1978/79 snooker season

1978/79 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	August 1978
End of season	June 1979
Ranked tournaments	1
Non-ranking	6th
Invitation tournaments	8th
number of players	52
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	Doug Mountjoy
Masters	Perrie Mans
World Champion	Terry Griffiths
World ranking
Ranking first	Ray Reardon
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The 1978/79 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments that are part of the Main Tour . The tournaments were held between September 1978 and the World Cup final on April 28, 1979.

Season results

The following table shows the seasonal results.

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 16 to September 4, 1978	Canadian Open	Toronto	Non-ranking	Cliff Thorburn	Tony Meo	17:15
October 23 to January 28, 1979	Forward Chemicals Tournament	Manchester	league	Ray Reardon	John Spencer	9: 6
November 1978	Champion of Champions	London	Invitation tournament	Ray Reardon	Alex Higgins	11: 9
November 22nd to December 1st, 1978	UK Championship	Preston	Non-ranking	Doug Mountjoy	David Taylor	15: 9
December 27 and 28, 1978	Pot Black	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Ray Reardon	Doug Mountjoy	2: 1
January 14-17, 1979	Holsten Lager International	Slough	Non-ranking	John Spencer	Graham Miles	11: 7
January 22-26, 1979	Masters	London	Invitation tournament	Perrie Mans	Alex Higgins	8: 4
February 1st to 3rd	Irish Masters	Kill	Invitation tournament	Doug Mountjoy	Ray Reardon	6: 5
February 10th to 24th	Bombay International	Bombay	Invitation tournament / league	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	-
February 20 and 21, 1979	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Ipswich	Invitation tournament	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	5: 4
April 16-28, 1979	World Snooker Championship	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Terry Griffiths	Dennis Taylor	24:16
May 5th to 12th	Pontins Professional	Prestatyn	Non-ranking	Doug Mountjoy	Graham Miles	8: 4
June 1, 1979	Golden Masters	Newtownards	Invitation tournament	Ray Reardon	Graham Miles	4: 2

National professional championships

date	competition	venue	winner	Final opponent	Result
August 1978	South African Professional Championship		Perrie Mans	Silvino Francisco	9: 5
August 1978	Australian Professional Championship	Grafton	Eddie Charlton	Ian Anderson	29:13
March 1979	Irish Professional Championship	Belfast	Alex Higgins	Patsy Fagan	21:12

World ranking

The snooker world rankings were only updated after each full season and take into account the performance of the last three world championships . The following table shows the 16 best players in the world rankings for the 1978/79 season.

space	player
1	Ray Reardon
2	Perrie Mans
3	Eddie Charlton
4th	John Spencer
5	Cliff Thorburn
6th	Fred Davis
7th	Alex Higgins
8th	Dennis Taylor
9	Graham Miles
10	John Pulman
11	Patsy Fagan
12	Bill Werbeniuk
13	David Taylor
14th	Doug Mountjoy
15th	Willie Thorne
16	Jim Meadowcroft

Web links

• Season overview on Cuetracker.net