Ray Reardon

Raymond Reardon, MBE (born 8 October 1932) is a Welsh[1] retired professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six World Championships. He was world champion in 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978, and runner-up in the 1982 World Championship. He won the inaugural Pot Black tournament in 1969.

Ray Reardon
MBE

Born	8 October 1932 Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Sport country	Wales
Nickname	Dracula
Professional	1967–1991
Highest ranking	1 (1976–1981, 1982–1983)
Career winnings	£307,207
Highest break	146: 1972 Park Drive 2000
Century breaks	53
Tournament wins
Ranking	5
Non-ranking	21
World Champion	1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978

Reardon was snooker's first dominant force of the modern era and was the first number one ranked player, when world rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, holding the top ranking position for the next five years. His dominance throughout the 1970s prefigured that of Steve Davis in the 1980s and Stephen Hendry in the 1990s. He regained the number one ranking in 1982, but his form declined thereafter and he dropped out of the elite top-16 ranked players after the 1986–87 season. He retired from the professional game in 1991.

Reardon remained one of snooker's top players into his 50s, setting a number of records which still stand. He is snooker's oldest world champion (in 1978, aged 45 years and 203 days), the oldest player to win a ranking event (in 1982, aged 50 years and 14 days), and the oldest player to hold the number one ranking (in 1982, aged 50). He also worked with Ronnie O'Sullivan in a coaching role, helping him to win the 2004 world title. Despite being a genial figure, Reardon's dark widow's peak and sharp-toothed grin earned him the nickname "Dracula".

Early life

Reardon was born on 8 October 1932, in the coal mining community of Tredegar in Monmouthshire.[1] Wanting to play snooker, he turned down a place at a grammar School to become a miner at Ty Trist Colliery, aged 14, following in the footsteps of his father. After a rockfall in which he was buried for three hours, he quit mining and became a police officer when his family moved to Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire.[2][3]

Amateur career

Aged 15, Reardon beat fellow Welshman Jack Cowey in the British youth championship. Having won the Welsh amateur title from 1950–1955, Reardon failed to win the English title when he entered the event in 1956 and 1957. Finally upon re-entering the 1964 event, he won the English Amateur title, defeating John Spencer 11–8 in the final. This victory led to an invitation to tour South Africa. This proved to be so successful that Reardon was offered the chance to tour it again as a professional. On the back of this, Reardon resigned as a policeman and turned professional in 1967.[4]

Professional career

Reardon's first appearance at the World Championship was in 1969, and he won his first title the following year, beating John Pulman 37–33 in London. After winning the title, Reardon was in big demand for exhibitions and on the holiday camp circuit. Winning the first ever Pot Black in 1969 made him instantly recognisable; Reardon and John Spencer were the first to capitalise on the snooker boom in the early 1970s.[5]

Entertainer

Reardon also became popular because he added a touch of humour and entertainment to his game. Considered a deadly long potter and tactician in his prime, he played seventeen World Championship matches without defeat and won the title four years in succession. He won his second in 1973 in Manchester when he beat Eddie Charlton 38–32, after defeating John Spencer 23–22 in the semi-finals.

Reardon beat Graham Miles the following year, and in 1975, when it was held in Melbourne, Australia, he had a tough quarter-final with Spencer which he won 19–17. He then beat Alex Higgins 19–14 before meeting local hero Eddie Charlton in the final. Reardon initially trailed by 29 frames to 23, putting Charlton two frames away from the title, but Reardon then won seven consecutive frames to lead 30–29. Charlton took the sixtieth frame to tie the match but Reardon took the vital sixty-first and won his fourth title. Reardon scored heavily in the final making breaks of 104,94,92,83,80 and 70.

In January 1976, Reardon appeared on This is Your Life.[6] He had been suggested as a candidate for the programme by Snooker Scene editor, Clive Everton. The snooker playing fraternity was represented by Alex Higgins, John Pulman, Jackie Rea, Graham Miles, John Spencer, Eddie Charlton, Cliff Thorburn and female professional Joyce Gardner.[7]

Reardon won his fifth title the next year in Manchester, beating Alex Higgins 27–16. Earlier that year, he had won the Benson and Hedges Masters in London, his second snooker title after the World Championship. In this event Reardon defeated John Pulman in the quarter-final 4–1, in a match where the highest break was only 22 (by Pulman). Reardon improved his form in the semi-final to defeat Eddie Charlton 5–4 and Graham Miles 7–3 in the final.[8] Reardon would never win the event again but defeated Rex Williams 4–1 and Graham Miles 5–2 in the 1977 event only to lose 6–7 to Doug Mountjoy in the final.[9]

Reardon's unbeaten run at the World Championship ended at the first Crucible championship in 1977, when he lost to John Spencer in the quarter-finals 6–13, his first defeat since Rex Williams in 1972.

Reardon regained the title in 1978 winning it for the sixth and final time by beating Doug Mountjoy 13–9 (after trailing 2–7), Bill Werbeniuk 13–6, Eddie Charlton 18–14 and finally Perrie Mans 25–18 in the final.[10] Reardon remains the oldest winner of the World Championship at the age of 45 years and 6 months. Straight after this Reardon regained the Pontins Professional title, defeating John Spencer 7–2 in the final.[11]

Towards the end of 1978 Reardon beat Patsy Fagan 6–1 and Alex Higgins 11–9 in a high quality final to win the one-off 'Champion of Champions' event sponsored by the Daily Mirror and held at the Wembley Conference Centre.[12]

1979 saw Reardon regain his Pot Black title by defeating Doug Mountjoy 2–1 in the final. It was Reardon's first win since he won the inaugural event in 1969, although he was runner up in 1970, 1972 and 1980.[13] That same year Reardon joined Mountjoy and then World Champion Terry Griffiths, to win the first 'World Challenge Cup' for Wales, defeating England (Fred Davis, John Spencer and Graham Miles) easily 14–3 in the final.[14]

Indian summer

After Reardon's sixth world title he remained one of the world's best players for some years. He lost to Dennis Taylor in the 1979 quarter-final, and by David Taylor at the same stage in 1980. He went a step further in 1981, beating John Spencer 13–11 and Bill Werbeniuk 13–10 before being surprisingly beaten by fellow Welshman Doug Mountjoy in the semi-finals in what was Mountjoy's best ever World Championship performance. Mountjoy scored a championship record break of 145 during the match, which he won 16–10.[15]

It was the rise of Steve Davis in 1980–81 that saw Reardon and his generation lose their grip on the game. However, despite Davis' domination between late 1980 and the spring of 1982, Reardon remained a major force in the game. At 49, he reached the World final in 1982, losing to Alex Higgins 15–18.

For the 1982/3 season Reardon returned to number one in the world rankings, which in those days were based only on performances at the World Championships over previous years. His career went through an Indian summer. He won the Players Professional Tournament in late 1982, beating Jimmy White 10–5 in the final,[16] reached the final of the Benson & Hedges Masters, losing 7–9 to Cliff Thorburn, and went on to win the 1983 International Masters, where he beat Steve Davis 2–1 in the semi-final group stages, before defeating Jimmy White 9–6 in the final, having trailed 3–5.[17] Reardon also regained the Welsh Professional Title, hammering Terry Griffiths 9–4 and Doug Mountjoy 9–1 in the semi final and final respectively.[18] This led him to be fancied in some quarters for that year's World Championship, but he suffered his earliest ever defeat in the competition, losing 12–13 in a high-quality second round match to Tony Knowles.

Reardon also whitewashed Steve Davis twice during the latter's prime; firstly, 6–0 in the 1982 Highland Masters semi-final (an event Reardon went on to win)[19] and secondly in 1988 (see below). Reardon reached the semi-finals of the World Championships once more, in 1985 (losing 5–16 to Davis). He last played at the Crucible in 1987, losing to Steve Davis again in the second round.

World Number One

When the snooker world rankings were introduced in 1976, Reardon was the first number one, retaining that position until 1981/1982.[1] His win in the 1982 Professional Players Tournament at the age of 50 led to his recapturing the world number one position in the first set of rankings to be calculated on tournaments other than the World Championship.

Reardon remains the oldest player, at 50, ever to win a ranking tournament. He has also won the State Express World Team Classic for Wales during the first two years of the tournament in 1979 and 1980 with Mountjoy and Terry Griffiths. He also won the Welsh Professional Championship in 1981 and 1983. His last final was the 1985 World Doubles when he partnered Tony Jones and lost to Steve Davis and Tony Meo 5–12. He was awarded the MBE in the same year.

Retirement and later years

Reardon developed eyesight problems and started wearing 'Dennis Taylor-style' glasses later on in his career. He went out of the top 16 in 1987 but whitewashed Steve Davis 5–0 in the third round of the 1988 British Open. The victory was achieved with Reardon using his old cue with which he had won his world titles, having been encouraged to rebuild it, by Steve Davis. However, in the next round, played under TV lighting, Reardon suffered a drying of contact lenses and lost 2–5 to David Roe, having led 2–1.[20]

Reardon played his last competitive ranking match in the 1991 World Championship qualifying second round. He lost 5–10 to Jason Prince (losing three frames on the black). Upon this loss, Reardon announced that 'there was no bitterness on his part' but he would not be returning. Having slipped to 127th in the provisional ranking and now aged 58, Reardon called a halt to his formal playing career.[21] Reardon's last formal appearance in an event came in the 2000 Seniors event where he lost his opening one-frame match 46–69 to Graham Miles.[22]

Reardon maintains an active interest in the game. He also advised Ronnie O'Sullivan on his way to his 2004 World Championship victory, giving him psychological and tactical help.[23]

Reardon now resides in Torquay, Devon. He is currently the president of the golf club in Churston, Devon.[24] Reardon made a playing appearance at a Snooker Legends evening in Plymouth in July 2010.[25] The Welsh Open trophy was renamed the Ray Reardon Trophy in his honour, starting with the 2017 edition of the tournament.[26]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1968/ 69	1969/ 70	1970/ 71	1971/ 72	1972/ 73	1973/ 74	1974/ 75	1975/ 76	1976/ 77	1977/ 78	1978/ 79	1979/ 80	1980/ 81	1981/ 82	1982/ 83	1983/ 84	1984/ 85	1985/ 86	1986/ 87	1987/ 88	1988/ 89	1989/ 90	1990/ 91
Ranking[27]	No ranking system								1	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	5	6	15	38	40	54	73
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix[nb 1]	Tournament Not Held														W	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	A	LQ
Asian Open[nb 2]	Tournament Not Held															Non-Ranking Event				Not Held		A	LQ
Dubai Classic[nb 3]	Tournament Not Held																				NR	A	LQ
UK Championship	Tournament Not Held									Non-Ranking Event							QF	2R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ
Classic	Tournament Not Held											Non-Ranking Event				1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	LQ	A
British Open[nb 4]	Tournament Not Held											Non-Ranking Event					2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	A
European Open	Tournament Not Held																				1R	A	LQ
World Championship	Non-Ranking Event					W	W	W	QF	W	QF	QF	SF	F	2R	QF	SF	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters	Tournament Not Held													QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A
European Grand Masters	Tournament Not Held																						F
The Masters	Tournament Not Held						F	W	F	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	F	QF	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	A
Irish Masters[nb 5]	Tournament Not Held						A	A	F	SF	F	RR	F	SF	F	QF	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A
Welsh Professional Championship	Tournament Not Held									W	NH	F	W	SF	W	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF
Matchroom League[nb 6]	Tournament Not Held															RR	Not Held		A	A	A	A	A
Pontins Professional	Tournament Not Held					W	W	W	RR	W	SF	F	QF	F	F	SF	SF	QF	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters[nb 7]	Tournament Not Held						Non-Ranking							Tournament Not Held				Non-Ranking			1R	Not Held
International Open[nb 8]	Tournament Not Held													NR	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Stratford Professional	Not Held		F	A	A	Tournament Not Held
Park Drive 2000 (Spring)	Not Held		A	RR	Tournament Not Held
Park Drive 2000 (Autumn)	Not Held			W	RR	Tournament Not Held
Men of the Midlands	Not Held			SF	F	Tournament Not Held
World Championship	QF	W	SF	QF	W	Ranking Event
Norwich Union Open	Tournament Not Held					A	F	Tournament Not Held
Watney Open	Tournament Not Held						SF	Tournament Not Held
Canadian Club Masters	Tournament Not Held							F	Tournament Not Held
World Matchplay Championship	Tournament Not Held								F	Tournament Not Held
Dry Blackthorn Cup	Tournament Not Held									SF	Tournament Not Held
Holsten Lager International	Tournament Not Held										QF	Tournament Not Held
Forward Chemicals Tournament	Tournament Not Held										W	Tournament Not Held
Golden Masters	Tournament Not Held									F	W	Tournament Not Held
Kronenbrau 1308 Classic	Tournament Not Held											F	Tournament Not Held
Champion of Champions	Tournament Not Held										W	NH	RR	Tournament Not Held
International Open[nb 9]	Tournament Not Held													2R	Ranking Event								NH
Highland Masters	Tournament Not Held													W	Tournament Not Held
Australian Masters[nb 10]	Tournament Not Held											A	A	A	RR	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	NH
Classic	Tournament Not Held											A	SF	SF	1R	Ranking Event
Tolly Cobbold Classic	Tournament Not Held										F	A	A	A	QF	A	Tournament Not Held
UK Championship	Tournament Not Held									2R	2R	A	SF	QF	SF	QF	Ranking Event
British Open[nb 11]	Tournament Not Held											F	RR	RR	W	2R	Ranking Event
KitKat Break for World Champions	Tournament Not Held																	QF	Tournament Not Held
Pot Black	W	F	A	F	SF	RR	SF	2R	RR	SF	W	F	SF	RR	F	1R	1R	QF	Tournament Not Held
Belgian Classic	Tournament Not Held																	QF	Tournament Not Held
Canadian Masters[nb 12]	Tournament Not Held						A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	Tournament Not Held				SF	A	A	R	Not Held

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.

1. The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/93–1983/1984)
2. The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987)
3. The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989)
4. The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
5. The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/1975–1976/1977)
6. The event was also called the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984)
7. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)
8. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
9. The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
10. The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)
11. The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
12. The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend

World Championship (4–1)

Other (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1974	World Championship (3)	Graham Miles	22–12
Winner	2.	1975	World Championship (4)	Eddie Charlton	31–30
Winner	3.	1976	World Championship (5)	Alex Higgins	27–16
Winner	4.	1978	World Championship (6)	Perrie Mans	25–18
Runner-up	1.	1982	World Championship	Alex Higgins	15–18
Winner	5.	1982	Professional Players Tournament	Jimmy White	10–5

Non-ranking finals: 47 (21 titles, 26 runners-up)

Legend

World Championship (2–0) [nb 1]

The Masters (1–3)

Other (18–23)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1969	Pot Black	John Spencer	1–0
Runner-up	1.	1970	Pot Black	John Spencer	0–1
Winner	2.	1970	World Championship	John Pulman	37–33
Runner-up	2.	1970	Stratford Professional	Gary Owen	4–6
Winner	3.	1971	International Park Drive Championship	John Spencer	4–0
Winner	4.	1971	Park Drive 2000 – Autumn	John Spencer	4–3
Runner-up	3.	1972	Pot Black (2)	Eddie Charlton	0–1
Runner-up	4.	1973	Men of the Midlands	Alex Higgins	3–5
Winner	5.	1973	World Championship (2)	Eddie Charlton	38–32
Winner	6.	1974	Pontins Professional	John Spencer	10–9
Winner	7.	1974	International Park Drive Championship – Event 1	John Spencer	#
Winner	8.	1974	International Park Drive Championship – Event 2	John Spencer	#
Runner-up	5.	1974	International Park Drive Championship – Event 3	John Spencer	2–3
Runner-up	6.	1974	Norwich Union Open	John Spencer	9–10
Runner-up	7.	1975	The Masters	John Spencer	8–9
Winner	9.	1975	Pontins Professional (2)	John Spencer	10–4
Winner	10.	1976	The Masters	Graham Miles	7–3
Winner	11.	1976	Pontins Professional (3)	Fred Davis	10–9
Runner-up	8.	1976	Canadian Club Masters	Alex Higgins	4–6
Runner-up	9.	1976	World Professional Match-play Championship	Eddie Charlton	24–31
Runner-up	10.	1977	The Masters (2)	Doug Mountjoy	6–7
Winner	12.	1977	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	12–8
Runner-up	11.	1977	Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament	Alex Higgins	3–5
Winner	13.	1978	Pontins Professional (4)	John Spencer	7–2
Runner-up	12.	1978	Golden Masters	Doug Mountjoy	2–4
Winner	14.	1978	Champion of Champions	Alex Higgins	11–9
Winner	15.	1978	Pot Black (2)	Doug Mountjoy	2–1
Winner	16.	1979	Forward Chemicals Tournament	John Spencer	9–6
Runner-up	13.	1979	Irish Masters	Doug Mountjoy	5–6
Runner-up	14.	1979	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Alex Higgins	4–5
Winner	17.	1979	Golden Masters	Graham Miles	4–2
Runner-up	15.	1979	Kronenbrau 1308 Classic	Eddie Charlton	4–7
Runner-up	16.	1980	Pot Black (3)	Eddie Charlton	1–2
Runner-up	17.	1980	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	6–9
Runner-up	18.	1980	British Gold Cup	Alex Higgins	1–5
Runner-up	19.	1980	Pontins Professional	John Virgo	6–9
Winner	18.	1981	Welsh Professional Championship (2)	Cliff Wilson	9–6
Runner-up	20.	1981	Irish Masters (2)	Terry Griffiths	7–9
Winner	19.	1982	Highland Masters	John Spencer	11–4
Runner-up	21.	1982	Pontins Professional (2)	Steve Davis	4–9
Runner-up	22.	1983	Pot Black (4)	Steve Davis	0–2
Runner-up	23.	1983	The Masters (3)	Cliff Thorburn	7–9
Winner	20.	1983	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9–1
Winner	21.	1983	International Masters	Jimmy White	9–6
Runner-up	24.	1983	Irish Masters (3)	Steve Davis	2–9
Runner-up	25.	1983	Pontins Professional (3)	Doug Mountjoy	7–9
Runner-up	26.	1990	European Grand Masters	Martin Clark	2–4

Team finals: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1975	Ladbroke International	Rest of the World	England	Cumulative score
Winner	2.	1979	World Challenge Cup	Wales	England	14–3
Winner	3.	1980	World Challenge Cup (2)	Wales	Canada	8–5
Runner-up	1.	1981	World Team Classic	Wales	England	3–4
Runner-up	2.	1983	World Team Classic (2)	Wales	England	2–4
Runner-up	3.	1985	World Doubles Championship	Tony Jones	Steve Davis Tony Meo	5–12

Pro-am finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1975	Pontins Spring Open	John Virgo	7–1
Runner-up	1.	1982	Pontins Spring Open	John Parrott	4–7
Runner-up	2.	1983	Pontins Spring Open (2)	Terry Griffiths	3–7

Amateur finals: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1950	Welsh Amateur Championship	John Ford
Winner	2.	1951	Welsh Amateur Championship (2)	Richie Smith
Winner	3.	1952	Welsh Amateur Championship (3)	John Ford	5–3
Winner	4.	1953	Welsh Amateur Championship (4)	Aubrey Kemp	5–3
Winner	5.	1954	Welsh Amateur Championship (5)	John Ford
Winner	6.	1955	Welsh Amateur Championship (6)	John Ford
Runner-up	1.	1956	English Amateur Championship	Tommy Gordon	9–11
Winner	7.	1964	English Amateur Championship	John Spencer	11–8

Notes

1. The World Championship did not become a ranking event until 1974

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