1985 UK Championship
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The 1985 UK Championship (officially the 1985 Coral UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 November and 1 December 1985 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.[1] The last-16 televised stages were shown on the BBC from 23 November through to the end of the championship. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
Steve Davis won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Willie Thorne 16–14 in the final. Thorne had led 12–6 and 13–8, but the match turned after Thorne missed a straightforward blue off its spot which would have given him a 14–8 lead. Davis subsequently won the frame and seven of the next eight to clinch the title.[2][3] Stephen Hendry made his debut in the tournament, aged sixteen, but lost his first qualifying round match 2–9 to Omprakesh Agrawal.[4]
The highest break of the tournament was a 140 made by Willie Thorne during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 135 made by Neal Foulds.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £24,000
- Runner-up £14,000
- Total £120,000
Main draw
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Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 30 November and 1 December 1985. | ||
| Steve Davis Script error: No such module "flag". |
16–14 | Willie Thorne Script error: No such module "flag". |
| First session: 76–25, 23–112 (112), 84–47, 0–90, 34–98 (70), 6–83 (69), 78–1 Second session: 85–4, 0–122 (121), 121–5 (104), 11–95 (87), 30–101 (66), 71–67 (Thorne 67), 39–75 (63) Third session: 59–88, 56–69 (Davis 56, Thorne 68), 0–135 (115), 30–75 (61), 80–0 (76), 89–25 (64), 0–98 Fourth session: 68–59, 63–1 (63), 70–13, 71–10, 69–41, 12–96 (96), 129–1 (86), 64–19, 70–19 | ||
| 104 | Highest break | 121 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 12 |
Century breaks
- 140, 121, 115, 112, 112, 104, 102 Template:Ndash Willie Thorne
- 137, 101 Template:Ndash Alex Higgins
- 136, 130, 105 Template:Ndash Neal Foulds
- 135 Template:Ndash Dennis Taylor
- 134, 103 Template:Ndash Peter Francisco
- 130 Template:Ndash Mario Morra
- 128, 115 Template:Ndash Cliff Thorburn
- 128, 111, 109 Template:Ndash Terry Griffiths
- 127, 122, 115, 106, 104, 102 Template:Ndash Steve Davis
- 122 Template:Ndash Steve Newbury
- 119, 108, 104, 103 Template:Ndash John Virgo
- 110 Template:Ndash Omprakesh Agrawal
- 109 Template:Ndash John Spencer
- 109 Template:Ndash Kirk Stevens
- 107, 107, 101, 100 Template:Ndash Jimmy White
- 106 Template:Ndash John Campbell
- 105 Template:Ndash Joe Johnson
- 101 Template:Ndash Ray Edmonds
- 101 Template:Ndash Warren King
References
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