1985 UK Championship (snooker)

Coral UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	15 November–1 December 1985
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£120,000
Winner's share	£24,000
Highest break	135
Final
Champion	Steve Davis
Runner-up	Willie Thorne
Score	16–14
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The 1985 Coral UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.^[1] The event began on 15 November 1985 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 25 November and 1 December 1985. The highest break of the televised stages was 135 made by Neal Foulds and the same of the non-televised stages was 140 made by Willie Thorne.

Steve Davis won his fourth UK Championship, coming back from 13–8 down against Willie Thorne, after Thorne missed a straight blue from its spot in the first frame of the final session that would have seen him take a 14–8 lead.

Stephen Hendry, aged sixteen, made his début in the tournament, but lost his first qualifying round match 2–9 to Omprakesh Agrawal.^[2]

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

^[3][4]

Last 32 Best of 17 frames

Steve Davis 9–2 Tony Drago Tony Meo 9–2 Danny Fowler Barry West 9–4 Doug Mountjoy Murdo MacLeod 9–5 Ray Reardon Jimmy White 9–5 Tony Chappel Alex Higgins 9–2 Fred Davis David Taylor 9–4 John Campbell Tony Knowles 9–7 John Spencer

Cliff Thorburn 9–6 John Parrott Willie Thorne 9–8 John Virgo Silvino Francisco 9–6 Dave Martin Terry Griffiths 9–7 Dean Reynolds Kirk Stevens 9–5 Mike Hallett Rex Williams 9–7 Peter Francisco Neal Foulds 9–8 Joe Johnson Dennis Taylor 9–2 Graham Cripsey

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Steve Davis	9
	Tony Meo	5
					Steve Davis	9
					Barry West	1
	Barry West	9
	Murdo MacLeod	4
									Steve Davis	9
									Jimmy White	5
	Jimmy White	9
	Alex Higgins	6
					Jimmy White	9
					Tony Knowles	4
	Tony Knowles	9
	David Taylor	7
													Steve Davis	16
													Willie Thorne	14
	Willie Thorne	9
	Cliff Thorburn	7
					Willie Thorne	9
					Terry Griffiths	7
	Terry Griffiths	9
	Silvino Francisco	5
									Willie Thorne	9
									Dennis Taylor	7
	Dennis Taylor	9
	Neal Foulds	5
					Dennis Taylor	9
					Kirk Stevens	1
	Kirk Stevens	9
	Rex Williams	7

Century breaks

• 140, 121, 115, 112, 112, 104, 102 Willie Thorne
• 137, 101 Alex Higgins
• 136, 130, 105 Neal Foulds
• 135 Dennis Taylor
• 134, 103 Peter Francisco
• 130 Mario Morra
• 128, 115 Cliff Thorburn
• 128, 111, 109 Terry Griffiths
• 127, 122, 115, 106, 104, 102 Steve Davis
• 122 Steve Newbury
• 119, 108, 104, 103 John Virgo
• 110 Omprakesh Agrawal
• 109 John Spencer
• 109 Kirk Stevens
• 107, 107, 101, 100 Jimmy White
• 106 John Campbell
• 105 Joe Johnson
• 101 Ray Edmonds
• 101 Warren King

References

1. Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
2. http://cuetracker.net/Players/Omprakesh-Agrawal/1985-1986
3. "1985 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
4. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.