Irish Professional Championship 1980
Irish Professional Championship 1980
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking |
| Attendees: | 2 |
| Venue: | Ulster Hall , Belfast , Northern Ireland |
| Opening: | March 1980 |
| Endgame: | March 1980
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| Defending champion: |
 Alex Higgins
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| Winner: |
Dennis Taylor
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| Finalist: |
Alex Higgins
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| Highest Break: | 131 ( Alex Higgins )
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The Irish Professional Championship 1980 was a professional snooker tournament in the form of a challenge match as part of the 1979/80 season to determine the Northern Irish professional champions. The game was played in March 1980 at Belfast Ulster Hall in Northern Ireland between defending champion Alex Higgins and challenger Dennis Taylor . Taylor won at 21:15, even though Higgins played the only two century breaks of the tournament.
background
Alex Higgins 1968
Dennis Taylor 2004
The 1972 world champion replaced long-time champion Jackie Rea in the same year . After six years there was another challenger in Dennis Taylor , but Higgins defended clearly with 21: 7. Also in 1978 and the following year there was an Irish challenger, Patsy Fagan , who had also lost to Higgins.
game
Higgins had the better start of the match and, among other things, pulled away 3-0 with a 99 break before Taylor equalized directly. However, his opponent took the lead again with a 107 break before Taylor countered with a 94 break. Then Taylor took the lead for the first time and expanded it to a 9: 4. Higgins came right up to 9: 6, until a score of 12: 9 no player could win more than one frame in a row, with Higgins making the 10: 7 with a 131 break. When the score was 12: 9, Taylor made the jump to 16: 9 before Higgins came up to him again at 16:12. After Taylor was able to extend his lead again, Higgins cut it to a tight 17:15. But with two 53 breaks in a row, Taylor made it to the 19:15, before winning the next frame very closely with 62:55. With a 75:30 in the next frame, Taylor finished the match, ending Higgins' winning streak and beginning one himself.
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Final: Best of 41 Frames Ulster Hall , Belfast , Northern Ireland , March 1980 |
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Dennis Taylor
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21 : 15 |
Alex Higgins
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| 33: 49 ; 11: 103 (99); 14: 71 ; 59:47 ; 87:21 ; 76:61 (Higgins 52); 30: 107 (107); 108 : 14 (94); 74 : 39; 74 : 53; 70:24 ; 73 : 34 (54); 86:20 ; 35: 87 (81); 50: 71 (52); 73:64 ; 0: 131 (131); 78:28 ; 13: 93 ; 58:32 ; 11: 104 (97); 84:24 ; 55 : 45 (50); 103 : 18 (94); 62 : 61; 13: 117 ; 9: 90 ; 39: 87 (68); 85:17 ; 0: 62 ; 2: 92 ; 33: 56 ; 134 : 0 (53); 74 : 41 (53); 62:55 ; 75 : 30 |
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| 94 | Highest break | 131 |
| - | Century breaks | 2 |
| 6th | 50+ breaks | 8th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1980 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed April 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Irish Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event open to professionals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland only. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on April 2, 2019 .