The 1978 Canadian Open was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, the Canadian Open, which took place between 16 August...
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Canadian Masters was a professional snooker tournament. The tournament was first held in 1974 and was named Canadian Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
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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...
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event was also called the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984) The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981) The event was also called...
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Cliff Thorburn (category Canadian snooker players)
is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship...
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(born 13 June 1955) is an English former professional snooker player. He won the 1982 International Open and the 1983 Professional Players Tournament, and...
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Bill Werbeniuk (category Canadian snooker players)
(/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...
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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...
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Kirk Stevens (category Canadian snooker players)
Kirk Stevens (born August 17, 1958) is a Canadian former professional snooker player. Stevens started playing young, achieving his first century break...
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The World Snooker Championship is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament in professional snooker. It is also the richest, with total prize...
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Johnson (born 29 July 1952) is an English former professional snooker player and snooker commentator for Eurosport. He became the British under-19 champion...
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chronological list of snooker ranking tournaments. Ranking tournaments are those that are used for the official system of ranking professional snooker players which...
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Terry Griffiths (category Snooker.org player template with ID not in Wikidata)
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...
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Jimmy White (redirect from Jimmy White (snooker player))
James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won four seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because...
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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...
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mm-dd date format. Turner, Chris. "Canadian Open, Canadian Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original...
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Tony Meo (category English snooker players)
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...
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Steve Davis (redirect from Steve Davis (snooker player))
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...
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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...
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alternative format snooker tournaments. Professional snooker tournaments can take the form of ranking tournaments—which are open to players on the main...
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The Canadian Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the Canadian Snooker Championship) is an annual snooker competition played in Canada and is the...
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The 1979 Canadian Open was the sixth edition of the snooker tournament the Canadian Open, which took place in September 1979. Cliff Thorburn won the title...
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Willie Thorne (redirect from The Homer Simpson of snooker)
Joseph Thorne (4 March 1954 – 17 June 2020) was an English professional snooker player. He won one ranking title, the 1985 Classic. He also reached the...
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Doug Mountjoy (category Masters (snooker) champions)
Professional Snooker League (1983/1984) and the Matchroom League (1986/1987 to 1991/1992) The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)...
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Alex Higgins (category Snooker players from Northern Ireland)
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...
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Ray Reardon (category Welsh snooker players)
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...
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Alex Pagulayan (category Canadian snooker players)
Thorburn, former World Snooker champion. Pagulayan was born in Cabagan, Isabela, Philippines and was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2012, Pagulayan...
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The 1977 Canadian Open was the fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, the Canadian Open, which took place between 17 August...
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Rex Williams (redirect from Rex Williams (snooker player))
retired professional billiards and snooker player. He was the second player to make an official maximum break in snooker, achieving this in an exhibition...
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Graham Miles (category English snooker players)
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...
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