1977/78 snooker season
1977/78 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | August 25, 1977 |
End of season | June 1, 1978 |
Ranked tournaments | 1 |
Non-ranking | 7th |
Invitation tournaments | 5 |
number of players | 42 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Patsy Fagan |
Masters | Alex Higgins |
World Champion | Ray Reardon |
World ranking | |
Ranking first | Ray Reardon |
← 1976/77
1978/79 →
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The 1977/78 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began on August 18, 1977 and ended in early June 1978. 42 players took an active part in the action.
Tournaments
13 tournaments were held during the season.
Ranking list
The 1978 world rankings were calculated from the results of the last three World Snooker Championships ( 1976 , 1977 and 1978 ) and were used as the set list for the 1979 World Snooker Championships .
position | Surname | change |
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1 | Ray Reardon | |
2 | John Spencer | 6 |
3 | Eddie Charlton | |
4th | Dennis Taylor | 5 |
5 | Alex Higgins | 3 |
6th | Cliff Thorburn | 7 |
7th | John Pulman | 8 |
8th | Graham Miles | 3 |
9 | Fred Davis | 5 |
10 | Perrie Mans | 3 |
11 | Rex Williams | 5 |
12 | David Taylor | 4 |
13 | Gary Owen | 3 |
14th | Doug Mountjoy | New |
15th | Jim Meadowcroft | 3 |
16 | John Dunning | 5 |
17th | Bill Werbeniuk | 3 |
18th | John Virgo | New |
19th | Patsy Fagan | New |
20th | Willie Thorne | New |
21st | Ian Anderson | 2 |
22nd | Warren Simpson | 2 |
23 | Marcus Owen | 6 |
24 | Bernard Bennett | 6 |
25th | Paddy Morgan | New |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ron Florax: Season 1977-1978 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, September 11, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).