Snooker season 1985/1986

Snooker season 1985/1986

Details
Duration	July 1985–May 1986
Tournaments	27
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Cliff Thorburn
World Championship	Joe Johnson
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The snooker season 1985/1986 was a series of snooker tournaments played from July 1985 to May 1986. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
07–??	07–??	IRL		Carlsberg Challenge	RTE Studios	Dublin	Jimmy White	Alex Higgins	8–3	[1]
08–??	08–??	CAN		Canadian Professional Championship		Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Bob Chaperon	6–4	[2]
08–??	08–??	AUS		Australian Masters	Parmatta Club	Sydney	Tony Meo	John Campbell	7–2	[3][4]
08–??	08–??	THA		Thailand Masters	Ambassador Hotel	Bangkok	Dennis Taylor	Terry Griffiths	4–3	[5]
08–??	08–??	SGP		Singapore Masters		Singapore	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	4–2	[6]
09–??	09–??	AUS		Australian Professional Championship	Orange RSL	Sydney	John Campbell	Eddie Charlton	10–7	[2]
09–??	09–??	HKG		Hong Kong Masters		Hong Kong	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	4–2	[7]
09–19	09–22	SCO		Scottish Masters	Hospitality Inn	Glasgow	Cliff Thorburn	Willie Thorne	9–7	[8]
09–22	10–06	ENG	WR	Goya Matchroom Trophy	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Cliff Thorburn	Jimmy White	12–10	[9]
10–19	10–27	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	10–9	[10]
10–29	11–02	CAN		Canadian Masters	CBC Television Studios	Toronto	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	9–5	[11]
11–15	12–01	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	16–14	[12]
12–04	12–15	ENG		World Doubles Championship	Derngate Centre	Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Ray Reardon Tony Jones	12–5	[13]
12–17	12–20	ENG		Kit Kat Break for World Champions	East Midlands Conference Centre	Nottingham	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	9–5	[7]
12–??	12–??	ENG		Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Doug Mountjoy	Jimmy White	2–0	[14][15]
01–03	01–12	ENG	WR	Classic	Spectrum Arena	Warrington	Jimmy White	Cliff Thorburn	13–12	[16]
01–??	01–??	BEL		Belgian Classic	Ostend Casino	Ostend	Terry Griffiths	Kirk Stevens	9–7	[7]
01–26	02–02	ENG		Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Cliff Thorburn	Jimmy White	9–5	[17]
02–04	02–09	ENG		English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Neal Foulds	9–7	[18]
02–11	02–15	WAL		Welsh Professional Championship	Abertillery Leisure Centre	Abertillery	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy	9–3	[19]
02–16	03–02	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	12–7	[20][21]
03–19	03–23	ENG		World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All Ireland A	Canada	9–7	[22][23]
04–??	04–??	SCO		Scottish Professional Championship	Marco's Leisure Centre	Edinburgh	Stephen Hendry	Matt Gibson	10–5	[24]
04–08	04–13	IRL		Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Jimmy White	Willie Thorne	9–5	[25][26]
04–19	05–05	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Joe Johnson	Steve Davis	18–12	[27]
05–09	05–13	NIR		Irish Professional Championship	Mayfield Leisure Centre	Belfast	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	10–7	[28]
05–??	05–??	WAL		Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Terry Griffiths	Willie Thorne	9–6	[29][30]

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[31][32][33]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Cliff Thorburn
3		Tony Knowles
4		Dennis Taylor
5		Kirk Stevens
6		Ray Reardon
7		Jimmy White
8		Terry Griffiths
9		Alex Higgins
10		Tony Meo
11		Willie Thorne
12		Eddie Charlton
13		Silvino Francisco
14		David Taylor
15		Doug Mountjoy
16		Joe Johnson

Notes

References

External links

• 1985/1986 season at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database