1986 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan/Feb 1986 April 2022 1986 Benson & Hedges Masters 1986 01 26 1986 02 2 y Wembley Conference Centre London England WPBSA Non-ranking event £175,000 £45,000 Willie Thorne ENG (138) Cliff Thorburn CAN Jimmy White ENG 9–5 1985 1987 The 1986 Masters (officially the 1986 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 January and 2 February 1986 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The top 16 ranked players took part in the competition. Cliff Thorburn made history in the competition, when he became the first player to retain the title by defeating Jimmy White 9–5 in the final. It was also Thorburn's third and last Masters title.The Masters http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html 7 January 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 23 October 2010 Earlier in the tournament the last 16 match between Eddie Charlton and Kirk Stevens, which took place on the afternoon of 28 January, had to stop play at 19:20 when the players were level at 4–4 to make way for that day's evening match between Jimmy White and Tony Meo, which was due to start at 19:30. That match started an hour later due to a settling crowd. The White/Meo ended 5–4 to the Whirlwind and then the Charlton/Stevens match resumed just after midnight with Charlton taking the last frame to a 5–4 win, taking him to play Tony Knowles in the quarter-finals, which he lost in another final frame decider 4–5. This was to be Charlton's last Masters appearance as he lost his top 16 place at the end of the season. The same happened with David Taylor too, who lost against Steve Davis in the last 16. Field Defending champion Cliff Thorburn was the number 1 seed with World Champion Dennis Taylor seeded 2.The Times 11 January 1986 21 Snooker - First round draw The remaining places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Silvino Francisco was making his debut in the Masters. Main draw 1986 Masters Results http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=86 Snooker Database 23 October 2010 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055642/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=86 deadThe Masters http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 8 August 2012 180 Last 16 Best of 9 frames Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames Semi-finals Best of 11 frames Final Best of 17 frames 1 Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 16 Joe Johnson ENG 3 8 Terry Griffiths WAL 5 9 Alex Higgins NIR 4 5 Kirk Stevens CAN 4 12 Eddie Charlton AUS 5 4 Tony Knowles ENG 5 13 Silvino Francisco RSA 1982 1 3 Steve Davis ENG 5 14 David Taylor ENG 4 6 Ray Reardon WAL 4 11 Willie Thorne ENG 5 7 Jimmy White ENG 5 10 Tony Meo ENG 4 2 Dennis Taylor NIR 5 15 Doug Mountjoy WAL 2 1 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 8 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 12 AUS Eddie Charlton 4 4 ENG Tony Knowles 5 3 ENG Steve Davis 5 11 ENG Willie Thorne 4 7 ENG Jimmy White 5 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 3 1 CAN Cliff Thorburn 6 4 ENG Tony Knowles 4 3 ENG Steve Davis 3 7 ENG Jimmy White 6 1 CAN Cliff Thorburn 9 7 ENG Jimmy White 5 Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John StreetWembley Conference Centre, London, England, 2 February 1986. Cliff Thorburn 9–5 Jimmy White First session: 35–68, 75–29, 68–25, 70–27, 21–90 (75), 69–14, 61–52, 9–65, 63–53 (Thorburn 61, White 53), 56–69, 12–76, 73–16, 65–60 (Thorburn 52, White 59), 68–33 61 Highest break 75 0 Century breaks 0 2 50+ breaks 3 Century breaks Total: 5 138, 110 Willie Thorne 132 Steve Davis 106 Jimmy White 101 Eddie Charlton References Category:Masters (snooker) Category:Wembley Category:Sport in the London Borough of Brent Masters Snooker Masters Snooker Category:January 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom Masters