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Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

We're starting the 2002-03 season and are seeing 11 players for the first time:
Jamie Cope (b.1985)
David Gilbert (b.1981)
David John (b.1984)
Peter Roscoe (b.1971)
Matthew Selt (b.1985)
Justin Astley (b.1983)
Jimmy Robertson (b.1986)
Jin Long (b.1981)
Matthew Farrant (b.1973)
Manan Chandra (b.1981)
David Donovan (b.1985)

Dropping out of the professional ranks are players including:
Neil Robertson
Steve James
Kurt Maflin
Tom Ford

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2002 LG Cup - Guild Hall, Preston
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_LG_Cup_(snooker)

As seems common with early season ranking events, the big names didn't fare too well and the latter stages were populated by players a little lower down the rankings.

Chris Small defeated both John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan on his way to the title. From 3-1 down, he beat Alan McManus in the final 9-5, with a high break of 69.

Steve Davis showed signs he may return to challenge for titles by beating Mark Williams and Paul Hunter to reach the semi-finals.

Jimmy Michie and Gerard Greene, who had shown promise earlier in their career before slipping back down the rankings, both fared well too, Michie making it to the semis.

QFs:
Alan McManus (26) 5-3 David Gray (16)
Steve Davis (39) 5-4 Paul Hunter (9)
Chris Small (37) 5-1 Ronnie O'Sullivan (1)
Jimmy Michie (73) 5-4 Gerard Greene (79)

SFs:
McManus (26) 6-4 Davis (39)
Small (37) 6-2 Michie (73)

Final:
Small (37) 9-5 McManus (26)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2002 LG Cup, Stephen Hendry returns to the number 1 spot.

Top 16

1 +1 Stephen Hendry 18143
2 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 18106
3 = Stephen Lee 16639
4 = Peter Ebdon 16553
5 = Ken Doherty 14408
6 = Mark Williams 13937
7 = John Higgins 13421
8 = Matthew Stevens 11830
9 +2 Anthony Hamilton 9233
10 -1 Paul Hunter 8703
11 +5 David Gray 8243
12 +6 Mark Selby 8220
13 +24 Chris Small 8106
14 -4 Joe Perry 7576
15 +10 Barry Pinches 7354
16 -4 Joe Swail 7035

In: Mark Selby; Chris Small; Barry Pinches (!)
Out: Quinten Hann; Mark King; Graeme Dott

Top 32
In: Steve Davis; Nigel Bond
Out: Dominic Dale; John Parrott; Bjorn Haneveer

Top 64
In: Jimmy Michie; Gerard Greene; Adrian Gunnell; Rod Lawler; Andrew Higginson; Ryan Day; Martin Dziewialtowski
Out: Wayne Brown; Alfie Burden; Marcus Campbell; Billy Snaddon; Dave Finbow; Jonathan Birch; Bradley Jones

Top 128
In: Leo Fernandez; Jamie Cope; Simon Bedford; Colm Gilcreest; Munraj Pal; David McLellan; David Gilbert; Darren Clarke; David John; Johl Younger; Stefan Mazrocis
Out: Wayne Cooper; Patrick Delsemme; Paul Sweeny; Matthew Street; Martin Clark; Surinder Gill; Mark Fenton; Joe Jogia; Karl Burrows; Mehmet Husnu; Stephen O'Connor

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2002 British Open - Telford International Arena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_British_Open

Paul Hunter won his third ranking event and second of the calendar year. He beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last 16.

Chris Small continued his good form by reaching the semi-finals, beating Ken Doherty along the way.

Ian McCulloch reached his first final, beating John Higgins and Mark Williams.

Hendry stays at number one following this event, despite losing to Ali Carter in the last 32.

QFs
Ian McCulloch (39) 5-2 John Higgins (7)
Mark Williams (6) 5-1 Ali Carter (21)
Paul Hunter (10) 5-1 Anthony Hamilton (9)
Chris Small (13) 5-4 Alan McManus (17)

SFs
McCulloch (39) 6-3 Williams (6)
Hunter (10) 6-3 Small (13)

Final
Hunter (10) 9-4 McCulloch (39)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2002 British Open

Top 16
1 = Stephen Hendry 15527
2 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 15092
3 = Stephen Lee 14128
4 +2 Mark Williams 13585
5 -1 Peter Ebdon 13020
6 -1 Ken Doherty 12594
7 = John Higgins 11615
8 +2 Paul Hunter 10553
9 -1 Matthew Stevens 9474
10 +3 Chris Small 8964
11 -2 Anthony Hamilton 8736
12 = Mark Selby 7602
13 -2 David Gray 7504
14 +3 Alan McManus 7453
15 +6 Ali Carter 7163
16 +23 Ian McCulloch 7115

In: Alan McManus; Ali Carter; Ian McCulloch
Out: Barry Pinches; Joe Perry; Joe Swail

Top 32
In: Jimmy Michie; Stephen Maguire
Out: Drew Henry; Jimmy White; Dave Harold

Top 64 and top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2002 UK Championship - Barbican Centre, York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_UK_Championship

Mark Williams got the better of Ken Doherty in a deciding frame to take his second UK title and 13th ranker.

Perhaps surprisingly, O'Sullivan, Higgins and Hendry failed to make the semi-finals. Drew Henry was the surprise package, following a fairly lean 12 month period. He beat Stephen Lee and Ronnie on reaching the semi-final.

It was interesting to see that Kwan Poomjang reached the last 32, losing narrowly 9-8 to Graeme Dott.

L16
Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) 9-7 Marco Fu (52)
Drew Henry (33) 9-8 Stephen Lee (3)
Ken Doherty (6) 9-4 Paul Hunter (8)
John Higgins (7) 9-7 Steve Davis (21)
Mark Williams (4) 9-3 Chris Small (10)
Stephen Hendry (1) 9-6 Graeme Dott (31)
Robert Milkins (28) 9-8 Matthew Stevens (9)
Peter Ebdon (5) 9-2 Alan McManus (14)

QFs
Henry (33) 9-6 O'Sullivan (2)
Doherty (6) 9-6 Higgins (7)
Williams (4) 9-2 Hendry (1)
Ebdon (5) 9-4 Milkins (28)

SFs
Doherty (6) 9-5 Henry (33)
Williams (4) 9-3 Ebdon (5)

Final
Williams (4) 10-9 Doherty (6)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2002 UK Championship, the top 6 are closer together than the reds at the start of Mark Davis' favourite frame type.
Mark Williams goes back to the top.

Top 16
1 +3 Mark Williams 16793
2 +4 Ken Doherty 16244
3 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 15928
4 -3 Stephen Hendry 15543
5 = Peter Ebdon 15015
6 -3 Stephen Lee 14604
7 = John Higgins 12296
8 = Paul Hunter 11397
9 = Matthew Stevens 10182
10 = Chris Small 9541
11 = Anthony Hamilton 8708
12 = Mark Selby 8166
13 +1 Alan McManus 7928
14 +1 Ali Carter 7565
15 +18 Drew Henry 7538
16 -3 David Gray 7186

In: Drew Henry
Out: Ian McCulloch

Top 32
In: Marco Fu
Out: Michael Judge; Nigel Bond

Top 64
In: Paul Davies
Out: James Wattana

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2003 Welsh Open - Cardiff International Arena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Welsh_Open_(snooker)

Stephen Hendry claimed his 34th ranking title in the first ranker of 2003. He beat home favourite and number 1 player Mark Williams in the final, knocking in 4 centuries in a 9-5 win.

Higgins was knocked out by Robin Hull in the last 16, while Ronnie lost to Marco Fu. Fu also beat Stephen Lee in a return to form for the Hong Konger. He had been slipping down the rankings for a while.

QFs:
Paul Hunter (8) 5-2 Ken Doherty (2)
Mark Williams (1) 5-4 Robin Hull (21)
Marco Fu (32) 5-3 Ronnie O'Sullivan (3)
Stephen Hendry (4) 5-2 Rod Lawler (51)

SFs:
Williams (1) 6-2 Hunter (8)
Hendry (4) 6-4 Fu (32)

Final:
Hendry (4) 9-5 Williams (1)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2003 Welsh Open

Top 16
1 = Mark Williams 17972
2 +2 Stephen Hendry 17506
3 -1 Ken Doherty 16246
4 -1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 15186
5 = Peter Ebdon 14439
6 = Stephen Lee 13889
7 +1 Paul Hunter 12354
8 -1 John Higgins 12352
9 +1 Chris Small 9920
10 +2 Mark Selby 9706
11 -2 Matthew Stevens 9628
12 -1 Anthony Hamilton 9524
13 +1 Ali Carter 8465
14 +6 Robert Milkins 8178
15 -2 Alan McManus 8099
16 = David Gray 8090

In: Robert Milkins
Out: Drew Henry

Top 32
In: Sean Storey; Rod Lawler; Kristjan Helgason; Tony Drago; Gerard Greene
Out: Joe Swail; Quinten Hann; Fergal O'Brien; Jimmy Michie; Mark King

Top 64
In: Kwan Poomjang; Wayne Brown; Rory McLeod; Jamie Burnett
Out: David Roe; Martin Dziewialtowski; Darren Morgan; Paul Davies

Top 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2003 European Open - Palace Hotel, Torquay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Euro ... n_(snooker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 12th ranking title, beating Stephen Hendry 9-6 in a final which contained 14 breaks over 50, including a 140 and a 142 from O'Sullivan. I wonder if this was an example of both greats playing at their best in a final?

Neither had an easy run to the final, O'Sullivan beating Ebdon and Lee, and Hendry defeating Williams and Higgins.

The only top 8 player not to make the quarters was Ken Doherty, who lost to Hunter.

QFs:
Stephen Hendry (2) 5-2 John Higgins (8)
Mark Williams (1) 5-2 Paul Hunter (7)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) 5-2 Stephen Lee (6)
Peter Ebdon (5) 5-4 Mark King (43)

SFs:
Hendry (2) 6-3 Williams (1)
O'Sullivan (4) 6-3 Ebdon (5)

Final:
O'Sullivan (4) 9-6 Hendry (2)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2003 European Open, Stephen Hendry swaps places with Mark Williams at the top of the rankings. Steve Davis is back in the top 16.

Top 16
1 +1 Stephen Hendry 19048
2 -1 Mark Williams 17651
3 +1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 17170
4 +1 Peter Ebdon 15312
5 -2 Ken Doherty 14926
6 = Stephen Lee 13553
7 +1 John Higgins 12288
8 -1 Paul Hunter 11917
9 +2 Matthew Stevens 9605
10 -1 Chris Small 9280
11 +1 Anthony Hamilton 8442
12 -2 Mark Selby 8275
13 +2 Alan McManus 7704
14 = Robert Milkins 7637
15 +1 David Gray 7273
16 +3 Steve Davis 7105

In: Steve Davis
Out: Ali Carter

Top 32
In: Mark King; Dave Harold
Out: Tony Drago; Mark Davis

Top 64
In: Leo Fernandez; Dave Finbow; Matthew Couch
Out: Jamie Burnett; Stuart Pettman; Shokat Ali

Top 128
In: Matthew Selt; Pang Weiguo
Out: Noppadon Noppachorn; Steve James

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby SnookerEd25

Davis (S) has done well, given he barely scraped into the top 40 at the end of the ‘02 rankings at 39.

What were his Notable runs and results ChengduFan?

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

SnookerEd25 wrote:Davis (S) has done well, given he barely scraped into the top 40 at the end of the ‘02 rankings at 39.

What were his Notable runs and results ChengduFan?

Yes, he's come into a bit of form this season.
He's seeded through to the final qualifying round of tournaments and has won all his qualification matches.
He got to the semis in the first event of the season, the LG Cup, beating Jimmy White, Mark Williams and Paul Hunter.
And he got to the last 16 of the 2002 UK Championship, losing narrowly 9-7 to John Higgins.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

It's time for qualifying for the 2003 World Championship. A last chance this season for some players to qualify for the venue stages of a ranking event.
The following players are seeded through and can avoid qualifying (current rank on the left):
1. Stephen Hendry
2. Mark Williams
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan
4. Peter Ebdon
5. Ken Doherty
6. Stephen Lee
7. John Higgins
8. Paul Hunter
9. Matthew Stevens
13. Alan McManus
24. Graeme Dott
28. Joe Perry
30. Mark King
34. Joe Swail
35. Quinten Hann
49. Jimmy White

Let's have a look at the results on judgement day, with the seeded player on the left:
Chris Small (10) 10-7 Barry Hawkins (29)
Anthony Hamilton (11) 3-10 Gerard Greene (25)
David Gray (15) 6-10 Ian McCulloch (18)
Steve Davis (16) 10-8 Ryan Day (39)
Ali Carter (17) 10-6 Patrick Wallace (62)
Drew Henry (19) 10-4 Barry Pinches (22)
Marco Fu (20) 10-8 Jonathan Birch (84)
Dave Harold (32) 7-10 Stuart Pettman (67)
Tony Drago (33) 10-2 Andy Hicks (97)
Fergal O'Brien (40) 8-10 Gary Wilkinson (82)
Nigel Bond (43) 10-6 Stuart Bingham (47)
Dominic Dale (44) 8-10 Sean Storey (26)
John Parrott (45) 10-8 Robin Hull (21)
Anthony Davies (54) 5-10 Robert Milkins (14)
Michael Judge (56) 4-10 Shaun Murphy (52)
James Wattana (72) 10-5 Mark Selby (12)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Just to add, in qualifying for the WC, two players entered the rankings for the first time, Martin Gould and Ian Preece. Gould had a good run winning 8 matches to get to the last 64, including a win over Stephen Maguire in the last 80.

Mark Allen played in pre-qualifying for the first time, winning 3 matches before losing to Tony Knowles. This was a few weeks after his 17th birthday.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2003 Irish Masters - Citywest Hotel, Dublin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Irish_Masters

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his second consecutive ranking event, this time beating John Higgins 10-9 in a final which included 17 50+ breaks (9 Higgins, 8 O'Sullivan), 4 of which were centuries (2 each).

Dave Harold had a surprise run to the semis, beating Doherty, Maguire and Hann.

Number 1 Hendry was beaten by Paul Hunter in the last 16. Hunter also beat number 2, Mark Williams, in the next round. Meeting number 3, Ronnie, in the semis, was a step too far though!

Ryan Day qualified for the venue but withdrew (I'm guessing due to his liver issue).

QFs:
Dave Harold (32) 6-3 Quinten Hann (35)
John Higgins (7) 6-4 Steve Davis (16)
Paul Hunter (8) 6-1 Mark Williams (2)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (3) 6-2 Matthew Stevens (9)

SFs:
Higgins (7) 6-4 Harold (32)
O'Sullivan (3) 6-3 Hunter (8)

Final:
O'Sullivan (3) 10-9 Higgins (7)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2003 Irish Masters, it's Ronnie's turn to go back to number 1.

Top 16
1 +2 Ronnie O'Sullivan 20070
2 -1 Stephen Hendry 19219
3 -1 Mark Williams 18251
4 = Peter Ebdon 15730
5 +2 John Higgins 14950
6 -1 Ken Doherty 14432
7 +1 Paul Hunter 13507
8 -2 Stephen Lee 13477
9 = Matthew Stevens 10222
10 = Chris Small 9852
11 +1 Mark Selby 8973
12 -1 Anthony Hamilton 8729
13 +3 Steve Davis 8440
14 = Robert Milkins 8293
15 -2 Alan McManus 7798
16 +1 Ali Carter 7674

In: Ali Carter
Out: David Gray

Top 32
In: Ryan Day; Quinten Hann
Out: Mark King; Kristjan Helgason

Top 64
In: Stuart Pettman; Jamie Burnett
Out: Leo Fernandez; Rory McLeod

Top 128
In: Manan Chandra; Martin Gould; Justin Astley
Out: Brian Salmon; Noppadol Sangnil; Philip Williams

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2003 Scottish Open - Royal Higland Centre, Edinburgh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Scot ... n_(snooker)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh

David Gray won his only ranking title, beating Mark Selby in the Jester's first final.
Selby came back from 5-1 down to level at 7-7, but Gray recovered to win 9-7. It was a low-scoring affair, with only 5 breaks over 50, the highest being a 65 from Gray.

Hendry, O'Sullivan and Williams all lost at the last 16 stage, to Gray, McManus and Swail respectively.

QFs:
John Higgins (5) 5-1 Stephen Lee (8)
David Gray (21) 5-4 Joe Swail (37)
Ken Doherty (6) 5-3 Alan McManus (15)
Mark Selby (11) 5-3 Ali Carter (16)

SFs:
Gray (21) 6-3 Higgins (5)
Selby (11) 6-5 Doherty (6)

Final:
Gray (21) 9-7 Selby (11)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Following the 2003 Scottish Open, here is the top 16 heading into the 2003 World Championship

1 = Ronnie O'Sullivan 19849
2 = Stephen Hendry 19715
3 = Mark Williams 18557
4 +2 Ken Doherty 15930
5 -1 Peter Ebdon 15646
6 -1 John Higgins 15552
7 +1 Stephen Lee 13813
8 -1 Paul Hunter 13362
9 +2 Mark Selby 11689
10 -1 Matthew Stevens 10609
11 +10 David Gray 9966
12 -2 Chris Small 9078
13 -1 Anthony Hamilton 8839
14 +2 Ali Carter 8514
15 -1 Robert Milkins 8461
16 -3 Steve Davis 8235

In: David Gray
Out: Alan McManus

Top 32
In: Joe Swail
Out: Graeme Dott

Top 64 and 128 - no change

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby KrazeeEyezKilla

That was the first year the Irish Masters was a ranking event. The change came after the battle for control for Snooker's commercial rights between Altium and WSE which WSE won. They couldn't provide the number of ranking events promised and had to ask the Irish Masters organisers to change the tournament. WSE lost their contract a few months later.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/arid-30108806.html

The tournament was only televised from the Last 16 on as that was all RTÉ could cover as they had planned for the usual 12 player Invitational. I presume that's why the quarter finals were best of 11 and the final best of 19.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:That was the first year the Irish Masters was a ranking event. The change came after the battle for control for Snooker's commercial rights between Altium and WSE which WSE won. They couldn't provide the number of ranking events promised and had to ask the Irish Masters organisers to change the tournament. WSE lost their contract a few months later.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/arid-30108806.html

The tournament was only televised from the Last 16 on as that was all RTÉ could cover as they had planned for the usual 12 player Invitational. I presume that's why the quarter finals were best of 11 and the final best of 19.

Knowledge <ok>

Very interesting stuff. I had noticed the longer format of the quarters compared with the other standard rankers and was wondering about that.

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

2003 World Championship - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Worl ... ampionship

Mark Williams won his second World title and claimed the 'Triple Crown', having won the UK and Masters earlier in the season. He beat Ken Doherty 18-16 in the final, closing out the match with a 77 break.

Ronnie O'Sullivan made a 147 in the first round, but lost the match to Marco Fu, 10-6.

Last 32
Peter Ebdon (5) 10-3 Gerard Greene (23)
Joe Swail (28) 8-10 Tony Drago (36)
Paul Hunter (8) 10-5 Ali Carter (14)
Matthew Stevens (10) 10-3 Chris Small (12)
Ken Doherty (4) 10-9 Shaun Murphy (34)
Graeme Dott (35) 10-4 Robert Milkins (15)
Joe Perry (32) 4-10 Sean Storey (21)
John Higgins (6) 10-7 Ian McCulloch (19)
Mark Williams (3) 10-2 Stuart Pettman (50)
Quinten Hann (29) 10-5 John Parrott (51)
Mark King (33) 5-10 Drew Henry (20)
Stephen Hendry (2) 10-7 Gary Wilkinson (74)
Stephen Lee (7) 10-6 Steve Davis (16)
Jimmy White (43) 10-6 James Wattana (66)
Alan McManus (17) 10-7 Nigel Bond (45)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (1) 6-10 Marco Fu (24)

Last 16
Ebdon (5) 13-5 Drago (36)
Stevens (10) 6-13 Hunter (8)
Doherty (4) 13-12 Dott (35)
Higgins (6) 13-7 Storey (21)
Williams (3) 13-2 Hann (29)
Hendry (2) 13-10 Henry (20)
Lee (7) 13-11 White (43)
McManus (17) 7-13 Fu (24)

QFs
Ebdon (5) 12-13 Hunter (8)
Higgins (6) 8-13 Doherty (4)
Williams (3) 13-7 Hendry (2)
Lee (7) 13-7 Fu (24)

SFs
Doherty (4) 17-16 Hunter (8)
Williams (3) 17-8 Lee (7)

Final
Williams (3) 18-16 Doherty (4)

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

Here are the rankings at the end of the 2002-03 season. I have included all the professionals this time, as well as any amateurs in the top 128.

Euan Henderson and Matthew Farrant only played in the qualifers at the start of the season, for the first four events. They didn't play in the second half.

Mark Williams unsurprisingly ends the season at number 1. Doherty is second.
+- is from the start of the season.
(a) = amateur

1 +5 Mark Williams 25084
2 +3 Ken Doherty 21562
3 +1 Stephen Hendry 21274
4 -3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 19877
5 +2 John Higgins 17452
6 +3 Paul Hunter 17258
7 -3 Peter Ebdon 16507
8 -5 Stephen Lee 15920
9 -1 Matthew Stevens 11379
10 +8 Mark Selby 11071
11 +34 Marco Fu 9287
12 +25 Chris Small 9163
13 +3 David Gray 9045
14 +12 Alan McManus 8763
15 +7 Drew Henry 8594
16 -5 Anthony Hamilton 8506
17 +22 Steve Davis 8437
18 +3 Ali Carter 8371
19 +10 Robert Milkins 8348
20 +34 Sean Storey 8309
21 +22 Ian McCulloch 8119
22 +9 Dave Harold 7444
23 -8 Graeme Dott 7402
24 +55 Gerard Greene 7171
25 -6 Robin Hull 6850
26 -13 Quinten Hann 6704
27 +22 Shaun Murphy 6677
28 +13 Tony Drago 6522
29 -4 Barry Pinches 6494
30 -18 Joe Swail 6354
31 +47 Rod Lawler 6296
32 +54 Ryan Day 6294
33 -23 Joe Perry 6213
34 +7 Stephen Maguire 6167
35 -15 Jimmy White 5946
36 -13 Barry Hawkins 5870
37 -23 Mark King 5828
38 +15 Michael Holt 5284
39 +16 Stuart Bingham 5274
40 +10 Kristjan Helgason 5210
41 +6 Stuart Pettman 4480
42 -18 Mark Davis 4472
43 -10 Nigel Bond 4454
44 -6 Nick Walker 4451
45 +74 Kwan Poomjang 4449
46 -19 Fergal O'Brien 4445
47 -15 Bjorn Haneveer 4416
48 -18 Dominic Dale 4342
49 -21 John Parrott 4293
50 +17 Andrew Higginson 4227
51 -16 Mike Dunn 4227
52 +13 Adrian Gunnell 4192
53 -18 Patrick Wallace 4130
54 +8 Paul Wykes 4015
55 +4 Dave Finbow 3932
56 -16 Nick Dyson 3922
57 +16 Jimmy Michie 3891
58 +5 Wayne Brown 3872
59 -3 James Wattana 3807
60 -24 Anthony Davies 3804
61 +7 Jamie Burnett 3722
62 +74 Leo Fernandez 3653
63 +7 Gary Wilkinson 3639
64 -18 Brian Morgan 3594
65 +19 Rory McLeod 3496
66 +11 Matthew Couch 3436
67 -10 Euan Henderson 3388
68 -51 Michael Judge 3345
69 -21 David Roe 3147
70 +11 Craig Butler 3103
71 +3 Martin Dziewialtowski 2968
72 +23 Andrew Norman 2935
73 NEW David Gilbert 2869
74 -16 Jonathan Birch 2851
75 -3 Jason Prince 2842
76 -16 Darren Morgan 2778
77 -1 Tony Jones 2704
78 -27 Alfie Burden 2588
79 -10 Paul Davies 2577
80 -36 Shokat Ali 2506
81 NEW Johl Younger 2484
82 -18 Billy Snaddon 2472
83 +20 Jason Ferguson 2339
84 -32 Marcus Campbell 2326
85 -10 Andy Hicks 2323
86 +7 Joe Johnson 2300
87 +8 Lee Walker 2297
88 -22 Antony Bolsover 2259
89 +16 Luke Fisher 2231
90 -1 Stephen Kershaw 2171
91 -20 Terry Murphy 2170
92 +2 Mark Gray 2149
93 -5 John Read 2143
94 +3 Jeff Cundy 2121
95 +18 Ricky Walden 2108
96 -13 Troy Shaw 2093
97 +32 Simon Bedford 2070
98 -16 Alain Robidoux 2022
99 +31 Munraj Pal 2017
100 -2 Peter Lines 1955
101 -14 Nick Pearce 1928
102 -17 Phaitoon Phonbun 1926
103 +1 Paul Davison 1801
104 +13 Atthasit Mahitthi 1773
105 +19 Lee Spick 1725
106 (a) +9 Tom Ford 1666
107 +2 James Reynolds 1650
108 -47 Bradley Jones 1559
109 +9 Jason Weston 1425
110 -19 Hugh Abernethy 1422
111 NEW Jamie Cope 1416
112 -32 Neal Foulds 1357
113 +38 David McLellan 1310
114 NEW Manan Chandra 1253
115 +23 Darren Clarke 1214
116 NEW David John 1206
117 (a) NEW Martin Gould 1144
118 +65 Colm Gilcreest 1130
119 +73 Pang Weiguo 1019
120 +38 Stefan Mazrocis 998
121 (a) -15 Chris Melling 992
122 NEW Justin Astley 986
123 (a) -21 Kurt Maflin 894
124 (a) -34 Gary Ponting 865
125 (a) -33 David McDonnell 812
126 NEW Matthew Selt 804
127 (a) -19 Luke Simmonds 748
128 NEW Jin Long 693
129 +63 Bob Chaperon 636
133 +22 Eddie Manning 557
135 NEW Peter Roscoe 522
138 NEW Jimmy Robertson 438
139 +35 Mario Wehrmann 417
143 NEW David Donovan 347
154 NEW Matthew Farrant 180

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

To the end of the 02-03 season, 174 ranking events have been played. Here is the roll of honour:

Stephen Hendry 34 (2003 Welsh Open)
Steve Davis 28
John Higgins 15
Mark Williams 14 (2002 UK Championship | 2003 World Championship)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 13 (2003 European Open | 2003 Irish Masters)
Jimmy White 9
John Parrott 9
Ray Reardon 5
Ken Doherty 5
Peter Ebdon 5
James Wattana 3
Stephen Lee 3
Paul Hunter 3 (2002 British Open)
Cliff Thorburn 2
Tony Knowles 2
Dennis Taylor 2
Doug Mountjoy 2
Alan McManus 2

John Spencer, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Willie Thorne, Silvino Francisco, Joe Johnson, Neal Foulds, Tony Meo, Mike Hallett, Steve James, Bob Chaperon, Tony Jones, Dave Harold, Nigel Bond, Dominic Dale, Fergal O'Brien, Chris Small (2002 LG Cup), David Gray (2003 Scottish Open): 1 each

Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history

Postby chengdufan

In the 01-02 and 02-03 seasons the format was that the top 16 in the official rankings were seeded through to the venue, with the venue stages for all ranking events commencing at the last 32 stage.
Those ranked 17-32 were seeded through to the last 48.
33-48 seeded through to the last 64.
And 49-64 seeded through to the last 80.

Those ranked 65-128 played each other over two rounds (last 128 and last 96) to get to the last 80 stage.

It seems that format is continuing into the 2003-04 season.