1982–83 snooker world rankings
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, the governing body for professional snooker, first published official world rankings for players on the main tour for the 1976–77 season. Before this, for each tournament the defending champion was seeded first, and the previous year's runner-up second.[1][2][3]
For the 1982–83 season, players' performances in the previous three World Snooker Championships (1980, 1981 and 1982) contributed to their points total. For each of the three years, the World Champion gained five points, the runner-up received four, losing semi-finalists got three, losing quarter-finalists got two, and losers in the last-16 round received a single point.[4][3] For players with no points, placings were determined on the basis of their results at the 1982 World Championship.[5][6]
Ray Reardon, who had topped every previous ranking list except during 1981/1982, returned to first position, with nine points.[4][7] The player whom Reardon replaced as number one, Cliff Thorburn, had eight points and dropped to third position.[4][7] Also with eight points, Alex Higgins was ranked ahead of Thorburn by virtue of better progress at the 1982 championship.[6] Higgins had two ranking points deducted for misconduct which meant that he was ranked second rather than first.[4][8][9] The penalty was applied in respect of Higgins's conduct at an exhibition match at Herringthorpe Leisure Centre in February 1981, when he was late returning to his match against Steve Davis, reportedly because he was playing Space Invaders.[4][10] Davis moved down two places from second to fourth, while Terry Griffiths fell from third to fourteenth.[4] The top sixteen players in the rankings were seeded through to the main stage of the 1983 World Snooker Championship.[4][11]
Rankings
[edit]The world rankings for professional snooker players in the 1982–1983 season are listed below. Points gained in each of the three World Snooker Championships are shown, with the total number of points given in the last column. A "–" symbol indicates that the player did not participate in that year's championship.[4][12]
| Ranking | Name | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ray Reardon (WAL) |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 |  Alex Higgins (NIR) |
4 | 1[a] | 5 | 8 |
| 3 |  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) |
5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |  Steve Davis (ENG) |
2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |  Eddie Charlton (AUS) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Kirk Stevens (CAN) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) |
1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | David Taylor (ENG) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
– | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 |  Perrie Mans (RSA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | John Spencer (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Dennis Taylor (NIR) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Terry Griffiths (WAL) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Tony Knowles (ENG) |
– | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Willie Thorne (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Silvino Francisco (RSA) |
– | – | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Graham Miles (ENG) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | John Virgo (ENG) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Fred Davis (ENG) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Jim Wych (CAN) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Dean Reynolds (ENG) |
– | – | 1 | 1 |
| 23 |  Patsy Fagan (IRL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Tony Meo (ENG) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | John Bear (CAN) |
0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Cliff Wilson (WAL) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Dave Martin (ENG) |
– | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Meadowcroft (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 |  Jim Donnelly (SCO) |
– | – | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | John Dunning (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Mike Hallett (ENG) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Jack Fitzmaurice (ENG) |
– | – | 0 | 0 |
| Preceded by 1981/1982 |
1982/1983 | Succeeded by 1983/1984 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Official rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. August 1976. p. 10.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ a b Turner, Chris (September 2000). "World Rankings – History and Development". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "New world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1982. p. 29.
- ^ "World professional ratings list 1982". Cue World. July 1982. p. 25.
- ^ a b "Ray is still top of list". Evening Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 19 May 1982. p. 17. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker (Revised ed.). Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
- ^ Everton, Clive (18 May 1982). "Higgins fined £1,000". The Guardian. p. 22. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bigger field for 1982 championship". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1981. p. 19.
- ^ a b "Higgins in trouble". Birmingham Evening Mail. 17 April 1981. p. 30. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Willie's ranking reward". Leicester Mercury. 19 May 1982. p. 32. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
