1985 Pontins Professional

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1985 Pontins Professional

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1985|05|11|1985|05|18|df=y}}

|venue=Pontin's

|location=Prestatyn

|country=Wales

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£12,000{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005474/19850510/034/0034|url-access=subscription|title=John eyes Pontins pot|date=10 May 1985|work=Liverpool Daily Post|page=34}}

|winners_share=£3,500{{cite news|title=Thorne back in action|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000760/19850511/051/0051|url-access=subscription|work=Leicester Daily Mercury|date=11 May 1985|page=51}}

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

|score=9–7

|previous=1984

|next=1986}}

The 1985 Pontins Professional was the twelfth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 11 and 18 May 1985 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.{{cite news|title=Welsh date for Ray|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19850308/022/0022|url-access=subscription|work=Staffordshire Sentinel|date=8 March 1985|page=22}}{{cite web|title=Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|accessdate=5 January 2018|archive-date=2012-02-28}}

The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 11 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.

Terry Griffiths won the event for the second time, beating John Spencer 9–7 in the final.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=151}}

Main draw

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1=Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD2=Semi-finals
Best of 13 frames

| RD3=Final
Best of 17 frames

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD1-score1=5

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Wilson

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD1-score3=5

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD1-score4=3

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

| RD1-score5=5

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|ENG}} John Virgo

| RD1-score6=4

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD1-score7=5

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds

| RD1-score8=1

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD2-score1=7

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD2-score2=5

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

| RD2-score3=7

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD3-score1=9

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

| RD3-score2=7

}}

References