International Open 1986

International Open 1986 BCE International Open 1986
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Attendees:	122
Venue:	Trentham Gardens , Stoke-on-Trent , England
Opening:	September 26, 1986
Endgame:	4th / 5th October 1986
Winner:	Neal Foulds
Finalist:	Cliff Thorburn
Highest Break:	126 ( Stephen Hendry )
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The BCE International Open 1986 was a professional snooker world ranking tournament for the 1986/87 season . The tournament was held from September 26th to October 5th, 1986 in the Trentham Gardens in the English city ​​of Stoke-on-Trent . The winner was the Englishman Neal Foulds , who won a ranking tournament for the only time in his career with a 12: 9 win over the Canadian defending champion Cliff Thorburn . The highest break of the main round was played by the Scot Stephen Hendry with a break of 126.

Prize money

After the tournament was renamed the Matchroom Trophy by the sponsors last year , this renaming was reversed with the new sponsor BCE for the 1986 edition. Compared to the previous year, however, the prize money rose by just over £ 4,000 to £ 172,732, of which a good fifth went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 35,000
finalist	£ 21,000
Semi-finalist	£ 10,500
Quarter finalist	£ 5,250
Round of 16	£ 2,625
Last 32	£ 1,695
Last 64	766
Last 96	150
All in all	£ 172,732

Tournament course

As in the previous year, the best 32 players in the world rankings were qualified directly for the main round, in which they each met one of the 32 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-final in the best of 17 frames mode and the final in the best of 23 frames mode followed.

	Round of the last 64 best of 9 frames					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 23 frames
	1	Steve Davis	5
	62	John Rea	1
						1	Steve Davis	5
						41	Warren King	4th
	31	Steve Longworth	0
	41	Warren King	5
											1	Steve Davis	5
											16	Rex Williams	4th
	16	Rex Williams	5
	65	Joe O'Boye	0
						16	Rex Williams	5
						35	Steve Duggan	4th
	18th	John Campbell	3
	35	Steve Duggan	5
																1	Steve Davis	4th
																20th	Eugene Hughes	5
	7th	Willie Thorne	2
	37	Tony Drago	5
						37	Tony Drago	1
						53	Bob chaperone	5
	28	Dave Martin	4th
	53	Bob chaperone	5
											53	Bob chaperone	0
											20th	Eugene Hughes	5
	11	Tony Meo	4th
	91	Pat Houlihan	5
						91	Pat Houlihan	1
						20th	Eugene Hughes	5
	20th	Eugene Hughes	5
	49	Tony Chappel	4th
																					20th	Eugene Hughes	8th
																					13	Neal Foulds	9
	5	Jimmy White	2
	oR	Ken Owers	5
						oR	Ken Owers	5
						39	Dene O'Kane	0
	27	Mike Hallett	1
	39	Dene O'Kane	5
											oR	Ken Owers	1
											13	Neal Foulds	5
	13	Neal Foulds	5
	52	Graham Miles	2
						13	Neal Foulds	5
						79	Geoff Foulds	0
	24	Bill Werbeniuk	2
	79	Geoff Foulds	5
																13	Neal Foulds	5
																29	Dean Reynolds	2
	8th	Joe Johnson	5
	57	Tommy Murphy	4th
						8th	Joe Johnson	3
						21st	David Taylor	5
	21st	David Taylor	5
	46	Ray Edmonds	4th
											21st	David Taylor	1
											29	Dean Reynolds	5
	14th	Doug Mountjoy	5
	60	Matt Gibson	3
						14th	Doug Mountjoy	2
						29	Dean Reynolds	5
	29	Dean Reynolds	5
	69	Les Dodd	2
																									13	Neal Foulds	12
																										2	Cliff Thorburn	9
	2	Cliff Thorburn	5
	104	Pascal Burke	0
						2	Cliff Thorburn	5
						32	Jim Wych	3
	32	Jim Wych	5
	54	Malcolm Bradley	2
											2	Cliff Thorburn	5
											10	Terry Griffiths	4th
	10	Terry Griffiths	5
	58	Paul Medati	3
						10	Terry Griffiths	5
						30th	Barry West	1
	30th	Barry West	5
	59	Jimmy van Rensberg	3
																2	Cliff Thorburn	5
																23	Cliff Wilson	1
	4th	Tony Knowles	5
	34	John Spencer	0
						4th	Tony Knowles	5
						25th	Eddie Charlton	1
	25th	Eddie Charlton	5
	64	Ian Black	0
											4th	Tony Knowles	4th
											23	Cliff Wilson	5
	9	Kirk Stevens	3
	66	Roger Bales	5
						66	Roger Bales	1
						23	Cliff Wilson	5
	23	Cliff Wilson	5
	71	Jack McLaughlin	2
																				1	Cliff Thorburn	9
																					26th	Peter Francisco	7th
	3	Dennis Taylor	5
	60	Robby Foldvari	1
						3	Dennis Taylor	5
						51	Stephen Hendry	3
	17th	John Parrott	3
	51	Stephen Hendry	5
											3	Dennis Taylor	0
											12	Silvino Francisco	5
	12	Silvino Francisco	5
	40	Steve Newbury	4th
						12	Silvino Francisco	5
						19th	John Virgo	0
	19th	John Virgo	5
	oR	Mark Bennett	1
																12	Silvino Francisco	3
																26th	Peter Francisco	5
	6th	Alex Higgins	5
	70	Eddie Sinclair	3
						6th	Alex Higgins	4th
						26th	Peter Francisco	5
	26th	Peter Francisco	5
	43	Mark Wildman	2
											26th	Peter Francisco	5
											38	Marcel Gauvreau	2
	15th	Ray Reardon	5
	56	Wayne Jones	4th
						15th	Ray Reardon	2
						38	Marcel Gauvreau	5
	22nd	Murdo MacLeod	4th
	38	Marcel Gauvreau	5

final

The Englishman Neal Foulds , like several of his competitors, had benefited from the early elimination of the top players on the way to his first ranking tournament final, and even with Graham Miles , his father Geoff , Ken Owers , Dean Reynolds and Eugene Hughes , mainly midfield and players the extended world elite defeated. In the final, he met with Cliff Thorburn on the previous year's winner and top-ranked player of the tournament after world number one Steve Davis lost in the quarter-finals to Eugene Hughes. Thorburn, who was apart from previous titles and a former world champion and world ranking executive even had with Pascal Burke defeated a worse player at the beginning, before he with Jim Wych , Terry Griffiths , Cliff Wilson and Peter Francisco , who previously against his uncle Silvino had won, also defeated several players of the (extended) world elite.

The endgame itself was largely even. While Foulds had the better start despite a 102 break from Thorburn and took the lead 2: 1 and 4: 2, Thorburn subsequently equalized to 4: 4 and after a 6: 4 lead by Foulds again to 7: 7 . But after that, Foulds was able to win three frames in a row before Thorburn shortened to 10: 8, before Foulds extended his now unattainable lead to 12: 8. The following frame went to the Canadian, but Foulds won the next frame with 77:49 and thus a ranking tournament for the only time in his career.

Final: Best of 23 Frames Trentham Gardens ,  Stoke-on-Trent , England , October 4th & 5th, 1986
Neal Foulds	12 : 10	Cliff Thorburn
67 : 24, 0: 102 (102), 64 : 31, 54: 63 , 79 : 63, 75 : 20, 48: 53 , 46: 55 , 79 : 22 (78), 68 : 21, 59: 64 , 68 : 37, 66: 68 (F. 66), 45: 59 , 73 : 6 (64), 60 : 52 (60), 54 : 28, 24: 76 , 55 : 21, 63 : 21, 37: 93 (56), 77 : 49 (71)
78	Highest break	102
-	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	2

qualification

As in previous years, all players outside the top 32 places in the world rankings had to qualify for the main round between September 8 and 14, 1986. In the so-called round of the last 128 all unseeded and participating players as well as the participating players in ranks 71 or lower met a different one of these players, so that the winners of the game in the round of the last 96 usually met one of the remaining players. The 32 qualifiers emerged from these 32 games.

Round of the last 128 best of 9 frames   Round of the last 96 best of 9 frames                 81   Dessie Sheehan 4th   43   Mark Wildman 5 oR   Brian Rowswell 5   oR   Brian Rowswell 2 88   Billy Kelly 5   59   Jimmy van Rensberg 5 oR   Terry Whitthread 1   88   Billy Kelly 1     34   John Spencer 5     67   Ian Williamson 4th     42   Patsy Fagan 0     70   Eddie Sinclair 5 90   Eddie McLaughlin -   62   John Rea 5 116   Ian Anderson kl.   116   Ian Anderson 1 92   John Hargreaves 3   44   George Scott 1 oR   Ken Owers 5   oR   Ken Owers 5 84   Bill Oliver 5   39   Dene O'Kane 5 108   Derek Mienie 4th   84   Bill Oliver 2     61   Bernie Mikkelsen 4th     65   Joe O'Boye 5 83   John Dunning 5   40   Steve Newbury 5 109   Bert Demarco 4th   83   John Dunning 5 73   Jim Donnelly kl.   57   Tommy Murphy 5 112   Robbie Grace -   73   Jim Donnelly 2 93   Dennis Hughes 2   52   Graham Miles 5 oR   David Roe 5   oR   David Roe 1 80   Sakchai Sim Ngam -   58   Paul Medati 5 101   Tony Kearney kl.   101   Tony Kearney 3 71   Jack McLaughlin 5   33   Danny Fowler 2 114   Bernard Bennett 0   71   Jack McLaughlin 5 86   Gino Rigitano 5   41   Warren King 5 107   David Greaves 3   86   Gino Rigitano 0 78   Mike Darrington 4th   56   Wayne Jones 5 103   Jackie Rea 5   103   Jackie Rea 1 91   Pat Houlihan 5   50   Graham Cripsey 1 99   Dave Chalmers 1   91   Pat Houlihan 5

Round of the last 128 best of 9 frames   Round of the last 96 best of 9 frames                 85   Jim Meadowcroft 2   51   Stephen Hendry 5 oR   Paul Gibson 5   oR   Paul Gibson 2 87   Mick Fisher 2   60   Matt Gibson 5 115   Mike Hines 5   115   Mike Hines 1 95   Greg Jenkins 5   38   Marcel Gauvreau 5 100   Clive Everton 3   95   Greg Jenkins 1 79   Geoff Foulds kl.   63   Vic Harris 4th 118   Leon Heywood -   79   Geoff Foulds 5     45   Bob Harris 0     69   Robby Foldvari 5 72   Dave Gilbert 2   46   Ray Edmonds 5 oR   Steve James 5   oR   Steve James 2 82   Jim Bear 5   35   Steve Duggan 5 106   Paul Watchorn 1   82   Jim Bear 4th 75   Mario Morra 5   37   Tony Drago 5 oR   François Ellis 3   75   Mario Morra 3     36   Perrie Mans -     68   Les Dodd kl. 74   Colin Roscoe 5   49   Tony Chappel 5 113   Maurice Parkin 1   74   Colin Roscoe 3 89   Omprakesh Agrawal 0   53   Bob chaperone 5 oR   Nigel Gilbert 5   oR   Nigel Gilbert 3 76   Jacki Fitzmaurice 4th   55   Tony Jones 4th 104   Pascal Burke 5   104   Pascal Burke 5 98   Frank Jonik -   54   Malcolm Bradley 5 102   Glen Wilkinson kl.   102   Glen Wilkinson 4th 77   Mike Watterson 1   64   Ian Black 5 oR   Jon Wright 5   oR   Jon Wright 1 94   Martin Smith 4th   48   Paddy Browne 1 oR   Mark Bennett 5   oR   Mark Bennett 5     47   Fred Davis 4th     66   Roger Bales 5

Century Breaks

During the entire tournament, ten players played a total of thirteen century breaks , four of which were played in the qualification and the remaining nine in the main round.

Main round

Stephen Hendry 126 Jim Wych 119 Cliff Thorburn 118, 102 Neal Foulds 114, 101

Dennis Taylor 113 Joe Johnson 109 Rex Williams 100

qualification

• John Spencer : 134 , 103
• David Roe : 121
• Malcolm Bradley : 110

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Ron Florax: 1986 International Open. CueTracker.net, accessed September 24, 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 24, 2019 (English).  
3. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1986 International Open - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed September 24, 2019 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: Rankings - 1986-1987. CueTracker.net, accessed September 24, 2019 .