UK Championship 1980
UK Championship 1980
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| Venue: | Guild Hall, Preston |
| Opening: | November 16, 1980 |
| Endgame: | November 28, 1980
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| Winner: |
 Steve Davis
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| Highest Break: | 134 ( Alex Higgins )
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The UK Championship 1980 was a snooker tournament that was held from November 16-28, 1980 in Preston . Steve Davis won the final 16: 6 against Alex Higgins .
Prize money
- Winner: £ 6,000
- Finalist: £ 3,000 (/ £ 4,000 1 )
- Semi-finalists: £ 1,500 (/ £ 2,000 1 )
- Quarter-finalists: £ 1000
- Round of 16: £ 500
- Last 24: £ 250
- Total: £ 22,000 (/ £ 24,000 1 )
1 according to CueTracker
Results
34 players took part in the tournament.
1 round
| Result | ||
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Sid Hood
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9 : 3 |
 Chris Ross
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Mike Hallett
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9 : 8 |
Bernard Bennett
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2nd round
| Result | ||
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Tony Meo
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9 : 5 |
Sid Hood
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Mike Hallett
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9 : 8 |
Ray Edmonds
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Eddie Sinclair
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9 : 1 |
Kingsley Kennerley
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Joe Johnson
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9 : 6 |
John Dunning
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Jim Meadowcroft
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9 : 1 |
David Greaves
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Mark Wildman
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9 : 8 |
 Cliff Wilson
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Roy Andrewartha
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9 : 8 |
Tony Knowles
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Rex Williams
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9 : 1 |
John Barrie
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3rd round
| Result | ||
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Tony Meo
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9 : 1 |
Pat Houlihan
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Steve Davis
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9 : 1 |
Mike Hallett
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Eddie Sinclair
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9 : 5 |
Graham Miles
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 Patsy Fagan
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9 : 4 |
Joe Johnson
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Willie Thorne
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9 : 1 |
Jim Meadowcroft
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Mark Wildman
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9 : 7 |
John Spencer
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Roy Andrewartha
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9 : 6 |
John Pulman
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Rex Williams
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9 : 8 |
Doug Mountjoy
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Final round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| John Virgo
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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9 | |||||||||||||
 Bill Werbeniuk
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Sinclair
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
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9 | |||||||||||||
| 27./28. November | ||||||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
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8th | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
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16 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Wildman
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6th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
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4th | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
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9 | |||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1980 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ 1980 UK Championship Results. Snooker Database, accessed December 5, 2010 .
