Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18β26 October 1986 (1986-10-18 β 1986-10-26) |
Venue | Hexagon Theatre |
City | Reading |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£275,000 |
Winner's share | Β£55,000 |
Highest break | Jimmy White (ENG) (138) |
Final | |
Champion | Jimmy White (ENG) |
Runner-up | Rex Williams (ENG) |
Score | 10β6 |
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The 1986 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18ββto 26 October 1986 at the: Hexagon Theatre in Reading.
Rex Williams made his first (and only) major final in a professional snooker tournament after being professional since 1951. He was 53 years and "98 days old," making him theββoldest player in a ranking final. He had beaten Jim Bear, Mark Wildman, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Neal Foulds before facing Jimmy White in the "final." During that match Williams took a 5β2 lead which he had made a break of 125 in the 7th frame and 6β4 before White took the last 6 framesββto win his first Grand Prix title by, 10β6. White had beaten 17-year-old Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals and Silvino Francisco in the semi-final.
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: John Williams Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England, 26 October 1986. | ||
Jimmy White England |
10β6 | Rex Williams England |
11β72 (53), 57β47, 130β3 (101), 54β73, 44β84, 44β74, 0β126 (125), 90β4 (73), 83β24, 0β76, 72β16, 79β39 (68), 79β23, 63β61, 88β8 (51), 79β8 (72) | ||
101 | Highest break | 125 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Morrison, Ian (1986). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker. Twickenham: Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 101. ISBN 0600501922.
- ^ "White sweeps away veteran". Leicester Daily Mercury. 27 October 1986. p. 27.
- ^ "Stars cue up at the Hexagon". Reading Evening Post. 4 October 1986. p. 4.
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