1984 UK Championship

The 1984 UK Championship (also known as the 1984 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) 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.

1984 Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates18 November – 2 December 1984 (1984-11-18 – 1984-12-02)
VenueGuild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatRanking 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)
Score16–8
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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

The 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

The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.[5][6]

Round of 32 Best of 17 frames

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins9
 
 
 
England Rex Williams7
 
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins9
 
 
 
England Willie Thorne5
 
England Willie Thorne9
 
 
 
Australia Eddie Charlton7
 
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins9
 
 
 
Canada Cliff Thorburn7
 
Canada Cliff Thorburn9
 
 
 
Wales Cliff Wilson3
 
Canada Cliff Thorburn9
 
 
 
Wales Ray Reardon8
 
Wales Ray Reardon9
 
 
 
England David Taylor4
 
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins8
 
 
 
England Steve Davis16
 
Canada Kirk Stevens9
 
 
 
England Joe Johnson2
 
Canada Kirk Stevens9
 
 
 
England Tony Knowles7
 
England Tony Knowles9
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor2
 
Canada Kirk Stevens2
 
 
 
England Steve Davis9
 
England Jimmy White9
 
 
 
Wales Doug Mountjoy2
 
England Jimmy White4
 
 
 
England Steve Davis9
 
England Steve Davis9
 
 
England Tony Meo7
 

Final
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 (69), 89–30 (73), 94–23, 95–0 (95), 72–25 (71), 70–75 (Davis 50), 130–10 (106)
Second session: 5–83, 124–1 (120), 110–0 (61), 24–66, 0–124 (124), 65–60, 51–79
Third session: 22–116, 28–80, 9–107 (69), 104–8, 84–11, 123–1 (91), 91–24 (56)
Fourth session: 110–32 (52, 58), 105–27 (88), 65–40 (55)
120 Highest break 124
2 Century breaks 1
14 50+ breaks 2

Century breaks

A total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. "UK Championship history". BBC Sport. 3 December 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. Kastner, Hugo (2006). Humboldt-Ratgeber Snooker. ISBN 9783899940985. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "1984 UK Championship Prize Money Breakdown". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. "1984 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  6. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
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