UK Championship 1986

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UK Championship 1986
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Guild Hall, Preston
Opening: November 14, 1986
Endgame: November 30, 1986

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Highest Break: 144 ( Jimmy White ) EnglandEngland
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The 1986 UK Championship was a snooker tournament that was played from November 14th to 30th, 1986 at the Guild Hall in Preston . For the second time it was a world ranking tournament. For the third time in a row, Steve Davis won . He clearly defeated Neal Foulds in the final 16: 7.

Prize money

There was a huge jump in prize money, from £ 120,000 last year to almost £ 300,000. The winner alone received £ 60,000 instead of the previous year's £ 24,000. All other awards up to 64th place and those for the highest breaks were more than doubled.

Prize money
winner £ 60,000
finalist £ 36,000
Semi-finalist £ 18,000
Quarter finalist £ 9,000
Round of 16 £ 4,500
Last 32 2906 pounds
Last 64 1312 pounds
Highest break Main Tournament: £ 6,000
Qualifying: £ 1,500
All in all £ 299,980

qualification

101 players identified 16 participants for the main tournament in three qualifying rounds. 16 more players were already seeded for the final round.

Main tournament

The 1986 UK Championship was played by 32 players from November 14th.

  Last 32
(Best of 17)
Round of 16
(Best of 17)
Quarter Finals
(Best of 17)
Semi-finals
(Best of 17)
Final
(Best of 31)
                                     
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9              
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 6th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
   EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 5  
 EnglandEngland Dean Reynolds 9
 South Africa 1961South Africa Silvino Francisco 8th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
   MaltaMalta Tony Drago 8th  
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 9    
 EnglandEngland John Virgo 6th  
 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 9
   EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 5  
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 9
 South Africa 1961South Africa Robbie Grace 1  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
   Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 3  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
 EnglandEngland Dave Martin 6th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
   EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 7th  
 EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 9
 EnglandEngland Tony Meo 4th  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 5  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 9    
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 9
   IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 5  
 IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 9
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 5  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 16
   EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 7th
 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9
 CanadaCanada Jim Wych 3  
 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9
   EnglandEngland Jimmy White 7th  
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9
 South Africa 1961South Africa Peter Francisco 5  
 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9
   CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 2  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 9    
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 4th  
 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 9
   EnglandEngland John Spencer 2  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 9
 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 4th  
 EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 9
   EnglandEngland John Parrott 3  
 EnglandEngland John Parrott 9
 EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 1  
 EnglandEngland John Parrott 9
   EnglandEngland Steve Longworth 6th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Longworth 9
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 1  
 EnglandEngland John Parrott 9
   EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 4th  
 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 9    
 EnglandEngland Tony Jones 2  
 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 9
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9
 New ZealandNew Zealand Dene O'Kane 0  

Century breaks

With 21 century breaks , the high result of the previous year (28) could not be repeated, but again it was the two finalists who most often scored a hundred points or more in a row in the course of the five rounds.

EnglandEngland Jimmy White 144
MaltaMalta Tony Drago 141
EnglandEngland Neal Foulds 140, 136, 123 (2 ×), 114
EnglandEngland John Parrott 137, 136, 128
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 132
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 129, 125
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 124, 118, 110 (2 ×), 104
EnglandEngland David Taylor 124
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wayne Jones 106
EnglandEngland John Virgo 101

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  2. Results. Snooker Database, accessed October 17, 2015 .