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1985 Grand Prix (snooker)

Field	Value
tournament_name	Rothmans Grand Prix
dates
venue	Hexagon Theatre
location	Reading
country	England
organisation	WPBSA
format	Ranking event
highest_break	John Campbell (119)
winner	Steve Davis
runner_up	Dennis Taylor
score	10–9
previous	1984
next	1986

The 1985 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 27 October 1985 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. A two table set-up meant that the televised stage at Reading could start at the last-32 stage.

The last-32 matches were played from 19 to 22 October. Tony Drago, in his first televised match, beat Eddie Charlton 5–3. Jimmy White beat Joe O'Boye 5–4 after trailing 2–4. Steve Longworth beat David Taylor 5–1. John Campbell made a tournament best break of 119 in the first frame of his match against Doug Mountjoy and took a 4–1 lead, before winning 5–2. Steve Davis beat Danny Fowler 5–1, Fowler making his television debut.

In the last-16 round, Peter Francisco made a century in the first frame of his match against Terry Griffiths. However Griffiths won the next three frames and eventually won 5–2. The following day, Steve Davis beat Alex Higgins 5–0, while Silvino Francisco beat Jimmy White 5–4 after winning the last three frames.

In the quarter-finals Steve Davis beat Silvino Francisco 5–2 despite losing two of the first three frames. Davis met Cliff Thorburn in the semi-finals, Thorburn beating Terry Griffiths 5–1. In the other half of the draw Dennis Taylor beat Cliff Wilson while Tony Knowles beat Kirk Stevens 5–4, the match going to the final black.

The final was a re-match of the 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, the defending Grand Prix champion. Davis lead 6–1 at the end of the first session but Taylor fought back to lead 8–7 winning 6 consecutive frames. Eventually it was Davis this time who became champion winning 3 out of the last 4 frames to win 10–9. The match became the longest one-day final in snooker history. It lasted 10 hours and 21 minutes and it finished at 2.14am.

Main draw

|team-width = 200 Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 17 frames Best of 19 frames ||Dennis Taylor| 5| Rex Williams| 2 ||Tony Meo| 5| Eugene Hughes| 3 ||Cliff Wilson| 5| George Scott| 3 ||Tony Drago| 5| Eddie Charlton| 3 ||Tony Knowles| 5| Ray Edmonds| 2 ||John Campbell| 5| Doug Mountjoy| 2 ||Kirk Stevens| 5| Graham Miles| 2 ||Steve Longworth| 5| David Taylor| 1 ||Peter Francisco| 5| Wayne Jones| 3 ||Terry Griffiths| 5| Bob Harris| 3 ||Joe Johnson| 5| Mike Hallett| 4 ||Cliff Thorburn| 5| Mark Wildman| 2 ||Jimmy White| 5| Joe O'Boye| 4 ||Silvino Francisco| 5| Dave Martin| 3 ||Alex Higgins| 5| Neal Foulds| 3 ||Steve Davis| 5| Danny Fowler| 1

||Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|5|England Tony Meo|3 ||Wales Cliff Wilson|5|Malta Tony Drago|2 ||England Tony Knowles|5|Australia John Campbell|2 ||Canada Kirk Stevens|5|England Steve Longworth|3 ||South Africa Peter Francisco|2|Wales Terry Griffiths|5 ||England Joe Johnson|1|Canada Cliff Thorburn|5 ||England Jimmy White|4|South Africa Silvino Francisco|5 ||Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|0|England Steve Davis|5 ||Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|5|Wales Cliff Wilson|2 ||England Tony Knowles|5|Canada Kirk Stevens|4 ||Wales Terry Griffiths|1|Canada Cliff Thorburn|5 ||South Africa Silvino Francisco|2|England Steve Davis|5 ||Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|9|England Tony Knowles|6 ||Canada Cliff Thorburn|5|England Steve Davis|9 ||Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|9|England Steve Davis|10

Final

1	50+ breaks	3

Qualifying

The leading 32 players started at the last 64 stage. Matches were over 9 frames. The final qualifying round took place in Bristol in September 1985. Dennis Taylor 5–1 Barry West

Rex Williams 5–2 Mike Watterson

Tony Meo 5–3 Tony Jones

Eugene Hughes 5–1 Sakchai Sim Ngam

Eddie Charlton 5–1 Geoff Foulds

Murdo MacLeod 3–5 Tony Drago

Ray Reardon 4–5 George Scott

Cliff Wilson 5–1 Roger Bales

Kirk Stevens 5–0 Gerry Watson

Dean Reynolds 3–5 Graham Miles

David Taylor 5–2 Steve Newbury

John Parrott 2–5 Steve Longworth

Doug Mountjoy 5–1 Tony Chappel

John Campbell 5–4 Jimmy van Rensberg

Tony Knowles 5–1 Matt Gibson

Dene O'Kane 2–5 Ray Edmonds Cliff Thorburn 5–0 Bill Oliver

Mark Wildman 5–4 Steve Duggan

Joe Johnson 5–2 Dave Gilbert

Mike Hallett 5–3 Bernie Mikkelsen

Willie Thorne 0–5 Wayne Jones

John Virgo 4–5 Peter Francisco

Terry Griffiths 5–4 Jack McLaughlin

John Spencer 4–5 Bob Harris

Jimmy White 5–0 Jack Fitzmaurice

Perrie Mans 3–5 Joe O'Boye

Silvino Francisco 5–2 Billy Kelly

Dave Martin 5–2 Mario Morra

Alex Higgins 5–1 Vic Harris

Neal Foulds 5-0 Mike Darrington

Steve Davis 5–0 Om Agarwal

Bill Werbeniuk 1–5 Danny Fowler

References

Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
(21 October 1985). "Snooker". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
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(23 October 1985). "Campbell cleans up". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
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(25 October 1985). "It's a white-wash". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
(26 October 1985). "Davis in semi-finals". [[The Herald (Glasgow).
Dee, John. (1 May 2001). "Ebdon quick to sit on fence". [[The Sunday Telegraph]].
"1985 Grand Prix Results". Snooker Database.
"Grand Prix". Snooker Scene.
(19 September 1985). "Snooker". [[The Herald (Glasgow).

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