Ray Reardon

Ray Reardon
birthday	8th October 1932 (age 87)
place of birth	Tredegar , Monmouthshire
nationality	Wales
Nickname (s)	Dracula
professional	1967- 1992
Prize money	307,207 pounds sterling
Highest break	146 ( Park Drive 2000 1972 - Autumn )
Century Breaks	53
Main tour successes
World championships	6th
Ranking tournament victories	5
World rankings
Highest WRL place	1 ( 76/77 - 80/81 , 82/83 )
Best results
Amateur tournaments	6 × Welsh champion 1 × British champion

Ray Reardon MBE (born October 8, 1932 in Tredegar , Monmouthshire , Wales ) is a former Welsh snooker player who was a professional player between 1967 and 1992 and is considered the leading player of the 1970s. Reardon won six World Championships and one Masters during his career , but is not a member of the Triple Crown for lack of a win at the UK Championship . Reardon, a representative of the typical defensive style of play of his time, was an official of the WPBSA for a few years after his career and later also coach of the English player and world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan .

Career

Reardon was born in 1932 in the Tredegar mining region, then part of Monmouthshire and now Blaenau Gwent . Large parts of Reardon's family played various forms of pool at the amateur level . His uncle taught him how to play pool at the age of eight on an improvised pool table on the family kitchen table. Shortly afterwards, Reardon was given a small pool table for Christmas and later began to practice regularly at the Tredegar Workmen's Institute . At the age of twelve he took part in the Welsh Youth Championship. At the time, Reardon played primarily English billiards , improving his accuracy in match play and his cue ball control. At the age of 14, Reardon began working in the mining industry, like his father . Reardon worked during the day and used the evening to play pool. As he worked, he took special care to keep his hands intact, and the heavy physical labor helped Reardon improve his strength and endurance.

Reardon later concentrated on the game of snooker. A short time later he began to take part in games for money at the local Lucania club. At the same time he made friends with Cliff Wilson , with whom Reardon trained together. Wilson was considered one of the best amateur players by his playing style at the time, but he did not become a professional player until several decades later. This training partnership was also a crowd puller as numerous people attended the two games. Even if Reardon's game improved immensely as a result, he lost 4-0 in a game against eventual Welsh champions John Ford in 1949 . At the same time he was able to win the amateur title of News of the World in the same year . In the course of this, Reardon trained much more intensively, whereby he won the Welsh Snooker Championship six times between 1950 and 1955 . Between 1952 and 1955 Reardon also moved three times into the sixth qualifying round of the English Amateur Championship and was eliminated once in the round before. In 1956 he finally reached the final of the British Championship, but lost to Tommy Gordon .

In the same year he and his family had to move to Staffordshire in England due to the decline in mining in his home region due to a lack of work . Shortly after the move, he was invited to an exhibition with Joe Davis , during which he was able to impress Davis , who invited him to a TV show on the BBC . At the same time he met his first wife Sue there, who was the niece of the organizer of the exhibition, Billy Carter. Reardon also worked in the mining industry in Staffordshire, but was involved in a mine accident in the Florence Colliery when a section of coal collapsed and it was buried for a few hours. The lower half of his body was already numb from the weight of the rock, but he was saved in time. After some time in the hospital, he returned to the mine, but since he married for the first time in 1959 and was therefore looking for a safer job, he gave up this job and worked for the Stoke-on-Trent Police from 1960 .

As a result of his work in the police force, Reardon's physical condition and nerves improved, and he even managed to persuade an armed man to give up. This also had an impact on his skills in snooker and led to winning the English Amateur Championship in 1964 with an 11: 8 win over his future professional competitor John Spencer . A year later he was defeated by Pat Houlihan in the final of the northern qualifying competition. Reardon had attracted the attention of sponsors through his success as an amateur . In 1967 he was invited to a tour to South Africa , which convinced him of the lucrative nature of snooker. He then gave up his job with the police and announced the start of his professional career on December 3, 1967. Like many of his fellow pro players at the time, Reardon became a pro player relatively late in his life. Reardon's decision posed a certain risk because of the bad situation of snooker at that time, also because he refused to earn extra income as a participant in exhibitions because of the lower earnings. Shortly after starting his professional career, he was invited by the Johannesburg Tobacco Company to another tour of South Africa, during which he played 25 century breaks .

First professional years with World Cup victory in 1970

It wasn't until a year after starting his professional career that Reardon played his first professional game against Fred Davis , eight-time world champion and brother of Joe Davis , in the course of the 1969 World Snooker Championship , which was played in the knockout system for the first time in several years . that he lost in the decider . At the new Pot Black Cup he reached the final with a revenge against Fred Davis and a win over John Pulman and won his first professional title against the 1969 world champion, John Spencer . The invitation tournament Pot Black was hosted by the BBC with the introduction of color television in the UK and contributed to the growing popularity of snooker in the decades that followed.

A year later there was a re-edition of the previous year's final at Pot Black 1970 , which was won by Spencer. The next meeting of the two took place at the Snooker World Championship and was won by Reardon, who also defeated Fred Davis and thus reached the final. In this he met John Pulman, whom he defeated 37:33, which Reardon won the world championship for the first time. Reardon was able to pay off existing debts through the win bonus of £ 750 ; at the same time, Reardon's income increased due to the world title and the increased popularity of his person. So Reardon began to earn extra income far away from professional snooker with games in holiday resorts such as von Pontins . Because of this, he became known to a wide audience as a player and also as an entertainer.

A few months after winning the World Championship, Reardon went on tour again in South Africa, whereupon an exhibition Reardon's cue was stolen. Since this was not found by a police manhunt, Reardon was already considering canceling his participation in the next world championship. But after a newspaper advertisement in the Rand Daily Mail , the thief put the queue and an anonymously written apology in front of the door of the newspaper office so that Reardon could compete. In this season that found World Snooker Championship held in Australia and Reardon was eliminated in the semi-final against John Spencer after recovering from group stage. Shortly afterwards, the two players met again in the final at Park Drive 600 , with Reardon this time winning the game 4-0.

During the 1971/72 season , Reardon was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship , although this season he only reached the final in half of the tournaments: He won the Park Drive 2000 competition with a 4-3 victory over John Spencer . Autumn , but lost to Eddie Charlton in the Pot Black Cup final .

World title between 1973 and 1976

During the 1972/73 season Reardon reached the finals in only one of three tournaments in the run-up to the World Snooker Championship and was defeated in this one. At the World Cup, however, he defeated John Spencer, along with two other players, before becoming world champion for the second time with a 38:32 final victory over Eddie Charlton. During the game, the BBC set up several cameras and TV lights around the table so that scenes from the game could be televised afterwards. However, the lights reflected on the object ball and while Charlton accepted the changed situation, Reardon refused to continue playing until the problem was resolved. Little by little, Reardon rose to become the dominant player of the 1970s. Also in the following season Reardon succeeded with a 22:12 victory over Graham Miles to defend the title at the Snooker World Championship . During the rest of the season, Reardon had participated in two other tournaments without making it to the finals and won the Pontins Professional shortly after the world championship by winning the Decider over John Spencer .

During the 1974/75 season , Reardon did not reach the final in only two tournaments - at Pot Black , however, he won the game for third place - but lost at the Norwich Union Open and the Masters against John Spencer. However, he won the Pontins Professional , the Pontins Spring Open and again the World Snooker Championship , this time just winning in the final against Eddie Charlton. Following the snooker world championship, a so-called Order of Merit was published for the first time , in which Reardon took first place and which was replaced by the snooker world rankings in the following season . In the following season Reardon won the two Triple Crown tournaments Masters and Snooker World Championship as well as another tournament with the Pontins Professional . In addition, he lost in the final of the Canadian Club Masters to his later World Cup final opponent Alex Higgins . Only at the Pontins Spring Open did he not reach the finals due to an opening defeat. As three years earlier, the World Cup game took place under suboptimal conditions and Reardon first complained about the TV lights and then about the condition of the table. In the end, Bill Timms was even replaced by John Williams as referee for the game . At the end of the season, a world ranking was published for the first time, on which Reardon took first place and he was the first world number one .

More years at the top of the world

After the successes of the previous season, Reardon could not win a single tournament during the 1976/77 season , even if he reached the final at the World Professional Matchplay Championship and the Masters . In the other tournaments he was eliminated twice in the group phase and in the quarterfinals. Nevertheless, Reardon was able to hold his first world rankings.

Over the next season , Reardon was eliminated from several tournaments in the semifinals or earlier, but also reached several finals. While he lost the final at the Golden Masters , he won both the Welsh Professional Championship and the Pontins Professional and again the World Snooker Championship , where he defeated the South African Perrie Mans with 25:18. This sixth world title was Reardon's last victory in the snooker world championship. Nevertheless, he was the sole record holder of the modern snooker era until Steve Davis' sixth World Cup success in 1989; Davis and Reardon were only surpassed by Stephen Hendry in 1999 . At the same time he defended the world rankings with the world title. However, due to his comparatively old age, his form gradually deteriorated over the next few years and he was no longer able to keep up with the new professional players such as Terry Griffiths or Steve Davis. In the early 1980s, however, it made a brief comeback.

Already in the 1978/79 season Reardon did not manage to reach the finals in the major Triple Crown tournaments and in some other tournaments. In six mostly smaller tournaments he made it into the final, lost it at the Irish Masters and the Tolly Cobbold Classic and won the final games of the Forward Chemicals Tournament , the Champion of Champions , the Pot Black Cup and the final of the Golden Masters , which means he was able to win a total of four tournaments. In addition, he again defended the first world rankings. During the 1979/80 season , the victory of the Welsh team with Terry Griffiths and Doug Mountjoy at the World Challenge Cup was Reardons only tournament win. Reardon lost in four other tournaments before the final, but achieved this in the Pot Black Cup , the Pontins Professional and three other smaller tournaments, but always lost here. But he was still able to maintain the world rankings.

Farewell and brief return to the top of the world

In the 1980/81 season , Reardons results deteriorated again and he reached a third place in total only three finals, of which he was able to win two. He and his Welsh teammates defended their title at the World Challenge Cup , but also won the final of the Welsh Professional Championship against his childhood friend Cliff Wilson . Nevertheless, at the end of the season he had to give up his first world rankings to the Canadian Cliff Thorburn and rose to fourth place.

Also during the 1981/82 season Reardon reached several finals again, but lost twice against Steve Davis and against the English team in the final of the World Challenge Cup . At the Highland Masters , however, he won the final 11: 4 over John Spencer . At the following World Snooker Championship he defeated John Virgo and Eddie Charlton , among others , before he was in the final of the tournament for the seventh and last time and lost it just under 15:18 against Alex Higgins . Thanks to the runner-up world title, Reardon was able to take first place in the world rankings for the last time. He spent a total of 362 weeks on the same world rankings and thus occupies one of the top places on the list of world number one . In the same year, however, Reardon's father died. In addition, his eyesight deteriorated and from then on he needed glasses that he couldn't really get along with.

In the course of the 1982/83 season , Reardon moved again in eight finals and was able to hold the previous year's level approximately. But in a large part of the tournaments Reardon lost the final, but won in contrast to Doug Mountjoy at the Welsh Professional Championship and against Jimmy White in the final of the International Masters . He also defeated White in the final of the Professional Players Tournament , a tournament that had an impact on the world rankings. Nevertheless, he had to give up his first place in the world rankings to make way for the new world champion Steve Davis. Reardon himself took second place the following season. In 1983 he also released a single called It's Snooker Again .

Crash to rank 54

In the next three seasons, the seasons 1983/84 , 1984/85 and 1985/86 , Reardon's loss of form was noticeable when he could only show mediocre results at all tournaments, including the ranking tournaments. In addition, he won only two of sixteen games during this time. His only two finals were played at team level and were to the disadvantage of Reardons; he lost with the Welsh team in the 1983 World Team Classics final and with Tony Jones in the 1985 World Doubles Championship final . Over the course of the three years, Reardon slipped down to 15th place due to his results and was only just able to stay in the top 16.

In the 1986/87 season Reardon managed a total of five wins, defeating Alex Higgins at the Pot Black Cup and reaching the round of 64 with one win each at the International Open , the UK Championship and the British Open . He also defeated Barry West at the World Snooker Championship, only to be eliminated by Steve Davis. For Reardon it was the last participation in a World Cup main round, as his world ranking position no longer allowed a direct qualification and he did not manage to playfully secure a qualification place. At the end of the season he slipped to 38th place in the world rankings, which meant that he had to qualify in advance for all ranked tournaments.

This downward trend continued in the following two seasons, 1987/88 and 1988/89 . The highlight of these two years was the British Open in 1988 , when Reardon managed a surprise with a victory over the then five-time world champion Steve Davis . However, this had little effect on Reardon's world ranking position, which fell by sixteen places to 54th place within these two years.

Last professional years

In the 1989/90 season Reardon only took part in five tournaments and lost in four of them their respective opening game. Only at the Welsh Professional Championship did he manage to beat Mark Bennett before losing to Doug Mountjoy there . On the world rankings, he slipped to 73rd place.

In the following season Reardon took part again in eight tournaments, but could only win his opening games at the Welsh Professional Championship and the European Open , only to then be eliminated from these two tournaments. At the end of the season he lost in his last professional game in qualifying for the 1991 World Snooker Championship with 5:10 against Jason Prince . Even though he was still in the world rankings until the end of his professional career in 1992, he did not play a single game and eventually slipped to rank 187.

Further life

In 1997, Reardon was invited to Seniors Pot Black along with other former players from the world’s top , where he lost to Terry Griffiths after winning the quarterfinals , who also ended his career shortly afterwards. A year later he took a seat on the board of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association with Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, among others, and from then on played an active role at the world association for a while.

In 2004 Reardon - at the request of his imprisoned father - coached the English player Ronnie O'Sullivan and helped him win the 2004 World Snooker Championship . When O'Sullivan accepted the World Cup trophy, he showed his trainer respect with the help of a vampire bite. This was a reference to Reardon's nickname "Dracula", which goes back to his appearance. Reardon, who often appeared on talk shows or similar TV shows during his career , was seen several times on the TV show Big Break after his career ended . During his active career, Reardon was also a guest on the program This Is Your Life through a recommendation from Clive Everton , in which celebrities - without knowing it - were invited to the show and then shown excerpts from their daily lives.

Reardon now lives in Brixham in Devon, England , and still plays snooker . He is also the president of a local golf club .

Style of play

Reardon was known for his strong nerves and an extraordinary tactical mind. In addition, he had an excellent safety and hole game until his decreasing eyesight worsened the latter property. Reardon, who is described as a gentleman far away from snooker , was like many players of his time to the slow players, where he managed to calculate several shots in advance. He also tried in part to unsettle his opponents and thereby gain the upper hand. Reardon was also surrounded by unsettling superiority in the late 1970s, and he was described as astute and one of the most consistent players of the time.

Still, Technically Reardon wasn't the best player; so, unusually, like many amateur players, he raised his head when he pushed his elbow. Thanks to his tactical skills, but also because he was able to show a very good match game under pressure and thereby exploited the mistakes of his opponents, he was able to win even games believed to be lost. In addition, Reardon was considered an entertainer who also interacted with the audience during the games.

Meaning and honors

Reardon is mostly seen as the dominant and formative snooker player of the 1970s and is therefore in a row with Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry , who later shaped the 1980s and 1990s. In addition, Reardon is named next to Mark Williams as one of the most important snooker players from Wales. Reardon also plays an important role in the history of snooker as he shaped the transition of the sport from the working men's club to a major television sport . This decade is often associated with Reardon by snooker fans, as his dominance resulted in several finals in the BBC's Pot Black Cup and the world championships being televised for longer and longer , which made him very well known and popular with a large television audience attained.

Reardon was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1985. In 2011 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame . Five years later the world federation announced that the trophy of the Welsh Open would from now on bear the name Ray Reardon Trophy . Barry Hearn , chairman of the world association's commercial arm, recognized Reardon as a "pioneer of snooker and a key figure in its development into one of the most important televised sports".

successes

→ Main article : Ray Reardon / Achievements

The following is a list of all of Reardon's finals at Triple Crown tournaments . A complete list of all finals as well as an overview of his performance in the same Triple Crown tournaments can be found under the link above .

output	year	competition	finalist	Frames
winner	1970	World Snooker Championship	John Pulman	37:33
winner	1973	World Snooker Championship	Eddie Charlton	38:32
winner	1974	World Snooker Championship	Graham Miles	22:12
finalist	1975	Masters	John Spencer	8: 9
winner	1975	World Snooker Championship	Eddie Charlton	31:30
winner	1976	Masters	Graham Miles	7: 3
winner	1976	World Snooker Championship	Alex Higgins	27:16
finalist	1977	Masters	Doug Mountjoy	6: 7
winner	1978	World Snooker Championship	Perrie Mans	25:18
finalist	1982	World Snooker Championship	Alex Higgins	15:18
finalist	1983	Masters	Cliff Thorburn	7: 9

literature

• Luke Williams, Paul Gadsby: Snooker's World Champions: Masters of the Baize . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2012, ISBN 978-1-78057-715-9 , Chapter 7: Ray Reardon: The Aura of Greatness ( limited preview in Google Book Search - according to Google Books without page numbers).

Web links

• Profile of Ray Reardon on CueTracker
• Ray Reardon in the snooker Database (English)
• Ray Reardon in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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