1985/86 snooker season

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1985/86 snooker season
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Season dates
Beginning of the season May 1985
End of season June 1986
Ranked tournaments 6th
Non-ranking 12
Invitation tournaments 11
number of players 212
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Masters CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
World Champion EnglandEngland Joe Johnson
World ranking
Ranking first EnglandEngland Steve Davis
← 1984/85
1986/87 →

The 1985/86 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began in July 1985 and ended in June 1986. During the season there were 212 active players on the tour.

Tournaments

During the season, 4 qualifying tournaments, 6 national championships and 19 main tournaments were played.

Main tournaments

date competition venue Art winner finalist Result
July 1985 IrelandIreland Carlsberg Challenge Dublin Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 8: 3
August 1985 AustraliaAustralia Australian Masters Sydney Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Tony Meo AustraliaAustralia John Campbell 7: 2
September 1985 ThailandThailand Thailand Masters Bangkok Non-ranking tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 4-0
September 1985 SingaporeSingapore Singapore Masters Singapore Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 4: 2
September 5th to 8th Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Hong Kong Masters Hong Kong Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths EnglandEngland Steve Davis 4: 2
September 19-22 ScotlandScotland Scottish Masters Glasgow Invitation tournament CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9: 7
September 22nd to October 6th EnglandEngland Matchroom Trophy Stoke World ranking tournament CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn EnglandEngland Jimmy White 12:10
October 19-27 EnglandEngland Grand Prix Reading World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 10: 9
October 29th to November 2nd CanadaCanada Canadian Masters Toronto Invitation tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9: 5
November 15th to December 1st EnglandEngland UK Championship Preston World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 16:14
December 4th to 15th EnglandEngland World Doubles Championship Northampton Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis Tony Meo
EnglandEngland 		WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon Tony Jones
EnglandEngland 		12: 5
December 17th to 20th EnglandEngland KitKat Break for World Champions Nottingham Invitation tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9: 5
December 19th and 20th EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2-0
January 3 to 12, 1986 EnglandEngland Classic Warrington World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13:12
January 14th to 17th BelgiumBelgium Belgian Classic East End Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 9: 7
January 26th to February 2nd EnglandEngland Masters London Invitation tournament CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9: 5
February 16 to March 2 EnglandEngland British Open Derby World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 12: 7
March 19-23 EnglandEngland World cup Bournemouth Invitation tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland/ Team All Ireland A IrelandIreland CanadaCanada Team Canada 9: 7
April 8-13 IrelandIreland Irish Masters Kill Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9: 5
April 19th to May 5th EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Sheffield World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Joe Johnson EnglandEngland Steve Davis 18:12
June WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn Non-ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9: 6

National championships

date competition venue winner finalist Result
August 1985 CanadaCanada Canadian Professional Championship Toronto CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn CanadaCanada Bob chaperone 6: 4
September 1985 AustraliaAustralia Australian Professional Championship Sydney AustraliaAustralia John Campbell AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 10: 7
February 4-9, 1986 EnglandEngland English Professional Championship Ipswich EnglandEngland Tony Meo EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9: 7
February 11th to 15th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Professional Championship Abertillery WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9: 3
April 1986 ScotlandScotland Scottish Professional Championship Edinburgh ScotlandScotland Stephen Hendry ScotlandScotland Matt Gibson 10: 5
May 9-13 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland IrelandIreland Irish Professional Championship Belfast Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 10: 7

Ranking list

The world ranking list for snooker 1985/86 was calculated from the results of world ranking tournaments. The best 16 players are shown.

No. Surname change
1 EnglandEngland Steve Davis  
2 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn   1
3 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles   1
4th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor   7
5 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens   1
6th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon   1
7th EnglandEngland Jimmy White  
8th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths  
9 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins  
10 EnglandEngland Tony Meo  
11 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne   1
12 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton   6
13 South Africa 1961South Africa Silvino Francisco   4
14th EnglandEngland David Taylor   2
15th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy  
16 EnglandEngland Joe Johnson   3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1985-1986 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on May 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 30, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 30, 2018 (English).