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record that lasted until 2022 when ronnie o sullivan won the title aged 46 years and 148 days 44 45 shortly after establishing this record reardon regained the pontins professional title taking it for the fourth time in five years defeating spencer 7 2 in the final 46 in the same year his old rival from tredegar wilson won the world amateur championship 47 later professional career edit toward the end of 1978 reardon beat patsy fagan 6 1 and higgins 11 9 to win the one off champion of champions event sponsored by the daily mirror and held at the wembley conference centre 48 he also won the 1979 forward chemicals tournament 39 he regained his pot black title in 1979 by defeating mountjoy 2 1 in the final this was reardon s first win since he won the inaugural event in 1969 although he was runner up in 1970 1972 and 1980 49 at the 1979 world championship he lost to dennis taylor in the quarter finals and was eliminated by david taylor at the same stage in 1980 he progressed one stage further in 1981 beating spencer 13 11 and werbeniuk 13 10 before being defeated by mountjoy in the semi finals mountjoy scored a championship record break of 145 during the match which he won 16 10 50 in 1979 reardon joined with mountjoy and the reigning world champion terry griffiths to win the first world challenge cup for wales defeating england fred davis spencer and miles in the final 14 3 the same wales team retained the title in 1980 51 at the 1982 highland masters reardon whitewashed steve davis 6 0 in the semi finals before winning the event with an 11 4 defeat of spencer in the final 39 he reached the final of the 1982 world championship losing to higgins 15 18 en route to the final he defeated jim donnelly 10 5 john virgo 13 8 silvino francisco 13 8 and charlton in the semi finals by 16 11 after winning five successive frames from 11 all 39 52 in the final reardon built a 5 3 lead but was behind 7 10 at the end of the first day he later levelled the match at 15 15 but higgins won the last three frames to claim the title 53 for the 1982 83 season reardon returned to number one in the world rankings which at the time was only based on performances at the world championships over previous years 54 he won the professional players tournament in late 1982 beating jimmy white 10 5 in the final 55 reached the final of the benson hedges masters losing 7 9 to cliff thorburn 39 and won the 1983 international masters where he defeated davis 2 1 in the semi final group stages before prevailing 9 6 against white in the final having trailed 3 5 56 at the professional players tournament reardon set a record as the oldest winner of a ranking tournament at the age of 50 years and 14 days 42 he also regained the welsh professional title eliminating griffiths 9 4 and mountjoy 9 1 in the semi final and final respectively 57 at the 1983 world championship he lost 12 13 in the second round to tony knowles he reached the quarter finals in 1984 but was eliminated 2 13 by kirk stevens 39 reardon first wore spectacles in a match at the 1985 british open which he lost 4 5 to dave martin after leading 4 1 58 he reached the semi finals of the 1985 world championship playing with unassisted vision where he lost 5 16 to davis 59 he lost to john campbell in the first round of the 1986 world championship and to davis in the second round in 1987 39 after dropping out of the top 16 rankings in 1987 60 reardon whitewashed davis 5 0 in the third round of the 1988 british open using his old cue encouraged to rebuild it by davis with which he had won his world titles however in the next round playing under tv lighting he suffered a drying of contact lenses which he started using in 1987 and lost 2 5 to david roe having led 2 1 61 62 in 1985 reardon left his wife sue with whom he had two children a son born circa 1965 and a daughter born circa 1969 to live with carol covington 63 64 he told reporters from the daily mirror that sue had been fully informed of his eight year affair with covington 63 the reardons divorced in december 1986 and reardon married covington in june 1987 65 retirement and legacy edit reardon played his last competitive ranking match in the second round of qualifying for the 1991 world championship where he was defeated 5 10 by jason prince losing three frames on the final black afterwards reardon said that he felt no bitterness but that he would not be returning aged 58 and having slipped to 127th in the provisional rankings reardon called a halt to his playing career mentioning that he had not entered any tournaments for the following season because the qualifying event dates clashed with his exhibition commitments on the holiday camp circuit but adding that even if it were feasible he wouldn t play except in invitation or seniors events 66 he later played in the 2000 world seniors masters where he lost his opening one frame match 46 69 to miles 67 he advised ronnie o sullivan on the way to his 2004 world championship victory giving him psychological and tactical help 68 when the snooker world rankings were introduced in 1976 reardon was the first to claim the position of world number one retaining it until 1981 1 his win in the 1982 professional players tournament at the age of 50 contributed to his recapturing the world number one position in the first set of rankings to be calculated on tournaments other than the world championship 69 reardon and spencer were the first players to exploit the commercial opportunities made available by the increasing interest in snooker in the early 1970s 70 after winning pot black in 1969 and the world title in 1970 reardon took up offers for exhibition matches and holiday camp exhibition engagements 54 however everton and gordon burn 1986 have both noted that his peak as a player pre dated the real boom in snooker that happened in the 1980s 9 71 in january 1976 reardon was the subject of an episode of the british tv show this is your life with guests including spencer charlton higgins pulman miles thorburn jackie rea and joyce gardner 72 later that year he was a guest on the david nixon show 73 and in 1979 he was a guest on parkinson 74 a question of sport 75 and the paul daniels magic show 76 his later guest appearances included punchlines 1981 77 saturday superstore 1984 78 the rod and emu show 1984 79 sorry 1985 80 and the little and large show 1987 81 he appeared on the snooker themed game show big break several times 82 ian wooldridge wrote and presented a ray reardon special on bbc2 in 1984 83 and the same channel broadcast ray reardon at 80 in 2012 84 reardon was a castaway on bbc radio 4 s desert island discs in 1979 and chose a set of golf clubs and balls as his luxury item 85 his prominent eye teeth and widow s peak led to him being nicknamed dracula 86 87 the sobriquet was first used by paul daniels after reardon appeared on one of his television shows 88 everton has described reardon in his early career as a deadly long potter and praised his nerve with which he identifies and seizes frame winning openings 59 jack karnehm wrote that reardon achieved complete and utter dominance of the game by 1976 89 and had a determination and will to win unequalled since the heyday of joe davis 90 williams and gadsby describe reardon as without doubt the most successful snooker player of the 1970s and claim he set new standards for mental fortitude in the game 91 after seeing reardon play at pontins in 1975 steve davis incorporated elements that he had observed in reardon s game into his own including a pause before hitting the cue ball and his approach to the shot burn wrote ray reardon behaved as if he thought he was special and steve with a little encouragement from his manager barry hearn decided that was how he was going to behave from now on 92 however davis admitted that he had lost some respect for reardon when as a new professional he had experienced his asking for the pack of red balls to be re racked six times claiming that the referee had not placed them correctly unsettled by what he felt might be gamesmanship on reardon s part davis had lost the match 0 4 93 spencer stated in his autobiography that he was never friendly with reardon and suggested that he was the sort of person who could laugh 24 hours a day if it was to his advantage 94 reardon was awarded the mbe in 1985 59 he resides in devon 25 and is the president of the golf club in churston 95 a position that he has held since at least 2004 having been a member since the 1970s 96 he made a playing appearance at a snooker legends evening in plymouth in july 2010 97 the welsh open trophy was renamed the ray reardon trophy in his honour starting with the 2017 edition of the tournament 98 performance and rankings timeline edit 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 ref ranking no ranking system 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 5 6 15 38 40 54 73 60 ranking tournaments grand prix b tournament not held w 3r 3r 1r 1r 1r lq a lq 39 asian open c tournament not held non ranking event not held a lq 39 dubai classic d tournament not held nr a lq 39 uk championship tournament not held non ranking event qf 2r 2r 1r 1r lq lq 39 classic tournament not held non ranking event 1r qf 1r 1r 1r 2r lq a 39 british open e tournament not held non ranking event 2r 1r 2r 2r 1r lq a 39 european open tournament not held 1r a lq 39 world championship non ranking event w w w qf w qf qf sf f 2r qf sf 1r 2r lq lq lq lq 39 non ranking tournaments scottish masters tournament not held qf qf a a a a a nh a a 39 european grand masters tournament not held f 103 the masters tournament not held f w f sf sf sf qf qf f qf qf 1r 1r a a a a 39 irish masters f tournament not held a a f sf f rr f sf f qf 1r 1r a a a a a 39 welsh professional championship tournament not held w nh f w sf w sf sf qf qf qf qf qf qf 39 professional snooker league g tournament not held rr not held a a a a a 106 pontins professional tournament not held w w w rr w sf f qf f f sf sf qf a a a a a 39 former ranking tournaments canadian masters h tournament not held non ranking tournament not held non ranking 1r not held 39 international open i tournament not held nr 2r 2r 2r 1r 2r 1r 1r a nh 39 former non ranking tournaments stratford professional not held f a a tournament not held 109 park drive 2000 spring not held a rr tournament not held 24 park drive 2000 autumn not held w rr tournament not held 24 men of the midlands not held sf f tournament not held 110 world championship qf w sf qf w ranking event 27 world masters tournament not held rr tournament not held 111 norwich union open tournament not held a f tournament not held 39 watney open tournament not held sf tournament not held 39 canadian club masters tournament not held f tournament not held 112 world matchplay championship tournament not held f tournament not held 39 dry blackthorn cup tournament not held sf tournament not held 113 holsten lager international tournament not held qf tournament not held 114 forward chemicals tournament tournament not held w tournament not held 39 golden masters tournament not held f w tournament not held 115 kronenbrau 1308 classic tournament not held f tournament not held 116 champion of champions tournament not held w nh rr tournament not held 39 117 international open i tournament not held 2r ranking event nh 39 highland masters tournament not held w tournament not held 118 australian masters j tournament not held a a a rr a a a a a nh a nh 120 classic tournament not held a sf sf 1r ranking event 39 121 tolly cobbold classic tournament not held f a a a qf a tournament not held 39 122 uk championship tournament not held 2r 2r a sf qf sf qf ranking event 39 british open e tournament not held f rr rr w 2r ranking event 39 kitkat break for world champions tournament not held qf tournament not held 39 pot black w f a f 2r rr sf w f sf rr f 1r 1r qf tournament not held 123 124 belgian classic tournament not held qf tournament not held 39 canadian masters h tournament not held a a a sf a a a tournament not held sf a a r not held 39 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 no reliable source available 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 career finals edit sources for the ranking and non ranking final results can be found in the performance timeline section above ranking finals 6 5 titles edit legend world championship 4 1 other 1 0 ranking tournament finals outcome no year championship opponent in the final score winner 1 1974 world championship 3 graham miles eng 22 12 winner 2 1975 world championship 4 eddie charlton aus 31 30 winner 3 1976 world championship 5 alex higgins nir 27 16 winner 4 1978 world championship 6 perrie mans saf 25 18 runner up 1 1982 world championship alex higgins nir 15 18 winner 5 1982 professional players tournament jimmy white eng 10 5 non ranking finals 44 19 titles edit legend world championship 2 0 k the masters 1 3 other 15 22 outcome no year championship opponent in the final score winner 1 1969 pot black john spencer eng 1 0 runner up 1 1970 pot black john spencer eng 0 1 winner 2 1970 world championship john pulman eng 37 33 runner up 2 1970 stratford professional gary owen wal 4 6 winner 3 1971 park drive 600 john spencer eng 4 0 winner 4 1971 park drive 2000 autumn john spencer eng 4 3 runner up 3 1972 pot black 2 eddie charlton aus 0 1 runner up 4 1973 men of the midlands alex higgins nir 3 5 winner 5 1973 world championship 2 eddie charlton aus 38 32 winner 6 1974 pontins professional john spencer eng 10 9 runner up 5 1974 norwich union open john spencer eng 9 10 runner up 6 1975 the masters john spencer eng 8 9 winner 7 1975 pontins professional 2 john spencer eng 10 4 winner 8 1976 the masters graham miles eng 7 3 winner 9 1976 pontins professional 3 fred davis eng 10 9 runner up 7 1976 canadian club masters alex higgins nir 4 6 runner up 8 1976 world professional match play championship eddie charlton aus 24 31 runner up 9 1977 the masters 2 doug mountjoy wal 6 7 winner 10 1977 welsh professional championship doug mountjoy wal 12 8 runner up 10 1977 benson hedges ireland tournament alex higgins nir 3 5 winner 11 1978 pontins professional 4 john spencer eng 7 2 runner up 11 1978 golden masters doug mountjoy wal 2 4 winner 12 1978 champion of champions alex higgins nir 11 9 winner 13 1978 pot black 2 doug mountjoy wal 2 1 winner 14 1979 forward chemicals tournament john spencer eng 9 6 runner up 12 1979 irish masters doug mountjoy wal 5 6 runner up 13 197...