Being ranked in the top 16 exempted players from the qualifying rounds for the World Snooker Championship and also meant inclusion in certain invitational events.[1] The top 32 ranked players were exempt from the early qualifying rounds of the other ranking tournaments.[2]
Higgins had been banned from competing in the first two ranking tournaments of the 1987/1988 season, and this was the first year since the rankings were instituted in 1976/1977 that he was not among the top 16.[2] In May 1988, Cliff Thorburn had two ranking points deducted for "bringing the game into disrepute" due to failing a drugs test at the 1988 British Open. Thorburn had been found to have small traces of cocaine in his urine sample. Thorburn was also barred from the first two ranking events of the 1988/1989 season as part of his punishment.[3][4] Without the deduction of the two points, Thorburn would have been ranked a place higher, at fifth.[2]
Of the players who had only been competing professionally for one season, Martin Clark was the highest-ranked, at 41st.[2]
The rankings were based on a system of points as per the tables below. Ranking was determined on points earned over the preceding two seasons. The ranking order was determined as follows:[2]
Most points
If a tie on points, the player who earned more points in the most recent season was given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player with more "Merit" points" was given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player who earned more "Merit" points was the most recent season is given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player who earned more "Merit" points was the most preceding season is given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player with more "A" points" was given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player with more frames won was given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous World Championship was given the higher ranking
If still a tie, the player with the better performance in the previous ranking tournament was given the higher ranking, going back through ranking tournaments until the positions could be established.
World championship
Champion
10
Runner-up
8
Losing semi-finalist
6
Losing Quarter-finalist
4
Second-round loser
2
First-round loser
1 if not in top 16 ranked players. 2 "Merit" points if in top 16.
^ abActeson, Steve (19 April 1988). "Higgins slips off edge of the world". The Times. London. p. 47.
^ abcdefghTerry Smith, ed. (1988). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year. Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 20–29. ISBN0720718309.
^Acteson, Steve (13 May 1988). "Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient". The Times. London. p. 44.
^"Snooker: three players fail drugs tests but remain anonymous". The Independent. 10 April 1998. from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 13–21. ISBN0356146901.
^Barnes, Simon (26 April 1988). "Why Davis is hooked on winning". The Times. London. p. 44 – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Rose Villa Publications. pp. 41–46. ISBN978-0954854904.
^Turner, Chris. . cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
^"Ranking History". Snooker.org. from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN0-9548549-0-X.
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snooker, world, rankings, 1988, 1989, preceded, by1987, 1988, 1988, 1989, succeeded, by1989, 1990the, professional, world, rankings, 1988, season, listed, below, steve, davisborn, 1957, august, 1957, sport, country, englandprofessional1978, 2014highest, rankin. Preceded by1987 1988 1988 1989 Succeeded by1989 1990The professional world rankings for the 1988 89 season are listed below No 1 Steve DavisBorn 1957 08 22 August 22 1957 age 65 Sport country EnglandProfessional1978 2014Highest ranking1No 2 Jimmy WhiteBorn 1962 05 02 May 2 1962 age 60 Sport country EnglandProfessional1980 Highest ranking2No 3 Neal FouldsBorn 1963 07 13 July 13 1963 age 59 Sport country EnglandProfessional1983 2004Highest ranking3Being ranked in the top 16 exempted players from the qualifying rounds for the World Snooker Championship and also meant inclusion in certain invitational events 1 The top 32 ranked players were exempt from the early qualifying rounds of the other ranking tournaments 2 The top three players in the snooker world rankings 1987 1988 kept the same positions this season Steve Davis was ranked first with 59 points ahead of Jimmy White with 44 and Neal Foulds with 34 In fourth place with 33 points was Stephen Hendry who rose from 23rd position on the previous year s list The other players to join the elite top 16 were Peter Francisco John Virgo and Cliff Wilson The players dropping out of the top 16 were Alex Higgins Rex Williams Dean Reynolds and Doug Mountjoy 2 Higgins had been banned from competing in the first two ranking tournaments of the 1987 1988 season and this was the first year since the rankings were instituted in 1976 1977 that he was not among the top 16 2 In May 1988 Cliff Thorburn had two ranking points deducted for bringing the game into disrepute due to failing a drugs test at the 1988 British Open Thorburn had been found to have small traces of cocaine in his urine sample Thorburn was also barred from the first two ranking events of the 1988 1989 season as part of his punishment 3 4 Without the deduction of the two points Thorburn would have been ranked a place higher at fifth 2 Of the players who had only been competing professionally for one season Martin Clark was the highest ranked at 41st 2 Contents 1 Tournaments contributing to the rankings 2 Points tariff 3 Rankings 4 Notes 5 ReferencesTournaments contributing to the rankings EditThe tournaments contributing to the 1988 89 rankings were the ranking tournaments held across two seasons from 1986 to 1988 2 From the 1986 87 season they were the 1986 International Open won by Foulds the 1986 Grand Prix and 1987 British Open both won by White and the 1986 UK Championship 1987 Classic and 1987 World Championship all won by Davis 5 In the 1987 88 season Davis won four of the six ranking titles 1 the 1987 International Open 1987 UK Championship 1988 Classic and the 1988 World Championship 6 Stephen Hendry won the other two the 1987 Grand Prix and the 1988 British Open 7 Points tariff EditThe rankings were based on a system of points as per the tables below Ranking was determined on points earned over the preceding two seasons The ranking order was determined as follows 2 Most points If a tie on points the player who earned more points in the most recent season was given the higher ranking If still a tie the player with more Merit points was given the higher ranking If still a tie the player who earned more Merit points was the most recent season is given the higher ranking If still a tie the player who earned more Merit points was the most preceding season is given the higher ranking If still a tie the player with more A points was given the higher ranking If still a tie the player with more frames won was given the higher ranking If still a tie the player with the better performance in the previous World Championship was given the higher ranking If still a tie the player with the better performance in the previous ranking tournament was given the higher ranking going back through ranking tournaments until the positions could be established World championshipChampion 10Runner up 8Losing semi finalist 6Losing Quarter finalist 4Second round loser 2First round loser 1 if not in top 16 ranked players 2 Merit points if in top 16 Fourth qualifying round loser 2 Merit pointsThird qualifying round loser 1 Merit pointSecond qualifying round loser 1 A pointFirst qualifying round loser Frames won in matchOther ranking tournamentsChampion 6Runner up 5Losing semi finalist 4Losing Quarter finalist 3Fifth round loser 2Fourth round loser 1Third round loser 1 Merit pointSecond round loser 1 A pointFirst round loser Frames won in matchRankings EditNo 2 8 9 10 Name Nationality1 Steve Davis England2 Jimmy White England3 Neal Foulds England4 Stephen Hendry Scotland5 Terry Griffiths Wales6 Cliff Thorburn Canada7 John Parrott England8 Tony Knowles England9 Mike Hallett England10 Dennis Taylor Northern Ireland11 Joe Johnson England12 Silvino Francisco South Africa13 Willie Thorne England14 Peter Francisco South Africa15 John Virgo England16 Cliff Wilson Wales17 Alex Higgins Northern Ireland18 Rex Williams England19 Eddie Charlton Australia20 Tony Drago Malta21 Eugene Hughes Ireland22 Dean Reynolds England23 Dene O Kane New Zealand24 Doug Mountjoy Wales25 Steve Newbury Wales26 Barry West England27 John Spencer England28 David Taylor England29 Bob Chaperon Canada30 Steve Longworth England31 Tony Meo England32 Steve James England33 John Campbell Australia34 Wayne Jones Wales35 Joe O Boye Ireland36 Dave Martin England37 Kirk Stevens Canada38 Jim Wych Canada39 David Roe England40 Ray Reardon Wales41 Martin Clark England42 Tommy Murphy Northern Ireland43 Danny Fowler England44 Warren King Australia45 Gary Wilkinson England46 Graham Cripsey England47 Bill Werbeniuk Canada48 Murdo MacLeod Scotland49 Tony Jones England50 Steve Duggan England51 Tony Chappel Wales52 Mark Bennett Wales53 Ken Owers England54 Paddy Browne Ireland55 Ray Edmonds England56 Nigel Gilbert England57 Dave Gilbert England58 Mick Fisher England59 Pat Houlihan England60 Roger Bales England61 Jon Wright England62 Les Dodd England63 Marcel Gauvreau Canada64 Jack McLaughlin Northern Ireland65 Graham Miles England66 Robby Foldvari Australia67 Colin Roscoe Wales68 Paul Medati England69 Paul Gibson England70 Brian Rowswell England71 Vic Harris England72 Martin Smith England73 Jim Chambers England74 Jim Donnelly Scotland75 Malcolm Bradley England76 Mark Wildman England77 Bob Harris England78 Geoff Foulds England79 Robbie Grace South Africa80 Tony Kearney Ireland81 John Rea Scotland82 Mario Morra Canada83 Fred Davis England84 Bill Oliver England85 Eddie Sinclair Scotland86 Jim Bear Canada87 Jimmy van Rensberg South Africa88 Matt Gibson Scotland89 Ian Williamson England90 George Scott England91 Gino Rigitano Canada92 John Dunning England93 Eric Lawlor England94 Jim Meadowcroft England95 Glen Wilkinson Australia96 Ian Black Scotland97 Bernie Mikkelsen Canada98 Paul Watchorn Ireland99 Jackie Rea Northern Ireland100 Mike Darrington England101 Terry Whitthread England102 Alain Robidoux Canada103 Patsy Fagan Ireland104 Greg Jenkins Australia105 Pascal Burke Ireland106 Frank Jonik Canada107 Ian Anderson Australia108 Mike Watterson England109 Jim Rempe United States110 Billy Kelly Ireland111 Dennis Hughes England112 Dave Chalmers England113 Francois Ellis South Africa114 Jack Fitzmaurice England115 Dessie Sheehan Ireland116 Anthony Harris England117 Steve Meakin England118 Jason Smith England119 Robert Marshall England120 Clive Everton a Wales121 Derek Mienie a South Africa122 John Hargreaves a England123 Derek Heaton a England124 Paul Thornley a Canada125 David Greaves a England126 Mike Hines a South Africa127 Maurice Parkin a England128 Bert Demarco a Scotland129 Bernard Bennett a England130 Joe Cagianello a Canada131 Eddie McLaughlin a Scotland132 Steve Mizerak a United States133 G Watson a Canada134 Paddy Morgan a Australia135 James Giannaros a Australia136 Lou Condo a Australia137 Mannie Francisco a South Africa138 W Saunderson a Canada139 Steve Campbell b England140 Craig Edwards b England141 Ian Graham b England142 Mark Johnston Allen b England143 Darren Morgan b Wales144 Mick Price b England145 Mark Rowing b England146 Nick Terry b England147 Tony Wilson b Isle of ManNotes Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Non tournament status a b c d e f g h i New professionalReferences Edit a b Acteson Steve 19 April 1988 Higgins slips off edge of the world The Times London p 47 a b c d e f g h Terry Smith ed 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books pp 20 29 ISBN 0720718309 Acteson Steve 13 May 1988 Thorburn sentence ridiculed as lenient The Times London p 44 Snooker three players fail drugs tests but remain anonymous The Independent 10 April 1998 Archived from the original on 16 April 2019 Retrieved 3 April 2020 Hale Janice 1987 Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987 88 Aylesbury Queen Anne Press pp 13 21 ISBN 0356146901 Barnes Simon 26 April 1988 Why Davis is hooked on winning The Times London p 44 via The Times Digital Archive Retrieved 3 April 2020 Hayton Eric Dee John 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker The Complete Record amp History Rose Villa Publications pp 41 46 ISBN 978 0954854904 Turner Chris Historical World Rankings 1975 76 to 1989 90 cajt pwp blueyonder co uk Chris Turner s Snooker Archive Archived from the original on 8 June 2012 Retrieved 26 February 2011 Ranking History Snooker org Archived from the original on 5 April 2019 Retrieved 6 February 2011 Hayton Eric 2004 The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker Lowestoft Rose Villa Publications pp 119 123 ISBN 0 9548549 0 X Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Snooker world rankings 1988 1989 amp oldid 1116531450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
