Irish Masters 1986

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Irish Masters 1986
Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1986
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 12
Venue: Goffs , Kill , Ireland
Opening: April 8, 1986
Endgame: April 13, 1986

Defending champion: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Winner: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Finalist: EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
Highest Break: 112 ( Willie Thorne ) EnglandEngland
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The 1986 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1985/86 season . The tournament was held from April 8 to 13, 1986 in Goffs in the small town of Kill in County Kildare , Ireland . The winner was defending champion Jimmy White , who defeated Willie Thorne 9: 5 in an all-English final . Thorne played the tournament's highest break with a 112 break.

Prize money

Once again, the cigarette brand Benson & Hedges sponsored the tournament. In contrast to the previous year, the value of the prize pool increased by almost £ 8,000 to £ 77,583, of which about a quarter went to the winner.

Prize money
winner £ 20,089
finalist £ 11,607
Semi-finalist £ 8,035
Quarter finalist £ 4,821
Round of 16 £ 2,767
Highest break £ 2,232
All in all £ 77,583

Tournament course

Once again, the number of participants did not change from twelve, so that again eight players competed in the first round and the four winners met the rest of the field in the quarter-finals. The first-round and quarter-finals were played in the best of 9 frames mode , while the semi-finals were played in the best of 11 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode . Furthermore, with Eugene Hughes for the third time in a row and for the fourth time overall as well as with first-time participant Patsy Fagan Irish professional players took part in the tournament.

  First round
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                             
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 5     EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5  
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4th     EnglandEngland Tony Meo 2  
  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th  
  IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 0  
IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan kl.     EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 4th
CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens     IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 5  
  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9
  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5     Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2     EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5  
  EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th
  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 4th  
IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 5     CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 2     IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 1  

final

As in the previous year, Jimmy White was in the final, which he had reached by a white wash over Patsy Fagan . He met his compatriot Willie Thorne , who entered the tournament in the first round and had defeated record winner Terry Griffiths , among others .

Thorne got into the match better and took a 1-0 and 2-1 lead before White turned the game around. After Thorne had turned the game for his part, White repeated this, leading 5: 4, increasing this lead to 8: 4. Thorne then shortened to 8: 5, before White won the next frame with 74:17 and thus the match and tournament.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames
Goffs ,  Kill , Ireland , April 13, 1986
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9 : 5 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne
24: 93 (68); 62:57 ; 61: 68 (52); 77 : 0 (73); 81 : 19; 38: 80 (53); 54: 64 (Thorne 50); 77:22 (62);
113 : 0 (105); 86:31 ; 72 : 41 (54); 62 : 6; 28: 83 (71); 74 : 17
105 Highest break 71
1 Century breaks -
4th 50+ breaks 5

Century Breaks

During the tournament, only the two finalists played a total of three Century Breaks .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Ron Florax: 1986 Irish Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b Ron Florax: 1986 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .