Australian Masters 1986

Australian Masters 1986 Winfield Masters 1986
Tournament type:	Invitation tournament
Attendees:	16
Venue:	Sydney , Australia
Opening:	June 30, 1986
Endgame:	4th July 1986
Defending champion:	Tony Meo
Winner:	Dennis Taylor
Finalist:	Steve Davis
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The 1986 Winfield Australian Masters , and partly also the 1986 Winfield Masters , was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1986/87 season . The tournament was held from June 30 to July 4, 1986 either in the Parramatta Leagues Club in the Parramatta district or in the City Tattersalls Club in the Australian city ​​of Sydney . The winner was the Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor , who prevailed 3-2 in the final against the Englishman Steve Davis . Data on potentially high breaks are unknown.

Prize money

Again the tournament was sponsored by Winfield. The prize money fell by a good three quarters compared to the previous year to 16,000 pounds sterling , which was only paid to the winner of the tournament.

Tournament course

With regard to the exact venue of the tournament, there is uncertainty insofar as both the Parramatta Leagues Club and the City Tattersalls Club - each in Sydney - are named as the same. In contrast to previous years, a European or a British professional player competed against an Australian professional or amateur player in the round of 16. Up to and including the semi-finals, the game was played in the best of 3 frames mode , followed by the final in the best of 5 frames mode .

	Round of 16 best of 7 frames				Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames				Semi-final best of 11 frames				Final Best of 13 frames
	Dennis Taylor	2
	George Ganim	0
					Dennis Taylor	2
					Tony Knowles	0
	Tony Knowles	2
	Paddy Morgan	1
									Dennis Taylor	2
									Terry Griffiths	0
	Terry Griffiths	2
	Eddie Charlton	0
					Terry Griffiths	2
					Tony Meo	1
	Tony Meo	2
	Glen Wilkinson	1
													Dennis Taylor	3
													Steve Davis	2
	Steve Davis	2
	Ian Anderson	0
					Steve Davis	2
					Willie Thorne	1
	Willie Thorne	2
	John Campbell	0
									Steve Davis	2
									Joe Johnson	1
	Joe Johnson	2
	Edward Charlton	0
					Joe Johnson	2
					Jimmy White	1
	Jimmy White	2
	Warren King	0

final

Already in the first round all Australian participants of the tournament were eliminated, whereby even well-known players like Eddie Charlton or last year's finalist John Campbell lost in the same round via white wash . In the quarter-finals, last year's winner Tony Meo and his predecessor Tony Knowles, two former winners of the tournament, were eliminated before Dennis Taylor made it to the finals in the semifinals with his third white wash in a row, while Steve Davis won the reigning world champion Joe Johnson with 2 : Defeated 1, giving a total of two frames during the tournament.

No exact results have been reported from the endgame itself. It is known that in the new edition of the final of the World Snooker Championship in 1985, as then, the game in the decider ended in favor of Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor , who thus won the game 3: 2 and thus the tournament.

Final: Best of 5 Frames Sydney , Australia , July 4th 1986
Dennis Taylor	3 : 2	Steve Davis
unknown
-	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1986 Australian Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on January 14, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 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 14, 2020 (English).  
3. ^ Ron Florax: 1986 Australian Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on January 14, 2020 .