1977–78 snooker season

The 1977–78 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between September 1977 and June 1978. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1977–78 snooker season

Details
Duration	17 September 1977 – June 1978
Tournaments	13 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Patsy Fagan
Masters	Alex Higgins
World Championship	Ray Reardon
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Calendar

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

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1977/1978

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

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

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.