1985_World_Doubles_Championship

1985 World Doubles Championship

1985 World Doubles Championship

Professional snooker tournament

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]

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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
            
England England Fowler/West 4
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans 5
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans 4
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
England England Taylor/Hallett 0
Wales England Reardon/Jones 9
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 6
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5
England Wales Spencer/Newbury 0
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths 5
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 2
England England Knowles/Johnson 4
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones 5
Wales England Reardon/Jones 5
England England Davis/Meo 12
England England Davis/Meo 5
Republic of Ireland England E. Hughes/M. Smith 4
England England Davis/Meo 5
England England Parrott/Foulds 3
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton 4
England England Parrott/Foulds 5
England England Davis/Meo 9
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 6
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5
Wales Australia Wilson/King 2
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne 5
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco 2
Canada England Stevens/Virgo 3
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco 5

Selected earlier results

Played in Birmingham 6–7 November 1985

Qualifying Round

Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin5–0England England G. Foulds/Scott
England England Fowler/West5– 4Canada Canada Chaperon/Gauvreau
England England Williamson/Duggan5– 1England England Gilbert/Harris

Last 32

England England Fowler/West5– 4Northern Ireland England Higgins/White
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans5– 3England Scotland Martin/MacLeod
Wales England Reardon/Jones5–3England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson
England England Hallett/David Taylor5– 4England Republic of Ireland Medati/Browne
Wales Northern Ireland Griffiths/Dennis Taylor5– 4England England Wildman/Edmonds
England Wales Spencer/Newbury5– 4England Northern Ireland Bales/McLaughlin
England England Knowles/Johnson5–2Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Murphy/Fagan
Wales Wales Mountjoy/W.Jones5– 2England England Bradley/Chalmers
England England S. Davis/Meo5– 2England England Williams/Miles
Republic of Ireland England Hughes/Smith5–4Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton5– 4England Canada Dodd/Bear
England England N. Foulds/Parrott5–1Scotland Wales Donnelly/Roscoe
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne5– 1Wales Canada Chappel/Jonik
Wales Australia Wilson/King5– 3England England Williamson/Duggan
South Africa South Africa S. Francisco/P. Francisco5–0England England F. Davis/Watterson
Canada England Stevens/Virgo5– 0England England Reynolds/Longworth

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 226–227. ISBN 0356146901.
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