1984–85 snooker world rankings

none thumb|alt=Steve Davis playing snooker|Steve Davis (pictured in 2018) retained his top place in the rankings from the previous list.Hayton Dee 2004 120 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.Morrison 1987 107 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.Everton 1985 14–15 In the 1983/84 snooker season, the Lada Classic was added as a ranking tournament.Everton 1985 14–15 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.Morrison 1987 107Everton 1985 14–15 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. The tournaments that counted towards the 1984/1985 rankings were those which were open to all professional players, over three seasons. 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.Everton 1984a 6–7 The list was published after the 1984 World Championship. Steve Davis was ranked first with 32 points, ahead of Tony Knowles in second place with 21 points. Cliff Thorburn was third, with 20 points, a point ahead of Kirk Stevens in fourth.Everton Clive Clive Everton White moves up but Davis out on his own The Guardian https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/90086960/ 9 May 1984 29 Newspapers.com Ray Reardon dropped from second to fifth place.Hale Janice Rankings illustrate Davis domination The Daily Telegraph 9 May 1984 9 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. 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. Willie Thorne joined the top 16.How they stand: official world rankings 1985 Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 18–19 June 1984 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. 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. Points tariff +Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1984/1985Position1982 World Championship1983 and 1984 World ChampionshipsOther ranking tournaments Champion 5 10 5 Runner-up4 8 4 Losing semi-finalist 3 6 3 Losing Quarter-finalist2 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. All change again Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 13 July 1984 In the table, numbers in parentheses indicate that the player earned merit points.Merit points were awarded in addition to ranking points to players who had won a qualifying-stage group for all of the following tournaments: 1982 World Snooker Championship Embassy World Professional Championship Qualifying Competition Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 5–8 June 1982 Embassy World Professional Championship Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 9–27 June 1982 1982 International Open Jameson International Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 4–14 November 1982 1982 Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 16–22 November 1982 1983 World Snooker ChampionshipEverton 1985 75 1983 International OpenEverton 1985 76 1983 Professional Players TournamentEverton 1985 76–77 1984 ClassicEverton 1985 79 1984 World Snooker ChampionshipEverton 1985 80 thumb|alt=Jimmy White playing snooker|Jimmy White (pictured in 2016) was the losing finalist at the 1984 World Snooker Championship; he advanced from eleventh to seventh place in the rankings. thumb|alt=A head and shoulders picture of a smiling man|John Virgo (pictured in 2008) did not gain any ranking points in the 1983/84 snooker season, and dropped out of the top 16. +Snooker world rankings 1984/1985 Ranking Name 1982 1982/83 season 1983/84 season Ranking points Merit points WC IO PPT WC IO PPT Cl WC1 Steve Davis ENG 0 2 – 10 5 (0.5) 5 10 32 (0.5) 2 Tony Knowles ENG 2+(1) 5 (0.5) 6 1 5+(0.5) 2 0 21 (2)3 Cliff Thorburn CAN 0 1 1+(0.5) 8 4 2+(0.5) 0 4 20 (1)4 Kirk Stevens CAN 2 3 (0.5) 4 – 2+(0.5) 2 6 19 (1) 5Ray Reardon WAL 4 1 5+(0.5) 2 1 1+(0.5) 0 4 18 (1)6 Eddie Charlton AUS 3 0 3+(0.5) 4 3 1+(0.5) 2 2 18 (1)7 Jimmy White ENG 3+(1) 1 4+(0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 1 8 17 (2)8 Terry Griffiths WAL 0 2 2+(0.5) 2 3 1+(0.5) 2 4 16 (1) 9 Alex Higgins NIR 5 1 (0.5) 6 0 0 1 0 13 (0.5)10 Tony Meo ENG (1) 0 1+(0.5) 4+(0.5) 0 3+(0.5) 4 0 12 (3) 11 Dennis Taylor NIR 0 2 1+(0.5) 2 1 0 0 6 12 (0.5)12 Willie Thorne ENG 2+(1) 0 (0.5) 2 2+(0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 2+(1) 11 (3.5)13 John Spencer ENG 1 1 1+(0.5) 2 2 (0.5) 1 2 10 (1)14 Bill Werbeniuk CAN 1 1 2+(0.5) 4 0 (0.5) 0 2 10 (1) 15 Doug Mountjoy WAL 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 9 (0)16 David Taylor ENG 0 4 (0.5) 2 0 (0.5) 0 2 8 (1)17 Silvino Francisco RSA 1928 2+(1) – – (1) 2+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 2+(1) 8 (4.5)18 John Virgo ENG 1 3+(0.5) 3+(0.5) (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 7 (2.5)The July 1984 issue of Snooker Scene has 1.5, but this is presumably a typographical error. 19 Joe Johnson ENG 0 0 2+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 4+(0.5) (0.5) (1) 6 (3)20 John Parrott ENG – – – – – (0.5) 3+(0.5) 2+(1) 5 (2) 21 Mark Wildman ENG 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) (0.5) 1+(0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 5 (3.5)22 Dean Reynolds ENG 1+(1) 1+(0.5) 2+(0.5) (1) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) 0 4 (4.5)23 Cliff Wilson WAL (1) 2+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 4 (4)24 Perrie Mans RSA 1928 1 1 (0.5) 2 0 – – 0 4 (0.5) 25 Mike Hallett ENG (1) 0 (0.5) (1) 0 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 2 (4.5)The July 1984 issue of Snooker Scene has 4, but this is presumably a typographical error.26 Dave Martin ENG (1) 0 (0.5) (1) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 0 2 (3.5)27 Eugene Hughes IRL 0 (0.5) 0 (1) (0.5) 2+(0.5) (0.5) 0 2 (3)28 John Campbell AUS – – – (1) 0 2+(0.5) (0.5) 0 2 (2) 29 Murdo MacLeod SCO 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 1+(0.5) 0 2 (1.5)30 Neal Foulds ENG – – – – – 0 0 2+(1) 2 (1) 31 Rex Williams ENG (1) (0.5) (0.5) (1) 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 1 (5)32 Graham Miles ENG 1 0 0 (1) (0.5) (0.5) 0 (1) 1 (3) 33 Eddie Sinclair SCO 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 (0.5)(1) 1 (3)34 Mike Watterson ENG 0 (0.5) (0.5) 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 0 1 (2)35 Mario Morra CAN 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 (1) 1 (1.5) 36 Jim Donnelly SCO (1) 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 1 (1.5)37 Patsy Fagan IRL (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 1 (1.5)38 George Scott ENG – (0.5) – – 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 0 1 (1.5) 39 Colin Roscoe WAL 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 1 (1) 40 Jim Meadowcroft ENG (1) (0.5) (0.5) (1) – (0.5) (0.5) 0 0 (4)41 Jim Wych CAN 0 (0.5) (0.5) – – – – (1) 0 (2) 42 Mick Fisher ENG – (0.5) – (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 (2)43 Les Dodd ENG – (0.5) – (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1.5)44 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1.5) 45 Marcel Gauvreau CAN – – – – – 0 0 (1) 0 (1) 46 Fred Davis ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (1)47 Roy Andrewartha WAL – – – 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (1)48 Warren King AUS – – – 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (1)49 Paul Mifsud MLT – – – – – – – (1) 0 (1) 50 Ray Edmonds ENG 0 (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 (1)51 Ian Black SCO 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1)52 John Dunning ENG (1) 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 (1)53 John Bear CAN (1) – – – – – – – 0 (1)54 Eddie McLaughlin SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 (0.5)55 Tommy Murphy NIR 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 56 Frank Jonik CAN 0 0 (0.5) 0 – 0 0 0 0 (0.5)57 Steve Duggan ENG – – – – – (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 58 Paddy Morgan AUS 0 – 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 (0.5)59 Billy Kelly IRL 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 60 Clive Everton WAL 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5)61 Jackie Rea NIR – – (0.5) – 0 – 0 – 0 (0.5) 1983/1984 1985/1986 1984/1985 Notes References Citations Books Everton Clive Clive Everton 1984a Benson and Hedges Snooker Year First London Virgin Books 978-0-86369-051-8 Everton Clive Clive Everton 1985 Snooker: The Records Guinness Superlatives Enfield 978-0-85112-448-3 Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History Rose Villa Publications Lowestoft 978-0-9548549-0-4 Morrison Ian 1987 The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker Revised Twickenham Hamlyn Publishing Group 978-0-600-55604-6 1984 Rankings 1985 Rankings 1984