Very Provisional Embassy Rankings
(unofficial very provisional 2000/2001 Embassy World Rankings after the
1998 Irish Open)
±=Change since last rankings;
P=Provisional ranking;
W=World ranking;
players are English unless stated;
restricted to players on the Main Tour;
provisional ranking not verified for players outside top 64
These rankings are unofficial as I have calculated them myself
Rk |
Name |
Nat |
± |
P |
W |
Points |
1. |
John Higgins |
Scotland |
|
1 |
1 |
7,885 |
2. |
Stephen Lee |
|
|
5 |
9 |
7,220 |
3. |
Mark Williams |
Wales |
+10 |
7 |
5 |
6,935 |
4. |
Dave Harold |
|
-1 |
11 |
19 |
5,865 |
5. |
Matthew Stevens |
Wales |
-1 |
9 |
26 |
5,170 |
6. |
Marco Fu |
Hong Kong |
-1 |
46 |
377 |
5,035 |
7. |
John Parrott |
|
|
4 |
6 |
4,905 |
8. |
Paul Hunter |
|
-2 |
10 |
24 |
4,885 |
9. |
Alan McManus |
Scotland |
+18 |
8 |
8 |
4,820 |
10. |
Matthew Couch |
|
-1 |
35 |
78 |
3,995 |
11. |
Ken Doherty |
Ireland |
+2 |
6 |
4 |
3,895 |
12. |
Quinten Hann |
Australia |
-1 |
21 |
45 |
3,800 |
13. |
Stephen Hendry |
Scotland |
+5 |
3 |
2 |
3,680 |
14. |
Fergal O'Brien |
Ireland |
-7 |
17 |
20 |
3,520 |
15. |
Peter Ebdon |
|
+3 |
14 |
7 |
3,490 |
16. |
Steve Davis |
|
-4 |
18 |
14 |
3,360 |
|
17. |
Chris Small |
Scotland |
-8 |
20 |
25 |
3,305 |
18. |
Tony Drago |
Malta |
+51 |
19 |
10 |
3,145 |
19. |
Jimmy White |
|
+2 |
12 |
18 |
3,140 |
20. |
Anthony Hamilton |
|
-4 |
13 |
11 |
3,135 |
21. |
Billy Snaddon |
Scotland |
+23 |
32 |
32 |
3,015 |
22. |
Graeme Dott |
Scotland |
+15 |
29 |
30 |
2,950 |
23. |
Brian Morgan |
|
-7 |
33 |
27 |
2,920 |
24. |
Nigel Bond |
|
+2 |
22 |
13 |
2,850 |
25. |
Paul Davies |
Wales |
+18 |
48 |
41 |
2,830 |
26. |
Jimmy Michie |
|
+18 |
78 |
81 |
2,825 |
27. |
Jamie Burnett |
Scotland |
-9 |
28 |
31 |
2,800 |
28. |
Dominic Dale |
Wales |
+9 |
16 |
23 |
2,760 |
29. |
Rod Lawler |
|
-16 |
45 |
40 |
2,735 |
30. |
Marcus Campbell |
Scotland |
-9 |
38 |
73 |
2,640 |
|
Terry Murphy |
N.Ireland |
-9 |
27 |
29 |
2,640 |
|
Gary Ponting |
|
-9 |
37 |
75 |
2,640 |
|
33. |
Gerard Greene |
|
+11 |
42 |
59 |
2,635 |
|
Ronnie O'Sullivan |
|
-6 |
2 |
3 |
2,635 |
35. |
Bradley Jones |
|
+23 |
39 |
44 |
2,545 |
36. |
Darren Morgan |
Wales |
-9 |
26 |
22 |
2,420 |
|
Joe Swail |
N.Ireland |
-9 |
36 |
36 |
2,420 |
|
Patrick Wallace |
N.Ireland |
-9 |
84 |
150 |
2,420 |
|
Gary Wilkinson |
|
-9 |
23 |
17 |
2,420 |
40. |
Lee Walker |
Wales |
+18 |
47 |
50 |
2,355 |
41. |
Mark King |
|
+3 |
15 |
16 |
2,350 |
42. |
Joe Perry |
|
+24 |
44 |
74 |
2,265 |
43. |
Martin Clark |
|
-6 |
30 |
28 |
2,260 |
|
Andy Hicks |
|
-6 |
24 |
21 |
2,260 |
45. |
Michael Holt |
|
-24 |
89 |
193 |
2,200 |
46. |
Steve James |
|
-19 |
43 |
37 |
2,140 |
47. |
Tony Jones |
|
-3 |
59 |
63 |
2,135 |
48. |
Euan Henderson |
Scotland |
-14 |
50 |
38 |
2,070 |
|
Dene O'Kane |
New Zealand |
-14 |
66 |
57 |
2,070 |
|
David Roe |
|
-14 |
58 |
48 |
2,070 |
51. |
Shokat Ali |
Pakistan |
-11 |
52 |
49 |
1,980 |
|
Karl Broughton |
|
+51 |
69 |
46 |
1,980 |
|
Jason Ferguson |
|
-14 |
34 |
35 |
1,980 |
|
Graham Horne |
Scotland |
+15 |
95 |
97 |
1,980 |
|
Tony Knowles |
|
+51 |
96 |
125 |
1,980 |
56. |
Drew Henry |
Scotland |
-2 |
55 |
43 |
1,975 |
|
Joe Johnson |
|
-2 |
61 |
55 |
1,975 |
|
Alain Robidoux |
Canada |
+13 |
51 |
12 |
1,975 |
|
James Wattana |
Thailand |
+13 |
25 |
15 |
1,975 |
60. |
Neal Foulds |
|
+2 |
31 |
34 |
1,855 |
|
David Gray |
|
-16 |
41 |
61 |
1,855 |
|
Peter Lines |
|
-2 |
40 |
53 |
1,855 |
|
Paul Wykes |
|
-2 |
56 |
62 |
1,855 |
64. |
Leo Fernandez |
|
+27 |
98 |
155 |
1,765 |
|
Robin Hull |
Finland |
-20 |
98 |
104 |
1,765 |
|
66. |
Adrian Gunnell |
|
NA |
100 |
197 |
1,760 |
67. |
Alan Burnett |
Scotland |
NA |
101 |
103 |
1,695 |
|
Kristjan Helgason |
Iceland |
NA |
102 |
- |
1,695 |
69. |
John Read |
|
NA |
57 |
70 |
1,680 |
|
Lee Richardson |
|
NA |
92 |
89 |
1,680 |
71. |
Steve Judd |
|
NA |
68 |
79 |
1,605 |
|
John Lardner |
Scotland |
NA |
91 |
94 |
1,605 |
73. |
David McDonnell |
|
NA |
106 |
165 |
1,600 |
74. |
Jonathan Birch |
|
NA |
67 |
42 |
1,575 |
|
Tony Chappel |
Wales |
NA |
70 |
47 |
1,575 |
|
John Whitty |
|
NA |
107 |
213 |
1,575 |
77. |
Stephen O'Connor |
Ireland |
NA |
76 |
86 |
1,550 |
|
Stuart Pettman |
|
NA |
60 |
76 |
1,550 |
79. |
Dave Finbow |
|
NA |
87 |
68 |
1,485 |
80. |
Jeff Cundy |
|
NA |
108 |
141 |
1,480 |
|
Michael Judge |
Ireland |
NA |
77 |
58 |
1,480 |
|
Ian McCulloch |
|
NA |
53 |
60 |
1,480 |
|
Shaun Murphy |
|
NA |
109 |
- |
1,480 |
|
Nick Pearce |
|
NA |
75 |
64 |
1,480 |
|
Mick Price |
|
NA |
49 |
33 |
1,480 |
|
Dean Reynolds |
|
NA |
64 |
54 |
1,480 |
|
Willie Thorne |
|
NA |
80 |
51 |
1,480 |
88. |
Barry Pinches |
|
NA |
110 |
106 |
1,440 |
89. |
Anthony Davies |
Wales |
NA |
83 |
85 |
1,390 |
|
Wayne Jones |
Wales |
NA |
88 |
82 |
1,390 |
|
Sean Storey |
|
NA |
65 |
72 |
1,390 |
|
Philip Williams |
Wales |
NA |
111 |
148 |
1,390 |
93. |
Tom Finstad |
Canada |
NA |
112 |
- |
1,360 |
|
Phaitoon Phonbun |
Thailand |
NA |
113 |
- |
1,360 |
95. |
Darren Clarke |
|
NA |
105 |
87 |
1,320 |
|
Joe Delaney |
Ireland |
NA |
114 |
109 |
1,320 |
|
Mark Fenton |
Wales |
NA |
115 |
129 |
1,320 |
|
Mario Geudens |
Belgium |
NA |
116 |
200 |
1,320 |
|
Robert Milkins |
|
NA |
117 |
99 |
1,320 |
|
Nick Walker |
|
NA |
72 |
71 |
1,320 |
101. |
Alfie Burden |
|
NA |
62 |
77 |
1,270 |
|
Sam Chong |
Malaysia |
NA |
118 |
186 |
1,270 |
|
Leigh Griffin |
|
NA |
86 |
93 |
1,270 |
104. |
Alex Borg |
Malta |
NA |
119 |
170 |
1,200 |
|
Shawn Budd |
Australia |
NA |
120 |
- |
1,200 |
|
Mark Davis |
|
NA |
93 |
56 |
1,200 |
|
Colm Gilcreest |
Ireland |
NA |
121 |
227 |
1,200 |
|
Mark Gray |
|
NA |
82 |
92 |
1,200 |
|
Paul McPhillips |
Scotland |
NA |
122 |
102 |
1,200 |
|
Jason Prince |
N.Ireland |
NA |
54 |
39 |
1,200 |
|
Richard Somauroo |
Mauritius |
NA |
123 |
- |
1,200 |
|
Dennis Taylor |
N.Ireland |
NA |
90 |
52 |
1,200 |
113. |
Ian Brumby |
|
NA |
97 |
90 |
1,180 |
|
Karl Burrows |
|
NA |
71 |
69 |
1,180 |
|
Mark Johnston-Allen |
|
NA |
124 |
111 |
1,180 |
|
Peter McCullagh |
|
NA |
94 |
95 |
1,180 |
117. |
Barry Mapstone |
|
NA |
125 |
185 |
1,160 |
118. |
Eddie Barker |
|
NA |
126 |
239 |
1,110 |
|
Mark Bennett |
Wales |
NA |
81 |
66 |
1,110 |
|
Wayne Brown |
|
NA |
73 |
80 |
1,110 |
|
Paul Cavney |
|
NA |
127 |
145 |
1,110 |
|
Paul Davison |
|
NA |
128 |
127 |
1,110 |
|
Mehmet Husnu |
Cyprus |
NA |
129 |
151 |
1,110 |
|
Oliver King |
|
NA |
130 |
118 |
1,110 |
|
Craig MacGillivray |
Scotland |
NA |
103 |
96 |
1,110 |
|
Eddie Manning |
|
NA |
131 |
146 |
1,110 |
|
Karl Payne |
|
NA |
104 |
91 |
1,110 |
|
Chris Scanlon |
|
NA |
63 |
67 |
1,110 |
|
Nick Terry |
|
NA |
132 |
108 |
1,110 |
|
Darryn Walker |
|
NA |
133 |
115 |
1,110 |
|
131. |
Stuart Bingham |
|
NA |
134 |
164 |
1,040 |
|
James Reynolds |
|
NA |
135 |
238 |
1,040 |
|
Ian Sargeant |
Wales |
NA |
136 |
114 |
1,040 |
|
Chris Shade |
|
NA |
137 |
116 |
1,040 |
135. |
Craig Harrison |
|
NA |
138 |
154 |
1,020 |
136. |
Hugh Abernethy |
Scotland |
NA |
139 |
152 |
990 |
|
Stuart Reardon |
|
NA |
140 |
138 |
990 |
138. |
Allister Carter |
|
NA |
141 |
187 |
950 |
|
David Coles |
|
NA |
142 |
153 |
950 |
|
Surinder Gill |
|
NA |
143 |
143 |
950 |
|
Adrian Rosa |
|
NA |
144 |
117 |
950 |
|
Anan Terananon |
Thailand |
NA |
145 |
- |
950 |
143. |
Simon Bedford |
|
NA |
146 |
119 |
900 |
|
Martin Dziewialtowski |
Scotland |
NA |
74 |
83 |
900 |
|
John Giles |
|
NA |
147 |
130 |
900 |
|
Gary Lees |
|
NA |
148 |
147 |
900 |
|
Stefan Mazrocis |
|
NA |
79 |
65 |
900 |
|
Munraj Pal |
|
NA |
149 |
183 |
900 |
|
Troy Shaw |
|
NA |
85 |
88 |
900 |
|
Matt Wilson |
|
NA |
150 |
142 |
900 |
151. |
Mike Dunn |
|
NA |
151 |
139 |
880 |
|
Gary Natale |
Canada |
NA |
152 |
- |
880 |
|
Hasimu Tuerxun |
China |
NA |
153 |
- |
880 |
|
Jason Weston |
|
NA |
154 |
101 |
880 |
155. |
Patrick Delsemme |
Belgium |
NA |
155 |
210 |
830 |
|
Mike Hallett |
|
NA |
156 |
128 |
830 |
|
Darren Limburg |
|
NA |
157 |
162 |
830 |
|
Steve Mifsud |
Australia |
NA |
158 |
- |
830 |
|
Steve Newbury |
Wales |
NA |
159 |
131 |
830 |
|
Simon Parker |
|
NA |
160 |
149 |
830 |
|
Tai Pichit |
Thailand |
NA |
161 |
124 |
830 |
|
Paul Sweeny |
|
NA |
162 |
122 |
830 |
|
Jason Wallace |
|
NA |
163 |
113 |
830 |
|
Mario Wehrmann |
Netherlands |
NA |
164 |
236 |
830 |
165. |
Matthew Bray |
|
NA |
165 |
230 |
760 |
|
Bob Chaperon |
Canada |
NA |
166 |
- |
760 |
|
Geoff Dunn |
Scotland |
NA |
167 |
134 |
760 |
168. |
Joe Grech |
Malta |
NA |
168 |
167 |
740 |
|
Bj�rn Haneveer |
Belgium |
NA |
169 |
159 |
740 |
|
Li Jian-Bing |
China |
NA |
170 |
- |
740 |
|
Dylan Leary |
N.Ireland |
NA |
171 |
110 |
740 |
|
Dermot McGlinchey |
N.Ireland |
NA |
172 |
215 |
740 |
|
Mark Miller |
|
NA |
173 |
201 |
740 |
|
Hitesh Naran |
South Africa |
NA |
174 |
- |
740 |
|
Neil Robertson |
Australia |
NA |
175 |
- |
740 |
|
Leigh Robinson |
|
NA |
176 |
126 |
740 |
|
Micky Roughan |
|
NA |
177 |
257 |
740 |
|
Wayne Saidler |
|
NA |
178 |
178 |
740 |
|
Wael Talaat |
Egypt |
NA |
179 |
- |
740 |
|
Johl Younger |
Australia |
NA |
180 |
263 |
740 |
181. |
Antony Bolsover |
|
NA |
181 |
105 |
670 |
|
Mario Cutajar |
Malta |
NA |
182 |
- |
670 |
|
Les Dodd |
|
NA |
183 |
133 |
670 |
|
Keith E |
Singapore |
NA |
184 |
- |
670 |
|
Alastair Fleming |
Scotland |
NA |
185 |
172 |
670 |
|
Nigel Gilbert |
|
NA |
186 |
123 |
670 |
|
Darren Hackeson |
|
NA |
187 |
161 |
670 |
|
Mike Henson |
Germany |
NA |
188 |
- |
670 |
|
Guo Hua |
China |
NA |
189 |
- |
670 |
|
Sean Lanigan |
|
NA |
190 |
140 |
670 |
|
David McLellan |
Scotland |
NA |
191 |
100 |
670 |
|
Farhan Mirza |
Pakistan |
NA |
192 |
- |
670 |
|
Saleh Muhammad |
Pakistan |
NA |
193 |
- |
670 |
|
Stephen Murphy |
N.Ireland |
NA |
194 |
98 |
670 |
|
Ben Reicker |
Canada |
NA |
195 |
- |
670 |
|
Brian Rowswell |
|
NA |
196 |
112 |
670 |
|
Chatchawan Rutphae |
Thailand |
NA |
197 |
- |
670 |
|
Kirk Stevens |
Canada |
NA |
198 |
- |
670 |
|
|