Welsh Professional Championship 1980
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Welsh Professional Championship 1980 Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1980 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 4th |
| Venue: | Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales |
| Opening: | January 27, 1980 |
| Endgame: | January 29, 1980
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| Defending champion: |
 Ray Reardon
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| Winner: |
Doug Mountjoy
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| Finalist: |
Ray Reardon
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| Highest Break: | 127 ( Terry Griffiths )
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The Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship 1980 was a professional snooker invitation tournament of the 1979/80 season to determine the Welsh professional champion. The tournament was held from 27 to 29 January 1980 at the Ebbw Vale Leisure Center in Wales Ebbw Vale played. The winner was Doug Mountjoy , who defeated defending champion Ray Reardon 9: 6 in the final. The reigning world champion Terry Griffiths played the highest break of the tournament with a 127 break.
Prize money
Compared to the previous edition three years earlier, the prize money increased by £ 3,000 , but this was also due to the doubling of the number of participants. With Woodpecker , a brand of HP Bulmer , the tournament also had a sponsor again.
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| winner | £ 2,250 |
| finalist | £ 1,250 |
| Semi-finalist | 750 pounds |
| All in all | £ 5,000 |
Tournament course
The four participants played in the knockout system for the tournament victory, with all three games being played in the best of 17 frames mode .
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Semi-final best of 17 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Doug Mountjoy
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9 | |||||
| Terry Griffiths
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6th | |||||
| Doug Mountjoy
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9 | |||||
| Ray Reardon
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6th | |||||
| Ray Reardon
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9 | |||||
| Cliff Wilson
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3 | |||||
final
In the final there was a new edition of the 1977 final, as both participants at that time had defeated the first participants and were now playing to see if Reardon could keep the title he had won at 12: 8. Mountjoy started the final better and took a 5-0 lead, which Reardon was only able to reduce to 5-3 and 6-4. Then Mountjoy won two more frames before the six-time world champion Reardon came up to 8: 6 before Mountjoy could win the tournament by winning the next frame.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Ebbw Vale Leisure Center , Ebbw Vale , Wales , January 29, 1980 |
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Doug Mountjoy
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9 : 6 |
Ray Reardon
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95 : 19 (95), 56 : 44, 133 : 0 (123), 108 : 19 (82), 90 : 43, 27: 95 (57), 15: 117 , 47: 63 (52), 69 : 30 (57), 39: 93 (93), 87 : 36, 75 : 61 (64/54), 57: 72 (M. 57), 48: 71 , 89 : 41 (83) |
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| 123 | Highest break | 93 |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| 7th | 50+ breaks | 4th |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, two players played a total of three century breaks .
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Terry Griffiths : 127 , 102
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Doug Mountjoy : 123
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1980 Welsh Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1980 Welsh Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed June 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Welsh Professional Championship. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on June 9, 2019 (English).