UK Championship 1981

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UK Championship 1981
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Venue: Guild Hall, Preston
Opening: November 22, 1981
Endgame: 5th December 1981

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Highest Break: 131 ( Terry Griffiths ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
1980
 
1982

The UK Championship 1981 was a snooker tournament that was held from November 22nd to December 5th, 1981 in Preston . Steve Davis won the final 16: 3 against Terry Griffiths .

Prize money

  • Winner: £ 10,000
  • Finalist: £ 5,000
  • Semi-finalist: £ 2500
  • Quarter-finalist: £ 1,500
  • Round of 16: £ 1000
  • Last 24: £ 500
  • Total: £ 38,000

Results

49 players took part in the tournament.

1 round

Result
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9 : 6 EnglandEngland Paul Medati
EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 9 : 5 IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9 : 4 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Clive Everton
EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 9 : 5 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson
EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 9 : 4 EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 9 : 1 EnglandEngland Geoff Foulds
EnglandEngland Dave Martin 9 : 7 ScotlandScotland Eddie Sinclair
EnglandEngland Rex Williams 9 : 4 EnglandEngland John Dunning

2nd round

Result
EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9 : 4 EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds
CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 9 : 4 EnglandEngland Mike Hallett
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9 : 6 EnglandEngland John Virgo
EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 9 : 4 EnglandEngland John Spencer
EnglandEngland Graham Miles 9 : 5 EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 9 : 6 EnglandEngland Fred Davis
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9 : 7 EnglandEngland Dave Martin
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 9 : 8 EnglandEngland Rex Williams

Final round

  Round of 16
(Best of 17)
Quarter Finals
(Best of 17)
Semi-finals
(Best of 17)
Final
(Best of 31)
                             
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9                  
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 2  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
 
   CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 5  
 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 9
 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 7th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
   EnglandEngland Jimmy White 0  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5    
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9
 
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 8th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9
 EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 7th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 16
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 3
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9        
 
 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 4th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9
 
   EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 5  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 6th
 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 9  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9
   EnglandEngland Tony Meo 3  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 6th    
 EnglandEngland Tony Meo 9  
 EnglandEngland Tony Meo 9
 
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4th  
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 5
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9  

swell

  1. 1981 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed October 15, 2015 .
  2. Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 29, 2014 .