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Ray Reardon

Nationality: Wales (Wales); Male; Born: 8 Oct 1932 (91 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1967; Last season as pro: 1990; Ranking wins: 5;


1990/1991
World Championship Qual (22 Mar - 1 Apr 1991)
Q Rd 2 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a) 10-5 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
Rd 2 England Steve Davis (a) 13-4 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Reardon led 3�1
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-5 England Barry West (a)  
West's 1st time at the Crucible
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Rd 1 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-2 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
Rd 1 Australia John Campbell (a) 10-8 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986)
Rd 1 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-4 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
1984/1985
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985)
SF England Steve Davis (a) 16-5 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Davis compiled the 100th century break made at the Crucible, a 106 break in frame 13. He reached his third straight World Championship final.
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-12 England John Parrott (a)  
Rd 2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-9 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a) Head to head
Reardon's cue tip came off in frame 22 when he was well ahead on points. He would have been allowed 15 minutes to replace his cue tip, but Fagan offered him to use his cue. Reardon accepted, using Fagan's borrowed cue to complete his victory.
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-9 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) Head to head
Hughes's 1st time at the Crucible
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985)
QF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-0 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-1 England David Taylor (a) Head to head
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
QF Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 13-2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Stevens won with a session to spare.
Rd 2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
At 8-8, Reardon won the frame on a re-spotted black after having needed snooker.
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-7 Canada Jim Wych (a)  
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984)
QF England Jimmy White 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 England John Virgo (a) Head to head
1982/1983
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983)
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-12 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-7 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) Head to head
Masters (23-30 Jan 1983)
Final Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 9-7 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head

85-21 (60), 88-30, 1-77, 74-24 (59), 29-63, 57-25, 50-61, 72-44, 97-31, 66-28, 58-69, 74-68 (CT 69, RR 54), 34-88 (65), 4-113 (113), 39-76, 77-19 (56)

Referee: John Smyth
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 6-3 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-2 England Jimmy White Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-1 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
1981/1982
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982)
Final Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 18-15 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Reardon, a six-time champion, had never lost in the world championship final. It was Higgins's fourth world final following his win in 1972 and his losing appearances in the 1976 and 1980 finals.

Session 1:
61-41, 31-64, 47-84 (64), 121-0 (118), 53-64, 30-77, 55-65, 87-28

Session 2:
89-8, 8-76, 56-47, 91-22 (51), 29-69, 96-4 (66), 71-36 (58), 94-14, 73-13

Session 3:
22-122 (95), 13-81, 77-38, 78-31, 40-69, 36-79, 71-31, 37-52

Session 4:
115-14, 70-61 (54), 49-84 (53), 36-69, 58-60, 79-0, 112-9 (73), 139-0 (135)

Referee: John Smyth.
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 16-11 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 England John Virgo (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-5 Scotland Jim Donnelly (a)  
Masters (26-31 Jan 1982)
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1980/1981
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981)
SF Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 16-10 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Mountjoy set a World Championship record by compiling a 145 break, surpassing the 142 breaks by Rex Williams in 1965 and Bill Werbeniuk in 1979.
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-10 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-11 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981)
QF England John Spencer (a) 5-1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Champion of Champions Group B (2-11 Oct 1980)
Grp Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Grp Wales Ray Reardon (a) 7-2 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
Grp England John Virgo (a) 5-4 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Grp England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
1979/1980
World Championship (22-5 May 1980)
QF England David Taylor (a) 13-11 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-6 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
Masters (6-10 Feb 1980)
SF Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-2 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1978/1979
World Championship (16-28 Apr 1979)
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-8 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
Reardon won eight of the nine frames in the second session.
Masters (22-26 Jan 1979)
SF South Africa Perrie Mans (a) 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-2 England David Taylor (a) Head to head
Champion of Champions (2-3 Nov 1978)
Final Wales Ray Reardon (a) 11-9 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head

Session 1:
125:8 (52), 90:43 (90), 75:46, 28:108, 60:43, 20:114 (83), 13:101 (76), 104:19 (70), 1:140 (61,62), 84:22

Session 2:
78:36, 101:18 (67), 12:100, 73:48 (61), 41:90, 51:60, 23:83 (51), 30:72, 78:46 (77), 94:12

SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 6-1 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a) Head to head
1977/1978
World Championship (17-29 Apr 1978)
Final Wales Ray Reardon (a) 25-18 South Africa Perrie Mans (a) Head to head
In between, Reardon led only 18-17. He became the oldest ever World Champion at the age of 45 years and 203 days, a record that lasted until 2022 when Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title aged 46 years and 148 days.

74-49 (62), 32-80, 58-17, 62-68, 106-8, 80-60, 112-14 (71), 34-83 (67), 32-96, 9-54, 71-24, 122-6 (87), 15-85 (65), 94-14, 34-84, 8-75, 51-74, 68-56, 50-70 (65), 78-29, 67-40, 87-26, 16-83, 96-28 (64), 75-33, 67-33 (66), 71-76 (RR 62), 76-48, 82-28, 44-60, 42-68, 84-39, 54-80 (RR 54), 42-64, 31-82, 107-12 (100), 86-26, 89-15, 16-64, 92-50 (53), 82-43 (81), 75-44, 60-49

Referee: John Williams
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 18-14 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Charlton led 12-9. Reardon won all seven frames in the fourth session.
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-6 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-9 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Mountjoy led 7-2.
Masters (6-10 Feb 1978)
SF Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 4-1 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
1976/1977
World Championship (18-30 Apr 1977)
QF England John Spencer (a) 13-6 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-7 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a) Head to head
Masters (7-11 Feb 1977)
Final Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 7-6 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head

57-74, 21-97 (51), 74-60 (54), 49-62, 99-6 (70), 96-32 (78), 61-29, 46-73, 6-120 (56), 95-28 (88), 59-75 (75), 76-25 (76), 55-41

Referee: John Street
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-2 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 4-1 England Rex Williams (a) Head to head
1975/1976
Masters (26-30 Jan 1976)
Final Wales Ray Reardon (a) 7-3 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head

79-34, 88-11, 63-1 (57), 42-68, 73-18 (70), 61-22, 41-95, 104-17 (90), 11-85, 57-16

Referee: Gus Lillygreen
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-4 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 4-1 England John Pulman (a)  
1974/1975
Masters (13-17 Jan 1975)
Final England John Spencer (a) 9-8 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
decided on a re-spotted black

Session 1:
13-121 (92), 81-52, 37-63, 68-59 (JS 57), 51-67, 77-22, 22-82 (70), 96-16

Session 2:
63-46, 20-68, 72-50, 40-68, 63-57, 82-22, 3-53, 25-64, 58-65

Referee: Gus Lillygreen
SF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-4 England Rex Williams (a) Head to head
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
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