Snooker season 1977/1978

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Snooker season 1977/1978
Details
Duration 17 September 1977–June 1978
Tournaments 13
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan
Masters Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
World Championship Wales Ray Reardon

The snooker season 1977/1978 was a series of snooker tournaments played from 17 September 1977 to June 1978. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08–17 09–05  CAN Canadian Open Canadian National Exhibition Stadium Toronto Northern Ireland Alex Higgins England John Spencer 17–14 [1]
09–?? 09–??  AUS Australian Professional Championship Golden Bowl Melbourne Australia Eddie Charlton Australia Paddy Morgan 25–21 [2]
09–25 09–26  WAL Welsh Professional Championship Club Double Diamond Caerphilly Wales Ray Reardon Wales Doug Mountjoy 12–8 [3][4]
11–26 12–03  ENG UK Championship Tower Circus Blackpool Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan Wales Doug Mountjoy 12–9 [5][6]
12–21  ENG Dry Blackthorn Cup Wembley Conference Centre London Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 4–2 [7][8]
02–02 02–04  NIR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 21–7 [9][10]
02–06 02–10  ENG The Masters New London Theatre London Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Canada Cliff Thorburn 7–5 [11][12]
02–?? 02–17  IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill England John Spencer Wales Doug Mountjoy 5–3 [13][14]
04–17 04–29  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Wales Ray Reardon South Africa Perrie Mans 25–18 [15]
05–?? 05–??  NIR Irish Professional Championship Ulster Hall Belfast Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 21–13 [9][16]
04–29 05–06  WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Wales Ray Reardon England John Spencer 7–2 [17][18][19]
05–?? 05–21  ENG Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Wales Doug Mountjoy England Graham Miles 2–1 [20][21]
06–?? 06–??  NIR Golden Masters Newtownards Wales Doug Mountjoy Wales Ray Reardon 4–2 [7]
WR = World ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

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The top 16 of the world rankings.[22][23][24]

No. Ch. Name
1 Steady Wales Ray Reardon
2 Rise England John Spencer
3 Steady Australia Eddie Charlton
4 Rise Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
5 Fall Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
6 Rise Canada Cliff Thorburn
7 Rise England John Pulman
8 Fall England Graham Miles
9 Fall England Fred Davis
10 Fall South Africa Perrie Mans
11 Fall England Rex Williams
12 Rise England David Taylor
13 Fall Wales Gary Owen
14 New entry Wales Doug Mountjoy
15 Fall England Jim Meadowcroft
16 Fall England John Dunning

Notes

  1. Dates use the month day format

References

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