The 1986 Rothmans Grand Prix was held in the Hexagon Theatre in Reading during October 1986.
Rex Williams made his first (and only) major final in a professional snooker tourement after being a professional since 1951. He was 53 years old making him the oldest player in a major ranking final. He had beaten Mark Wildman, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Neal Foulds before facing Jimmy White in the final. During that match Williams took a 5–2 lead which he had made a break of 125 in the 7th frame and 6–4 before White took the last 6 frames to win his first Grand Prix title by winning 10–6. White had beaten 17 year old Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals and Silvino Francisco in the semis.
4th Round Best of 9 frames
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Terry Griffiths 5–1 John Campbell Alex Higgins 5–2 Dave Martin Tony Meo 5–3 John Parrott |
Silvino Francisco 5–4 Wayne Jones Steve Newbury 5–2 Joe O'Boye Tony Knowles 5–3 Peter Francisco Jimmy White 5–2 Jack McLaughlin Mike Hallett 5–2 Les Dodd Stephen Hendry 5–2 Bob Chaperon Paddy Browne 5–0 Mark Bennett |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Newbury | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Silvino Francisco | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne | 3 | |||||||||||||
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