YEAR 
The 25-year-old Hungarian star Istvan Jonyer had a stellar year, winning the World Championships title, as well as the bronze medal at the Europe Top 12 tournament. The Yugoslav star Antun Stipančic reached his career-high position in the World Ranking, finishing 1975 at the #2 spot. Seven out of ten players in the Top 10 were from Europe.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Istvan Jonyer
Antun Stipančic
Mitsuru Kōno
Norio Takashima
Kjell Johansson
Dragutin Šurbek
Sarkis Sarhayan
Xi Enting
Stellan Bengtsson
Jacques Secretin
Gabor Gergely
Milan Orlowski
Li Peng
Trevor Taylor
Liang Geliang
Xu Shaofa
Jochen Leiß
Stanislav Gomozkov
Errol Caetano
Lu Yuansheng
Chul Yun
Milivoj Karakaševic
Ferenc Timar
Babatunde Obisanya
Katsuyuki Abe
Li Jingguang
Janos Börzsei
Peter Stellwag
Chan Shing-hing
Anatoly Strokatov
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WC
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
R16
R16
R16
R32
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
E12
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x
4th
9th
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5th
7th
10th
6th
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PRO TOUR
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality WC – World Championships E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
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