1991/92 snooker season

1991/92 snooker season
Season dates
Beginning of the season	August 1991
End of season	May 31, 1992
Ranked tournaments	10
Non-ranking	10
Invitation tournaments	7th
number of players	556
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship	John Parrott
Masters	Stephen Hendry
World Champion	Stephen Hendry
World ranking
Ranking first	Stephen Hendry
← 1990/91 1992/93 →

The 1991/92 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Main Tour . It began in August 1991 and ended on May 21, 1992 with the final of the Irish Professional Championship . The 1992 World Snooker Championship was the last world ranking tournament of the season.

Season results

date	competition	venue	Art	winner	finalist	Result
August 1, 1991	Pot Black 1991	Birmingham	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	2: 1
August 1991	European Challenge 1991	Commodity	Invitation tournament	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	4: 1
August 1991	Thailand Masters 1991	Bangkok	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	6: 3
August 28 to August 31, 1991	Hong Kong Challenge 1991	Hong Kong	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	James Wattana	9: 1
September 4 to September 7, 1991	Indian Challenge 1991	Delhi	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9: 5
September 11th to September 15th 1991	Scottish Masters 1991	Motherwell	Invitation tournament	Mike Hallett	Steve Davis	10: 6
September 18 to September 22, 1991	World Seniors Championship 1991	Stoke-on-Trent	Invitation tournament	Cliff Wilson	Eddie Charlton	5: 4
September 1991	Humo Masters 1991	Antwerp	Invitation tournament	Mike Hallett	Neal Foulds	9: 7
October 5 to October 11, 1991	Dubai Duty Free Classic 1991	Dubai	World ranking tournament	John Parrott	Tony Knowles	9: 3
October 14th to October 27th 1991	Grand Prix 1991	Reading	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	10: 6
November 2 to November 14, 1991	Benson & Hedges Championship 1991	Glasgow	Invitation tournament	Ken Doherty	Darren Morgan	9: 3
November 15 to December 2, 1991	UK Championship 1991	Preston	World ranking tournament	John Parrott	Jimmy White	16:13
December 5 to December 14, 1991	World Matchplay 1991	Doncaster	Invitation tournament	Gary Wilkinson	Steve Davis	18:11
December 18 to December 21, 1991	Belgian Challenge 1991	Antwerp	Invitation tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	10: 9
January 1 to January 11, 1992	Classic 1992	Bournemouth	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Stephen Hendry	9: 8
January 14th to January 19th 1992	Asian Open 1992	Bangkok	World ranking tournament	Steve Davis	Alan McManus	9: 3
February 2 to February 9, 1992	Masters 1992	London	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	John Parrott	9: 4
February 10 to February 16, 1992	Welsh Open 1992	Newport	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Darren Morgan	9: 3
February 17 to February 29, 1992	British Open 1992	Derby	World ranking tournament	Jimmy White	James Wattana	10: 7
March 1992	European Challenge 1992	Commodity	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Joe Johnson	4-0
March 2 to March 7, 1992	Strachan Open 1992	Thornbury	World ranking tournament	James Wattana	John Parrott	9: 5
March 10 to March 14, 1992	European Open 1992	Tongeren	World ranking tournament	Jimmy White	Mark Johnston-Allen	9: 3
March 31 to April 5, 1992	Irish Masters 1992	Kildare	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Ken Doherty	9: 6
April 18 to May 4, 1992	World Snooker Championship 1992	Sheffield	World ranking tournament	Stephen Hendry	Jimmy White	18:14
May 9 to May 16, 1992	Pontins Professional 1992	Prestatyn	Invitation tournament	Steve James	Neal Foulds	9: 8
May 18 to May 21, 1992	Irish Professional Championship 1992	Cork	Invitation tournament	Joe Swail	Jason Prince	9: 1
January 12 to May 31, 1992	Matchroom League 1992	Bournemouth	Invitation tournament	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	9: 2

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Exact date is unknown.
2. ↑ The result is also given as 5: 3.

World ranking

The snooker world rankings were only updated after every full season until 2010 and took into account the performance of the past two seasons. The following table shows the 32 best players in the world rankings for the 1991/92 season; is based on the results of the seasons 1989/90 and 1990/91 . The previous year's placement is given in brackets.

Place 1 - 8		Place 9 - 16		17th - 24th place		Place 25 - 32
1	Stephen Hendry (1)	9	Dennis Taylor (10)	17th	Willie Thorne (11)	25th	Wayne Jones (23)
2	Steve Davis (2)	10	Doug Mountjoy (5)	18th	Dene O'Kane (24)	26th	Joe Johnson (18)
3	Jimmy White (4)	11	Terry Griffiths (6)	19th	Peter Francisco (25)	27	Eddie Charlton (32)
4th	John Parrott (3)	12	Dean Reynolds (8)	20th	James Wattana (32)	28	Danny Fowler (30)
5	Gary Wilkinson (20)	13	Alain Robidoux (17)	21st	Nigel Bond (38)	29	Mark Bennett (??)
6th	Neal Foulds (13)	14th	Martin Clark (12)	22nd	Tony Drago (31)	30th	Bob Chaperone (26)
7th	Steve James (9)	15th	Tony Jones (34)	23	Steve Newbury (21)	31	John Virgo (15)
8th	Mike Hallett (7)	16	Tony Knowles (22)	24	Silvino Francisco (27)	32	Cliff Wilson (29)

Web links

• 1991/92 snooker season at Cuetracker

Individual evidence

1. ^ Strachan Open. World Ranking Event. (No longer available online.) In: Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Chris Turner, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on April 3, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 1992 Strachan Open. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed April 3, 2016 .