Snooker world rankings 1986/1987

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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.[1] The list for the 1986/87 season was the first to only take account of results over two seasons.[2]

Players in the top 16 of the rankings were seeded into the last-32 round of the 1987 World Snooker Championship, and received invitations to the 1987 Masters; in the 1985/86 season top 16 players were guaranteed at least £11,773.50 in prize money, while players ranked 17th to 32nd were only guaranteed to earn £4,570.50.[2]

Liam Kelly of the Evening Herald commented that although the WPBSA's ranking system was intended to be fair, it was "cumbersome and complicated".[3] He noted that WPBSA chairman Rex Williams was ranked 16th instead of John Parrott who had the same number of ranking points as Williams but more merit points, and argued that this "called into question [the] entire system."[3]

Points tariff[edit]

Points tariff contributing to the Snooker world rankings 1986/1987[4][5]
Placing 1985 World Championship Other Ranking Tournaments 1984/1985 1986 World Championship Other Ranking Tournaments 1985/1986
Champion 10 5 10 6
Runner-up 8 4 8 5
Losing semi-finalist 6 3 6 4
Losing Quarter-finalist 4 2 4 3
Last 16 Loser 2 1 2 2
Last 32 Loser 1 merit point 0.5 merit point 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 –

Rankings[edit]

Snooker world rankings 1986/1987[6][7]
Ranking Name 1984–85 season 1985–86 season Ranking Points Merit A points Frames
IO GP UK Cl BO WC MT GP UK Cl BO WC
1  Steve Davis (ENG) 5 3 5 3 3 8 3 6 6 3 6 8 59 1 0 0
2  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 0 4 3 4 1 4 6 4 2 5 2 6 41 1 0 0
3  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 2 5 1 0 2 10 4 5 4 2 0 0 35 4 0 0
4  Tony Knowles (ENG) 4 2 2 0 1 6 1 4 3 2 1 6 32 1 0 0
5  Jimmy White (ENG) 2 0 2 1 0 4 5 2 4 6 0 4 30 2 0 0
6  Alex Higgins (NIR) 2 0 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 27 1 0 0
7  Willie Thorne (ENG) 2 1 2 5 0 0 2 0 5 0 5 4 26 3 0 0
8  Joe Johnson (ENG) 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 1 10 25 3 0 0
9  Kirk Stevens (CAN) 0 2 3 1 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 4 24 3 0 0
10  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 3 3 0 3 4 22 1.5 0 0
11  Tony Meo (ENG) 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 17 3 0 0
12  Silvino Francisco (RSA) 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 17 5.5 0 0
13  Neal Foulds (ENG) 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 1 15 2.5 0 0
14  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 14 1.5 0 0
15  Ray Reardon (WAL) 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 0 0
16  Rex Williams (ENG) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 12 4 0 0
17  John Parrott (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 12 4.5 0 0
18  John Campbell (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 11 2.5 0 0
19  John Virgo (ENG) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 11 4 0 0
20  Eugene Hughes (IRL) 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 11 6 0 0
21  David Taylor (ENG) 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 10 4.5 0 0
22  Murdo MacLeod (SCO) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 9 6.5 0 0
23  Cliff Wilson (WAL) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 9 3.5 0 0
24  Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 9 2 0 0
25  Eddie Charlton (AUS) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 9 3.5 0 0
26  Peter Francisco (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 1 2 2 0 7 2.5 1 0
27  Mike Hallett (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 7 4 0 0
28  Dave Martin (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 0
29  Dean Reynolds (ENG) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 4.5 0 0
30  Barry West (ENG) – – – – – – 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 4
31  Steve Longworth (ENG) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 1 0
32  Jim Wych (CAN) – – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 1 0
33  Danny Fowler (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 4.5 0 0
34  John Spencer (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3.5 0 0
35  Steve Duggan (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0
36  Perrie Mans (RSA) 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0
37  Tony Drago (MLT) – – – – – – 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0
38  Marcel Gauvreau (CAN) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3.5 3 0
39  Dene O'Kane (NZL) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 0
40  Steve Newbury (WAL) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 0
41  Warren King (AUS) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0
42  Patsy Fagan (IRL) 0 – 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.5 3 0
43  Mark Wildman (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0
44  George Scott (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 2 0
45  Bob Harris (ENG) – – 0 – 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.5 2 0
46  Ray Edmonds (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0
47  Fred Davis (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0
48  Paddy Browne (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.5 3 0
49  Tony Chappel (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.5 3 0
50  Graham Cripsey (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
51  Stephen Hendry (SCO) – – – – – – 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 6
52  Graham Miles (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0
53  Bob Chaperon (CAN) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.5 2 0
53  Malcolm Bradley (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.5 2 0
55  Tony Jones (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0
56  Wayne Jones (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0
57  Tommy Murphy (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.5 2 0
58  Paul Medati (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.5 2 0
59  Jimmy van Rensberg (RSA) – – – – – 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0
60  Matt Gibson (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0
61  Bernie Mikkelsen (CAN) 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0
62  John Rea (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.5 3 0
63  Vic Harris (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.5 3 0
64  Ian Black (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
65  Joe O'Boye (IRL) – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 8
66  Roger Bales (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 9
67  Ian Williamson (ENG) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 4 0
68  Les Dodd (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 2 0
69  Robby Foldvari (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 3 0
70  Eddie Sinclair (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 2 0
71  Jack McLaughlin (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 2 0
72  Dave Gilbert (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 7
73  Jim Donnelly (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
74  Colin Roscoe (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
75  Mario Morra (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
76  Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
77  Mike Watterson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
78  Mike Darrington (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
79  Geoff Foulds (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
80  Sakchai Sim Ngam (THA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
81  Dessie Sheehan (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
82  Jim Bear (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4
83  John Dunning (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1 0
84  Bill Oliver (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
85  Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
86  Gino Rigitano (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
87  Mick Fisher (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
88  Billy Kelly (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
89  Omprakesh Agrawal (IND) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4
90  Eddie McLaughlin (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
91  Pat Houlihan (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9
92  John Hargreaves (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10
93  Dennis Hughes (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10
94  Martin Smith (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7
95  Greg Jenkins (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
96  Gerry Watson (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
97  Paul Thornley (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
98  Frank Jonik (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
99  Dave Chalmers (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
100  Clive Everton (WAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
101  Anthony Kearney (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9
102  Glen Wilkinson (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10
103  Jackie Rea (NIR) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
104  Pascal Burke (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17
105  Joe Cagianello (CAN) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
106  Paul Watchorn (IRL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
107  David Greaves (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
108  Derek Mienie (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
109  Bert Demarco (SCO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
110  Jim Rempe (USA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
111  Paddy Morgan (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
112  Robbie Grace (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
113  Maurice Parkin (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
114  Bernard Bennett (ENG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
115  Mike Hines (RSA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
116  Ian Anderson (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
117  James Giannaros (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
118  Leon Heywood (AUS) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preceded by
1985/1986 		1986/1987 Succeeded by
1987/1988

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Players who qualified received a ranking point. Players exempted until this round received two merit points

References[edit]

  1. ^ Morrison 1987, p. 107.
  2. ^ a b Everton 1986, p. 9.
  3. ^ a b Kelly, Liam (13 May 1986). "All are not equal". Evening Herald. Dublin. p. 44.
  4. ^ "World rankings and how they earned them". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1985. pp. 4–5.
  5. ^ Hale, Janice (September 1985). "How the rankings work". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. p. 14.
  6. ^ "Official W.P.B.S.A. rankings 1985–86". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1984. pp. 14–15.
  7. ^ Everton 1986, pp. 9–11.

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.
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