1976–77 snooker season

The 1976–77 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1976 and May 1977. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1976–77 snooker season

Details
Duration	September 1976 – 7 May 1977
Tournaments	8 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
Masters	Doug Mountjoy
World Championship	John Spencer
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

New professionals

John Virgo was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player at the Association's July 1976 meeting.^[1] Doug Mountjoy, Roy Andrewartha and Chris Ross all became professionals after competing in the 1976 World Amateur Snooker Championship in October, which Mountjoy won.^[2][3] Patsy Fagan joined the professional ranks in October.^[4]

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
09-??	09-??	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	Dandenong Football Club	Melbourne	Eddie Charlton	Paddy Morgan	w/o–w/d	[5]
09-??	09-??	CAN	NR	Canadian Open	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	John Spencer	Alex Higgins	17–9	[6]
11-28	12-11	AUS	NR	World Professional Match-play Championship	Nunawading Basketball Centre	Melbourne	Eddie Charlton	Ray Reardon	31–24	[7]
01-??	01-??	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Perrie Mans	Doug Mountjoy	1–0	[8][9]
02-07	02-11	ENG	NR	The Masters	New London Theatre	London	Doug Mountjoy	Ray Reardon	7–6	[10][11][12]
02-17	02-18	IRL	NR	Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament	Leopardstown Racecourse	Dublin	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	5–3	[13]
04-18	04-30	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	John Spencer	Cliff Thorburn	25–21	[14]
04-30	05-07	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	John Spencer	John Pulman	7–5	[15][16][17]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1976/1977

The top 16 of the world rankings.^[18][19][20]

No.	Ch.[n 2]	Name	Points[21]
1		Ray Reardon	15
2		Alex Higgins	9
3		Eddie Charlton	8
4		Fred Davis	6
5		Graham Miles	6
6		Rex Williams	6
7		Perrie Mans	5
8		John Spencer	5
9		Dennis Taylor	5
10		Gary Owen	4
11		John Dunning	4
12		Jim Meadowcroft	3
13		Cliff Thorburn	3
14		Bill Werbeniuk	3
15		John Pulman	3
16		David Taylor	2

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
2. Indicates a relation to the Order of Merit used during the 1975/1976 season.