Canadian Professional Championship 1980
Canadian Professional Championship 1980
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| Tournament type: | National professional championship |
| Attendees: | 9 |
| Venue: |
 Canada
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| Opening: | January 1980 |
| Endgame: | January 1980
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| Winner: |
Cliff Thorburn
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| Finalist: |
Jim Wych
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| Highest Break: | 131 ( Cliff Thorburn )
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The 1980 Canadian Professional Championship was a snooker tournament to determine the professional champions of Canada. The first edition of the tournament was held in Canada in January 1980 as part of the 1979/80 season. The winner was defending champion Cliff Thorburn , who defeated Jim Wych 9: 6 in the final. Thorburn also played the highest break of the tournament with a 131 break.
Tournament course
All ten Canadian professional players except Bill Werbeniuk participated in the tournament. After a game in the first round, the remaining seven-player field for the tournament was added in the quarter-finals. While the first round game was still played in the best of 9 frames mode , from the quarterfinals onwards the game was played in the best of 17 frames mode .
First round
| game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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| 1 |
Frank Jonik
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5 : 3 |
Kevin Robitaille
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Further course of the tournament
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Quarterfinals Best of 17 frames |
Semi-final best of 17 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Cliff Thorburn
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Frank Jonik
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3 | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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9 | ||||||||||||
| John Bear
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3 | ||||||||||||
| John Bear
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Bernie Mikkelsen
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4th | ||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Jim Wych
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6th | ||||||||||||
| Jim Wych
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Thornley
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2 | ||||||||||||
| Jim Wych
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
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7th | ||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
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9 | ||||||||||||
| Mario Morra
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4th | ||||||||||||
final
Cliff Thorburn had already won numerous titles in his career. Opposite him, Jim Wych, was a newcomer to the final, because it was the first professional final for Wych.
Thorburn got into the match better and took a 4-0 lead before Wych came up to 4-2 and 5: 4. Subsequently, both players only won one frame in a row before Thorburn won the last two frames necessary to win the title again with a score of 7: 6.
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Finale: Best of 17 Frames ?,?, Canada , January 1980 |
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Cliff Thorburn
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9 : 6 |
Jim Wych
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66:49 ; 96 : 6 (84); 65 : 52; 63:38 ; 30: 66 ; 27: 86 ; 63:31 ; 0: 112 (58); 42: 69 (50); 130 : 0 (130); 0: 82 (69); 73 : 12; 22: 80 (54); 50 : 44; 72 : 37 |
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| 130 | Highest break | 69 |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 4th |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, three players played five century breaks , with winner Cliff Thorburn playing the most Centurys with three breaks, including the two highest.
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Cliff Thorburn : 131, 130, 112
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Kevin Robitaille : 119
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John Bear : 114
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1980 Canadian Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ^ Ron Florax: 1980 Canadian Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed February 13, 2019 .