1986 World Doubles Championship
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2018) |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–14 December 1986 |
| Venue | Derngate |
| City | Northampton |
| Country | Englanda |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | 217 Davis/Meo (combined) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Davis/Meo |
| Runner-up | Hallett/Hendry |
| Score | 12–3 |
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The 1986 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fifth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 2 and 14 December 1986 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1]
Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to win their fourth title in five years by beating Mike Hallett and 17 year old Stephen Hendry (who beat among Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne to reach the final) 12–3 and only won two frames in the final session along with a record highest combined break of 217.
Results
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
 Davis (England)/ Meo (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duggan (England)/ West (England)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 S Francisco/P Francisco
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Taylor (England)/ Charlton (Australia)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Francisco (RSA)/ P Francisco (RSA)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
  Taylor/Griffiths
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Higgins (Northern Ireland)/ White (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Williams (England)/ Miles (England)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Higgins/White
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Griffiths
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/ Griffiths (Wales)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hendry/Hallett
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/ Foulds (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MacLeod (Scotland)/ Martin (England)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/Foulds
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry/Hallett
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Thorburn (Canada)/ Thorne (England)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry (Scotland)/ Hallett (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hendry/Hallett
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens/Virgo
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon (Wales)/ Jones (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson (England)/ Knowles (England)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon/Jones
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens/Virgo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens (Canada)/ Virgo (England)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.