Australian Masters 1985
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Australian Masters 1985 Winfield Masters 1985 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Sydney , Australia |
| Opening: | August 1985 |
| Endgame: | August 1985
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| Defending champion: |
 Tony Knowles
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| Winner: |
Tony Meo
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| Finalist: |
 John Campbell
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| Highest Break: | 134 ( Tony Meo )
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The 1985 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1985/86 season . The tournament was held in August 1985 either in the Parramatta Leagues Club in the Parramatta district or in the Tattersalls Club in the Australian city of Sydney . The winner was the Englishman Tony Meo , who prevailed 7-2 in the final against the Australian John Campbell . Meo also played the highest break of the tournament with a 134 break .
Prize money
Again the tournament was sponsored by Winfield. Compared to the previous year, the prize money rose by almost a third to 60,000 pounds sterling , of which a good fifth went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 12,500 |
| finalist | £ 8,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 5,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 3,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 2,000 |
| All in all | £ 60,000 |
Tournament course
With regard to the venue, there are different details to the extent that both the Parramatta Leagues Club and the Tattersalls Club are named as the same in Sydney . Again a total of 16 players took part in the tournament, among them numerous leading players as well as several Australian professional players. In addition, the knockout system played again for the first time from the round of 16 onwards , with the said round of 16 in the best of 7 frames mode, the quarter-finals in the best of 9 frames mode, the semi-finals in the best of 11 frames mode and the endgame was played in Best of 13 Frames mode .
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Round of 16 best of 7 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final best of 11 frames |
Final Best of 13 frames |
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| Tony Meo
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Warren King
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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5 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo
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3 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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4th | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Bill Werbeniuk
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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7th | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell
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2 | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell
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4th | |||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins
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1 | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
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2 | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell
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6th | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott
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4th | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott
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4th | |||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
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2 | |||||||||||||
final
The Englishman Tony Meo had already won the tournament in 1981 and was therefore only the second player after John Spencer who had made it to the finals in two editions since the first edition of the tournament in 1979. On his way to the final, he had clearly won against Warren King and later defeated John Virgo and Jimmy White each to three, so that he was in the final. While Virgo had defeated defending champion Tony Knowles in a new edition of the previous year's final before he was eliminated , White had won one time in advance by white wash and one decider .
The second player in the final was the Australian John Campbell , who was only the third Australian in the final of this tournament after the victory of Ian Anderson in 1979 and after the final defeat of Eddie Charlton in 1982 . Charlton started the tournament with a clear win over Alex Higgins and continued his winning streak with a narrow win over local hero Eddie Charlton. After all, he made it into the final with the help of a 6-4 win over John Parrott .
There are no exact records of the finale itself. It is only known that Tony Meo played two Century Breaks of 134 and 103 points respectively during the game and ultimately won the game and the tournament with a 7-2 win. Since John Spencer could only win one final of his two finals, Meo is the only player who could win the Australian Masters twice.
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Final: Best of 13 Frames Sydney , Australia , August 1985 |
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Tony Meo
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7 : 2 |
John Campbell
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| unknown | ||
| 134 | Highest break | - |
| 2 | Century breaks | - |
| - | 50+ breaks | - |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, three players played a total of six century breaks .
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Tony Meo : 134 , 103, 101
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John Campbell : 132, 105
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Joe Johnson : 111
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: 1985 Australian Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed January 13, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Chris Turner: Australian Events - Invitation and Ranking Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1985 Australian Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed January 13, 2020 .
