- 1986 Masters Snooker
The 1986
Benson and Hedges Masters took place between 26 January and 2 February 1986 at theWembley Conference Centre . The Top 16 ranked players took part in the competition. The total prize money was for 1986 £175,000.Cliff Thorburn made history in the competition when he became the first player to retain the title when he beatJimmy White 9-5 in the final. It was also Thorburn's third and last Masters title.Eailer in the tournament, A Last 16 match between
Eddie Charlton andKirk Stevens which took place on the afternoon of 28 January had to stop play at 7.20 when the players were level at 4-4 to make way that day's evening match between Jimmy White and Tony Meo which was due to start at 7.30 and that match started an hour later when a big crowd attended and had to se settled in. 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 5-4 taking him to play Tony Knowles in the quarter-finals which he lost in a another final frame decider 5-4. This was to be Charlton's last Masters appearance as he went out of the ranking at the end of the season which was the same too forDavid Taylor who lost toSteve Davis in the Last 16.Prize Money
Total: £175,000
Winner: £45,000
Highest Break: £?
147 break: £?
Highest Break
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Knockout stage
Round16
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |5|flagicon|England Joe Johnson|3
|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |5|flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |4
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|5|flagicon|RSA|1928Silvino Francisco |1
|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |5|flagicon|CanadaKirk Stevens |4
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |5|flagicon|EnglandTony Meo |4
|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |5|flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |2
|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |5|flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |4
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |5|flagicon|England David Taylor|4
|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |5|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |2
|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|5|flagicon|AustraliaEddie Charlton |4
|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |5|flagicon|Northern IrelandDennis Taylor |3
|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |5|flagicon|EnglandWillie Thorne |4
1 February|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |6|flagicon|England Tony Knowles|?
1 February|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |6|flagicon|EnglandSteve Davis |?
2 February|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |9|flagicon|EnglandJimmy White |5
3rdplace=no
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