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Billiards world rankings

The billiards world rankings are the official system of ranking English billiards players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments.

The rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, World Billiards, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[1] A player's ranking is based on their performances in designated ranking tournaments. The ranking list rolls on at the end of each season, with every player’s points being halved at the season switchover.[2]A season begins on 1 July, and ends on 30 June of the following year.[3]

As of 2012, the distinction between professional and amateur players was removed. Both male and female players are included on the list.

Top Ranked Players

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Peter Gilchrist, the top ranked player from 2016 to 2021
Ranking
Season 1 2 3 4
Before 1989 No information
1989–90[4]   Mike Russell   Norman Dagley   Ian Williamson   Peter Gilchrist
1990–91[4]   Mike Russell   Peter Gilchrist   Ian Williamson   Norman Dagley
1991–92[5]   Geet Sethi   Mike Russell   Robby Foldvari   Peter Gilchrist
1992–93   Geet Sethi
1993–94[6]   Geet Sethi   Robby Foldvari   Mike Russell   Peter Gilchrist
1995–96[7]   Mike Russell   Geet Sethi   Peter Gilchrist   Robby Foldvari
2002–03[8]   Mike Russell   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Chris Shutt
2003–04[9]   Mike Russell   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Chris Shutt
2004–10 No official ranking list produced[10][11]
2010–11   David Causier   Dhruv Sitwala   Peter Gilchrist and   Robert Hall1
2011–12   David Causier   Billy Bousfield   Phil Mumford   Robert Hall
2012–13   Mike Russell   Robert Hall   David Causier   Martin Goodwill
2013–14   David Causier   Peter Gilchrist   Robert Hall   Matthew Bolton
2014–15   David Causier   Peter Gilchrist   Robert Hall   Mike Russell
2015–16   David Causier   Peter Gilchrist   Robert Hall   Mike Russell
2016–17   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Robert Hall   Mike Russell
2017–18   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Robert Hall   Mike Russell
2018–19   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Robert Hall   Martin Goodwill
2019–20[12]   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Robert Hall   Ryan Mears
2020–21[13]   Peter Gilchrist   David Causier   Robert Hall   Ryan Mears

Notes

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^1 Gilchrist and Hall were joint 3rd ranked.

References

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  1. ^ "World Billiards Limited (WBL)". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Ranking List for Season 2019–2020". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Ranking Lists". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Here endeth 1990–91". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. January 1992. p. 25.
  5. ^ "Sethi displaces Russell as world no. 1". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1992. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Sethi again tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 1993. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Russell tops billiards world rankings". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. May 1995. p. 23.
  8. ^ "End of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. No. June 2002. Everton's News Agency. p. 47.
  9. ^ Everton, Clive. "Professional billiards dies: what next?". Snooker Scene. No. July 2003. Everton's News Agency. p. 21.
  10. ^ "Chris Shutt beats Mike Russell to become world champion for the first time". Snooker Scene. No. April 2005. Everton's News Agency. pp. 27–28.
  11. ^ Everton, Clive (August 2010). "Sorting billiards out". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. pp. 30–31.
  12. ^ "Ranking list for season 2019–2020". World Billiards. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Ranking list for season 2020–2021". World Billiards. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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