World Snooker Championship 1979
- World Snooker Championship 1979
= The event =
The 1979 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 16 and 28 April 1979.
Notable Moments
* Terry Griffiths won the title. He started off by beating Bernard Bennett and Jim Meadowcroft in the qualifying rounds. At the Crucible, he beat Perrie Mans in the first round, followed by a classic 13-12 victory over Alex Higgins in the quarter-final. In the semi-final, he was losing 16-17 to Eddie Charlton before winning 19-17 at 1.40am, the latest finish of any match at the time, the final session taking 5 hours and 25 minutes. Griffiths then beat future champion Dennis Taylor 24-16 in the final to win the world title at the first attempt. He was also the first qualifier to win the title at the Crucible. Other than Griffiths, only Joe Davis, John Spencer and Alex Higgins have won the title at the first attempt.
* Future 6 times champion Steve Davis made his debut, losing 11-13 to Dennis Taylor in the first round, as well as Kirk Stevens who lost 8-13 to Fred Davis.
* Fred Davis meanwhile became the oldest player to win a match at the Crucible at the age of 65 years and 8 months.
* Bill Werbeniuk made the highest break of the championship with a 142 against John Virgo in the quarter-finals, sharing the championship record along with Rex Williams in 1965, when the championship was played in challenge matches.
Prize Money
* Winner £10,000
* Total £35,000
Highest Break
142 Bill Werbeniuk
The Results
Round16
Best of 25 frames
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|13
flagicon|England Graham Miles|8|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|13
flagicon|England Steve Davis|11|
flagicon|Canada Bill Werbeniuk|13
flagicon|England John Spencer|11|
flagicon|England John Virgo|13
flagicon|Canada Cliff Thorburn|10|
flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|13
flagicon|RSA|1928 Perrie Mans|8|
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|13
flagicon|England David Taylor|5|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|13
flagicon|Wales Doug Mountjoy|6|
flagicon|England Fred Davis|13
flagicon|Canada Kirk Stevens|8
Best of 25 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|13
flagicon|Wales Ray Reardon|8|
flagicon|England John Virgo|13
flagicon|Canada Bill Werbeniuk|9|
flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|13
flagicon|Northern Ireland Alex Higgins|12|
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|13
flagicon|England Fred Davis|4
Best of 37 frames
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|19
flagicon|England John Virgo|12|
flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|19
flagicon|Australia Eddie Charlton|17
Best of 47 frames
flagicon|Wales Terry Griffiths|24
flagicon|Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor|16
3rdplace=no
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