1981 UK Championship (snooker)

Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 22 November–5 December 1981
Venue Guild Hall
City Preston
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £40,000
Winner's share £10,000
Final
Champion England Steve Davis
Runner-up Wales Terry Griffiths
Score 16–3
1980
1982

The 1981 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event began on 22 November 1981 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 28 November and 5 December 1981.

Tournament summary

Main draw

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Winner Score Competitor
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames.
England Willie Thorne 9–6 England Paul Medati
England Mike Hallett 9–5 Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan
England Jimmy White 9–4 Wales Clive Everton
England Joe Johnson 9–5 Wales Cliff Wilson
England Pat Houlihan 9–4 England Jim Meadowcroft
England Tony Knowles 9–1 England Geoff Foulds
England Dave Martin 9–7 Scotland Eddie Sinclair
England Rex Williams 9–4 England John Dunning

Winner Score Competitor
Round of 24 Best of 17 frames.
England Willie Thorne 9–4 England Ray Edmonds
Canada Kirk Stevens 9–4 England Mike Hallett
England Jimmy White 9–6 England John Virgo
England Joe Johnson 9–5 England John Spencer
England Graham Miles 9–5 England Pat Houlihan
England Tony Knowles 9–6 England Fred Davis
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9–7 England Dave Martin
England Tony Meo 9–8 England Rex Williams


Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England Steve Davis  9
 England Willie Thorne  2  
 England Steve Davis  9
   Canada Bill Werbeniuk  5  
 Canada Bill Werbeniuk  9
 Canada Kirk Stevens  7  
 England Steve Davis  9
   England Jimmy White  0  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  5
 England Jimmy White  9  
 England Jimmy White  9
   Wales Ray Reardon  8  
 Wales Ray Reardon  9
 England Joe Johnson  7  
 England Steve Davis  16
   Wales Terry Griffiths  3
 Wales Terry Griffiths  9
 England Graham Miles  4  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  9
   England Tony Knowles  5  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy  6
 England Tony Knowles  9  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  9
   England Tony Meo  3  
 England David Taylor  5
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  9  
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  4
   England Tony Meo  9  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  6
 England Tony Meo  9  

Qualifying

Best of 17 frames

Winner Score Competitor
Group 1
England Paul Medati 9–6 Scotland Eddie McLaughlin
England Paul Medati 9–7 Scotland Jim Donnelly
Group 2
England Mike Hallett 9–4 England Vic Harris
England Mike Hallett 9–6 Dennis Hughes
Group 3
Scotland Matt Gibson 9–6 England Jack Fitzmaurice
Wales Clive Everton 9–6 Scotland Matt Gibson
Group 4
England Joe Johnson 9–6 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy
England Mike Watterson 9–4 England Bernard Bennett
England Joe Johnson 9–3 England Mike Watterson

Winner Score Competitor
Group 5
England Pat Houlihan 9–1 England Kingsley Kennerley
England Pat Houlihan 9–4 Scotland Ian Black
Group 6
England Geoff Foulds 9–7 England Billy Kelly
Group 7
Scotland Eddie Sinclair 9–6 England Mark Wildman
Scotland Eddie Sinclair 9–0 England Sid Hood
Group 8
England Rex Williams 9–3 England Doug French
Wales Colin Roscoe 9–7 Scotland Murdo McLeod
England Rex Williams 9–4 Wales Colin Roscoe

Century breaks

References

  1. "1981 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2011.