Editing John Virgo (section)

===UK Champion and Top 10 player (1979–1990)===
Virgo's snooker-playing fortunes peaked in 1979 when he reached the semi-final of the [[1979 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]], and went on to win the [[1979 UK Championship]] (though this was not a ranking event at the time). En route to the final, he beat [[Tony Meo]], [[Steve Davis]] and [[Dennis Taylor]]. He overcame the reigning world champion [[Terry Griffiths]] in the final, despite being controversially docked two frames because of a miscommunication regarding the start time of the next session of play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/big_break_star_john_virgo_on_trick_shots_snooker_legends_and_his_cobham_home_1_3231591|title=Big Break star John Virgo on trick shots, snooker legends and his Cobham home|last=Wintle|first=Angela|date=11 January 2014|magazine=Surrey Life|access-date=11 March 2016|archive-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312064818/http://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/big_break_star_john_virgo_on_trick_shots_snooker_legends_and_his_cobham_home_1_3231591|url-status=dead}}</ref> He reached his highest ranking, world number 10, during the [[1979–80 snooker season|1979–80 season]].

In 1986, Virgo reached the semi-finals of the [[1986 British Open|British Open]], losing 4–9 to [[Willie Thorne]]. He ended the [[1989–90 snooker season|1989–90 season]] as world number 14, but dropped out of the elite top 16 the following season.