1984 UK Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 November – 2 December 1984 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £101,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break |  Jack McLaughlin (135) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Alex Higgins |
| Score | 16–8 |
← 1983 1985 → | |
The 1984 UK Championship (also known as the 1984 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK.[1][2] The BBC aired the event from the second round onwards. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
The defending champion was Alex Higgins who won the 1983 event after defeating Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16–8, to win his third UK Championship title.[3] The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of £101,000 with the winner receiving £20,000.
Prize fund
The winner of the event received a total of £20,000.[4] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £20,000 |
| Highest break (TV): | £2,000 |
| Total: | £101,800 |
Main draw
The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.[5][6]
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Wilson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 7 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 and 2 December 1984. | ||
| Steve Davis England
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16–8 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland
|
| First session: 116–6 (69), 89–30 (73), 94–23, 95–0 (95), 72–25 (71), 70–75 (Davis 50), 130–10 (106) Second session: 5–83, 124–1 (120), 110–0 (61), 24–66, 0–124 (124) Third session: 22–116, 28–80, 9–107 (69), 104–8, 84–11, 123–1 (91), 91–24 (56) Fourth session: 110–32 (52, 58), 105–27 (88), 65–40 (55) | ||
| 120 | Highest break | 124 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 14 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century breaks
A total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.[citation needed]
- 135 Jack McLaughlin
- 134, 120, 108, 106 Steve Davis
- 132, 125 Cliff Thorburn
- 129, 124, 100 Alex Higgins
- 121 Eddie Sinclair
- 119, 114, 102 Tony Chappel
- 119 Willie Thorne
- 113, 100 Tony Jones
- 111 Peter Francisco
- 111 Tony Meo
- 110 Malcolm Bradley
- 108 Steve Newbury
- 107 Tony Knowles
- 105 Jimmy White
- 102 Eddie Charlton
- 101 John Parrott
- 100 Paddy Browne
- 100 Robby Foldvari
- 100 Cliff Wilson
References
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship history". BBC Sport. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Humboldt-Ratgeber Snooker". Google Books. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "1984 UK Championship Prize Money Breakdown". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "1984 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.