Re: Rankings revisit - a trip through history
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badtemperedcyril wrote:chengdufan wrote:Anyway, where was I? Van Velthoven actually won his wildcard game, against Matthew Couch, and then got a bye against Jimmy White, who withdrew (anyone know why?). So he made it to the last 16. Well played Yvan!
Suspect it was when he was undergoing cancer treatment. It was certainly late 94, early 95. He also had that implant hair thing done.
Juddernaut88 wrote:Once this heads to 1997 onwards I'll feel so down as that was the slow fall of the great Stephen Hendry :(
SnookerEd25 wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:Once this heads to 1997 onwards I'll feel so down as that was the slow fall of the great Stephen Hendry :(
Yes, but still a seventh World Title past that point, so not exactly a demise
chengdufan wrote:1995 International Open - Bournemouth International Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_International_Open
This event was sponsored by Sweater Shop. I love the variety of 1990s sponsors...
Anyway, I make it that three very notable things happened, making this quite an interesting event.
John Higgins won his second ranking title of the season (he is still a teenager remember). He didn't have an easy run either, beating the likes of Joe Swail, Ken Doherty, John Parrott, and then Steve Davis in the final.
Mark Johnston-Allen, who had been slipping down the rankings with very few results of note over the last 2 years, beat Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan on his way to the quarter-final. There he met Jimmy White, who easily won 5-0, compiling 4 50+ breaks.
And Roger Garrett happened...
Roger had been looking like quite a promising up-and-coming player. He was steadily rising up the rankings (prior to this event I have him at no.75), and was making notable progress, qualifying for the venue stages of this and of the upcoming Thailand Open. However, before his first match at the venue, he vanished, never to be seen again. All that was left was his cue and his dress suit in the hotel room.
He hasn't been seen or heard of since then, though there were unconfirmed reports in 2010 that he was working at Heathrow Airport.
QFs:
John Higgins (10) 5-2 Euan Henderson (57)
John Parrott (9) 5-1 Alan McManus (6)
Steve Davis (2) 5-0 Mick Price (54)
Jimmy White (7) 5-0 Mark Johnston-Allen (74)
SFs:
Higgins (10) 6-4 Parrott (9)
Davis (2) 6-4 White (7)
Final:
Higgins (10) 9-5 Davis (2)
Following the event...
Top 4
1. Stephen Hendry 27188
2. Steve Davis 22927
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan 18870
4. James Wattana 17467
Co92
5. John Higgins 17202
23. Mark Williams 6882
Top 16 - no change
Top 32
In: Rod Lawler
Out: Paul Davies
Top 64
In: Mark Johnston-Allen
Out: Stephen O'Connor
Top 128
In: Colin Morton
Out: Scott MacFarlane
chengdufan wrote:Hendry is the clear favourite, but O'Sullivan, Davis, Wattana and Higgins can be considered strong contenders.
Outside bets would be on Parrott, Ebdon, White, Doherty, McManus, Harold and Morgan.
Dan-cat wrote:Outstanding thread. I know I've said it before but... you are allowing me to relive some of my favourite moments in the sport.
There was a few years, in the noughties, when i was fulltime DJ and getting f*cked up every weekend where I only tuned into the triple crown, and even then only the latter stages. So being able to follow the other storylines through this thread is filling in gaps in my knowledge.
chengdufan wrote:
Top 128
In: Cliff Wilson
SnookerEd25 wrote:chengdufan wrote:
Top 128
In: Cliff Wilson
How has the big man managed to climb back into the top128 a year after he died?
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Mark Williams returned to the top 16 after the World Championship he failed to qualify for.
SnookerEd25 wrote:I like the first answer better
Interesting quirk though; I would have thought death resulted in an automatic removal from the rankings.
chengdufan wrote:
There was quite a shock in the last 32, with Mark Johnston-Allen defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan. It seems it was common for Johnston-Allen to beat Hendry and O'Sullivan, though he struggled against practically anyone else!