World Snooker Championship 1984

World Snooker Championship 1984 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 21, 1984
Endgame:	May 7, 1984
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	138 ( Rex Williams )
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The 1984 World Snooker Championship took place from April 21 to May 7, 1984 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

World champion was - as in the previous year - the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated his compatriot Jimmy White in the final with 18:16 and thus won his third world title. For White it was the first of a total of six World Cup finals in his career, but he could not win a single one.

The six-time world champion Fred Davis had aged 70 years and 8 months his last appearance at a World Cup finals and thus holds the still valid record for the oldest participants in a World Cup.

Rex Williams scored the highest break of the tournament of 138 points in frame 12 of his opening match against Jimmy White. The total tournament prize pool increased from £ 135,000 last year to £ 200,000.

Prize money

Prize money 1984	Profit in £
winner	44,000
defeated finalist	22,000
Semi-finalist	12,700
Quarter finalist	6,600
Round of 16	4,350
First round off	2,200
Highest break	4,000
Maximum break	15,000
All in all	£ 200,000

Final round

	Round 1 Best of 19 frames					Round of 16 best of 25 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames					Semi-final best of 31 frames					Final Best of 35 frames
	1	Steve Davis	10
		Warren King	3
						1	Steve Davis	13
						16	John Spencer	5
	16	John Spencer	10
		Graham Miles	3
											1	Steve Davis	13
											9	Terry Griffiths	10
	9	Terry Griffiths	10
		Paul Mifsud	2
						9	Terry Griffiths	13
						8th	Bill Werbeniuk	5
	8th	Bill Werbeniuk	10
		Fred Davis	4th
																1	Steve Davis	16
																13	Dennis Taylor	9
	5	Alex Higgins	9
		Neal Foulds	10
							Neal Foulds	6th
						12	Doug Mountjoy	13
	12	Doug Mountjoy	10
		Mike Hallett	4th
											12	Doug Mountjoy	8th
											13	Dennis Taylor	13
	13	Dennis Taylor	10
		Joe Johnson	1
						13	Dennis Taylor	13
							John Parrott	11
	4th	Tony Knowles	7th
		John Parrott	10
																					1	Steve Davis	18th
																					11	Jimmy White	16
	3	Cliff Thorburn	10
		Mario Morra	9
						3	Cliff Thorburn	13
							Willie Thorne	11
	14th	John Virgo	9
		Willie Thorne	10
											3	Cliff Thorburn	8th
											11	Jimmy White	13
	11	Jimmy White	10
		Rex Williams	6th
						11	Jimmy White	13
						6th	Eddie Charlton	7th
	6th	Eddie Charlton	10
		Roy Andrewartha	4th
																11	Jimmy White	16
																7th	Kirk Stevens	14th
	10	David Taylor	10
		Marcel Gauvreau	5
						10	David Taylor	10
						7th	Kirk Stevens	13
	7th	Kirk Stevens	10
		Eddie Sinclair	1
											7th	Kirk Stevens	13
											2	Ray Reardon	2
	15th	Tony Meo	5
		Silvino Francisco	10
							Silvino Francisco	8th
						2	Ray Reardon	13
	2	Ray Reardon	10
		Jim Wych	7th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Jim Thorpe Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 6./7. May 1984
Steve Davis	18 : 16	Jimmy White
84	Highest break	119
-	Century breaks	1
7th	50+ breaks	8th

Century breaks

Eight century breaks were achieved by six different players:

Rex Williams	138
Jimmy White	119, 100
Kirk Stevens	115, 101
Ray Reardon	109
Dennis Taylor	102
Steve Davis	100

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )