The 1978 Canadian Open was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, the Canadian Open, which took place between 16 August...

The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize...

the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981) The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988)) A list of Davis's professional snooker and...

is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship...

(born 13 June 1955) is an English former professional snooker player. He won the 1982 International Open and the 1983 Professional Players Tournament, and...

Championship three times, in 1969, 1971 and 1977. He worked as a snooker commentator for the BBC from 1978 to 1998 and served for 25 years on the board of the sport's...

Kirk Stevens (born August 17, 1958) is a Canadian former professional snooker player. Stevens started playing young, achieving his first century break...

Canadian Masters was a professional snooker tournament. The tournament was first held in 1974 and was named Canadian Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

his last wins as a snooker amateur was against Tony Meo, another future professional, in the final of the 1978 Pontins Spring Open. He defended his title...

Johnson (born 29 July 1952) is an English former professional snooker player and a snooker commentator for Eurosport. As an amateur, he became the British...

and 1978, Griffiths turned professional in June 1978 at the age of 30. In his second professional tournament, he qualified for the 1979 World Snooker Championship...

(/ˌwɜːrbɛˈnɪk/ WURR-ben-IK; 14 January 1947 – 20 January 2003) was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed...

professional snooker player. He won the English Amateur Championship 11–6 against Chris Ross in 1968 and the 1968 World Amateur Snooker Championship 8–7...

2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship and the 2007 China Open, and was runner-up in the World Championships of 2004...

Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most...

The 1978–79 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1978 and June 1979. The following table outlines the results for...

The World Snooker Tour (WST) is the main professional snooker tour, consisting of about 128 players competing on a circuit of up to 28 tournaments each...

June 25, 1978) is a Filipino-born Canadian professional pool player. His nickname is "the Lion", given to him by Paul Thornley, Canadian snooker player...

professional snooker player and current commentator. He turned professional in 1972 and is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship...

Off." In 1978, Mizerak became the first American-born player to compete in a professional Snooker event. He competed in the 1978 Canadian Open, Mizerak...

professional snooker player. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship...

Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was...

the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981). The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986). The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association...

The sport of snooker has utilised a world rankings system since 1975, used to seed players on the World Snooker Tour for tournaments. Originally, rankings...

alternative format snooker tournaments. Professional snooker tournaments can take the form of ranking tournaments—which are open to players on the main...

James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won ten ranking events. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of...

Alexander Robertson OAM (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player, who is a former world champion and former world number one. He...

Graham Miles (11 May 1941 – 12 October 2014) was an English snooker player. Miles turned professional in 1971. He first gained recognition in 1974, when...

retired professional billiards and snooker player. He was the second player to make an official maximum break in snooker, achieving this in an exhibition...

December 1923 – 25 December 1998) was an English professional snooker player who was the World Snooker Champion from 1957 to 1968. He first won the title at the...