1985–86 snooker season

1985–86 snooker season

Details
Duration	July 1985 – May 1986
Tournaments	28 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Cliff Thorburn
World Championship	Joe Johnson
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1985 and 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
06–01	06–08	IRL	NR	Carlsberg Challenge	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Jimmy White	Alex Higgins	8–3	[1][2]
08–??	08–??	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship		Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Bob Chaperon	6–4	[3]
08–??	08–??	AUS	NR	Australian Masters		Sydney	Tony Meo	John Campbell	7–2	[4][5]
09–??	09–??	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship		Sydney	John Campbell	Eddie Charlton	10–7	[3]
08–??	08–??	SGP	NR	Singapore Masters		Singapore	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	4–2	[6]
09–??	09–??	THA	NR	Thailand Masters		Bangkok	Dennis Taylor	Terry Griffiths	4–3	[7]
09–05	09–08	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Wan Chai	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	4–2	[8][9]
09–09	09–10	CHN	NR	China Masters	White Swan Hotel	Guangzhou	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	2–1	[10]
09–19	09–22	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters		Glasgow	Cliff Thorburn	Willie Thorne	9–7	[11]
09–23	10–06	ENG	WR	Matchroom Trophy	Trentham Gardens	Stoke-on-Trent	Cliff Thorburn	Jimmy White	12–10	[12][2]
10–19	10–27	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	10–9	[13]
10–29	11–02	CAN	NR	Canadian Masters	CBC Television Studios	Toronto	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	9–5	[14]
11–15	12–01	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	16–14	[15]
12–04	12–15	ENG	TE	World Doubles Championship		Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Ray Reardon Tony Jones	12–5	[16]
12–17	12–20	ENG	NR	Kit Kat Break for World Champions	East Midlands Conference Centre	Nottingham	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	9–5	[8]
12–??	12–??	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Jimmy White	Kirk Stevens	2–0	[17][18]
01–03	01–12	ENG	WR	The Classic		Warrington	Jimmy White	Cliff Thorburn	13–12	[19]
01–??	01–??	BEL	NR	Belgian Classic		Ostend	Terry Griffiths	Kirk Stevens	9–7	[8]
01–26	02–02	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Cliff Thorburn	Jimmy White	9–5	[20]
02–04	02–09	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Tony Meo	Neal Foulds	9–7	[21]
02–11	02–15	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship		Abertillery	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy	9–3	[22]
02–16	03–02	ENG	WR	British Open		Derby	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	12–7	[23][24]
03–19	03–23	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All Ireland A	Canada	9–7	[25][26]
04–??	04–??	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship		Edinburgh	Stephen Hendry	Matt Gibson	10–5	[27]
04–08	04–13	IRL	NR	Irish Masters		Kill	Jimmy White	Willie Thorne	9–5	[28][29]
04–19	05–05	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Joe Johnson	Steve Davis	18–12	[30]
05–09	05–13	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship		Belfast	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	10–7	[31]
05–??	05–??	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Terry Griffiths	Willie Thorne	9–6	[32][33]

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.^[34][35][36]

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

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