1985–86 snooker world rankings

none thumb|alt=A man playing snooker|Steve Davis (pictured in 2008) retained his place at the top of the rankings. 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.Morrison 1987 107 After the 1982 World Snooker Championship, two other tournaments which were open to all members of the WPBSA – the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament – carried ranking points. 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 1983/1984 snooker season, the Lada Classic was added as a ranking tournament.Everton 1985 14–15 The UK Championship and Dulux British Open were added to the ranking list from the 1984/1985 season, which meant that performances in those events were taken into account for the 1985/1986 rankings. In the same season, due to changes in sponsors, the Professional Players Tournament became the Rothmans Grand Prix, and the Lada Classic became the Mercantile Credit Classic.Morrison 1987 107 The tournaments that counted towards the 1985/1986 rankings were those which were open to all professional players over the preceding three seasons.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).How they stand: official world rankings 1985 Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 18–19 June 1984 World rankings and how they earned them Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 4–5 July 1985 The journalist Janice Hale commented in March 1985 that as the ranking list was updated only annually, players such as John Spencer who had won only one match in the year since the 1984 World Championship, and Bill Werbeniuk, who had not won any, were at an advantage over other players who had performed better in that time, as the top 16 received direct entry to the last-32 round of the 1985 World Snooker Championship, meaning that their minimum guaranteed prize money was higher.Janice Hale The Observer 3 March 1985 46 Seeds that are not always hardy annuals https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-seeds-that-are-not-always-h/146125777/ Newspapers.com 27 April 2024 10 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240510213920/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer-seeds-that-are-not-always-h/146125777/ live Steve Davis retained the number one position that he had held in the previous two ranking lists, while Cliff Thorburn moved up from second to third, exchanging places with Tony Knowles.Hayton Dee 2004 120Everton 1985a 8–9 The 1985 World champion Dennis Taylor moved up from 11th to fourth.Everton 1985a 8–9 Of the top 16 players from the previous year, the largest drops were by Eddie Charlton, from sixth to 12th, and by Spencer, who went from 13th to 20th.Everton 1985a 8–9 Points tariff In addition to standard ranking points, a "merit" point was awarded for losers in the last 32 of the World Championship, and a half merit point awarded to losers in the last 32 of other ranking tournaments. 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).Everton 1985 14–15 Merit points were only used to determine placings between players that had an equal opportunity to earn them; players in the top 16 could not earn merit points from tournaments where they were exempted into the last-32 round. Players ranked from 77 to 102 had no ranking or merit points, with their positions determined by their performances in the 1985 World Snooker Championship, with frames won being taken into consideration if the round reached was equal.Hale 1985 9 HaleYearbook +Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1985/1986PlacingWorld ChampionshipsOther Ranking TournamentsChampion 10 5Runner-up 8 4Losing semi-finalist 6 3Losing Quarter-finalist 4 2Last 16 Loser 2 1Last 32 Loser 1 merit point 0.5 merit point Rankings thumb|alt=A man wearing large glasses|Dennis Taylor (pictured in 2008) rose seven places in the rankings, to fourth, after winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship The rankings for the 1985/1986 season are shown in the tables below.Everton 1985 14–15, 86–87Ranking History http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp?sort=1985/1986&order=asc Snooker.org 26 April 2024 8 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230208075400/https://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp?sort=1985/1986&order=asc live +Snooker world rankings 1985/1986 for players with ranking points or merit points Ranking Name 1982–83 season 1983–84 season 1984–85 season Total Merit points IO PPT WC IO PPT Cl WC IO GP UK Cl BO WC 1Steve Davis ENG 2 – 10 5 (0.5) 5 10 5 3+(0.5) 5 3 3+(0.5) 8 59 (1.5) 2Cliff Thorburn CAN 1 1+(0.5) 8 4 2+(0.5) 0 4 0 4+(0.5) 3 4 1+(0.5) 4 36 (2) 3Tony Knowles ENG 5 (0.5) 6 1 5+(0.5) 2 0 4 2+(0.5) 2 0 1+(0.5) 6 34 (2) 4Dennis Taylor NIR 2 1+(0.5) 2 1 0 0 6 2 5+(0.5) 1 0 2+(0.5) 10 32 (1.5) 5Kirk Stevens CAN 3 (0.5) 4 – 2+(0.5) 2 6 0 2+(0.5) 3 1 4+(0.5) 2 29 (2) 6Ray Reardon WAL 1 5+(0.5) 2 1 1+(0.5) 0 4 1 1+(0.5) 2 2 (0.5) 6 26 (2) 7Jimmy White ENG 1 4+(0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 1 8 2 (0.5) 2 1 (0.5) 4 23 (2) 8Terry Griffiths WAL 2 2+(0.5) 2 3 1+(0.5) 2 4 1 0 0 2 (0.5) 4 23 (1.5) 9Alex Higgins NIR 1 (0.5) 6 0 0 1 0 2 (0.5) 4 1 3+(0.5) 2 20 (1.5) 10Tony Meo ENG 0 1+(0.5) 4+(1) 0 3+(0.5) 4 0 1 1+(0.5) 1 0 2+(0.5) 2 19 (3) 11Willie Thorne ENG 0 (0.5) 2 2+(0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 2+(1) 2 1+(0.5) 2 5 (0.5) 0 19 (3.5) 12Eddie Charlton AUS 0 3+(0.5) 4 3 1+(0.5) 2 2 0 1+(0.5) 1 0 0 2 19 (1.5) 13Silvino Francisco RSA 1928 – – (1) 2+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 2+(1) 3+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (0.5) (0.5) 5+(0.5) (1) 15The WPBSA decided at their meeting on 10 June 1985 to deduct two ranking points from Francisco for misconduct at the 1985 British Open, leaving him with 13.Hale Janice Who judges the judges? Snooker Scene July 1985 18–19 The penalty was revoked in December 1985.Snooker fine overturned The Vancouver Sun 24 December 1985 f6 (7) 14David Taylor ENG 4 (0.5) 2 0 (0.5) 0 2 1 1+(0.5) 1 0 0 2 13 (1.5) 15Doug Mountjoy WAL 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 2+(0.5) 1 0 0 2 13 (0.5) 16Joe Johnson ENG 0 2+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 4+(0.5) (0.5) (1) 1+(0.5) (0.5)1+(0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 (1) 11 (6) 17Bill Werbeniuk CAN 1 2+(0.5) 4 0 (0.5) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 (1) 18John Parrott ENG – – – – (0.5) 3+(0.5) 2+(1) 0 (0.5) (0.5) 0 (0.5) 4+(1) 9 (4.5) 19John Virgo ENG 3+(0.5) 3+(0.5) (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 2+(0.5) (0.5) (1) 9 (5.5) 20John Spencer ENG 1 1+(0.5) 2 2 (0.5) 1 2 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 9 (1.5) 21Eugene Hughes IRL (0.5) 0 (1) (0.5) 2+(0.5) (0.5) 0 3+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) 2+(0.5) (1) 8 (6) 22Cliff Wilson WAL 2+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 0 6 (4.5) 23Neal Foulds ENG – – – – 0 0 2+(1) (0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 0 (0.5) (1) 5 (3.5) 24Dean Reynolds ENG 1+(0.5) 2+(0.5) (1) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) 0 (0.5) 2+(0.5) 0 0 (0.5) (1) 5 (6) 25Mark Wildman ENG (0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) (0.5) 1+(0.5) 3+(0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 0 5 (4.5) 26Murdo MacLeod SCO 0 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 4 (5) 27Rex Williams ENG (0.5) (0.5) (1) 0 (0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) (0.5) (0.5) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 (1) 3 (7) 28Mike Hallett ENG 0 (0.5) (1) 0 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) (1) 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (1) 3 (6.5) 29Dave Martin ENG 0 (0.5) (1) 1+(0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 3 (3.5) 30Perrie Mans RSA 1928 1 (0.5) 2 0 – – 0 0 0 0 – – – 3 (0.5) 31John Campbell AUS – – (1) 0 2+(0.5) (0.5) 0 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) 0 0 (1) 2 (4.5) 32Dene O'Kane NZL – – – – – – – (0.5) 0 0 0 2+(0.5) (1) 2 (2) 33Patsy Fagan IRL 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 – 0 (0.5) 0 2+(1) 2 (2) 34Steve Newbury WAL – – – – – – – 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 2 (1) 35Warren King AUS – – 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (0.5) 2+(0.5) 0 0 2 (2) 36Graham Miles ENG 0 0 (1) (0.5) (0.5) 0 (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 1 (4) 37Steve Longworth ENG – – – – – – – 0 0 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 1 (1) 38Eddie Sinclair SCO (0.5) 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 (0.5) (1) (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (3.5) 39Marcel Gauvreau CAN – – – – 0 0 (1) 1+(0.5) 0 (0.5) (0.5) 0 0 1 (2.5) 40Malcolm Bradley ENG – – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 1 (0.5) 41George Scott ENG (0.5) – – 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 1 (2) 42Mike Watterson ENG (0.5) (0.5) 0 1+(0.5) (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 43Mario Morra CAN 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1.5) 44Bob Chaperon CAN – – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 1 (0.5) 45Colin Roscoe WAL (0.5) 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 46Jim Donnelly SCO 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (0.5) 47Ian Williamson ENG 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+(0.5) 0 0 0 0 1 (0.5) 48Jim Meadowcroft ENG (0.5) (0.5) (1) – (0.5) (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 49Wayne Jones WAL – – – – – – – (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) (1) 0 (2) 50Tony Jones ENG – – – – 0 0 0 0 (0.5) (0.5) 0 0 (1) 0 (2) 51Ray Edmonds ENG (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (2) 52Jim Wych CAN (0.5) (0.5) – – – – (1) – – – – – 0 0 (2) 53Les Dodd ENG (0.5) – (1) 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 54Mick Fisher ENG (0.5) – (1) 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 55Danny Fowler ENG – – – – – – – (0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 (0.5) 0 0 (1.5) 56Fred Davis ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 57Ian Black SCO 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 58Tommy Murphy NIR 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 (1) 59Peter Francisco RSA 1928 – – – – – – – 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 60Paul Medati ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 61Paddy Browne IRL – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 62Robby Foldvari AUS – – – – – – – 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 (0.5) 63Eddie McLaughlin SCO 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 64John Dunning ENG 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 – – 0 0 (0.5) 65Vic Harris ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 66Bob Harris ENG 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 – (0.5) 0 0 (0.5) 67John Rea SCO – – – – – – – 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 68Tony Chappel WAL – – – – – – – 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 69Jack McLaughlin NIR – – – – – – – 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 – 0 (0.5) 70Steve Duggan ENG – – – – (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 71Billy Kelly IRL (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 72Frank Jonik CAN 0 (0.5) 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 73Clive Everton WAL 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 74Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0.5) 75Paddy Morgan AUS – 0 0 (0.5) 0 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 (0.5) 76Jackie Rea NIR – (0.5) – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – – 0 (0.5) +Snooker world rankings 1985/1986 for players without ranking points or merit pointsEverton 1985 14–15, 86–87RankingName1985 WC result 77 Gino Rigitano CAN Lost 8–10 at last 48 stage 78 Geoff Foulds ENG Lost 6–10 at last 48 stage 79 Dave Chalmers ENG Lost 1–10 at last 48 stage 80 Jimmy van Rensberg RSA 1928 Lost 9–10 at last 48 stage 81 Matt Gibson SCO Lost 8–10 at last 48 stage 82 Bernie Mikkelsen CAN Lost 9–10 at last-80 stage 83 Mike Hines RSA 1928 Lost 7–10 at last-80 stage 84 Ian Anderson AUS Lost 5–10 at last-80 stage 85 Bill Oliver ENG Lost 3–10 at last-80 stage 86 Pascal Burke IRL Lost 3–10 at last-80 stage 87 Joe Cagianello CAN Withdrew at last-80 stage 88 Dennis Hughes ENG Lost 9–10 at last-96 stage 89 Graham Cripsey ENG Lost 8–10 at last-96 stage 90 Anthony Kearney IRL Lost 8–10 at last-96 stage 91 Maurice Parkin ENG Lost 6–10 at last-96 stage 92 Bert Demarco SCO Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage 93 Paul Watchorn IRL Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage 94 Bernard Bennett ENG Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage 95Derek Mienie RSA 1928 Lost 4–10 at last-96 stage 96 David Greaves ENG Lost 3–10 at last-96 stage 97 Mike Darrington ENG Lost 2–10 at last-96 stage 98 Leon Heywood AUS Lost 1–10 at last-96 stage 99 Dessie Sheehan IRL Lost 9–10 in round 1 100 Roger Bales ENG Lost 7–10 in round 1 101 James Giannaros AUS Lost 1–10 in round 1 102 John Hargreaves ENG Lost 0–10 in round 1 1984/1985 1986/1987 1985/1986 Notes References Books Everton Clive Clive Everton 1985 Snooker: The Records Guinness Superlatives Enfield 978-0-85112-448-3 Everton Clive 1985a Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Second London Virgin Books 978-0-86369-100-3 Hale Janice 1985 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1985–86 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press 978-0-356-12023-2 HaleYearbook 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 1985 Rankings 1986 Rankings 1985