Canadian Masters 1986
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Canadian Masters 1986 BCE Canadian Masters 1986 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 8th |
| Venue: | CBC TV Studios , Toronto , Canada |
| Opening: | October 28, 1986 |
| Endgame: | November 1, 1986
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| Defending champion: |
 Dennis Taylor
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| Winner: |
 Steve Davis
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| Finalist: |
Willie Thorne
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| Highest Break: | 143 ( Steve Davis )
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The 1986 BCE Canadian Masters was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1986/87 season . It was played from October 28 to November 1, 1986 in the studios of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . The winner was last year's finalist Steve Davis , who defeated his English compatriot Willie Thorne 9: 3 in the final. Davis played the tournament's highest break with a 143 break.
Prize money
As in the previous year, the tournament was sponsored by the table manufacturer BCE. The prize money increased by almost a third of the previous year's prize money to £ 62,497, of which almost exactly 30% went to the winner. Furthermore, for the second time in the history of the tournament (for the first time in 1975) there was an additional prize money for the player who played the highest break of the tournament.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 18,750 |
| finalist | £ 11,250 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 6,250 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 4,218 |
| Highest break (qualification / main round) |
£ 3,125 |
| All in all | £ 62,497 |
Tournament course
As in the previous year, eight professionals were invited to the tournament. The game modes also stayed the same; all quarter-finals were played in the best of 9 frames mode , the semi-finals in the best of 15 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode .
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Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final Best of 9 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Steve Davis
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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8th | ||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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5 | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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8th | ||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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7th | ||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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5 | ||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
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1 | ||||||||||||
final
Last year's finalist Steve Davis had reached the final with relatively clear victories over Jimmy White and ex-world champion Alex Higgins , where he met his compatriot Willie Thorne . In contrast to Davis, Thorne has come a much more difficult path; first he had defeated defending champion Dennis Taylor and then Tony Knowles in the decider .
Davis took a 3-0 lead before Thorne could win his first frame. Davis then extended his lead to 5: 1 before Thorne came up to 5: 2. After Davis took a 7-2 lead, Thorne took the third win of a frame. Davis then managed to restore the old gap before winning an '85 break match and tournament.
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Finale: Best of 17 Frames CBC TV Studios , Toronto , Canada , November 1, 1986 |
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Steve Davis
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9 : 3 |
Willie Thorne
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| 71:61 ; 68:27 ; 93 : 6; 20: 101 ; 76 : 0; 96 : 5; 56: 80 ; 80 : 32; 80 : 32; 0: 123 ; 64 : 49; 114 : 0 (85) | ||
| 85 | Highest break | - |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | - |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, four players played seven century breaks .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1986 Canadian Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1986 Canadian Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Canadian Open / Canadian Masters - World Ranking and Invitation Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on March 25, 2019 (English).