were awarded in addition to ranking points to players who had won a qualifying-stage group for all of the following tournaments:[8]
- ↑ The July 1984 issue of Snooker Scene has 1.5,[8] but this is presumably a typographical error.
- ↑ The July 1984 issue of Snooker Scene has 4,[8] but this is presumably a typographical error.
References
Citations
- ↑ Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 120.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morrison 1987, p. 107.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Everton 1985, pp. 14–15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "How they stand: official world rankings 1985". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1984. pp. 18–19.
- ↑ Everton 1984a, pp. 6–7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hale, Janice (9 May 1984). "Rankings illustrate Davis domination". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Everton, Clive (9 May 1984). "White moves up but Davis out on his own". The Guardian. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 "All change again". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1984. p. 13.
- ↑ "Embassy World Professional Championship Qualifying Competition". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1982. pp. 5–8.
- ↑ "Embassy World Professional Championship". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1982. pp. 9–27.
- ↑ "Jameson International". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. November 1982. pp. 4–14.
- ↑ "Professional Players Tournament". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. November 1982. pp. 16–22.
- ↑ Everton 1985, p. 75.
- ↑ Everton 1985, p. 76.
- ↑ Everton 1985, pp. 76–77.
- ↑ Everton 1985, p. 79.
- ↑ Everton 1985, p. 80.
Books
- Everton, Clive, ed. (1984a). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (First ed.). London: Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-86369-051-8.
- Everton, Clive (1985). Snooker: The Records. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 978-0-85112-448-3.
- Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
- Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
