Masters 1985

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Masters 1985
Benson & Hedges Masters 1985
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 16
Venue: Wembley Conference Center ,
London , England
Opening: January 27, 1985
Endgame: 3rd February 1985

Defending champion: EnglandEngland Jimmy White
Winner: CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
Highest Break: 103 ( Cliff Thorburn ) CanadaCanada
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The 1985 Benson & Hedges Masters was an invitation-only snooker tournament of the 1984/85 season that was held from January 27 to February 3, 1985 at the Wembley Conference Center in London . It was the eleventh edition of the Masters. The prize money was £ 150,000, of which the winner received £ 37,500. The cash prize for the highest break was £ 3,750.

Cliff Thorburn won the tournament by beating Doug Mountjoy 9-6 in the final . Previously, Thorburn had defeated defending champion Jimmy White 6: 4 in the semifinals . Thorburn was the first player to win the Masters twice.

Final round

  Round of 16
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                             
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5                  
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 2  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5
 
   EnglandEngland John Spencer 2  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 5
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 3  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 4th
   CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 6th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 5    
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 1  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5
 
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 0  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 3  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 9
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 6th
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5        
 
 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 3  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5
 
   EnglandEngland Tony Meo 4th  
 EnglandEngland Tony Meo 5
 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 2  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 6th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5    
 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 2  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5
 
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 2  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4th  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1985 Masters Results . Snooker Database. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  2. ^ The Masters . Snooker scene. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2012.