Snooker world rankings 1988/1989

The professional world rankings for the 1988–89 season are listed below.

No. 1: Steve Davis
Born (1957-08-22) August 22, 1957
Sport country England
Professional1978–2014
Highest ranking1
No. 2: Jimmy White
Born (1962-05-02) May 2, 1962
Sport country England
Professional1980–
Highest ranking2
No. 3: Neal Foulds
Born (1963-07-13) July 13, 1963
Sport country England
Professional1983–2004
Highest ranking3

Being ranked in the top 16 exempted players from the qualifying rounds for the World Snooker Championship and also meant inclusion in certain invitational events.[1] The top 32 ranked players were exempt from the early qualifying rounds of the other ranking tournaments.[2]

The top three players in the snooker world rankings 1987/1988 kept the same positions this season. Steve Davis was ranked first, with 59 points, ahead of Jimmy White with 44 and Neal Foulds with 34. In fourth place, with 33 points, was Stephen Hendry, who rose from 23rd position on the previous year's list. The other players to join the elite "top 16" were Peter Francisco, John Virgo, and Cliff Wilson. The players dropping out of the top 16 were Alex Higgins, Rex Williams, Dean Reynolds and Doug Mountjoy.[2]

Higgins had been banned from competing in the first two ranking tournaments of the 1987/1988 season, and this was the first year since the rankings were instituted in 1976/1977 that he was not among the top 16.[2] In May 1988, Cliff Thorburn had two ranking points deducted for "bringing the game into disrepute" due to failing a drugs test at the 1988 British Open. Thorburn had been found to have small traces of cocaine in his urine sample. Thorburn was also barred from the first two ranking events of the 1988/1989 season as part of his punishment.[3][4] Without the deduction of the two points, Thorburn would have been ranked a place higher, at fifth.[2]

Of the players who had only been competing professionally for one season, Martin Clark was the highest-ranked, at 41st.[2]

Tournaments contributing to the rankings

The tournaments contributing to the 1988/89 rankings were the ranking tournaments held across two seasons, from 1986 to 1988.[2] From the 1986–87 season they were the 1986 International Open won by Foulds; the 1986 Grand Prix and 1987 British Open both won by White; and the 1986 UK Championship, 1987 Classic and 1987 World Championship all won by Davis.[5]

In the 1987–88 season, Davis won four of the six ranking titles:[1] the 1987 International Open, 1987 UK Championship, 1988 Classic and the 1988 World Championship.[6] Stephen Hendry won the other two, the 1987 Grand Prix and the 1988 British Open.[7]

Points tariff

The rankings were based on a system of points as per the tables below. Ranking was determined on points earnt over the preceding two seasons. The ranking order was determined as follows:[2]

  • Most points
  • If a tie on points, the player who earnt more points in the most recent season was given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player with more "Merit" points" was given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player who earnt more "Merit" points was the most recent season is given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player who earnt more "Merit" points was the most preceding season is given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player with more "A" points" was given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player with more frames won was given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous World Championship was given the higher ranking
  • If still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous ranking tournament was given the higher ranking, going back through ranking tournaments until the positions could be established.
World championship
Champion10
Runner-up8
Losing semi-finalist6
Losing Quarter-finalist4
Second-round loser2
First-round loser1 if not in top 16 ranked players. 2 "Merit" points if in top 16.
Fourth qualifying round loser2 "Merit" points
Third qualifying round loser1 "Merit" point
Second qualifying round loser1 "A" point
First qualifying round loserFrames won in match
Other ranking tournaments
Champion6
Runner-up5
Losing semi-finalist4
Losing Quarter-finalist3
Fifth-round loser2
Fourth-round loser1
Third-round loser1 "Merit" point
Second-round loser1 "A" point
First-round loserFrames won in match

Rankings

No.[2][8][9][10] Name Nationality
1 Steve Davis  England
2 Jimmy White  England
3 Neal Foulds  England
4 Stephen Hendry  Scotland
5 Terry Griffiths  Wales
6 Cliff Thorburn  Canada
7 John Parrott  England
8 Tony Knowles  England
9 Mike Hallett  England
10 Dennis Taylor  Northern Ireland
11 Joe Johnson  England
12 Silvino Francisco  South Africa
13 Willie Thorne  England
14 Peter Francisco  South Africa
15 John Virgo  England
16 Cliff Wilson  Wales
17 Alex Higgins  Northern Ireland
18 Rex Williams  England
19 Eddie Charlton  Australia
20 Tony Drago  Malta
21 Eugene Hughes  Ireland
22 Dean Reynolds  England
23 Dene O'Kane  New Zealand
24 Doug Mountjoy  Wales
25 Steve Newbury  Wales
26 Barry West  England
27 John Spencer  England
28 David Taylor  England
29 Bob Chaperon  Canada
30 Steve Longworth  England
31 Tony Meo  England
32 Steve James  England
33John Campbell Australia
34Wayne Jones Wales
35Joe O'Boye Ireland
36Dave Martin England
37Kirk Stevens Canada
38Jim Wych Canada
39David Roe England
40Ray Reardon Wales
41Martin Clark England
42Tommy Murphy Northern Ireland
43Danny Fowler England
44Warren King Australia
45Gary Wilkinson England
46Graham Cripsey England
47Bill Werbeniuk Canada
48Murdo MacLeod Scotland
49Tony Jones England
50Steve Duggan England
51Tony Chappel Wales
52Mark Bennett Wales
53Ken Owers England
54Paddy Browne Ireland
55Ray Edmonds England
56Nigel Gilbert England
57Dave Gilbert England
58Mick Fisher England
59Pat Houlihan England
60Roger Bales England
61Jon Wright England
62Les Dodd England
63Marcel Gauvreau Canada
64Jack McLaughlin Northern Ireland
65Graham Miles England
66Robby Foldvari Australia
67Colin Roscoe Wales
68Paul Medati England
69Paul Gibson England
70Brian Rowswell England
71Vic Harris England
72Martin Smith England
73Jim Chambers England
74Jim Donnelly Scotland
75Malcolm Bradley England
76Mark Wildman England
77Bob Harris England
78Geoff Foulds England
79Robbie Grace South Africa
80Tony Kearney Ireland
81John Rea Scotland
82Mario Morra Canada
83Fred Davis England
84Bill Oliver England
85Eddie Sinclair Scotland
86Jim Bear Canada
87Jimmy van Rensberg South Africa
88Matt Gibson Scotland
89Ian Williamson England
90George Scott England
91Gino Rigitano Canada
92John Dunning England
93Eric Lawlor England
94Jim Meadowcroft England
95Glen Wilkinson Australia
96Ian Black Scotland
97Bernie Mikkelsen Canada
98Paul Watchorn Ireland
99Jackie Rea Northern Ireland
100Mike Darrington England
101Terry Whitthread England
102Alain Robidoux Canada
103Patsy Fagan Ireland
104Greg Jenkins Australia
105Pascal Burke Ireland
106Frank Jonik Canada
107Ian Anderson Australia
108Mike Watterson England
109Jim Rempe United States
110Billy Kelly Ireland
111Dennis Hughes England
112Dave Chalmers England
113Francois Ellis South Africa
114Jack Fitzmaurice England
115Dessie Sheehan Ireland
116Anthony Harris England
117Steve Meakin England
118Jason Smith England
119Robert Marshall England
120Clive Everton[lower-alpha 1] Wales
121Derek Mienie[lower-alpha 1] South Africa
122John Hargreaves[lower-alpha 1] England
123Derek Heaton[lower-alpha 1] England
124Paul Thornley[lower-alpha 1] Canada
125David Greaves[lower-alpha 1] England
126Mike Hines[lower-alpha 1] South Africa
127Maurice Parkin[lower-alpha 1] England
128Bert Demarco[lower-alpha 1] Scotland
129Bernard Bennett[lower-alpha 1] England
130Joe Cagianello[lower-alpha 1] Canada
131Eddie McLaughlin[lower-alpha 1] Scotland
132Steve Mizerak[lower-alpha 1] United States
133G Watson[lower-alpha 1] Canada
134Paddy Morgan[lower-alpha 1] Australia
135James Giannaros[lower-alpha 1] Australia
136Lou Condo[lower-alpha 1] Australia
137Mannie Francisco[lower-alpha 1] South Africa
138W Saunderson[lower-alpha 1] Canada
139Steve Campbell[lower-alpha 2] England
140Craig Edwards[lower-alpha 2] England
141Ian Graham[lower-alpha 2] England
142Mark Johnston-Allen[lower-alpha 2] England
143Darren Morgan[lower-alpha 2] Wales
144Mick Price[lower-alpha 2] England
145Mark Rowing[lower-alpha 2] England
146Nick Terry[lower-alpha 2] England
147Tony Wilson[lower-alpha 2] England

Notes

  1. Non-tournament status
  2. New professional
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References

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  2. Terry Smith, ed. (1988). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year. Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 20–29. ISBN 0720718309.
  3. Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.
  4. "Snooker: three players fail drugs tests but remain anonymous". The Independent. 10 April 1998. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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  6. Barnes, Simon (26 April 1988). "Why Davis is hooked on winning". The Times. London. p. 44 via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Rose Villa Publications. pp. 41–46. ISBN 978-0954854904.
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