1985 Pot Black

1985 Pot Black
Tournament information
Dates December 1984 (broadcast summer 1985)
Venue Pebble Mill Studios
City Birmingham
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-Ranking event
Final
Champion Wales Doug Mountjoy
Runner-up England Jimmy White
Score 2–0
1984
1986

The 1985 Pot Black was the seventeenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in December 1984 but was broadcast in the summer of 1985. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players.

All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs, the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Doug Mountjoy won the event, his thirteenth professional title, beating Jimmy White 2–0 in the final.[1] This was also Mountjoy's second Pot Black title; previously, he had won the 1979 edition.

Main Draw

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Best of 3 frames
            
England Jimmy White 1
England John Parrott 0
England Jimmy White 1
England Steve Davis 0
England Steve Davis 1
England John Spencer 0
England Jimmy White 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England David Taylor 0
Canada Cliff Thorburn 1
England Willie Thorne 0
England Willie Thorne 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 0
England Jimmy White 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 2
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
Canada Bill Werbeniuk 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1
Wales Terry Griffiths 0
Wales Terry Griffiths 1
South Africa Silvino Francisco 0
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
England Neal Foulds 1
Wales Ray Reardon 0
England Neal Foulds 0
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
Canada Kirk Stevens 0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames.
Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 20 December 1984.
Doug Mountjoy
 Wales
2–0 Jimmy White
 England

References

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