1980 Professional Ticket Event

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1980 Professional Ticket Event

Tournament information
Dates	7–13 December 1980 (1980-12-07 – 1980-12-13)
Venue	Snooker Centre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Amateur (Tour Qualifier)
Total prize fund	£0
Highest break	132 (Eugene Hughes)
Final
Champion	Dave Martin
Runner-up	Eugene Hughes
Score	9–6
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The 1980 Professional Ticket Event was a snooker main tour qualifying event held by the WPBSA, which took place from 7 to 13 December 1980. The tournament was played at the Snooker Centre in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and featured eight amateur players who hoped to qualify to compete on the main tour as professionals for the following season.

Dave Martin won the tournament, beating Eugene Hughes 9–6 in the final.^[1]

Main draw[]

	Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
		Eugene Hughes	9
		Mick Fisher	3				Eugene Hughes	9
		Billy Kelly	9				Billy Kelly	2
		Vic Harris	8									Eugene Hughes	6
		Ian Williamson	9									Dave Martin	9
		Paul Medati	5				Ian Williamson	3
		Dave Martin	9				Dave Martin	9
		Tony Graham	2

Final[]

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Snooker Centre, Sheffield, England, 13 December 1980.[2]
Dave Martin  England	9–6	Eugene Hughes Ireland
13–70(53), 82–15, 85(68)–22, 85–15, 87–33, 76–17, 98(79)–36, 39–87, 51–58, 81–49, 46–78, 21–97(59), 0–133(132), 87–15, 64–44
79	Highest break	132
0	Century breaks	1
2	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks[]

132 Eugene Hughes
100 Billy Kelly

Notes[]

• In their quarter-final match, Martin led Graham 6–2, at which point Graham conceded.

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