1998–99 snooker world rankings

Preceded by
1997/1998 | 1998/1999 | Succeeded by
1999/2000

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Snooker world rankings 1998/1999: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 1998–99 season are listed below.

No. 1: John Higgins

Born|  (1975-05-18) May 18, 1975 (age 49)
Sport country|  Scotland
Professional| 1992–present
Highest ranking| 1
No. 2: Stephen Hendry

Born|  (1969-01-13) January 13, 1969 (age 55)
Sport country|  Scotland
Professional| 1985–2012
Highest ranking| 1
No. 3: Ronnie O'Sullivan

Born|  (1975-12-05) December 5, 1975 (age 48)
Sport country|  England
Professional| 1992–present
Highest ranking| 1
No.[1][2] | Name  | Nationality  | Points[3]

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1  | John Higgins |  Scotland | 47422
2  | Stephen Hendry |  Scotland | 47247
3  | Ronnie O'Sullivan |  England | 39407
4  | Ken Doherty |  Ireland | 36167
5  | Mark Williams |  Wales | 32755
6  | John Parrott |  England | 31757
7  | Peter Ebdon |  England | 25426
8  | Alan McManus |  Scotland | 24394
9  | Stephen Lee |  England | 24264
10  | Tony Drago |  Malta | 23809
11  | Anthony Hamilton |  England | 22524
12  | Alain Robidoux |  Canada | 22387
13  | Nigel Bond |  England | 22256
14  | Steve Davis |  England | 22252
15  | James Wattana |  Thailand | 21542
16  | Mark King |  England | 21470
17  | Gary Wilkinson |  England | 19084
18  | Jimmy White |  England | 18995
19  | Dave Harold |  England | 18410
20  | Fergal O'Brien |  Ireland | 18152
21  | Andy Hicks |  England | 17808
22  | Darren Morgan |  Wales | 17804
23  | Dominic Dale |  Wales | 17622
24  | Paul Hunter |  England | 17155
25  | Chris Small |  Scotland | 17026
26  | Matthew Stevens |  Wales | 16935
27  | Brian Morgan |  England | 16227
28  | Martin Clark |  England | 16137
29  | Terry Murphy |  Northern Ireland | 16047
30  | Graeme Dott |  Scotland | 15589
31  | Jamie Burnett |  Scotland | 15542
32  | Billy Snaddon |  Scotland | 15042
33  | Mick Price |  England | 14976
34  | Neal Foulds |  England | 14915
35  | Jason Ferguson |  England | 14802
36  | Joe Swail |  Northern Ireland | 14595
37  | Steve James |  England | 14209
38  | Euan Henderson |  Scotland | 14084
39  | Jason Prince |  Northern Ireland | 13992
40  | Rod Lawler |  England | 13112
41  | Paul Davies |  Wales | 12814
42  | Jonathan Birch |  England | 12742
43  | Drew Henry |  Scotland | 12647
44  | Bradley Jones |  England | 12345
45  | Quinten Hann |  Australia | 12182
46  | Karl Broughton |  England | 12027
47  | Tony Chappel |  Wales | 11952
48  | David Roe |  England | 11875
49  | Shokat Ali |  Pakistan | 11817
50  | Lee Walker |  Wales | 11761
51  | Willie Thorne |  England | 11715
52  | Dennis Taylor |  Northern Ireland | 11648
53  | Peter Lines |  England | 11642
54  | Dean Reynolds |  England | 11534
55  | Joe Johnson |  England | 11515
56  | Mark Davis |  England | 11511
57  | Dene O'Kane |  New Zealand | 11500
58  | Michael Judge |  Ireland | 11477
59  | Gerard Greene |  Northern Ireland | 11332
60  | Ian McCulloch |  England | 11115
61  | David Gray |  England | 11089
62  | Paul Wykes |  England | 11077
63  | Tony Jones |  England | 11035
64  | Nick Pearce |  England | 10930
65  | Stefan Mazrocis |  England | 10910
66  | Mark Bennett |  Wales | 10834
67  | Chris Scanlon |  England | 10752
68  | David Finbow |  England | 10692
69  | Karl Burrows |  England | 10640
70  | John Read |  England | 10567
71  | Nick Walker |  England | 10540
72  | Sean Storey |  England | 10487
73  | Marcus Campbell |  Scotland | 10195
74  | Joe Perry |  England | 10184
75  | Gary Ponting |  England | 10180
76  | Stuart Pettman |  England | 9890
77  | Alfie Burden |  England | 9841
78  | Matthew Couch |  England | 9775
79  | Steve Judd  |  England | 9650
80  | Wayne Brown |  England | 9595
81  | Jimmy Michie |  England | 9464
82  | Wayne Jones |  Wales | 9374
83  | Martin Dziewialtowski |  Scotland | 9022
84  | Jamie Woodman |  England | 8957
85  | Anthony Davies |  Wales | 8787
86  | Stephen O'Connor |  Ireland | 8612
87  | Darren Clarke  |  England | 8492
88  | Troy Shaw |  England | 8252
89  | Lee Richardson |  England | 8047
90  | Ian Brumby  |  England | 7957
91  | Karl Payne |  England | 7719
92  | Mark Gray |  England | 7710
93  | Leigh Griffin |  England | 7508
94  | John Lardner |  Scotland | 7389
95  | Peter McCullagh |  England | 6936
96  | Craig MacGillivray |  Scotland | 6434
99  | Robert Milkins |  England |
150  | Patrick Wallace |  Northern Ireland |
164  | Stuart Bingham |  England |
187  | Ali Carter |  England |
193  | Michael Holt |  England |
377  | Marco Fu |  Hong Kong |

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1990/91 to 2004/05". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
2. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
3. ^ "1998/99 Embassy World Rankings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 February 2011.

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