The 1985 Kit Kat Break for World Champions was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from 17 to 20 December 1985.[1][2] Dennis Taylor won the event by defeating Steve Davis 9–5 in the final.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 17–20 December 1985 |
Venue | East Midlands Conference Centre |
City | Nottingham |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £30,000 |
Winner's share | £10,000 |
Highest break | 126 (Dennis Taylor) |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9–5 |
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The tournament was played at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, with all eight of the actively playing winners of the World Snooker Championship as the participants.[1]
Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor met in a final for the third time this season. Davis' 10–9 victory in the 1985 Grand Prix had been followed by Taylor's 9–5 win in the 1985 Canadian Masters.[3] Davis achieved a 4–3 lead by the end of the first session of the Kit Kat Break for World Champions final,[2] but Taylor won six of the next seven frames to take the match 9–5.[3]
The event had a prize fund of £30,000, with £10,000 awarded to the winner.[3] Taylor compiled the highest break of the event, 126.[4]
Main draw
editNames in bold denote match winners.[3]
Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 5 | |||||||||||||
Fred Davis | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 6 | |||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 4 | |||||||||||||
Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
Ray Reardon | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 9 | |||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
John Spencer | 2 | |||||||||||||
Steve Davis | 6 | |||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 1 | |||||||||||||
Cliff Thorburn | 4 | |||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 5 |
Century breaks
edit126 Dennis Taylor
118 Terry Griffiths
References
edit- ^ a b "Sport in brief: snooker". The Times. London. 17 December 1985.
- ^ a b "Sport in brief: snooker". The Times. London. 21 December 1985.
- ^ a b c d Clive Everton, ed. (1986). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Third Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 76. ISBN 0863691668.
- ^ Morrison, Ian (1989). Snooker: records, facts and champions. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 108. ISBN 0851123643.