1980 Professional Ticket Event
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7-13 December 1980 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Eugene Hughes | 9 | ||||||||||||
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| Mick Fisher | 3 |
| Eugene Hughes | 9 | |||||||||
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| Billy Kelly | 9 |
| Billy Kelly | 2 | |||||||||
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| Vic Harris | 8 |
| Eugene Hughes | 6 | |||||||||
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| Ian Williamson | 9 |
| Dave Martin | 9 | |||||||||
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| Paul Medati | 5 |
| Ian Williamson | 3 | |||||||||
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| Dave Martin | 9 |
| Dave Martin | 9 | |||||||||
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| Tony Graham | 2 | ||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: unknown. Snooker Centre, Sheffield, England, 13 December 1980.[2] | ||
| Dave Martin England
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9–6 | Eugene Hughes Ireland
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| 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.
References
- ^ http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Professional-Ticket-Event/1980/830
- ^ "CueTracker - Dave Martin - Season 1980-1981 - Snooker Results & Statistics". cuetracker.net. Retrieved 27 September 2015.