1980 UK Championship (snooker)

Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 16–29 November 1980
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Winner's share £6,000
Final
Champion England Steve Davis
Runner-up Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
Score 16–6
1979
1981

The 1980 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston. The event began on 16 November 1980 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 22 and 29 November 1980. The television coverage by BBC had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship.

Steve Davis took his first major title after making his first major quarter-final the previous year. He whitewashed Terry Griffiths 9–0 in the semi-final and defeated Alex Higgins 16–6 in the final to claim the start of the Davis era in snooker. The highest break of the tournament was 134 made by Higgins.

Prize fund

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Main draw

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Preliminary round Best of 17 frames

England Sid Hood 9–3 Chris Ross Scotland

England Mike Hallett 9–8 Bernard Bennett England

Last 32 Best of 17 frames

England Tony Meo 9–5 Sid Hood England

England Mike Hallett 9–8 Ray Edmonds England

Scotland Eddie Sinclair 9–1 Kingsley Kennerley England

England Joe Johnson 9–6 John Dunning England

England Jim Meadowcroft 9–1 David Greaves England

England Mark Wildman 9–8 Cliff Wilson Wales

England Roy Andrewartha 9–8 Tony Knowles England

England Rex Williams 9–1 John Barrie England

Last 24 Best of 17 frames

England Tony Meo 9–1 Pat Houlihan England

England Steve Davis 9–1 Mike Hallett England

Scotland Eddie Sinclair 9–5 Graham Miles England

Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan 9–4 Joe Johnson England

England Willie Thorne 9–1 Jim Meadowcroft England

England Mark Wildman 9–7 John Spencer England

England Roy Andrewartha 9–6 John Pulman England

England Rex Williams 9–8 Doug Mountjoy Wales

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England John Virgo  1
 England Tony Meo  9  
 England Tony Meo  5
   England Steve Davis  9  
 Canada Bill Werbeniuk  3
 England Steve Davis  9  
 England Steve Davis  9
   Wales Terry Griffiths  0  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  9
 Scotland Eddie Sinclair  6  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  2
   Wales Terry Griffiths  9  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  9
November 27/28
 Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan  8  
 England Steve Davis  16
   Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  6
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  9
 England Willie Thorne  7  
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  9
   England Fred Davis  6  
 England Fred Davis  9
 England Mark Wildman  6  
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  9
   Wales Ray Reardon  7  
 Wales Ray Reardon  9
 England Roy Andrewartha  3  
 Wales Ray Reardon  9
   England Rex Williams  4  
 England David Taylor  7
 England Rex Williams  9  

Century breaks

References

  1. "1980 UK Championship Player Prize Money". Snooker Database. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. "1980 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  3. "1980 UK Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
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