Rankings revisit - a trip through history

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Under this system James Wattana would have been a seed at both the 1990 & 1991 World Championships. He didn't play in either of them.

He's definitely been treated unfairly.

This has always been the case actually, by which I mean good new players on the tour have always been given unfairly hard draws because of the ranking system in place, and established players on the decline have been given unfairly easier draws. With the real ranking systems that have been used, it typically takes around 2 and a half years in time, AND participation in 20+ events for a player to get close to having a fair ranking, should they be allowed that long on tour, and should they be given that many opportunities to play. In our current (2020) real ranking system, there are a lot of players perennially stuck in the 65-90 ranking bracket who are better than many of the players in the 45-64 bracket. Only players who are among the 32 best in the world are likely to break into the top 64 after two years, the 33-64th best players can only get in if they are very lucky with their draws. This has led to us missing out on a number of players over the years who should have broken into the top 64 (and could then have gone on to bigger things as they grew as players), but didn't and gave up.

With the system used in this thread, a player can get to a reasonably fair ranking within about 6 months, and 5-6 seeded draw ranking events or 10+ flat draw ranking events.
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For Wattana, it will be interesting to see if later in his career, when he has dropped out of the top-16 of these rankings, he then gets seeded for the World Championship. I have a feeling this will probably happen.

Stephen Hendry is the clear favourite for the World Championship this year. Jimmy White is probably the most likely contender based on recent form.
You can never rule out Steve Davis of course. He has shown glimpses of his best this season.
John Parrott is ranked 4th, but he's not had a great season and would not be considered likely to challenge.
Gary Wilkinson is perhaps the best outside bet. Many people in the know will have him as the third favourite behind Hendry and White.

Let's find out how it went...

The 1991 World Championship was played at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Worl ... ampionship

So it turned out to be heartbreak for Jimmy White, as John Parrott found his best form of the season and won the championship, beating White 18-11 in the final. Parrott was 5 days shy of his 27th birthday when he claimed victory.

L32:
Stephen Hendry (1) 10-4 Warren King (36)
Alain Robidoux (14) 10-5 Steve Newbury (33)
Steve James (10) 10-3 Ian Graham (41)
Dean Reynolds (15) 10-8 Robert Marshall (38)
Doug Mountjoy (12) 2-10 Gary Wilkinson (5)
Martin Clark (32) 10-6 Mark Bennett (19)
Neal Foulds (6) 10-7 Eddie Charlton (44)
Jimmy White (3) 10-3 Nick Dyson (50)
John Parrott (4) 10-6 Nigel Gilbert (56)
John Virgo (55) 8-10 Tony Knowles (17)
Willie Thorne (18) 8-10 Alan McManus (29)
Terry Griffiths (16) 10-3 Barry Pinches (74)
Mike Hallett (9) 4-10 Tony Jones (11)
Dennis Taylor (13) 10-6 Joe Johnson (27)
Tony Meo (45) 10-7 Craig Edwards (75)
Steve Davis (2) 10-8 Ken Doherty (53)

L16:
Hendry (1) 13-8 Robidoux (14)
James (10) 13-12 Reynolds (15)
Wilkinson (5) 13-9 Clark (32)
White (3) 13-12 Foulds (6)
Parrott (4) 13-1 Knowles (17)
Griffiths (16) 13-12 McManus (29)
Taylor (13) 13-8 Jones (11)
Davis (2) 13-6 Meo (45)

QFs:
James (10) 13-11 Hendry (1)
White (3) 13-3 Wilkinson (5)
Parrott (4) 13-10 Griffiths (16)
Davis (2) 13-7 Taylor (13)

SFs:
White (3) 16-9 James (10)
Parrott (4) 16-10 Davis (2)

Final:
Parrott (4) 18-11 White (3)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. Jimmy White
4. John Parrott

Top 16
In: Alan McManus (29->16)
Out: Doug Mountjoy (12->18)

Top 32
In: Warren King (36->23); Ken Doherty (53->26); Robert Marshall (38->30)
Out: Mark Johnston-Allen (31->33); Wayne Jones (28->35); Dene O'Kane (30->37)

Top 64
In: Barry Pinches (74->50); Craig Edwards (75->52); Jason Prince (70->59); Jim Wych (67->60)
Out: Kirk Stevens (58->68); Stephen Murphy (61->70); Barry West (64->74)

Top 128
In: Billy Kelly
Out: John Dunning (125->129)

Here is the roll of honour after 66 ranking events:

Steve Davis 22 ('81 WC; '83 WC; '83 IO; '84 Cl; '84 WC; '84 IO; '84 UK; '85 GP; '85 UK; '86 BO; '86 UK; '87 Cl; '87 WC; '87 IO; '87 UK; '88 Cl; '88 WC; '88 IO; '88 GP; '89 WC; '89 IO; '89 GP)
Stephen Hendry 11 ('87 GP; '88 BO; '89 AO; '89 DC '89 UK; '90 WC; '90 GP; '90 AO; '90 DC; '90 UK; 91 'BO)
Ray Reardon 5 ('74 WC; '75 WC; '76 WC; '78 WC; '82 PPT)
Jimmy White 5 ('86 Cl; '86 GP; '87 BO; '88 CM; '91 Cl)
John Parrott 3 ('89 EO; '90 EO; '91 WC)
Cliff Thorburn 2 ('80 WC; '85 MT)
Tony Knowles 2 ('82 IO; '83 PPT)
Dennis Taylor 2 ('84 GP; '85 WC)
Doug Mountjoy 2 ('88 UK; '89 Cl)
John Spencer 1 ('77 WC)
Terry Griffiths 1 ('79 WC)
Alex Higgins 1 ('82 WC)
Willie Thorne 1 ('85 Cl)
Silvino Francisco 1 ('85 BO)
Joe Johnson 1 ('86 WC)
Neal Foulds 1 ('86 IO)
Tony Meo 1 ('89 BO)
Mike Hallett 1 ('89 HK)
Steve James 1 ('90 Cl)
Bob Chaperon 1 ('90 BO)
Tony Jones 1 ('91 EO)

The rankings have been revised following the conclusion of each ranking event and the following players have held the no.1 spot so far:

Ray Reardon 25/04/74-29/04/77 (3 yrs)
John Spencer 30/04/77-28/04/78 (1 yr)
Ray Reardon 29/04/78-27/04/79 (1 yr)
Terry Griffiths 28/04/79-04/05/80 (1 yr)
Alex Higgins 05/05/80-20/04/81 (1 yr)
Steve Davis 21/04/81-15/05/82 (1 yr)
Ray Reardon 16/05/82-01/05/83 (1 yr)
Tony Knowles 02/05/83-08/10/83 (5 mths)
Steve Davis 09/10/83-20/10/83 (11 days)
Tony Knowles 21/10/83-14/01/84 (3 mths)
Steve Davis 15/01/84-20/10/90 (6 yrs 9 mths)
Stephen Hendry 21/10/90-Present (06/05/91) (6.5 mths)

Here are the final rankings at the end of the 1990-91 season. Rise and fall since the start of the season in brackets.

1 (+1) Stephen Hendry 33889
2 (-1) Steve Davis 25595
3 (+1) Jimmy White 21930
4 (-1) John Parrott 18705
5 (+3) Gary Wilkinson 15742
6 (+6) Neal Foulds 12620
7 (=) Steve James 12494
8 (+20) Tony Jones 11674
9 (+17) Nigel Bond 11604
10 (+6) Dennis Taylor 10407
11 (+12) James Wattana 9708
12 (-1) Mike Hallett 9609
13 (-8) Terry Griffiths 9538
14 (-4) Alain Robidoux 9467
15 (-6) Dean Reynolds 8926
16 NEW Alan McManus 8858
17 (+12) Tony Knowles 8467
18 (-12) Doug Mountjoy 8231
19 (+1) Mark Bennett 7832
20 (+2) Willie Thorne 7071
21 (+11) Joe Johnson 6807
22 (-8) Danny Fowler 6705
23 (+7) Warren King 6473
24 (-5) Darren Morgan 6373
25 (-7) Martin Clark 6322
26 NEW Ken Doherty 6272
27 (+8) Tony Chappel 6259
28 (+12) Brady Gollan 6254
29 (+5) Peter Francisco 6217
30 (+8) Robert Marshall 6196
31 (+10) Tony Drago 6181
32 (+5) Silvino Francisco 6156

33 (+16) Mark Johnston-Allen 5828
34 (-7) Steve Newbury 5825
35 (-22) Wayne Jones 5802
36 (+8) Ian Graham 5542
37 (-6) Dene O'Kane 5541
38 (+15) John Campbell 5367
39 (-14) Bob Chaperon 5262
40 (+3) Nigel Gilbert 5218
41 (+39) Nick Dyson 5129
42 NEW Jonathan Birch 5104
43 (-22) Tony Meo 5049
44 (+1) Eddie Charlton 4993
45 (-3) Mick Price 4968
46 (-29) Cliff Thorburn 4819
47 (-8) Les Dodd 4710
48 (+35) Andrew Cairns 4541
49 NEW Rod Lawler 4474
50 (+39) Barry Pinches 4470
51 (+19) Bob Harris 4376
52 (+3) Craig Edwards 4226
53 (-3) Colin Roscoe 4219
54 (-39) Alex Higgins 4215
55 (+49) Duncan Campbell 4211
56 (-2) Cliff Wilson 4155
57 (-1) Jack McLaughlin 3958
58 (+15) Rex Williams 3837
59 NEW Jason Prince 3797
60 (+2) Jim Wych 3705
61 (-25) David Roe 3637
62 (-38) John Virgo 3576
63 (-17) Brian Morgan 3572
64 (-5) Steve Campbell 3563

65 (+9) Eugene Hughes 3551
66 (+16) Ray Edmonds 3485
67 NEW Franky Chan 3449
68 (+8) Kirk Stevens 3281
69 (+2) Tony Wilson 3269
70 (+33) Stephen Murphy 3235
71 (-2) Jason Smith 3213
72 (+5) Mario Morra 3181
73 (-40) Steve Duggan 3076
74 (-22) Barry West 3067
75 (-28) Jim Chambers 3017
76 (-19) Nick Terry 2971
77 (-29) Mark Rowing 2896
78 (+8) Ken Owers 2875
79 NEW Chris Cookson 2841
80 (-19) John Rea 2805
81 (-30) Paddy Browne 2751
82 (-19) David Taylor 2575
83 (-25) Joe O'Boye 2535
84 (+3) Robby Foldvari 2471
85 (-17) Bill Oliver 2451
86 (-22) Martin Smith 2419
87 NEW Gary Natale 2378
88= (-23) Dave Gilbert 2370
88= (-7) Marcel Gauvreau 2370
90 (-24) Jon Wright 2361
91 (+21) Joe Grech 2322
92 (-13) Tommy Murphy 2300
93 (-26) Murdo MacLeod 2262
94 NEW Jason Whittaker 2240
95 (-20) Eddie Sinclair 2228
96 (=) Ian Williamson 2197
97 (-7) Paul Medati 2174
98 (+2) Roger Bales 2088
99 NEW Jason Ferguson 2081
100 (-9) Pat Houlihan 1895
101 (-23) Graham Miles 1804
102 (-14) Paul Gibson 1798
103 (-43) Brian Rowswell 1768
104 (+3) Ian Brumby 1756
105 (-10) Steve Meakin 1746
106 (-34) John Spencer 1688
107 (-23) Paul Watchorn 1643
108 (-9) Steve Longworth 1615
109 (+1) Graham Cripsey 1444
110 (-16) Anthony Harris 1373
111 (-5) Tony Kearney 1328
112 (-11) Jack Fitzmaurice 1312
113 (-21) Gino Rigitano 1291
114 (+6) Mick Fisher 1270
115 (-18) Matt Gibson 1234
116 (+9) George Scott 1133
117 (-19) Malcolm Bradley 1126
118 (-9) Jim Bear 1109
119 (-34) Ray Reardon 1107
120 (-18) Eric Lawlor 1029
121 (-16) Francois Ellis 1019
122 (=) Mike Darrington 984
123 (-12) Robbie Grace 972
124 (-3) Jim Donnelly 957
125 (-9) Terry Whitthread 880
126 (-33) Dave Martin 803
127 (-14) Vic Harris 753
128 (-5) Billy Kelly 750

Wow.

Alan McManus there

1991-92 is going to be interesting. It will be the first year in which anyone can enter, and all the qualifying matches (including the Worlds up to the last 64 I think) are played in the summer.

Having a look at cuetracker for the first event, the Dubai Classic, I make it that there are 784,302 new players having a go.

Long live the king.

Juddernaut88 wrote:Long live the king.

Mark?

SnookerFan wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:Long live the king.

Mark?

Stephen Hendry is the king :)

I seem to remember an Oliver King as well, around this time. But, like Mark, he wasn't the genuine king either

(Hendry )

Judd Trump is turning 2 soon. Happy birthday little fella!

And Mr. And Mrs. Wilson have just received the good news that she is expecting. They will be spending the coming months thinking of baby names, before in the end plumping for a random combination of letters that look like they might sound interesting when put together.

chengdufan wrote:Judd Trump is turning 2 soon. Happy birthday little fella!

And Mr. And Mrs. Wilson have just received the good news that she is expecting. They will be spending the coming months thinking of baby names, before in the end plumping for a random combination of letters that look like they might sound interesting when put together.

Keep an eye on Ronnie O'Sullivan the season after next. Definitely one to watch.

D4P wrote:Keep an eye on Ronnie O'Sullivan the season after next. Definitely one to watch.

He's a shock still to come at the hands of Cliff Wilson.

D4P wrote:

chengdufan wrote:Judd Trump is turning 2 soon. Happy birthday little fella!

And Mr. And Mrs. Wilson have just received the good news that she is expecting. They will be spending the coming months thinking of baby names, before in the end plumping for a random combination of letters that look like they might sound interesting when put together.

Keep an eye on Ronnie O'Sullivan the season after next. Definitely one to watch.

It's funny you say that, because I did indeed keep an eye on him throughout the 1990s. And my sad conclusion was that, oh dear, it seems to be Jimmy White all over again.

By the turn of the century I had completely lost any interest in expecting him to ever win snooker's greatest prize. As a result, by the time he did I, firstly, couldn't believe it and, secondly, found myself underwhelmed by my reaction, as if a spell had been broken and visually entertaining players were somehow legally allowed to win again. And it was somehow less exciting that way.

I honestly couldn't believe it right up until the moment when he potted the winning ball, I was just assuming he'd cockerel it up for the rest of the entire match. It actually went in, he actually won it? That was... a long time... coming.

It took me many years after that to get back into the rhythm of hoping the best for him throughout the entire tournament. Now that he's bordering on Hendry's position I like the fact that we once again have reason to get excited about him winning again.

It has taken me a bit of time to get through the summer and autumn of 1991, with the qualifying matches for all ten ranking events being played.

107 players reached a ranking event last 128 for the first time in the 91/92 season. Quite incredible, really. Particularly considering there had been a total of only 200 players who had played ranking event matches prior to this year.

From this new group of 107, the top 10 performers in qualifying are largely quite familiar names:
1. Andy Hicks
2. Peter Ebdon
3. Joe Swail
4. Anthony Hamilton
5. Paul Davies
6. Drew Henry
7. Peter Lines
8. Stuart Reardon
9. Billy Snaddon
10. Jamie Woodman

Further down, we have the likes of Euan Henderson, Mark Davis, Jimmy Michie, Dave Harold, Paul McPhillips, Anthony Davies, Chris Small, Shokat Ali, Stefan Mazrocis, Fergal O'Brien, Mark King, and Alex Borg.

16 qualifiers took part in the 1991 Dubai Classic at the Al Nasr Stadium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Dubai_Classic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai

Following his World Championship win earlier in the year, John Parrott picked up his second consecutive ranking title.
He beat a resurgent Tony Knowles in the final. Knowles had had a rather lean spell for a couple of years before showing improved form throughout 1991.

The big surprise was new professional Paul Davies going all the way to the semi-finals. The whitewash Davies suffered at the hands of Parrott in the semis was his tenth match in the competition. It could have been 12, but he had been drawn directly into round two, and then received a bye into round 3! His biggest scalp was Gary Wilkinson in the last 64.
Stephen Hendry also lost in the last 64, to Warren King. Steve Davis was beaten by Martin Clark in the quarter-final, and Jimmy White was whitewashed by Nigel Bond at the last 32 stage.

QFs:
John Parrott (4) 5-2 David Roe (61)
Paul Davies (-) 5-2 Martin Clark (25)
Tony Knowles (17) 5-2 Dennis Taylor (10)
Steve James (7) 5-2 Joe Johnson (21)

SFs:
Parrott (4) 6-0 Davies (-)
Tony Knowles (17) 6-2 Steve James (7)

Final:
Parrott (4) 9-3 Knowles (17)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. John Parrott
4. Jimmy White

Top 16
In: Tony Knowles (17->11); Mick Price (45->12); Darren Morgan (24->15); Ken Doherty (26->16)
Out: Dean Reynolds (15->17); Alain Robidoux (14->18); Mike Hallett (12->22); James Wattana (11->26)

Top 32
In: David Roe (61->19); Jonathan Birch (42->20); Nigel Gilbert (40->24); Mark Johnston-Allen (33->27); Tony Meo (43->30); Cliff Thorburn (46->31)
Out: Willie Thorne (20->33); Brady Gollan (28->34); Peter Francisco (29->35); Tony Drago (31->39); Danny Fowler (22->40); Robert Marshall (30->44); Silvino Francisco (32->46

Top 64
In: David Taylor (82->38); Tony Wilson (69->50); Jason Ferguson (99->51); Franky Chan (67->60); Eugene Hughes (65->62); Stephen Murphy (70->63)
Out: Jim Wych (60->68); Duncan Campbell (55->72); Bob Chaperon (39->75); Rex Williams (58->78); Cliff Wilson (56->86); John Virgo (62->96)

Top 128
In: Andy Hicks (NEW->84); Paul Davies (NEW->85); Peter Ebdon (NEW->89); Joe Swail (NEW->98); Anthony Hamilton (NEW->99); Drew Henry (NEW->108); Peter Lines (NEW->109); Stuart Reardon (NEW->112); Billy Snaddon (NEW->116); Jamie Woodman (NEW->117); EUan Henderson (NEW->122); Peter Daubney (NEW->125); John Read (NEW->128)
Out: Paul Watchorn (107->131); George Scott (116->137); Eric Lawlor (120->138); Jack Fitzmaurice (112->141); Jim Bear (118->149); Jim Donnelly (124->150); Gino Rigitano (113->151); Ray Reardon (119->156); Mike Darrington (122->160); Francois Ellis (121->165); Robbie Grace (123->168); Vic Harris (127->173); Billy Kelly (128->182)

The 1991 Grand Prix took place at the Hexagon in Reading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Grand_Prix_(snooker)

Stephen Hendry picked up his twelfth ranking title, beating Steve Davis 10-6 in the final.

Davis was provisionally ranked 3rd going into the event, and was only a few points ahead of Jimmy White in 4th. Davis though made it to the final, while Parrott and White both lost in the last 64 (to Brian Morgan and Ian Graham). He therefore held onto his second spot.

New professional Dave Finbow had an exceptional run in this event, beating Brady Gollan, James Wattana, Doug Mountjoy, Mark Bennett and others on his way to the quarter-finals.

QFs
Stephen Hendry (1) 5-3 Terry Griffiths (14)
Alan McManus (9) 5-1 Ian Graham (45)
Steve Davis (2) 5-2 Dave Finbow (136)
Nigel Bond (10) 5-2 Joe Johnson(25)

SFs
Hendry (1) 9-4 McManus (9)
Davis (2) 9-1 Bond (10)

Final
Hendry (1) 10-6 Davis (2)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. John Parrott
4. Jimmy White

Top 16
In: -
Out: -

Top 32
In: -
Out: -

Top 64
In: -
Out: -

Top 128
In: Dave Finbow (136->115); Dave Harold (135->128=)
Out: John Read (128->130)

Ah yes, I remember Dave Finbow, for quite unfortunate reasons, poor guy

http://www.guffoo.cz/danny/ronnie/index ... oid=299237

SnookerEd25 wrote:Ah yes, I remember Dave Finbow, for quite unfortunate reasons, poor guy

http://www.guffoo.cz/danny/ronnie/index ... oid=299237

Wow, poor fella.
He has entered Q School the last 2 years though, so he must have either recovered or found an effective treatment. He has only won 3 q school matches in total though, this year losing to Adam Edge, Alex Clenshaw and Jamie Wilson.
Let's hope he can rediscover some of his old form and get back on tour next season.

That would be amazing. A shot at redemption. In it’s own way, would be a bigger story than Hendry’s return.

The final ranking event of the calendar year in 1991 was the UK Championship, held once again at the Guild Hall in Preston.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_UK_Championship

John Parrott beat Jimmy White in the final to secure his one and only UK Championship.

Numbers 3 and 4 in the rankings meeting in the final, along with Steve Davis' exit at the hands of James Wattana in the last 16, sees a significant change at the top of the rankings. Parrott and White both move ahead of Davis, who drops to 4th.
The top 4 remain comfortably ahead of the chasing pack, with no prospect of the makeup of the top 4 changing this season, barring a miracle.

L16:
Stephen Hendry (1) 9-3 Martin Clark (24)
Tony Drago (43) 9-1 Steve Newbury (60)
Neal Foulds (8) 9-2 Terry Griffiths (11)
Jimmy White (4) 9-1 Darren Morgan (16)
James Wattana (30) 9-6 Steve Davis (2)
Steve James (5) 9-6 Tony Jones (12)
Dean Reynolds (19) 9-7 Jason Prince (49)
John Parrott (3) 9-4 Willie Thorne (33)

QFs:
Hendry (1) 9-6 Drago (43)
White (4) 9-7 Foulds (8)
Wattana (30) 9-5 James (5)
Parrott (3) 9-6 Reynolds (19)

SFs:
White (4) 9-2 Hendry (1)
Parrott (3) 9-7 Wattana (30)

Final:
Parrott (3) 16-13 White (4)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. John Parrott
3. Jimmy White
4. Steve Davis

Davis had been ahead of White in the rankings since winning the 1983 World Championship.

Top 16
In: James Wattana (30->11); Dean Reynolds (19->16)
Out: Ken Doherty (14->17); Tony Knowles (15->18)

Top 32
In: Tony Drago (43->23); Willie Thorne (33->28); Jason Prince (49->32)
Out: Tony Chappel (29->33); Tony Meo (28->35); Doug Mountjoy (32->44)

Top 64
In: Nick Terry (65->47); Bob Chaperon (77->61)
Out: Eugene Hughes (62->67); Jack McLaughlin (64->69)

Top 128
In: David McDonnell (136->118); Anthony Davies (146->119); Bradley Jones (141->123)
Out: Graham Cripsey (125->129); Terry Whitthread (127->130); Dave Harold (128=->130); John Spencer (128=->135)

The tour returned to Bournemouth in January for the 1992 Classic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Classic_(snooker)

Steve Davis, obviously irked by dropping in the Chengdufan rankings, turned on the style and won his first ranking title of the 1990s; his 23rd overall. He beat Stephen Hendry by compiliing a 57 break in the deciding frame of the final.

Jimmy White and John Parrott were defeated by rising stars Nigel Bond and James Wattana. White lost 5-4 in the last 16, while Parrott was thrashed 5-0 in the quarter-final.

QFs:
Nigel Bond (9) 5-4 Mike Hallett (26)
Steve Davis (4) 5-3 Alan McManus (8)
Stephen Hendry (1) 5-0 Martin Clark (20)
James Wattana (11) 5-0 John Parrott (2)

SFs:
Davis (4) 6-2 Bond (9)
Hendry (1) 6-1 Wattana (11)

Final:
Davis (4) 9-8 Hendry (1)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. John Parrott
3. Steve Davis
4. Jimmy White

Top 16
In: Ken Doherty (17->13)
Out: Dean Reynolds (16->18)

Top 32
In: Rod Lawler (34->31)
Out: Nigel Gilbert (30->33)

Top 64
In: Jack McLaughlin (69->59)
Out: John Campbell (59->66)

Top 128
In: Graham Cripsey (129->126)
Out: Matt Gibson (127->129)

The Asian Open returned from China to Thailand for the 1992 edition. The rounds from the last 16 on took place at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel in Bangkok.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Asian_Open

Steve Davis won the event. And just like that, with two consecutive ranking event wins, he returns to number 2 in the rankings.

This was a big event for two new players to the tour. Joe Swail beat Stephen Hendry in the last 32, and made it all the way to the semi-finals. And John Read reached the quarters, in which he was eliminated by Swail.

QFs:
Steve Davis (3) 5-1 Alain Robidoux (19)
Willie Thorne (28) 5-1 Dene O'Kane (34)
Alan McManus (7) 5-3 Martin Clark (17)
Joe Swail (97) 5-0 John Read (134)

SFs:
Davis (3) 5-2 Thorne (28)
McManus (7) 5-3 Swail (97)

Final:
Davis (3) 9-3 McManus (7)

Following the event...

Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. John Parrott
4. Jimmy White

Top 16
In: -
Out: -

Top 32
In: -
Out: -

Top 64
In: Peter Ebdon (65->63); Robby Foldvari (67->64)
Out: Bob Chaperon (60->65); Wayne Jones (61->70)

Top 128
In: John Read (134->122)
Out: Mick Fisher (128->129)