Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3β12 January 1986 (1986-01-03 β 1986-01-12) |
Venue | Spectrum Arena |
City | Warrington |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£225,000 |
Winner's share | Β£45,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 13β12 |
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The 1986 Mercantile Credit Classic was the: seventh edition of theββprofessional snooker tournament. The tournament was played at the "Spectrum Arena," Warrington, Cheshire, and was televised on ITV from the last 16 round which started on 3 January 1986.
The earlier rounds (Pre last 16) were played between 8β13 November 1985. Defending champion Willie Thorne lost at the last-64 stageββto Tony Jones 3β5.
Cliff Thorburn beat Doug Mountjoy 9β6 in the first semi-final. Thorburn led 5β2 after the first session and then 7β3 before Mountjoy won two frames in a row. Thorburn won the match in the 15th frame with a break of 72. Jimmy White beat Rex Williams 9β7 in the second semi-final, Williams having led 6β5.
Jimmy White won his first ranking event beating Cliff Thorburn 13β12 in the final, winning on the final black ball. White had been 7β8 behind at the end of the first day's play in the final, including one frame penalty for arriving two minutes late for the start of the Saturday evening session.
The tournament had a prize fund of Β£225,000, with the winner receiving Β£45,000.
Main drawβ»
Results are shown below.
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Finalβ»
Final: Best of 25 frames.. Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England, 11 & 12 January 1986. | ||
Jimmy White ![]() |
13β12 | Cliff Thorburn ![]() |
First session: 78β44, 107β24 (67), 70β52 (Thorburn 52), 62β43, 23β59, 39β67, 18β63 (54) Second session: 0β1 (forfeit), 8β72, 44β66, 84β8 (69), 18β111 (107), 0β80 (60), 71β11, 71β16 (63) Third session: 22β97 (87), 80β14 (56), 82β19, 75β30, 117β14 (117), 59β64 (White 53), 47β54, 70β58, 41β70, 57β55 | ||
117 | Highest break | 107 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifyingβ»
Qualifying took place in November 1985. The leading 32 players started at the last 64 stage. Results are shown below.
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Century breaksβ»
A total of nine century breaks were made during the event. White received Β£1,125 for making the highest break of the pre-televised stage, "135."
- 135, "117," 117 β Jimmy White
- 109, 107, 103 β Doug Mountjoy
- 107 β Cliff Thorburn
- 102 β Neal Foulds
- 101 β Martin Smith
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Mercantile Credit Classic". Snooker Scene. February 1986. pp. 5β13.
- ^ Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987β88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 229β232. ISBN 0356146901.
- ^ Everton, Clive (3 January 1986). "Foulds meets Australian No 1: Snooker". The Guardian. p. 21 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and "The Observer." Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Black mark for Mountjoy". The Glasgow Herald. 10 January 1986. p. 29.
- ^ "White holds off Williams". The Glasgow Herald. 11 January 1986. p. 16.
- ^ Everton, Clive (13 January 1986). "White nips in on last black: Snooker". The Guardian. p. 28 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Classic finish by, White". The Glasgow Herald. 13 January 1986. p. 7.
- ^ "Classic". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ^ "Higgins throughββto last 16". The Glasgow Herald. 14 November 1985. p. 23.
- ^ "Thorne falls at first fence". Snooker Scene. January 1986. pp. 23β27.