Pontins Professional 1979
Pontins Professional 1979
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Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
Attendees: | 8th |
Venue: | Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park , Prestatyn |
Opening: | May 5th 1979 |
Endgame: | May 12, 1979
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Defending champion: | Ray Reardon |
Winner: | Doug Mountjoy |
Finalist: | Graham Miles |
Highest Break: | 132 ( Ray Reardon ) |
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The 1979 Pontins Professional was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1978/79 season . The tournament was from 5 to 12 May 1979 at the amusement park chain Pontins belonging Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park in the seaside resort Prestatyn in North Wales held. The winner was the Welshman Doug Mountjoy , who defeated the Englishman Graham Miles 8: 4 in the final. Mountjoy's compatriot and defending champion Ray Reardon played the highest break of the tournament with a 132 break.
Prize money
Like the previous editions, the tournament was sponsored by Pontins . Compared to the previous year, the prize money remained unchanged; again a total of £ 2,000 was paid out, the majority of which (£ 1,500) went to the winner.
Prize money | |
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winner | £ 1,500 |
finalist | £ 500 |
Semi-finalist | - |
Group stage | - |
All in all | £ 2,000 |
Tournament course
In contrast to the previous year, only eight instead of twelve players took part in the tournament this year. As in the two previous editions, the tournament started with a group phase, this time consisting of two groups of four. After a simple round- robin tournament was played, the top two players in each group advanced to the semi-finals. From this point on, the tournament winner was played in the knockout system . While all group games lasted exactly seven frames, the semi-finals took place in the best of 7 frames and the final in the best of 15 frames .
Group stage
Group A
space | player | Lots | S. | N | Frames | Diff. | Pt |
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1 | Doug Mountjoy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14: 7 | +7 | 4th |
2 | Graham Miles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12: 9 | +3 | 4th |
3 | John Spencer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11:10 | +1 | 4th |
4th | Perrie Mans | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5:16 | –11 | 0 |
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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1 | Doug Mountjoy | 6 : 1 | Perrie Mans |
2 | Graham Miles | 4 : 3 | Doug Mountjoy |
3 | Graham Miles | 5 : 2 | Perrie Mans |
4th | John Spencer | 5 : 2 | Perrie Mans |
5 | John Spencer | 4 : 3 | Graham Miles |
6th | Doug Mountjoy | 5 : 2 | John Spencer |
Group B
space | player | Lots | S. | N | Frames | Diff. | Pt. |
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1 | Steve Davis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15: 6 | +9 | 6th |
2 | Ray Reardon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12: 9 | +3 | 4th |
3 | Fred Davis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8:13 | -5 | 2 |
4th | Ian Anderson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7:14 | –7 | 0 |
game | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
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1 | Fred Davis | 4 : 3 | Ian Anderson |
2 | Ray Reardon | 6 : 1 | Ian Anderson |
3 | Ray Reardon | 5 : 2 | Fred Davis |
4th | Steve Davis | 6 : 1 | Ray Reardon |
5 | Steve Davis | 4 : 3 | Ian Anderson |
6th | Steve Davis | 5 : 2 | Fred Davis |
Knockout phase
Semi-final best of 7 frames |
Final Best of 15 frames |
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Doug Mountjoy | 4th | |||||
Ray Reardon | 3 | |||||
Doug Mountjoy | 8th | |||||
Graham Miles | 4th | |||||
Steve Davis | 0 | |||||
Graham Miles | 4th |
final
The Welshman Doug Mountjoy had survived the group stage as first place in his group thanks to two sovereign victories and met in the semifinals against the six-time former world champion and defending champion Ray Reardon , who was also Welshman and had finished second in Group B. In a tight game, Mountjoy was able to qualify 4: 3 for the final. In the final, he met the Englishman Graham Miles , who had become vice world champion a few years earlier, but otherwise had few successes. He was just ahead of John Spencer and behind Mountjoy in second place in his group and surprisingly defeated the up-and-coming Steve Davis , who had previously survived the group stage without defeat, 4-0 in the semifinals .
No exact frame results have been reported from the finale. In the end, however, Mountjoy won 8: 4 and won the Pontins Professional for the first time.
Final: Best of 15 Frames Pontins Theme Park, Prestatyn , Wales , May 12, 1979 |
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Doug Mountjoy | 8 : 4 | Graham Miles |
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- | Highest break | - |
- | Century breaks | - |
- | 50+ breaks | - |
Century Breaks
A total of three players each played a Century Break during the tournament :
- Ray Reardon : 132
- Fred Davis : 100
- Graham Miles : 100
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Ron Florax: 1979 Pontins Professional. CueTracker.net, accessed June 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Pontins Open / Pontins Professional / Pontins World Pro-Am Series - Non-Ranking Events. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on February 28, 2012 ; accessed on June 24, 2020 (English).
- ^ A b Ron Florax: 1979 Pontins Professional - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 24, 2020 .
- ↑ 1979 Pontin's Professional Results. Snooker Database, accessed June 24, 2020 .