Ray Reardon / Achievements

This list shows the sporting achievements of the snooker player Ray Reardon . Reardon was a professional player between 1967 and 1992 and is considered the dominant player of the 1970s and one of the most successful players of all time. During his career he has won 26 professional tournaments and was in the finals of 25 other tournaments. His greatest successes include his six world titles and winning the Masters in 1976 , but due to the lack of a title at the UK Championship, he is not a member of the Triple Crown .

The 1932 Welsh Tredegar born Reardon won until the 1960s in several amateur tournaments and became a professional player in 1967. Just three years later, Reardon won the first world championship . After two years without a world title, he won all four editions of the world championships between 1973 and 1976 and thus took first place when the world rankings were introduced . In addition, after a defeat in the final in 1975, he was able to win the Masters a year later . In 1977 he lost another Masters final before winning his sixth and final world title in 1978 against Perrie Mans .

Reardon stayed at the top of the world rankings until 1981 and, after finishing fourth in the 1981/82 season, managed a brief return to the top one season later thanks to the 1982 runner-up title. In the same year he won his only full-fledged ranking tournament with the Professional Professional Players Tournament and in 1983 took part again in the Masters finals. In the following, however, Reardon gradually lost ground on the world rankings and ended his active professional career in 1992.

Following this, Reardon worked for the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association and helped Ronnie O'Sullivan win the 2004 World Snooker Championship . After being named Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1985, he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2011.

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

This table shows the ranking positions of Ray Reardon during his career and the performance in the Triple Crown tournaments , with the respective editions of the tournaments and the respective world rankings being linked .

Legend
S.	winner	F.	finalist
HF	Semi-finalist	VF	Quarter finalist
AF	Round of 16	#R	Eliminated in an earlier round
QR	not qualified	A.	did not participate in the tournament
oR	without ranking	S / N	Victories / defeats

competition	1968/ 1969	1969/ 1970	1970/ 1971	1971/ 1972	1972/ 1973	1973/ 1974	1974/ 1975	1975/ 1976	1976/ 1977	1977/ 1978	1978/ 1979	1979/ 1980	1980/ 1981	1981/ 1982	1982/ 1983	1983/ 1984	1984/ 1985	1985/ 1986	1986/ 1987	1987/ 1988	1988/ 1989	1989/ 1990	1990/ 1991	1991/ 1992	Career S / N
World snooker ranking	no ranking								1	1	1	1	1	4th	1	2	5	6th	15th	38	40	54	73	126
UK Championship	no event									AF	AF	A.	HF	VF	HF	VF	VF	2R	2R	1R	1R	QR	QR	A.	0/15
Masters	no event						F.	S.	F.	HF	HF	HF	VF	VF	F.	VF	VF	AF	AF	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	1/18
World Snooker Championship	VF	S.	HF	VF	S.	S.	S.	S.	VF	S.	VF	VF	HF	F.	AF	VF	HF	1R	AF	QR	QR	QR	QR	A.	6/24

Overview of the finals

The following lists show Reardon’s finals during his career. Overall, including the amateur tournaments, Reardon reached 63 finals, of which he was able to win 34. A total of eleven of these tournaments were so-called triple crown tournaments , and he was able to win seven of these prestigious tournaments.

Ranked tournaments

In total, Reardon took part in six finals of ranked tournaments, of which he could win five. Among the finals there are a total of four wins and one defeat in the finals of the snooker world championship . However, the assignment of the 1974–1976 world championships as world ranking tournaments is particularly controversial, as their results were included in the first world ranking lists and these are often referred to as world ranking tournaments. However, the 1975 World Snooker Championship , for example, is not recognized as such by the World Federation. Thus, according to this definition, only the Professional Players Tournament 1982 remains as a fully-fledged ranking tournament.

Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown 

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1974	World Snooker Championship	Graham Miles	22:12
winner	1975	World Snooker Championship	Eddie Charlton	31:30
winner	1976	World Snooker Championship	Alex Higgins	27:16
winner	1978	World Snooker Championship	Perrie Mans	25:18
finalist	1982	World Snooker Championship	Alex Higgins	15:18
winner	1982	Professional Players Tournament	Jimmy White	10: 5

Invitation tournaments

In invitation tournaments, Reardon reached the final 21 times, winning seven of them. Of these fourteen finals, four are played in the Masters , where he was able to win once.

Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown 

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1969	Pot Black	John Spencer	88:29 1
finalist	1970	Pot Black	John Spencer	27:88 1
winner	1971	Park Drive 600	John Spencer	4-0
finalist	1974	Norwich Union Open	John Spencer	9:10
finalist	1974	Masters	John Spencer	8: 9
winner	1976	Masters	Graham Miles	7: 3
finalist	1977	Masters	Doug Mountjoy	6: 7
finalist	1978	Golden Masters	Doug Mountjoy	2: 4
winner	1978	Champion of Champions	Alex Higgins	11: 9
winner	1978	Pot Black	Doug Mountjoy	2: 1
finalist	1979	Irish Masters	Doug Mountjoy	5: 6
finalist	1979	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Alex Higgins	4: 5
winner	1979	Golden Masters	Graham Miles	4: 2
finalist	1979	Kronenbräu 1308 Classic	Eddie Charlton	4: 7
finalist	1980	Pot Black	Eddie Charlton	1: 2
finalist	1980	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	6: 9
finalist	1981	Irish Masters	Terry Griffiths	7: 9
winner	1982	Highland Masters	John Spencer	11: 4
finalist	1983	Pot Black	Steve Davis	0: 2
finalist	1983	Masters	Cliff Thorburn	7: 9
finalist	1983	Irish Masters	Steve Davis	2: 9

¹ According to points.

Non-ranking tournaments

In so-called non-ranking tournaments - tournaments which, like the invitation tournaments, have no influence on the world rankings - Reardon reached the finals 16 times, winning ten times.

Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown 

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1970	World Snooker Championship	John Pulman	37:33
winner	1973	World Snooker Championship	Eddie Charlton	38:32
winner	1974	Pontins Professional	John Spencer	10: 9
winner	1975	Pontins Professional	John Spencer	10: 4
winner	1976	Pontins Professional	Fred Davis	10: 9
finalist	1976	Canadian Club Masters	Alex Higgins	4: 6
finalist	1976	World Professional Matchplay Championship	Eddie Charlton	24:31
winner	1977	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	12: 8
winner	1978	Pontins Professional	John Spencer	7: 2
finalist	1980	British Gold Cup	Alex Higgins	1: 5
finalist	1980	Pontins Professional	John Virgo	6: 9
winner	1981	Welsh Professional Championship	Cliff Wilson	9: 6
finalist	1982	Pontins Professional	Steve Davis	4: 9
winner	1983	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9: 1
winner	1983	International Masters	Jimmy White	9: 6
finalist	1983	Pontins Professional	Doug Mountjoy	7: 9

Leagues

In league tournaments Reardon could only reach three finals, of which he won two.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1971	Park Drive 2000	John Spencer	4: 3
finalist	1973	Men of the Midlands	Alex Higgins	3: 5
winner	1979	Forward Chemicals Tournament	John Spencer	9: 6

Team events

Reardon reached the final five times in team events; he was able to win two of them.

Result	year	competition	Team partner	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1979	World Challenge Cup	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	Fred Davis John Spencer Graham Miles	14: 3
winner	1980	World Challenge Cup	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	Cliff Thorburn Kirk Stevens Bill Werbeniuk	8: 5
Runner-up	1981	World Team Classic	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	Steve Davis John Spencer David Taylor	3: 4
Runner-up	1983	World Team Classic	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	Steve Davis Tony Knowles Tony Meo	2: 4
Runner-up	1985	World Doubles Championship	Tony Jones	Tony Meo Steve Davis	5:12

Amateur tournaments

During his career, Reardon participated in twelve amateur tournament finals, of which he won eight.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1950	Welsh Snooker Championship	John Ford	unknown
winner	1951	Welsh Snooker Championship	Richie Smith
winner	1952	Welsh Snooker Championship	John Ford	5: 3
winner	1953	Welsh Snooker Championship	Aubrey Kemp	5: 3
winner	1954	Welsh Snooker Championship	John Ford	unknown
winner	1955	Welsh Snooker Championship	John Ford
finalist	1956	English Amateur Championship	Tommy Gordon	9:11
winner	1964	English Amateur Championship	John Spencer	11: 8
finalist	1965	English Amateur Championship - North	Pat Houlihan	5: 6
winner	1975	Pontins Spring Open	John Virgo	7: 1
finalist	1982	Pontins Spring Open	John Parrott	4: 7
finalist	1983	Pontins Spring Open	Terry Griffiths	3: 7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
9. ↑ Chris Turner: World Cup / World Team Classic / Nations Cup - Team Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on November 21, 2011 ; accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
10. ↑ Chris Turner: World Doubles Championship - Non Ranking Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on November 21, 2011 ; accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
11. ↑ Jamie Watkins: Welsh Amateur Snooker Championship. Global Snooker Center, 2005, archived from the original on May 20, 2006 ; accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
12. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
14. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
15. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ray Reardon In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
16. ↑ Ron Florax: 1965 English Amateur Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  

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