The 1984 UK Championship (officially the 1984 Coral UK Championship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK.[1][2] The BBC aired the event from the second round onwards. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 November – 2 December 1984 |
| Venue | Preston Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £101,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break |  Jack McLaughlin (NIR) (135) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Alex Higgins (NIR) |
| Score | 16–8 |
← 1983 1985 → | |
The defending champion was Alex Higgins who won the 1983 event after defeating Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16–8, to win his third UK Championship title.[3] The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of £101,000 with the winner receiving £20,000.
Prize fund
editThe winner of the event received a total of £20,000.[4] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £20,000 |
| Highest break (TV): | £2,000 |
| Total: | £101,800 |
Main draw
editThe tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.[5][6]
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Rex Williams | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Wilson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 7 | |||||||||||||
Final
edit| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 and 2 December 1984. | ||
| Steve Davis England
|
16–8 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland
|
| First session: 116–6, 89–30, 94–23, 95–0, 72–25, 70–75, 130–10 (106) Second session: 5–83, 124–1 (120), 110–0, 24–66, 0–124 (124), 65–60, 51–79 Third session: 22–116, 28–80, 9–107, 104–8, 84–11, 123–1, 91–24 Fourth session: 110–32, 105–27, 65–40 | ||
| 120 | Highest break | 124 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |
Century breaks
editA total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.[citation needed]
- 135 – Jack McLaughlin
- 134, 120, 108, 106 – Steve Davis
- 132, 125 – Cliff Thorburn
- 129, 124, 100 – Alex Higgins
- 121 – Eddie Sinclair
- 119, 114, 102 – Tony Chappel
- 119 – Willie Thorne
- 113, 100 – Tony Jones
- 111 – Peter Francisco
- 111 – Tony Meo
- 110 – Malcolm Bradley
- 108 – Steve Newbury
- 107 – Tony Knowles
- 105 – Jimmy White
- 102 – Eddie Charlton
- 101 – John Parrott
- 100 – Paddy Browne
- 100 – Robby Foldvari
- 100 – Cliff Wilson
References
edit- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship history". BBC Sport. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ Kastner, Hugo (2006). Humboldt-Ratgeber Snooker. ISBN 9783899940985. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "1984 UK Championship Prize Money Breakdown". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "1984 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.