Terry Griffiths / Achievements

This list shows the sporting achievements of the snooker player Terry Griffiths . Griffiths from Welsh was a professional player between 1978 and 1997, winning 26 tournaments over the course of his career and making it to the finals of 30 others. His most important successes include winning the World Snooker Championship in 1979 , the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982 , making Griffiths one of the few players to have won all Triple Crown tournaments at least once.

Griffiths, born in Llanelli , Wales , in 1947 , started snooker early and won his first local tournaments as a teenager. In the 1970s he was finally able to show several successes in addition to his professional career such as winning the Welsh Snooker Championship and winning the English Amateur Championship twice . As a result, despite the financial risk, he decided to become a professional player for the 1978/79 season.

To the surprise of many, Griffiths managed right in his first professional season to defeat numerous leading players such as Perrie Mans , Alex Higgins and Eddie Charlton at the Snooker World Championship and thus to reach the final, which he clearly won with 24:16 against Dennis Taylor . Less than six months later he was again in a Triple Crown final at the UK Championship , but was defeated by John Virgo 13:14 before he won the Masters 9-5 against Alex Higgins in 1980 .

After being placed directly in the top 10 of the world rankings thanks to his world championship title, he retired from several tournaments in 1982 despite continued successes, only to return to it by winning the UK Championship at 16:15 against Alex Higgins, which he also did as one of the first players ever to win all three Triple Crown tournaments. In the course of the following year Griffiths remained in the top of the world and reached the finals in numerous, mostly insignificant tournaments, such as in 1981 at the UK Championship and in 1982 and 1984 at the Masters. At the end of the 1980s, but Griffiths was again among the leading players when he was only in the 1988 World Snooker Championship against Steve Davis reached the final and with a 9: 3 victory over Wayne Jones in the same year for the third time the Welsh Professional Championship won . A year later he again reached the final of a ranking tournament at the European Open , but lost it 8: 9 to John Parrott , so that he started the new decade with sixth place, but fell out of the top ten ranks the following season.

But after a final defeat at the Scottish Masters 1990 and despite several good results and an associated, intermittent return to the top 10, Griffith's results gradually deteriorated. After he had taken part in all possible tournaments up to this point and was still ranked 23rd, he heralded the end of his career with only two tournaments during the 1996/97 season. He reached the final of a professional tournament at Seniors Pot Black for the last time, before ending his career after a 9-10 defeat by Mark Williams in the first main round of the World Snooker Championship in 1997 . Following this, Griffiths increased his commitment as a snooker trainer and also became a commentator for the BBC .

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

The following table shows Griffiths' world ranking positions and his results in the linked editions of the Triple Crown tournaments .

Legend
S.	winner	F.	finalist
HF	Semi-finalist	VF	Quarter finalist
AF	Round of 16	#R	Eliminated in an earlier round
QR	not qualified	A.	did not participate in the tournament
oR	without ranking	S / N	Victories / defeats

competition	1978/ 1979	1979/ 1980	1980/ 1981	1981/ 1982	1982/ 1983	1983/ 1984	1984/ 1985	1985/ 1986	1986/ 1987	1987/ 1988	1988/ 1989	1989/ 1990	1990/ 1991	1991/ 1992	1992/ 1993	1993/ 1994	1994/ 1995	1995/ 1996	1996/ 1997	Career S / N
World snooker ranking	oR	8th	5	3	14th	9	8th	8th	10	6th	5	5	6th	11	6th	8th	14th	15th	23
UK Championship	1R	F.	HF	F.	S.	HF	1R	VF	VF	VF	HF	HF	2R	AF	1R	VF	AF	2R	A.	UK Championship: 1/19
Masters	A.	S.	F.	F.	VF	F.	HF	VF	AF	VF	VF	AF	HF	AF	AF	AF	VF	WC	A.	Masters: 1/19
World Snooker Championship	S.	AF	VF	1R	AF	VF	VF	VF	VF	F.	VF	VF	VF	HF	AF	AF	AF	AF	1R	WM: 1/28

Overview of the finals

During his entire career, Griffiths made 56 finals, primarily in invitation tournaments, the number of which at 22 is slightly less than half of the total. The 56 entries are divided into 26 wins and 30 losses.

Ranked tournaments

During his career, Griffiths reached only three finals of ranked tournaments, of which he was also able to win only one. Two of the three finals were played by the World Snooker Championship , of which he won one and lost one.

Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1979	World Snooker Championship	Dennis Taylor	24:16
finalist	1988	World Snooker Championship	Steve Davis	11:18
finalist	1989	European Open	John Parrott	8: 9

Invitation tournaments

Especially in invitation tournaments, i.e. tournaments whose participants were invited by the organizer to participate and were therefore not accessible to all players, Griffiths was able to show a high number of finals with a total of 22, of which he was able to win eight. Four of these finals took place at the Masters , where he won in one case and lost the game in the other three cases.

Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1980	Masters	Alex Higgins	9: 5
winner	1980	Irish Masters	Doug Mountjoy	10: 9
finalist	1981	Masters	Alex Higgins	6: 9
winner	1981	Irish Masters	Ray Reardon	9: 7
winner	1982	Classic	Steve Davis	9: 8
finalist	1982	Masters	Steve Davis	5: 9
winner	1982	Irish Masters	Steve Davis	9: 5
finalist	1983	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Steve Davis	5: 7
finalist	1983	Hong Kong Masters	Doug Mountjoy	3: 4
winner	1984	Pot Black	John Spencer	2: 1
finalist	1984	Masters	Jimmy White	5: 9
finalist	1984	Irish Masters	Steve Davis	1: 9
finalist	1985	Singapore Masters	Steve Davis	2: 4
winner	1985	Hong Kong Masters	Steve Davis	4: 2
winner	1986	Belgian Classic	Kirk Stevens	9: 7
finalist	1986	Thailand Masters	James Wattana	1: 2
finalist	1986	China Masters	Steve Davis	0: 3
finalist	1987	Tokyo Masters	Dennis Taylor	3: 6
finalist	1987	Scottish Masters	Joe Johnson	7: 9
finalist	1989	Scottish Masters	Stephen Hendry	1:10
finalist	1990	Scottish Masters	Stephen Hendry	6:10
finalist	1997	Seniors Pot Black	Joe Johnson	0: 2

Non-ranking tournaments

In so-called non-ranking tournaments, i.e. tournaments whose results were not included in the world rankings like those of the invitation tournaments and in which participation was also partially only possible by invitation, Griffiths reached a final 16 times, with seven wins less than half of them could win. Since the UK Championship was held as a non-ranking tournament up to and including 1983 instead of a world ranking tournament, these 16 finals include Griffiths' victory in 1982 and the two finals in 1979 and 1981.

Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1979	Canadian Open	Cliff Thorburn	16:17
finalist	1980	UK Championship	John Virgo	13:14
finalist	1980	Canadian Open	Cliff Thorburn	10:17
winner	1981	Pontins Professional	Willie Thorne	9: 8
finalist	1981	UK Championship	Steve Davis	3:16
finalist	1982	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	8: 9
finalist	1982	International Masters	Steve Davis	7: 9
winner	1982	UK Championship	Alex Higgins	16:15
finalist	1984	Thailand Masters	Jimmy White	3: 4
winner	1985	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9: 4
winner	1985	Pontins Professional	John Spencer	9: 7
finalist	1985	Thailand Masters	Dennis Taylor	0: 4
winner	1986	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9: 3
winner	1986	Pontins Professional	Willie Thorne	9: 6
winner	1988	Welsh Professional Championship	Wayne Jones	9: 3
finalist	1989	Welsh Professional Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9: 6

Leagues

In tournaments or leagues that only consisted of a round-robin mode , Griffiths took first place in two tournaments officially declared as invitation tournaments.

Result	year	competition	Runner-up	The end of the game between the two players
winner	1984	Singapore Masters	Steve Davis	1: 1
winner	1984	Malaysian Masters	Tony Meo	2-0

Team competitions

In team competitions Griffiths reached the finals a total of five times along with his consistently Welsh teammates, with only two wins.

Result	year	competition	Team partner	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1979	World Challenge Cup	Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy	Fred Davis John Spencer Graham Miles	14: 3
winner	1980	World Challenge Cup	Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy	Cliff Thorburn Kirk Stevens Bill Werbeniuk	8: 5
Second	1981	World Team Classic	Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy	Steve Davis John Spencer David Taylor	3: 4
Second	1982	World Doubles Championship	Doug Mountjoy	Steve Davis Tony Meo	2:13
Second	1983	World Team Classic	Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy	Steve Davis Tony Knowles Tony Meo	2: 4

Amateur tournaments

Especially before his professional career, Griffiths was also successful at amateur tournaments and reached the finals eight times, winning six of them.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1972	Welsh Snooker Championship	Geoff Thomas	2: 6
winner	1975	Welsh Snooker Championship	Geoff Thomas	8: 7
winner	1977	English Professional Championship - South	Clive Everton	8: 1
winner	1977	English Professional Championship	Sid Hood	13: 3
finalist	1977	Pontins Spring Open	Alex Higgins	4: 7
winner	1978	English Professional Championship - South	Cliff Wilson	8: 2
winner	1978	English Professional Championship	Joe Johnson	13: 5
winner	1983	Pontins Spring Open	Ray Reardon	7: 3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ron Florax: Ranking History For Terry Griffiths. CueTracker.net, accessed October 26, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
8. ^ Ron Florax: World Cup / World Team Classic / Nations Cup - Team Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on August 1, 2013 ; accessed on October 27, 2019 (English).  
9. ↑ Chris Turner: World Doubles Championship - Non Ranking Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on October 27, 2019 (English).  
10. ↑ Jamie Watkins: Welsh Amateur Snooker Championship. Global Snooker Center, 2005, archived from the original on October 17, 2006 ; accessed on October 27, 2019 (English).  
11. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
12. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Terry Griffiths In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed October 27, 2019 .  

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