1985 China Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=China Masters

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|dates={{Start and end dates|1985|09|9|1985|09|10|df=y}}

|venue=White Swan Hotel

|location=Guangzhou

|country=China

|organisation=Matchroom Sport

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

|runner_up={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

|score=2–1

|previous=

|next=1986

}}

The 1985 China Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held in September 1985 in Shanghai, China.{{cite news|title=Steve's king of the Orient|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19850910/342/0015|url-access=subscription|work=Aberdeen Evening Express|date=10 September 1985|page=15}} It was the first professional snooker event to be held in China.{{cite news|title=Ding pings the pots to make more bread|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/feb/03/snooker.cliveeverton|work=The Guardian|date=3 February 2004|accessdate=1 March 2018|author=Clive Everton}}

Four players in total competed. The 1985 World Snooker Championship finalists Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis won their semi-finals against two local Chinese players, Suen Luen Pak and Yan Jing Jing, before Davis beat Taylor 2–1 in the final, which was refereed by Len Ganley.{{cite news|title=Davis' revenge|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19850911/505/0017|url-access=subscription|work=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=11 September 1985|page=17}}{{cite book|last=Burn |first=Gordon |title=Pocket Money |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=9780571236831 |year=2008 |page=33}} The tournament was televised in China, with an estimated audience of between 300 and 450 million people.