1978/79 snooker season
1978/79 snooker season |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |