International Open 1984

International Open 1984 Jameson Whiskey International Open 1984
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Attendees:	102
Venue:	Eldon Square Recreation Center , Newcastle upon Tyne , England
Opening:	September 24, 1984
Endgame:	October 7, 1984
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Tony Knowles
Highest Break:	120 ( Jimmy White )
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The Jameson Whiskey International Open 1984 were a professional snooker world ranking tournament of the 1984/85 season . The tournament was held from September 24 to October 7, 1984 in the Eldon Square Recreation Center in the English city ​​of Newcastle upon Tyne . The winner was defending champion Steve Davis , who defeated Tony Knowles 9-2 in an all-English final . The highest break of the main round was played by another Englishman, Jimmy White, with a break of 120.

Prize money

The Irish whiskey distillery Jameson sponsored the tournament again, with the prize money increasing by £ 66,750 to £ 147,750, almost doubling. A good 20% of this prize money went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 30,000
finalist	£ 18,000
Semi-finalist	£ 10,000
Quarter finalist	£ 4,300
Round of 16	£ 3,000
Last 32	£ 1,350
Last 48	675 pounds
Last 64	150 pounds 1
Last 80	150 pounds 1
Highest break (qualification / main round)	£ 3,750
All in all	£ 147,750

¹ Players who had their opening game in the respective round and lost it did not receive any prize money.

Tournament course

As in the previous editions, the best sixteen players in the world rankings were placed directly for the main round and met there at the beginning of each of the sixteen qualifiers. In the knockout system , the game was played in the best of 9 frames mode up to and including the quarter-finals , before the semi-finals and the final in the best of 17 frames mode followed.

The Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor , who won the world championship against Steve Davis at the end of the season , gave up without a fight shortly before his quarter-final game against the South African Silvino Francisco when he learned of the unexpected death of his 62-year-old mother. As a result, he lost all interest in snooker for a short time before he reached the final of the following ranking tournament - the Grand Prix - and won it.

	Round of the last 32 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 17 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Steve Davis	5
	28	John Campbell	1
						1	Steve Davis	5
						16	David Taylor	1
	16	David Taylor	5
	oR	Wayne Jones	4th
											1	Steve Davis	5
											9	Alex Higgins	1
	8th	Terry Griffiths	5
	30th	Neal Foulds	3
						8th	Terry Griffiths	4th
						9	Alex Higgins	5
	9	Alex Higgins	5
	33	Eddie Sinclair	1
																1	Steve Davis	9
																27	Eugene Hughes	3
	4th	Kirk Stevens	1
	45	Marcel Gauvreau	5
						45	Marcel Gauvreau	3
						12	Willie Thorne	5
	12	Willie Thorne	5
	oR	Dene O'Kane	3
											12	Willie Thorne	2
											27	Eugene Hughes	5
	5	Ray Reardon	5
	43	Les Dodd	4th
						5	Ray Reardon	1
						27	Eugene Hughes	5
	15th	Doug Mountjoy	1
	27	Eugene Hughes	5
																					1	Steve Davis	9
																					2	Tony Knowles	2
	2	Tony Knowles	5
	22nd	Dean Reynolds	1
						2	Tony Knowles	5
						oR	Steve Newbury	4th
	14th	Bill Werbeniuk	2
	oR	Steve Newbury	5
											2	Tony Knowles	5
											7th	Jimmy White	4th
	7th	Jimmy White	5
	31	Rex Williams	3
						7th	Jimmy White	5
						10	Tony Meo	1
	10	Tony Meo	5
	29	Murdo MacLeod	1
																2	Tony Knowles	9
																17th	Silvino Francisco	6th
	3	Cliff Thorburn	0
	18th	John Virgo	5
						18th	John Virgo	2
						17th	Silvino Francisco	5
	13	John Spencer	2
	17th	Silvino Francisco	5
											17th	Silvino Francisco	kl.
											11	Dennis Taylor	-
	6th	Eddie Charlton	1
	19th	Joe Johnson	5
						19th	Joe Johnson	2
						11	Dennis Taylor	5
	11	Dennis Taylor	5
	oR	Danny Fowler	0

final

In the final, England's Steve Davis and Tony Knowles, the two leading players in the world rankings, met each other, who had also won all previous editions of the International Open with two and one titles respectively. Davis had survived the first three rounds with only one lost frame before he made the second finals in a row at this tournament with a clear 9: 3 win over the Irish Eugene Hughes . Knowles had won his opening game with only one lost frame, but was only able to win the following two games in the decider before he also made it into the final with a 9: 6 win over South African Silvino Francisco .

However, the final became a clear affair: Davis took a 2-0 and 4-1 lead before Knowles could decide a single frame for himself. Davis then dominated the game so much that he won the game 9-2 without another frame gain on the part of Knowles and thus won the International Open for the third time.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Eldon Square Recreation Center ,  Newcastle upon Tyne , England , October 7, 1984
Steve Davis	9 : 2	Tony Knowles
70 : 69, 93 : 33, 0: 97 (50), 75 : 14, 61 : 46 (57), 37: 73 , 65 : 33, 82 : 29 (58), 135 : 0 (95), 80 : 44 (52) 67 : 47
95	Highest break	50
-	Century breaks	-
4th	50+ breaks	1

qualification

All players outside the first sixteen ranks had to qualify for the main round between September 1 and September 8, 1984. In the first round all unset players met each other, so that the 21 winners in the round of the last 80 either met one of the unset winners again or a player ranked 49th or lower. The sixteen winners of the games each met a player in the world rankings between 33 and 48 in the following round, before the sixteen qualifiers were played against a player from ranks 17 to 32 in the final round of the last 48.

First round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(oR)  Ian Williamson	05 : 05	Vic Harris  (oR)
2	(oR)  Bill Oliver	4th5 : 45	Dennis Hughes  (oR)
3	(oR)  Dene O'Kane	25 : 25	Maurice Parkin  (oR)
4th	(oR)  Steve Newbury	4th5 : 45	Steve Longworth  (oR)
5	(oR)  Bernie Mikkelsen	4th5 : 45	Tony Chappel  (oR)
6th	(oR)  Jack McLaughlin	35 : 35	David Greaves  (oR)
7th	(oR)  Wayne Jones	05 : 05	Paul Watchorn  (oR)
8th	(oR)  Tony Jones	15 : 15	Doug French  (oR)
9	(oR)  John Hargreaves	25 : 25	Pat Houlihan  (oR)
10	(oR)  Matt Gibson	35 : 35	Paul Medati  (oR)
11	(oR)  Danny Fowler	05 : 05	Bob Chaperon  (oR)
12	(oR)  Geoff Foulds	4th5 : 45	Peter Francisco  (oR)
13	(oR)  Robby Foldvari	25 : 25	Gino Rigitano  (OR)
14th	(oR)  Graham Cripsey	35 : 35	Paul Thornley  (oR)
15th	(oR)  Dave Chalmers	kl.	Lou Condo  (oR)
16	(oR)  Pascal Burke	4th5 : 45	Tony Kearney  (oR)
17th	(oR)  Paddy Browne	25 : 25	John Rea  (oR)
18th	(OR)  Malcolm Bradley	35 : 35	Mike Darrington  (oR)
19th	(oR)  Bernard Bennett	15 : 15	Bert Demarco  (oR)
20th	(oR)  Roger Bales	25 : 25	Dessie Sheehan  (oR)

More rounds

	Round of the last 80 best of 9 frames				Round of the last 64 best of 9 frames				Round of the last 48 best of 9 frames
	59	Billy Kelly	5		48	Warren King	4th		17th	Silvino Francisco	5
	oR	John Hargreaves	2		59	Billy Kelly	5		59	Billy Kelly	3
	52	John Dunning	5		46	Fred Davis	5		18th	John Virgo	5
	oR	Graham Cripsey	3		52	John Dunning	4th		46	Fred Davis	3
	61	Jackie Rea	2		35	Mario Morra	5		19th	Joe Johnson	5
	oR	Malcolm Bradley	5		oR	Malcolm Bradley	3		35	Mario Morra	0
	56	Frank Jonik	5		45	Marcel Gauvreau	5		20th	John Parrott	4th
	oR	Jack McLaughlin	2		56	Frank Jonik	1		45	Marcel Gauvreau	5
	oR	Wayne Jones	5		37	George Scott	0		21st	Mark Wildman	0
	oR	Matt Gibson	2		oR	Wayne Jones	5		oR	Wayne Jones	5
	55	Tommy Murphy	4th		42	Mick Fisher	3		22nd	Dean Reynolds	5
	oR	Roger Bales	5		oR	Roger Bales	5		oR	Roger Bales	4th
	50	Ray Edmonds	1		43	Les Dodd	5		23	Cliff Wilson	1
	oR	Robby Foldvari	5		oR	Robby Foldvari	3		43	Les Dodd	5
	57	Steve Duggan	5		33	Eddie Sinclair	5		24	Perrie Mans	2
	oR	Tony Jones	2		57	Steve Duggan	0		33	Eddie Sinclair	5
	54	Eddie McLaughlin	1		44	Jack Fitzmaurice	4th		25th	Mike Hallett	4th
	oR	Dene O'Kane	5		oR	Dene O'Kane	5		oR	Dene O'Kane	5
	49	Paul Mifsud	-		47	Roy Andrewartha	0		26th	Dave Martin	0
	oR	Danny Fowler	kl.		oR	Danny Fowler	5		oR	Danny Fowler	5
	60	Clive Everton	0		39	Colin Roscoe	5		27	Eugene Hughes	5
	oR	Bernie Mikkelsen	5		oR	Bernie Mikkelsen	1		39	Colin Roscoe	1
	oR	Geoff Foulds	5		36	Jim Donnelly	3		28	John Campbell	5
	oR	Ian Williamson	4th		oR	Geoff Foulds	5		oR	Geoff Foulds	3
	51	Ian Black	5		34	Mike Watterson	3		29	Murdo MacLeod	5
	oR	Paddy Browne	4th		51	Ian Black	5		51	Ian Black	3
	58	Paddy Morgan	-		41	Jim Wych	-		30th	Neal Foulds	5
	oR	Bernard Bennett	kl.		oR	Bernard Bennett	kl.		oR	Bernard Bennett	0
	oR	Dave Chalmers	5		40	Jim Meadowcroft	5		31	Rex Williams	5
	oR	Bill Oliver	4th		oR	Dave Chalmers	1		40	Jim Meadowcroft	4th
	oR	Steve Newbury	5		38	Patsy Fagan	0		32	Graham Miles	1
	oR	Pascal Burke	0		oR	Steve Newbury	5		oR	Steve Newbury	5

Century Breaks

During the tournament, seven different players played a total of eight Century Breaks , half of which were played in the qualification and half in the main round.

Main round

Jimmy White 120 , 118 Dennis Taylor 109

Willie Thorne 104

qualification

Neal Foulds 140 Jack McLaughlin 134

Tommy Murphy 103 Wayne Jones 102

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Ron Florax: 1984 International Open. CueTracker.net, accessed September 9, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Chris Turner: International Open / Goya Matchroom Trophy - World Ranking Event from 1982. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2019 (English).  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1984 International Open - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed September 9, 2019 .  
4. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: Rankings - 1984-1985. CueTracker.net, accessed September 9, 2019 .  
5. ^ Hector Nunns: The Crucible's Greatest Matches - Forty Years of Snooker's World Championship in Sheffield . Pitch Publishing, Worthing 2017, ISBN 978-1-78531-284-7 , pp. 68 .