1989–90 snooker world rankings

none thumb|alt=Steve Davis playing snooker|Steve Davis (pictured in 2012) topped the rankings for the seventh consecutive year.Hayton Dee 2004 1201–21 thumb|alt=John Parrott looking at the camera|John Parrott (pictured in 2008) was ranked second.Hayton Dee 2004 1201–21 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.Morrison 1987 107 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.Morrison 1987 107 Initially, the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships.Morrison 1987 107 The 1983–84 snooker world rankings were the first to take tournaments other than world championship into account, and several additional tournaments were designated as ranking tournaments over the following years.New W.P.B.S.A. rankings Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham June 1983 28Morrison 1987 107 The list for the 1986–87 snooker season was the first to only take account of results over two seasons, and the rankings for 1989–90 were also based on results from the preceding two seasons.Everton 1986 9Smith 1989 12–13 Barry Hearn, the manager of a number of leading players including Steve Davis and Jimmy White,Acteson Steve Fine on Davis Angers Hearn The Times 11 November 1988 46 made a proposal to the WPBSA to change the system so that only the best seven performances from the ten ranking tournaments were counted.Hearn Fails to Change World Rating System The Times 16 May 1989 43 It was rejected at an extraordinary meeting of the WPBSA in May 1989. Davis retained top place in the rankings for the seventh consecutive year.Hayton Dee 2004 1201–21 John Parrott moved up five places to second, followed by Stephen Hendry who improved by one place from fourth.Parrott Perched at No 2 Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 21 June 1989 The top 16 in the rankings were exempted from the qualifying rounds for the World Snooker Championship and were included in certain invitational events.Acteson Steve Higgins Slips off Edge of the World The Times London 47 19 April 1988 Doug Mountjoy, Tony Meo and Dean Reynolds returned to the top 16, and Steve James joined the top 16 for the first time. Cliff Wilson, Neal Foulds, Silvino Francisco and Peter Francisco dropped out of the top 16.Smith 1989 12–13 Of the players who had only competed for one season, Mark Johnston-Allen and Darren Morgan placed highest, at 51st and 52nd respectively.Smith 1989 12–13 At the end of his first full season as a professional, Alain Robidoux rose from 102nd to 35th place. In April 1987, Alex Higgins had been excluded from competing in the first two ranking tournaments of the 1987–88 season as part of a six-month ban imposed by the WPBSA, following a hearing conducted for the Association by Gavin Lightman, a barrister, after Higgins had been found guilty in court of headbutting the tournament director at the 1986 UK Championship.Smith 1988 24–25Sydney Friskin Higgins Banned for Six Months and Fined £12,000 The Times 7 April 1987 44Catherine Baksi 6 August 2020 Sir Gavin Lightman Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/aug/06/gavin-lightman-obituary The Guardian Thorburn had two ranking points deducted for "bringing the game into disrepute" due to failing a drugs test at the 1988 British Open, and was barred from the first two ranking events of the 1988–89 season as part of his punishment. Bill Werbeniuk was expelled from the WPBSA in March 1989 after not paying a fine that the Association had imposed for his use of a beta blocker medication, but was readmitted in September and allowed to play in the 1990 World Snooker Championship.Acteson Steve Werbeniuk Is out of WBPSA The Times 1 April 1989 46Acteson Steve Werbeniuk Has Special Treatment The Times 11 November 1989 49 Davis did not compete in the 1989 European Open, a ranking event, citing exhaustion.Acteson Steve Exhausted Davis Pulls out of Rankings Event The Times 24 December 1988 40 Reynolds also missed the event, saying that he needed a rest.Snooker Chiefs Rap No-Play Reynolds Grimsby Daily Telegraph 24 May 1989 2 Both were fined £200 by the WPBSA for missing the event.Davis One Down with two to Go Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 5 July 1989 Among the other players fined for missing events was Kirk Stevens, who was penalised £200 for his absence at the 1988 International Open. Points tariff and basis of ranking thumb|alt=Stephen Hendry playing snooker|Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2010) was ranked third.Hayton Dee 2004 1201–21 +Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1989–90Hale Janice How the Rankings Work Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 14 September 1985 Smith 1989 12–13Placing1988 and 1989 world championshipsOther ranking tournaments 1987–88 and 1988–89Champion 10 6 Runner-up 8 5 Losing semi-finalist 6 4 Losing Quarter-finalist 4 3 Last 16 Loser 2 2 Last 32 Loser 1 ranking point or 2 merit pointsPlayers who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points.Smith 1989 12–131Final qualifying round loser 2 merit points 1 merit point Penultimate qualifying round loser 1 merit point 1 A point Antepenultimate qualifying round loser 1 A point Frames won counted Preliminary round loser Frames won counted – Ranking was determined as follows:Everton 1986 9 By number of ranking points. If players had an equal number of ranking points, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the later season. If players were still equal, merit points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the later season. If players were still equal, A points were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given to the player with the better performances in the later season. If players were still equal, frames won were considered. If they were still tied, precedence was given the player with the better performances in the later season. Rankings Key: "(New)" denotes a player that was a new professional for 1988–89.Smith 1989 14–15 "(NT)" denotes a non-tournament player, i.e. a player who was permitted to enter the world championship but no other tournaments in 1989–90.Smith 1989 14–16 "N" denotes that as a non-tournament player, the player was not eligible to enter.Smith 1988 22–23 "–" denotes that the player did not compete in the tournament.Hayton Dee 2004 154–157 "X" denotes that the player was banned from competing in the tournament. +Snooker world rankings 1989–90WPBSA World Rankings Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 24–25 June 1988 New World Ranking List Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 20–21 June 1989 Smith 1989 14–15Hayton Dee 2004 154–157 Ranking Name 1987–88 season 1988–89 season Ranking points Merit A points Frames IO GP UK Cl BO WC IO GP CM UK Cl EO BO WC 1Steve Davis ENG 6 26 6 0 10 6 6 5 4 0 – 3 10 64 2 0 0 2John Parrott ENG 2 43 5 4 2 0 13 3 3 6 4 8 48 1 0 0 3Stephen Hendry SCO 4 60 36 2 2 1 45 3 2 2 646 1 0 0 4Jimmy White ENG 2 1 52 3 65 3 6 1 0 41 4 431 0 0 5Terry Griffiths WAL 1 2 3 3 18 03 3 4 2 50 4 39 20 0 6Mike Hallett ENG 4 0 30 5 2 1 240 04 4 4 334 0 0 7Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 1 3 1 46 XX 33 4 3 2 0 33Fined two points for failing a drugs testActeson Steve 13 May 1988 Thorburn Sentence Ridiculed as Lenient The Times London 442 0 0 8Dennis Taylor NIR 1 5 1 3 1 23 4 32 1 1 0 229 10 0 9Willie Thorne ENG 13 4 1 22 20 12 4 2 22 28 10 0 10Doug Mountjoy WAL 0 0 01 0 2 12 26 62 2 1 25 40 0 11Joe Johnson ENG 01 41 2 2 3 1 12 22 3 0 24 30 0 12Tony Knowles ENG 23 2 41 4 1 20 2 2 01 0 24 40 0 13John Virgo ENG 3 11 2 11 1 0 23 2 21 2 22 10 0 14Tony Meo ENG 10 1 1 0 03 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 20 7 0 0 15Dean Reynolds ENG 0 0 0 10 04 11 2 1 – 5 4 196 0 0 16Steve James ENG 2 0 00 1 4 41 2 1 1 0 01 17 41 0 17 Martin Clark ENG 2 10 2 00 001 1 3 3 3 0 164 0 8 18Cliff Wilson WAL 1 21 1 11 0 2 21 1 12 0 16 3 0 0 19Steve Newbury WAL 1 3 04 00 2 11 0 2 00 1 157 0 0 20Neal Foulds ENG 10 0 12 41 2 0 1 10 2 015 6 0 0 21Barry West ENG 0 01 2 1 1 3 10 3 00 20 14 7 0 0 22Eddie Charlton AUS 3 2 0 0 02 01 1 0 03 02 147 0 0 23Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 2 12 2 1 0 1 00 1 2 0 02 14 60 0 24Alex Higgins NIR X X 22 0 0 0 50 1 11 1 0 13 70 0 25Peter Francisco RSA 1982 04 1 21 1 0 0 0 1 00 3 013 80 0 26David Roe ENG 1 1 20 2 0 000 2 0 1 1 2 124 2 0 27Eugene Hughes IRL3 0 1 00 01 20 0 1 1 1 111 7 0 0 28Dene O'Kane NZL 0 0 2 03 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 113 3 0 29Bob Chaperon CAN 1 3 00 11 2 1 0 0 1 00 111 6 0 0 30Tony Drago MLT 0 2 0 1 0 4 11 0 0 1 0 10 11 8 0 0 31Wayne Jones WAL 10 00 01 0 1 0 05 0 0 2 10 72 0 32Rex Williams ENG 0 0 0 0 30 2 3 01 0 10 0 10 11 0 0 33David Taylor ENG 1 01 1 0 0 2 02 0 20 0 0 9 10 0 0 34Steve Longworth ENG 1 01 1 0 1 10 2 0 0 1 1 09 7 0 0 35Alain Robidoux CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 85 1 0 36Danny Fowler ENG 0 0 20 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 20 0 8 8 0 0 37Jim Wych CAN 1 1 1 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 30 0 86 3 0 38Gary Wilkinson ENG 0 2 0 0 2 00 1 0 1 0 10 1 8 5 2 9 39John Spencer ENG 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 – 00 8 9 0 0 40Joe O'Boye IRL 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 00 0 1 8 6 40 41Tony Chappel WAL 01 2 0 00 0 0 0 02 1 10 7 9 1 0 42John Campbell AUS 0 02 0 1 1 1 00 0 0 2 00 76 3 0 43Steve Duggan ENG 0 0 0 00 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 55 0 44Paddy Browne IRL 0 0 00 10 0 0 00 3 10 1 63 7 0 45Murdo MacLeod SCO 0 0 00 2 0 10 1 0 0 1 10 6 9 1 0 46Nigel Gilbert ENG 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 01 0 00 06 8 2 5 47Mark Bennett WAL 0 00 1 0 0 0 01 2 0 1 0 0 5 6 5 0 48Colin Roscoe WAL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 4 3 4 13 49Ray Edmonds ENG 01 1 00 0 0 2 0 0 00 0 0 45 6 0 50Kirk Stevens CAN 01 1 0 – 1 –0 01 0 0 00 4 81 0 51Graham Cripsey ENG 0 2 0 0 1 0 00 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 84 0 52Mark Johnston-Allen ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 2 4 0 53Darren Morgan WAL (New) – – – – – – 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 3 54Ray Reardon WAL 0 0 00 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 00 39 2 0 55Warren King AUS 0 0 0 00 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 03 6 6 0 56Dave Martin ENG 00 03 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 312 2 0 57Tommy Murphy NIR 0 01 20 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 3 9 3 0 58Jack McLaughlin NIR 0 0 0 00 0 0 2 0 00 0 0 0 2 76 0 59Ian Graham ENG (New) – – – – – – 00 2 0 00 0 0 2 3 2 1060Jim Chambers ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 02 3 67 61Roger Bales ENG 0 10 0 0 0 00 00 00 1 0 2 012 0 62Tony Jones ENG 0 0 00 2 0 0 00 00 0 0 0 2 104 0 63Dave Gilbert ENG 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 7 7 0 64Mick Fisher ENG 0 2 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 22 9 5 65Les Dodd ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00 0 00 0 0 112 2 0 66John Rea SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00 0 00 0 0 1 8 3 12 67Jon Wright ENG 00 0 00 0 0 0 00 1 0 0 0 1 77 0 68Marcel Gauvreau CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 0 0 00 0 1 310 0 69Craig Edwards ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 00 00 1 00 12 3 5 70Robert Marshall ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 1 0 1 1 5 18 71Tony Wilson IOM (New) – – – – – – 0 00 00 10 0 11 3 12 72 Nick Terry ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 11 4 4 73George Scott ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 00 11 6 14 74Anthony Harris ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 8 1875Ken Owers ENG 0 0 01 00 00 0 0 00 0 0 1 7 6 0 76Martin Smith ENG 0 0 1 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 16 4 7 77Robby Foldvari AUS 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 1 66 8 78Graham Miles ENG 0 0 10 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 15 6 10 79Brian Rowswell ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 14 7 6 80Paul Medati ENG 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 1 3 7 15 81Pat Houlihan ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 13 10 0 82Paul Gibson ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 12 3 4 83Vic Harris ENG 0 0 1 0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 1 0 6 14 84Jim Donnelly SCO 0 0 0 1 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 1 04 30 85Bill Oliver ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 11 86Mario Morra CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 16 87Malcolm Bradley ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 11 88Jim Bear CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 27 89Fred Davis ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 13 90Mick Price ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 91Glen Wilkinson AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 92Ian Williamson ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 15 77Bob Harris ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11 94Eddie Sinclair SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 34 95John Dunning ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 28 96Eric Lawlor ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 16 97Mark Wildman ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13 98Steve Campbell ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16 99Mark Rowing ENG (New) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 100Terry Whitthread ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 14101Anthony Kearney IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 18 102Mike Darrington ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 27 103Jimmy van Rensberg RSA 1982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 25 104Jason Smith ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 19 105François Ellis RSA 1982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 106Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14 107Steve Meakin ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 108Dennis Hughes ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17109Dessie Sheehan IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 39 110Mike Watterson ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25 111Paul Thornley CAN (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 1 1 7 112 Matt Gibson SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 14 113Robbie Grace RSA 1982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 19 114Paul Watchorn IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 21 115Jim Meadowcroft ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16 116Gino Rigitano CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 25 117Jackie Rea NIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23 118Geoff Foulds ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17 119Billy Kelly IRL (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 120Greg Jenkins AUS (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 121Ian Black SCO (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 122Bernie Mikkelsen CAN (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 123Patsy Fagan IRL (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 321 124Pascal Burke IRL (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 125Dave Chalmers ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 126Ian Anderson AUS (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 127Frank Jonik CAN (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 128Derek Mienie RSA 1982 (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 1 19 129Jim Rempe USA (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 130 Joe Grech MLT (New) (NT) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 131Derek Heaton ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 1 15 132Clive Everton WAL (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 1 10 133David Greaves ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 12 134Bernard Bennett ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 9 135Maurice Parkin ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 6 136John Hargreaves ENG (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 4 137Bert Demarco SCO (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 2 138Eddie McLaughlin SCO (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 1 139Joe Cagianello CAN (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 140Mike Hines RSA 1982 (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 141Lou Condo AUS (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N – 0 0 0 0 142Manuel Francisco RSA 1982 (NT) – – – – – – NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 143James Giannaros AUS (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 144Steve Mizerak USA (NT) – – – – – 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 145Paddy Morgan AUS (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NNN N N N N 0 0 0 0 0 146Wayne Sanderson CAN (NT) – – – – – – NNN N N N N – 0 0 0 0 147Gerry Watson CAN (NT) – – – – – – NNN N N N N – 0 0 0 0 1988–1989 1990–1991 1989–1990 Notes References Books Everton Clive Clive Everton 1986 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Third Aylesbury Pelham Books 978-0-86369-166-9 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 Smith Terry 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Fifth Aylesbury Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1830-0 Smith Terry 1989 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Sixth Aylesbury Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1944-4 1989 Rankings 1990 Rankings 1989