All-time ranking list

All-time rank 160
Name: Steve Duggan
d.o.b. 10/04/1958
Years as professional: 1983 - 1996

All-time ranking points: 251871

Number of days ranked: 3918
3650-day ranking range: 22-108
Highest rank: 22
Days at highest rank: 56 (27/08/1989 - 22/10/1989)
Age at highest rank: 31
Full ranking events played: 96
First event: 1983 Professional Players Tournament (aged 25)
Last event: 1996 World Championship (aged 38)
Best ranking finish: Quarter Final - 1985 Matchroom Trophy (aged 27)

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 535 - 1989 World Championship
L96 w 10-3 v Fred Davis
L64 w 10-6 v Mark Rowing
L48 w 10-1 v John Spencer
L32 w 10-1 v Cliff Wilson
L16 l 3-13 v Steve Davis

2. 358 - 1985 Matchroom Trophy
L96 w 5-1 v Fred Davis
L64 w 5-4 v Ray Reardon
L32 w 5-1 v Ian Black
L16 w 5-4 v Willie Thorne
QF l 2-5 v Cliff Thorburn

3. 291 - 1987 Classic
L96 w 5-1 v Paul Watchorn
L64 w 5-3 v Neal Foulds
L32 w 5-0 v Bill Werbeniuk
L16 l 2-5 v Jimmy White

Steve Duggan ranking timeline:

All-time rank 159
Name: Paul Medati
d.o.b. 14/11/1944 (or 1943)
d.o.d. 29/11/2008
Years as professional: 1981 - 1995

All-time ranking points: 252368

Number of days ranked: 3850
3650-day ranking range: 29-97
Highest rank: 29
Days at highest rank: 161 (28/04/1985 - 06/10/1985)
Age at highest rank: 40 or 41
Full ranking events played: 93
First event: 1982 World Championship (aged 37 or 38)
Last event: 1995 World Championship (aged 50 or 51)
Best ranking finish: Last 32 x 4 (1985 Classic | 1986 British Open | 1988 British Open | 1989 Dubai Classic)

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 493 - 1985 World Championship
L96 w 10-4 v Bernard Bennett
L80 w 10-8 v Ian Williamson
L64 w 10-9 v Warren King
L48 l 7-10 v Silvino Francisco

2. 270 - 1985 Classic
L96 w 5-4 v Graham Cripsey
L64 w 5-4 v Colin Roscoe
L48 w 5-3 v John Parrott
L32 l 4-5 v Kirk Stevens

3. 256 - 1986 World Championship
L96 w 10-9 v Sakchai Sim Ngam
L64 w 10-6 v Matt Gibson
L48 l 6-10 v Cliff Wilson

Paul Medati ranking timeline:

It would have been Medati's birthday today. A happy coincidence.

Medati was better known of course for giving the Hurricane a black eye during the 1986 Mercantile Classic. Surprised he's made it this high on the list given that he never won a match on TV and never got close to breaking into the top 32 on the official World rankings. One of his two TV appearances was actually against Alex in the 83 UK Championship, the other against Thorburn in the 88 British Open.

Looking at Medati's results, being this high on the list does raise the eyebrows. I think he's a beneficiary of the lack of depth in the professional game in the early 80s, as well as the sparcity of ranking events back then. He got as high as 29 on my list on the back of two decent showings in 1985 and held that position following the World Championship until the next tournament, the Matchroom Trophy in October. This netted him the majority of the points he needed for his ranking here.

All that said, I'd argue that it may not really be a false position for the Salford man with Maltese parents. If he had been a professional in his prime years, he would surely have been more of a contender. Turning pro at 37/38 though was perhaps a little too late.

I’m surprised he was only on TV twice. I thought I remembered him cropping up more frequently than that.

Medati featured frequently in Snooker Scene in the early 80’s, if not in professional tournaments, often in Pro-Ams around the Midlands.

I think that the comments below the obituary in SS speak volumes about a well loved cueman and true gentleman.

http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... edati.html

Medati RIP

All-time rank 158
Name: Euan Henderson
d.o.b. 30/06/1967
Years as professional: 1991 - 2003

All-time ranking points: 259745

Number of days ranked: 4026
3650-day ranking range: 24-126
Highest rank: 24
Days at highest rank: 35 (27/10/1996 - 01/12/1996)
Age at highest rank: 29
Full ranking events played: 104
First event: 1991 Dubai Classic (aged 24)
Last event: 2003 Welsh Open (aged 35)
Best ranking finish: Runner-up - 1996 Grand Prix (aged 29)

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 698 - 1996 Grand Prix
L96 w 5-3 v Barry Pinches
L64 w 5-0 v Joe Swail
L32 w 5-3 v Jonathan Birch
L16 w 5-3 v Anthony Hamilton
QF w 5-4 v Tony Jones
SF w 6-3 v Mark Bennett
F l 5-9 v Mark Williams

2. 571 - 1996 World Championship
L192 w 10-5 v Joe Perry
L128 w 10-8 v Sean Storey
L96 w 10-5 v Paul McPhillips
L64 w 10-6 v Antony Bolsover
L48 w 10-9 v Joe Swail
L32 l 9-10 v Jimmy White

3. 414 - 1995 International Open
L192 w 5-3 v Noppadon Noppachorn
L128 w 5-4 v Karl Broughton
L96 w 5-4 v Anthony Davies
L64 w 5-4 v James Wattana
L32 w 5-2 v Dennis Taylor
L16 w 5-2 v Terry Griffiths
QF l 2-5 v John Higgins

Euan Henderson ranking timeline:

Don't really remember Henderson's Grand Prix final run but definitely remember the match with Jimmy White in the World Championship earlier that year. If White had lost he was out of the Top 16.

Ahhh Euan Henderson I do vaguely remember him.

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Don't really remember Henderson's Grand Prix final run but definitely remember the match with Jimmy White in the World Championship earlier that year. If White had lost he was out of the Top 16.

Exactly the same for me. I remember his match with Jimmy fairly well. I thought he played amazingly and thoroughly expected him to be the next big thing.

Henderson, from memory, was quite a methodical, dogged type of player. He retired from the game in his mid-30’s and joined the Police Force.

All-time rank 157
Name: Mark Wildman
d.o.b. 25/01/1936
Years as professional: 1979 - 1991

All-time ranking points: 260404

Number of days ranked: 3435
3650-day ranking range: 12-114
Highest rank: 12
Days at highest rank: 113 (15/01/1984 - 07/05/1984)
Age at highest rank: 47-48
Full ranking events played: 53
First event: 1980 World Championship (aged 44)
Last event: 1991 British Open (aged 55)
Best ranking finish: Semi-final - 1984 Classic

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 431 - 1984 Classic
L48 w 5-1 v John Hargreaves
L32 w 5-2 v John Virgo
L16 w 5-1 v Silvino Francisco
QF w 5-4 v Eddie Charlton
SF l 3-5 v Tony Meo

2. 238 - 1983 World Championship
L74 w 10-7 v Bob Harris
L48 w/o v Jim Wych
L32 l 8-10 v Terry Griffiths

3. 211 - 1982 Professional Players Tournament
L64 w 5-4 v John Dunning
L32 w 5-4 v Perrie Mans
L16 l 4-5 v Joe Johnson

Mark Wildman ranking timeline:

Again a bit surprised that Henderson & Wildman aren't a little higher. Does this mean Wildman is the worst player ever to appear in the Masters? No major surprise I guess as he only got into the 1983 field due to some bizarre selection criteria.

I suppose any players born before about 1955 (with perhaps one or two exceptions) will probably have a false ranking as they simply didn't have the opportunity to play in any ranking events in their 20s.
Wildman's first ranking event came for him when he was 44.

All-time rank 156
Name: Nick Dyson
d.o.b. 19/12/1969
Years as professional: 1989 - 1997 | 1999 - 2006

All-time ranking points: 264796

Number of days ranked: 6028
3650-day ranking range: 24-85
Highest rank: 24
Days at highest rank: 42 (16/12/2001 - 27/01-2002)
Age at highest rank: 31-32
Full ranking events played: 131
First event: 1989 Hong Kong Open (aged 19)
Last event: 2006 World Championship (aged 36)
Best ranking finish: Last 16 - 1990 European Open (aged 20)

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 553 - 2001 World Championship
L160 w 10-7 v Ian Brumby
L128 w 10-8 v Mark Gray
L96 w 10-7 v Steve James
L64 w 10-8 v Rod Lawler
L48 w 10-9 v Brian Morgan
L32 l 7-10 v Ken Doherty

2. 395 - 2000 UK Championship
L160 w 5-0 v Alan Burnett
L128 w 5-3 v Robert Milkins
L96 w 5-1 v Paul Davies
L64 w 6-4 v Peter Lines
L48 w 9-6 v Jimmy White
L32 l 2-9 v Fergal O'Brien

3. 381 - 1991 World Championship
L96 w 10-8 v Eddie Sinclair
L64 w 10-3 v Mark Rowing
L48 w 10-5 v Cliff Thorburn
L32 l 3-10 v Jimmy White

Nick Dyson ranking timeline:

And that concludes the Nicks

This is pure speculation, but Dyson's ranking timeline suggests that if he had applied himself a bit more in his 20s (the 1990s), he could have achieved a lot more in the game.

chengdufan wrote:This is pure speculation, but Dyson's ranking timeline suggests that if he had applied himself a bit more in his 20s (the 1990s), he could have achieved a lot more in the game.

Be fair - he was inventing a lot of innovative things at the same time as trying to hold down a professional snooker career.

All-time rank 155
Name: Jason Prince
d.o.b. 17/06/1970
Years as professional: 1990 - 2004

All-time ranking points: 269079

Number of days ranked: 5586
3650-day ranking range: 28-79
Highest rank: 28
Days at highest rank: 28 (25/01/1998 - 22/02/1998)
Age at highest rank: 27
Full ranking events played: 124
First event: 1990 Grand Prix (aged 20)
Last event: 2004 World Championship (aged 33)
Best ranking finish: Last 16 x5 - 1990 Dubai Classic | 1991 UK Championship | 1995 Grand Prix | 1997 Welsh Open | 1997 UK Championship

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 486 - 1997 UK Championship
L96 w 6-4 v Matthew Couch
L64 w 9-6 v Dave Harold
L32 w 9-5 v Peter Ebdon
L16 l 5-9 v Alan McManus

2. 450 - 1991 UK Championship
L96 w 6-1 v Paul Tanner
L64 w 9-7 v Mike Hallett
L32 w 9-8 v Nigel Bond
L16 l 7-9 v Dean Reynolds

3. 398 - 1998 World Championship
L96 w 10-4 v John Read
L64 w 10-6 v Andrew Higginson
L48 w 10-8 v Martin Clark
L32 l 8-10 v Darren Morgan

Jason Prince ranking timeline:

Only thing I can remember about Jason Prince is he beat Fred Davis 10-5 in the Pro-Tour ticket play off in 1990. It was during the short period where they introduced a new system whereby new applicants for membership of the WPBSA (or main tour, as we know it today) were required to play off against the players at the bottom end of the rankings. As it happened they opened the game up to anyone the following year, so dear old Fred soldiered on regardless.

All-time rank 154
Name: Colin Roscoe
d.o.b. 30/06/1945
Years as professional: 1981 - 1995

All-time ranking points: 271273

Number of days ranked: 4529
3650-day ranking range: 33-79
Highest rank: 33
Days at highest rank: 57 (05/03/1989 - 01/05/1989)
Age at highest rank: 43
Full ranking events played: 86
First event: 1982 World Championship (aged 36)
Last event: 1994 World Championship (aged 48)
Best ranking finish: Quarter Final - 1990 European Open (aged 44)

Best three events by rankings revisit points:
1. 360 - 1988 UK Championship
L128 w 9-7 v Mike Darrington
L96 w 9-8 v Pat Houlihan
L64 w 9-7 v Steve Newbury
L32 l 3-9 v Stephen Hendry

2. 318 - 1991 British Open
L96 w 5-3 v Dave Gilbert
L64 w 5-3 v John Parrott
L32 w 5-1 v Eddie Charlton
L16 l 3-5 v Steve Davis

3. 302 - 1990 European Open
L96 w 5-3 v Mark Wildman
L64 w 5-3 v Peter Francisco
L32 w 5-2 v John Virgo
L16 w 5-2 v Nick Dyson
QF l 2-5 v Steve James