1977/78 snooker season

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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 IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan
Masters Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
World Champion WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
World ranking
Ranking first WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
1976/77
1978/79

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.

date competition venue winner Final opponent Result
August 27 to September 5, 1977 CanadaCanada Canadian Open Toronto Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins EnglandEngland John Spencer 17:14
September 1st to 30th AustraliaAustralia Australian Professional Championship Melbourne AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan 25:21
September 25th and 26th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Professional Championship Caerphilly WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 12: 8
November 26th to December 3rd EnglandEngland UK Championship Blackpool IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 12: 9
21st December EnglandEngland Dry Blackthorn Cup London IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4: 2
February 2-4, 1978 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Irish Professional Championship Belfast Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 21: 7
February 6-10 EnglandEngland Masters London Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 7: 5
March 8-10 IrelandIreland Irish Masters Kill EnglandEngland John Spencer WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5: 3
April 13th to 15th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Irish Professional Championship Belfast Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 21:13
April 17th to 29th EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Sheffield WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 25:18
April 29th to May 6th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland John Spencer 7: 2
May 1st to 21st EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy EnglandEngland Graham Miles 2: 1
End of May to June 1st Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Golden Masters Newtownards WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 4: 2

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
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon  
2 EnglandEngland John Spencer   6
3 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton  
4th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor   5
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins   3
6th CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn   7
7th EnglandEngland John Pulman   8
8th EnglandEngland Graham Miles   3
9 EnglandEngland Fred Davis   5
10 South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans   3
11 EnglandEngland Rex Williams   5
12 EnglandEngland David Taylor   4
13 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Gary Owen   3
14th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy New
15th EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft   3
16 EnglandEngland John Dunning   5
17th CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk   3
18th EnglandEngland John Virgo New
19th IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan New
20th EnglandEngland Willie Thorne New
21st AustraliaAustralia Ian Anderson   2
22nd AustraliaAustralia Warren Simpson   2
23 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen   6
24 EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett   6
25th AustraliaAustralia Paddy Morgan New

Individual evidence

  1. Ron Florax: Season 1977-1978 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 21, 2018 .
  2. 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).