1986 UK Championship (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 22–30 November 1986 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Winner's share | £60,000 |
| Highest break | 144 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Steve Davis |
| Runner-up |
Neal Foulds |
| Score | 16–7 |
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The 1986 Tennents UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 30 November 1986 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
Scottish brewers Tennents took over as the sponsors of the UK Championship after Coral withdrew their sponsorship after 8 years.[1] The event was also best known for Alex Higgins head-butting an official. Higgins was later fined £12,000 and was banned from five subsequent tournaments.[2]
Steve Davis won in the final by defeating Neal Foulds 16–7, who had already won the BCE International two months earlier. Davis won £60,000 and his triumph was a personal landmark, because it took his career winnings past £1 million.[3] The highest break of the tournament was 144 made by Jimmy White.
Main draw
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Tony Drago |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Wayne Jones |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Eugene Hughes |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
7 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
4 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Longworth |
6 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 144, 125 Jimmy White
- 141, 125 Willie Thorne
- 141, 103 Tony Drago
- 140, 136, 124, 123, 123, 114 Neal Foulds
- 137, 136, 128 John Parrott
- 132 Terry Griffiths
- 131 Graham Cripsey
- 129, 125, 119, 109 Cliff Thorburn
- 124, 118, 110, 110, 104 Steve Davis
- 124 David Taylor
- 123 Gino Rigitano
- 123 Jon Wright
- 120 Mike Hallett
- 117 Dennis Taylor
- 112 Jim Donnally
- 112 Tony Jones
- 110, 106 Joe Johnson
- 110, 103 Bob Harris
- 110 Kirk Stevens
- 107 Dean Reynolds
- 106 Wayne Jones
- 104 Steve Newbury
- 103 Paul Watchorn
- 102 Dene O'Kane
- 101 John Virgo
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The Hurricane. It was a sobriquet which reflected both Alex Higgins' flamboyant snooker style and his turbulent private life.". Sunday Independent on HighBeam Research. Retrieved 10 March 2013.(subscription required)
- ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 34. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.
- ↑ "1986 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ↑ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.