1985 World Doubles Championship
The 1985 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fourth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 4 and 15 December 1985 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–15 December 1985 |
| Venue | Derngate |
| City | Northampton |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £40,000 |
| Highest break | 174 Davis/Meo (combined) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Davis/Meo |
| Runner-up | Reardon/Jones |
| Score | 12–5 |
← 1984 1986 → | |
Defending champions Alex Higgins and Jimmy White's hopes ended at the qualifying stages. Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to regain the title beating Ray Reardon and Tony Jones who beat Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths in the semi-final in by now a three session final as it was with the other ITV snooker tournaments but all sessions of the final were never televised due to a strike by electricians. Davis and Meo also got the highest combined break of 174 in their semi-final match against Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne.
Results
Results from the last 16 onwards are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.[2]
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 23 frames | ||||||||||||||||
 Fowler/West
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Campbell/Mans
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell/Mans
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Reardon/Jones
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon/Jones
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Hallett
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon/Jones
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Taylor/Griffiths
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Griffiths
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spencer/Newbury
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Griffiths
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mountjoy/Jones
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knowles/Johnson
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mountjoy/Jones
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon/Jones
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 E. Hughes/M. Smith
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/Foulds
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Werbeniuk/Charlton
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parrott/Foulds
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Thorne
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Thorne
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilson/King
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Thorne
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Francisco/P Francisco
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stevens/Virgo
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| S Francisco/P Francisco
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Selected earlier results
Played in Birmingham 6–7 November 1985
Qualifying Round
 Rea/McLaughlin | 5–0 | G. Foulds/Scott |
| Fowler/West | 5– 4 | Chaperon/Gauvreau |
| Williamson/Duggan | 5– 1 | Gilbert/Harris |
Last 32
| Fowler/West | 5– 4 | Higgins/White |
| Campbell/Mans | 5– 3 | Martin/MacLeod |
| Reardon/Jones | 5–3 | Cripsey/Wilkinson |
| Hallett/David Taylor | 5– 4 | Medati/Browne |
| Griffiths/Dennis Taylor | 5– 4 | Wildman/Edmonds |
| Spencer/Newbury | 5– 4 | Bales/McLaughlin |
| Knowles/Johnson | 5–2 | Murphy/Fagan |
| Mountjoy/W.Jones | 5– 2 | Bradley/Chalmers |
| S. Davis/Meo | 5– 2 | Williams/Miles |
| Hughes/Smith | 5–4 | Rea/McLaughlin |
| Werbeniuk/Charlton | 5– 4 | Dodd/Bear |
| N. Foulds/Parrott | 5–1 | Donnelly/Roscoe |
| Thorburn/Thorne | 5– 1 | Chappel/Jonik |
| Wilson/King | 5– 3 | Williamson/Duggan |
| S. Francisco/P. Francisco | 5–0 | F. Davis/Watterson |
| Stevens/Virgo | 5– 0 | Reynolds/Longworth |
References
- Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 226–227. ISBN 0356146901.