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1989–90 snooker world rankings

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Steve Davis playing snooker
Steve Davis (pictured in 2012) topped the rankings for the seventh consecutive year.[1]
John Parrott looking at the camera
John Parrott (pictured in 2008) was ranked second.[1]

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.[2] 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.[2] Initially, the rankings were based on performances in the preceding three world championships.[2] 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.[3][4]

A proposal by Barry Hearn to change the system so that only the best seven perfromances from the ten ranking touraments were counted was voted down at an extraordinary meeting of the WPBSA in May 1989.[5]

Steve Davis retained top place in the rankings for the seventh consecutive year.[1] John Parrott moved up five places to second, followed by Stephen Hendry who improved by one place from fourth.[6]

Doug Mountjoy, Tony Meo and Dean Reynolds returned to the top 16, and Steve James joined the top 16 for the first time.[6] At the end of his first full season as a professional, Alain Robidoux rose from 102nd to 35th place.[6]

Davis, managed by Hearn, did not compete in the 1989 European Open, a ranking event, citing exhaustion.[7] Reynolds also missed the event, saying that he needed a rest.[8] Reynolds was fined £200 by the WPBSA for missing the event, and Davis was also penalised.[8]

Points tariff and basis of ranking

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Stephen Hendry playing snooker
Stephen Hendry (pictured in 2010) was ranked third.[1]
Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1989–90[9][10]
Placing 1988 and 1989 world championships Other ranking tournaments 1987–88 and 1988–89
Champion 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 points[a] 1
Final 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:[3]

  • 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

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"(NT)" denotes a "non-tournament" player, i.e. a player who was permitted to enter the world championship but no other tournaments.

Snooker world rankings 1989–90[4][11]
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
1  Steve Davis (ENG) 6 2 6 6 0 10 6 6 5 4 0 – 3 10 64 2 0 0
2  John Parrott (ENG) 2 4 3 5 4 2 0 1 3 3 3 6 4 8 48 1 0 0
3  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 4 6 0 3 6 2 2 1 4 5 3 2 2 6 46 1 0 0
4  Jimmy White (ENG) 2 1 5 2 3 6 5 3 6 1 0 4 1 4 43 1 0 0
5  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 1 2 3 3 1 8 0 3 3 4 2 5 0 4 39 2 0 0
6  Mike Hallett (ENG) 4 0 3 0 5 2 1 2 4 0 0 4 4 4 33 4 0 0
7  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 5 1 3 1 4 6 – – 3 3 4 3 2 0 33[b] 2 0 0
8  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 1 5 1 3 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 29 1 0 0
9  Willie Thorne (ENG) 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 2 28 1 0 0
10  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 6 6 2 2 1 25 4 0 0
11  Joe Johnson (ENG) 0 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 24 3 0 0
12  Tony Knowles (ENG) 2 3 2 4 1 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 24 4 0 0
13  John Virgo (ENG) 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 2 1 2 22 1 0 0
14  Tony Meo (ENG) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 20 7 0 0
15  Dean Reynolds (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 – 5 4 19 6 0 0
16  Steve James (ENG) 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 17 4 1 0
17  Martin Clark (ENG) 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 16 4 0 8
18  Cliff Wilson (WAL) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 16 3 0 0
19  Steve Newbury (WAL) 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 7 0 0
20  Neal Foulds (ENG) 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 15 6 0 0
21  Barry West (ENG) 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 14 7 0 0
22  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 14 7 0 0
23  Silvino Francisco (RSA) 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 14 6 0 0
24  Alex Higgins (NIR) – – 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 13 7 0 0
25  Peter Francisco (RSA) 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 13 8 0 0
26  David Roe (ENG) 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 12 4 2 0
27  Eugene Hughes (IRL) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 11 7 0 0
28  Dene O'Kane (NZL) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11 3 3 0
29  Bob Chaperon (CAN) 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 6 0 0
30  Tony Drago (MLT) 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 8 0 0
31  Wayne Jones (WAL) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 7 2 0
32  Rex Williams (ENG) 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 11 0 0
33  David Taylor (ENG) 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 10 0 0
34  Steve Longworth (ENG) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 7 0 0
35  Alain Robidoux (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 5 1 0
36  Danny Fowler (ENG) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 8 8 0 0
37  Jim Wych (CAN) 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 6 3 0
38  Gary Wilkinson (ENG) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 5 2 9
39  John Spencer (ENG) 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 0 0 8 9 0 0
40  Joe O'Boye (IRL) 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 6 4 0
41  Tony Chappel (WAL) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 9 1 0
42  John Campbell (AUS) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 3 0
43  Steve Duggan (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 5 5 0
44  Paddy Browne (IRL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 6 3 7 0
45  Murdo MacLeod (SCO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 9 1 0
46  Nigel Gilbert (ENG) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 8 2 5
47  Mark Bennett (WAL) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 6 5 0
48  Colin Roscoe (WAL) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 13
49  Ray Edmonds (ENG) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 0
50  Kirk Stevens (CAN) 0 1 1 0 – 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 0
51  Graham Cripsey (ENG) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 4 0
52  Mark Johnston-Allen (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 4 0
53  Darren Morgan (WAL) – – – – – – 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 3
54  Ray Reardon (WAL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 0
55  Warren King (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 0
56  Dave Martin (ENG) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 2 0
57  Tommy Murphy (NIR) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 3 0
58  Jack McLaughlin (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 6 0
59  Ian Graham (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 10
60  Jim Chambers (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 7
61  Roger Bales (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
62  Tony Jones (ENG) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 4 0
63  Dave Gilbert (ENG) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 0
64  Mick Fisher (ENG) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 5
65  Les Dodd (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 0
66  John Rea (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 12
67  Jon Wright (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 7 0
68  Marcel Gauvreau (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0
69  Craig Edwards (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 5
70  Robert Marshall (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 18
71  Tony Wilson (IOM) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 12
72  Nick Terry (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 4
73  George Scott (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 14
74  Anthony Harris (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 18
75  Ken Owers (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 0
76  Martin Smith (ENG) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 7
77  Robby Foldvari (AUS) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 8
78  Graham Miles (ENG) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 10
79  Brian Rowswell (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 6
80  Paul Medati (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 15
81  Pat Houlihan (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 0
82  Paul Gibson (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4
83  Vic Harris (ENG) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 14
84  Jim Donnelly (SCO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 30
85  Bill Oliver (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 11
86  Mario Morra (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 16
87  Malcolm Bradley (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 11
88  Jim Bear (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 27
89  Fred Davis (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 13
90  Mick Price (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4
91  Glen Wilkinson (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14
92  Ian Williamson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 15
77  Bob Harris (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11
94  Eddie Sinclair (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 34
95  John Dunning (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 28
96  Eric Lawlor (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 16
97  Mark Wildman (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13
98  Steve Campbell (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16
99  Mark Rowing (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5
100  Terry Whitthread (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 14
101  Anthony Kearney (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 18
102  Mike Darrington (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 27
103  Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 25
104  Jason Smith (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 19
105  François Ellis (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13
106  Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14
107  Steve Meakin (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21
108  Dennis Hughes (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17
109  Dessie Sheehan (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 39
110  Mike Watterson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25
111  Paul Thornley (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
113  Robbie Grace (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 19
114  Paul Watchorn (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 21
115  Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 16
116  Gino Rigitano (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 25
117  Jackie Rea (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23
118  Geoff Foulds (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 17
119  Billy Kelly (IRL) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14
120  Greg Jenkins (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23
121  Ian Black (SCO) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15
122  Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18
123  Patsy Fagan (IRL) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21
124  Pascal Burke (IRL) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
125  Dave Chalmers (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29
126  Ian Anderson (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
127  Frank Jonik (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
128  Derek Mienie (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
129  Jim 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) (NT) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
131  Derek Heaton (ENG) (NT) – – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
132  Clive Everton (WAL) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
133  David Greaves (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
134  Bernard Bennett (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
135  Maurice Parkin (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
136  John Hargreaves (ENG) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
137  Bert Demarco (SCO) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
138  Eddie McLaughlin (SCO) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
139  Joe Cagianello (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
140  Mike Hines (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
141  Lou Condo (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
142  Manuel Francisco (RSA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
143  James Giannaros (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
144  Steve Mizerak (USA) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
145  Paddy Morgan (AUS) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
146  Wayne Sanderson (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
147  Gerry Watson (CAN) (NT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preceded by
1988/1989 		1989/1990 Succeeded by
1990/1991

Notes

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  1. ^ Players who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points.[10]
  2. ^ Fined two points for failing a drugs test[4][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Hayton & Dee 2004, pp. 1201–21.
  2. ^ a b c Morrison 1987, p. 107.
  3. ^ a b Everton 1986, p. 9.
  4. ^ a b c "WPBSA world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1986. pp. 24–25.
  5. ^ "Hearn fails to change world rating system". The Times. 16 May 1989. p. 43.
  6. ^ a b c "Parrott perched at No 2". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1989. p. 21.
  7. ^ Acteson, Steve (24 December 1988). "Exhausted Davis pulls out of rankings event". The Times. p. 40.
  8. ^ a b "Snooker chiefs rap no-play Reynolds". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 24 May 1989. p. 2.
  9. ^ Hale, Janice (September 1985). "How the rankings work". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. p. 14.
  10. ^ a b Smith 1987, pp. 22–23.
  11. ^ "New world ranking list". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1989. pp. 20–21.
  12. ^ Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.

Books Books

  • Everton, Clive, ed. (1986). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Third ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-86369-166-9.
  • Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  • Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
  • Smith, Terry, ed. (1987). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fourth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1797-6.
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