1991–92 snooker world rankings

none December 2024 thumb|alt=Stephen Hendry playing snooker|Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2003) retained top place in the ranking list.Hayton Dee 2004 120–121 thumb|alt=Steve Davis playing snooker|Steve Davis (pictured in 2010) was ranked second, keeping his place from the previous season.Hayton Dee 2004 120–121 thumb|alt=Jimmy White playing snooker|Jimmy White (pictured in 2011) moved up one place to third, overtaking John Parrott who had defeated him in the final of the 1991 World Snooker Championship.Acteson Steve Parrott Pockets a Hard-Earned Championship The Times 7 May 1991 36 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 the 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 1991–92 were also based on results from the preceding two seasons.Everton 1986 9Hale 1991 18–22 There were eighteen ranking events taken into consideration for the 1991–92 ranking list: ten in the 1989–90 snooker season and eight in the 1990–91 snooker season.Hale 1991 17 The ranking list was published soon after the conclusion of the 1991 World Snooker Championship.Hale 1991 17 Stephen Hendry was ranked first, with 85 ranking points, ahead of Steve Davis with 57 and Jimmy White with 51.Hale 1991 18–22 Snooker Scene magazine commented that Hendry's lead was larger than the equivalent of four ranking tournament wins. Gary Wilkinson and Tony Jones were in the top 16, regarded as the elite of the game, for the first time. Wilkinson, runner-up at the 1991 British Open, rose from 19th to 5th and the 1991 European Open champion Jones moved from 35th to 15th.Wilko Leaps up the Table Sports Argus 1 June 1991 17 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sports-argus-wilko-leaps-up-the-table/159653801/ Newspapers.com Tony Knowles regained a place in the top 16, while Willie Thorne, John Virgo and Tony Meo dropped out of it. Alan McManus at 41st and Ken Doherty at 51st were the highest placed of those who had been on the professional circuit for only one season. Alex Higgins had 25 ranking points deducted from his 1989–90 total and was banned for the 1990–91 season by the WPBSA following a disciplinary inquiry. He fell from 97th to 120th.These penalties were imposed by the WPBSA following a hearing conducted for the Association by Gavin Lightman, a barrister, which considered several incidents including Higgins punching a press officer, threatening to arrange for fellow player Dennis Taylor to be shot, and insulting both Taylor and WPBSA chairman John Spencer.Smith Terry Hendry Plans Future, Davis Plots Revenge The Daily Telegraph 1 May 1990 33 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-hendry-plans-future/156885623/ Newspapers.com Smith 1990aCatherine Baksi 6 August 2020 Sir Gavin Lightman Obituary https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/aug/06/gavin-lightman-obituary The Guardian There were 165 players on the original list issued by the WBPSA, but four players who did not pay their membership fees were subsequently excluded: Jimmy van Rensberg (originally 119th), Patsy Fagan (originally 146th), Mike Hines (originally 159th) and Frank Jonik (originally 160th).WPBSA Rankings for the 1991/92 Season Pot Black Pot Black Publishing Brentwood June 1991 25 Points tariff and basis of ranking +Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1991–92Hale Janice How the Rankings Work Snooker Scene Everton's News Agency Birmingham 14 September 1985 Smith 1991 14–15Placing1990 and 1991 world championshipsOther ranking tournaments 1989–90 and 1990–91Champion 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 1991 141Final 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 1990–91; "*" denotes that the player was not a professional during the season. "X" denotes that the player was banned from competing in the 1990–91 season.Higgins Beaten The Times 2 August 1991 35 Note: the breakdown of points per season for players ranked below 64 is not provided in sources. Blank cells indicate that the information is not provided in sources for the ranking list. +Snooker world rankings 1991–92Smith 1990 16–17Smith 1991 16–17WPBSA World Rankings Snooker Scene June 1991 Everton's News Agency Birmingham 22–23 Ranking Name 1989–90 season 1990–91 season Total Ranking points Merit points A points Frames Ranking points Merit points A points Frames Ranking points Merit points A points Frames 1Stephen Hendry SCO 44 1– – 41– – – 85 1– – 2Steve Davis ENG 33 –– – 242 – – 57 2– – 3Jimmy White ENG 24 1– – 271 – – 51 2– – 4John Parrott ENG 26 1– – 222 – – 48 3– –5Gary Wilkinson ENG 17 12 – 211 – – 38 22 – 6Neal Foulds ENG 18 1– – 20– – – 38 1– – 7Steve James ENG 22 2– – 143 – – 36 5– – 8Mike Hallett ENG 16 2– – 173 – – 33 5– – 9Dennis Taylor NIR 13 4– – 172 – – 30 6– – 10Doug Mountjoy WAL 19 3– – 11 3– – 30 6– – 11Terry Griffiths WAL 15 3– – 122 – – 27 5– – 12Dean Reynolds ENG 16 2– – 113 – – 27 5– – 13Alain Robidoux CAN 15 –2 – 102 – – 25 22 – 14 Martin Clark ENG 16 2– –91 – – 25 3– – 15Tony Jones ENG 11 13 – 122 2 – 23 35 – 16Tony Knowles ENG 13 4– – 102 – – 23 6– – 17Willie Thorne ENG 13 2– – 94 – – 22 6– – 19Dene O'Kane NZL 12 5– – 94 – – 21 9– – 19Peter Francisco RSA 1982 12 4– – 93 – – 21 7– –20James Wattana THA 12 33 – 92 1 – 2154 – 21Nigel Bond ENG 10 42 4 104 2 – 20 84 4 22Tony Drago MLT 10 3– – 93 – – 19 6– – 23Steve Newbury WAL 14 3– – 53 – – 19 6– – 24Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 10 6– – 84 – – 1810– – 25Wayne Jones WAL 11 2– – 75 – –17noadd Inconsistent totals reflect the sources. 7– – 26Joe Johnson ENG 9 6– – 73 – – 16 9– – 27Eddie Charlton AUS 7 4– – 62 – – 15noadd 6– – 28Danny Fowler ENG 1051 – 56 – – 15111 – 29Mark Bennett WAL 8 41 – 63 1 – 14 72 – 30Bob Chaperon CAN 11 5– – 37 – – 14 12– – 31John Virgo ENG 12 3– – 27 – –14 10– – 32Cliff Wilson WAL 7 5– – 64 – – 13 9– – 33Darren Morgan WAL 7 52 – 62 1 – 13 73 – 34Tony Meo ENG 73– – 55 – – 12 8– – 35Brady Gollan CAN 5 22 6 61 4 – 11 36 6 36Cliff Thorburn CAN 7 5– – 47 – – 11 12– – 37Tony Chappel WAL 4 43 – 61 4 – 10 57 – 38Barry West ENG 7 6– – 36 – – 10 12– – 39Warren King AUS 8 33 – 24 2 – 1075 – 40Les Dodd ENG 6 32 5 34 4 5 9 76 5noadd 41Alan McManus SCO (New) * ** * 83 – 6 83 – 6 42Ian Graham ENG 4 63 – 43 2 – 8 95 – 43John Campbell AUS 4 34 – 43 2 – 8 66 – 44Colin Roscoe WAL 4 35 – 41 4 – 8 49 – 45Eugene Hughes IRL 5 7– – 33 4 – 8 104 – 46Robert Marshall ENG 6 42 5 23 3 5 8 75 5noadd 47Brian Morgan ENG 8 21 7 –1 7 7 8 38 7noadd 48Rex Williams ENG 4 7– – 36 1– 7 13 1– 49Jack McLaughlin NIR 4 62 – 33 3 – 7 95 – 50David Roe ENG 5 7– – 22 4 – 7 94 – 51Ken Doherty IRL (New) * ** * 62 1 3 6 21 3 52Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 1 82 – 53 4 – 6 116 – 53Franky Chan HKG (New) * ** * 51 2 9 51 2 9 54Rod Lawler ENG (New) * ** * 44 2 0 44 2 0 55Jon Birch ENG (New) * ** * 42 2 3 42 2 3 56Jason Prince NIR (New) * ** * 42 1 5 42 1 5 57Jim Wych CAN 1 61 – 35 2 – 4 113 – 58Kirk Stevens CAN 1 18 – 3 12 12 4 2 1012 59Nigel Gilbert ENG 2 26 – 24 2 – 4 68 – 60Nick Dyson ENG 2 24 11 22 3 2 4 47 13 61Craig Edwards ENG 2 22 11 2– 6 11 4 28 11noadd62Jim Chambers ENG 3 62 – 1– 7 – 4 69 – 63Steve Duggan ENG 4 43 – –2 6 4 4 69 –noadd 64Mark Rowing ENG 3 32 12 –3 5 – 3 67 12 65Stephen Murphy IRE 1 1 2 55 24 66Duncan Campbell SCO – 2 2 49 1167Ken Owers ENG – 2 2 36 20 68Robby Foldvari AUS – 2 2 22 54 69Jason Whittaker ENG (New) * ** * 2 13 13 2 13 1370Andrew Cairns ENG 1 1 2 76 8 71Joe O'Boye IRL 1 1 2 77– 72Murdo MacLeod SCO 1 1 2 79– 73Barry Pinches ENG 1 1 2 4615 74David Taylor ENG 2 – 2 97 – 75Jason Smith ENG 2 – 2 55 2776 Joe Grech MLT 2 – 2 42 777Brian Rowswell ENG 2 – 2 310 8 78Paul Gibson ENG 2 – 2 24 29 79Bob Harris ENG – 1 1 96 4 80Steve Campbell ENG – 1 1 76 15 81Gary Natale CAN (New) * ** * 1 1 2 11 1 12 11 82Mick Price ENG 1 – 1 103 1382Paddy Browne IRL 1 – 1 98– 84Roger Bales ENG 1 – 1 67 10 85John Spencer ENG 1 – 1 611 – 86Tony Wilson IOM 1 – 1 5619 87Bill Oliver ENG 1 – 1 5528 88Mario Morra CAN 1 – 1 49 9 89Marcel Gauvreau CAN 1 – 1 47 21 90Tommy Murphy NIR 1 – 1 411 6 91Dave Gilbert ENG 1 – 1 411 5 92Martin Smith ENG1 – 1 28 23 93Paul Medati ENG 1 – 1 26 2794Ian Brumby ENG 1 – 1 25 3095Ray Edmonds ENG – – – 88 9 96Jon Wright ENG – – – 83 19 97 Nick Terry ENG – – – 77 8 98Steve Longworth ENG – – – 612 – 99Chris Cookson ENG (New) * ** * –5 1 12 – 51 12 100John Rea SCO – – – 58 15 101Graham Miles ENG – – – 54 24 102Eddie Sinclair SCO – – – 56 22 103Graham Cripsey ENG – – – 48 19104Pat Houlihan ENG – – – 47 16105Dave Martin ENG – – – 46 14106Ian Williamson ENG – – – 38 21 107Steve Meakin ENG – – – 35 29 108Jason Ferguson ENG (New) * * * *– 2 2 10 –22 10 109Mick Fisher ENG – – –211 11 110Paul Watchorn IRL – – –24 28111Anthony Kearney IRL – – –18 21 112Gino Rigitano CAN – – –15 24113Eric Lawlor ENG – – –15 24 114George Scott ENG – – –14 20 115Matt Gibson SCO – – –14 43 116Vic Harris ENG – – – 14 29 118Robbie Grace RSA 1982 – – – 13 21 118Jim Donnelly SCO – – – 12 43 119François Ellis RSA 1982 – – – 11 37 120Alex Higgins NIR – 1 –– XXXX – 1– – 121Malcolm Bradley ENG – – – – – –9 23122Anthony Harris ENG – – – – – –7 44 123Jack Fitzmaurice ENG – – – – – –7 27 124John Dunning ENG – – – – – –6 23 125Mike Darrington ENG – – – – – –5 33 126Ray Reardon WAL – – –– – –5 17 127Billy Kelly IRL –– – – – –5 8 128Jim Bear CAN –– – – – –4 27 129Mark Wildman ENG –– – – – –4 20 130Jim Meadowcroft ENG –– – – – –4 8 131Fred Davis ENG –– – – – –3 19 132Terry Whitthread ENG –– – – – –2 26 133Mike Watterson ENG –– – – – –2 20134Dessie Sheehan IRL –– – – – –2 33 135Glen Wilkinson AUS –– – – – –2 18 136Dennis Hughes ENG –– – – – –2 15 137Geoff Foulds ENG – – –– – –2 12 138Vladimir Potazsnyk AUS – – –– –– – –1 – 139Greg Jenkins AUS – – –– – –1 10 140Clive Everton WAL –– – –– – – –1 – 141Paul Thornley CAN – – – –– – – –– 23 142Derek Heaton ENG – – – – – – – –– 6 143Derek Mienie RSA 1982 – –– – –– – –– 5 144Ian Black SCO – – – – – – – –– 3 145Bernie Mikkelsen CAN – – – – – – – –– 2 146Bill Werbeniuk CAN – – – – – – – –– 1 147Ian Anderson AUS – –– – – –– – –– – – 148Bernard Bennett ENG – –– – – –– – –– – – 149Pascal Burke IRL – –– – – –– – –– – – 150Joe Cagianello CAN – –– – – –– – –– – – 151Lou Condo AUS – –– – – –– – –– – – 152Bert Demarco SCO – –– – – –– – –– – – 153Manuel Francisco RSA 1982 – –– – – –– – –– – – 154Sam Frangie AUS – –– – – –– – –– – – 155James Giannaros AUS – –– – – –– – –– – – 156David Greaves ENG – –– – – –– – –– – – 157Steve Mizerak USA – –– – – –– – –– – – 158Paddy Morgan AUS – –– – – –– – –– – – 159Maurice Parkin ENG – –– – – –– – –– – – 160Jim Rempe USA – –– – – –– – –– – – 161Gerry Watson CAN – –– – – –– – –– – – Ranking tournaments +Results of the finals for tournaments contributing to the 1991–92 snooker world rankingsHale 1991 17Hayton Dee 2004 157–160Tournament Winner Runner-up Score 1989 Hong Kong Open Mike Hallett ENG Dene O'Kane NZL 9–8 1989 Asian Open Stephen Hendry SCO James Wattana THA 9–6 1989 International Open Steve Davis ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 9–4 1989 Grand Prix Steve Davis ENG Dean Reynolds ENG 10–0 1989 Dubai Classic Stephen Hendry SCO Doug Mountjoy WAL 9–2 1989 UK Championship Stephen Hendry SCO Steve Davis ENG 16–12 1990 Classic Steve James ENG Warren King AUS 10–6 1990 British Open Bob Chaperon CAN Alex Higgins NIR 10–8 1990 European Open John Parrott ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 10–6 1990 World Snooker Championship Stephen Hendry SCO Jimmy White ENG 18–12 1990 Grand Prix Stephen Hendry SCO Nigel Bond ENG 10–5 1990 Asian Open Stephen Hendry SCO Dennis Taylor NIR 9–3 1990 Dubai Classic Stephen Hendry SCO Steve Davis ENG 9–1 1990 UK Championship Stephen Hendry SCO Steve Davis ENG 16–15 1991 Classic Jimmy White ENG Stephen Hendry SCO 10–4 1991 British Open Stephen Hendry SCO Gary Wilkinson ENG 10–9 1991 European Open Tony Jones ENG Mark Johnston-Allen ENG 9–7 1991 World Snooker Championship John Parrott ENG Jimmy White ENG 18–11 1990–91 1992–93 1991–92 Notes References Books Everton Clive 1986 The History of Snooker and Billiards Partridge Press Haywards Heath 978-1-85225-013-3 Hale Janice 1991 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press 978-0-356-19747-0 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 1990 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Seventh Aylesbury Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1955-0 Smith Terry 1991 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Eighth London Pelham Books 978-0-7207-1983-3 1991 Rankings 1992 Rankings 1991