1985 UK Championship

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1985 Coral UK Championship

|dates={{Start and end dates|1985|11|15|1985|12|1|df=y}}

|venue=Preston Guild Hall

|location=Preston

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£120,000

|winners_share=£24,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}} (140)

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

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}}

|score=16–14

|previous=1984

|next=1986}}

The 1985 UK Championship (officially the 1985 Coral UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 November and 1 December 1985 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.{{cite web |last=Turner |first=Chris |title=UK Championship |url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160153/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/uk.html|archivedate=16 February 2012 |work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive |access-date=1 March 2011}} The last-16 televised stages were shown on the BBC from 23 November through to the end of the championship. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.

Steve Davis won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Willie Thorne 16–14 in the final. Thorne had led 12–6 and 13–8, but the match turned after Thorne missed a straightforward blue off its spot which would have given him a 14–8 lead. Davis subsequently won the frame and seven of the next eight to clinch the title.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X7dAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1838%2C235624 |title=Davis fights back to retain UK title |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=23 |date=2 December 1985}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2015/dec/03/uk-snooker-championship-willie-thorne-1985-steve-davis |title=The cruelty of snooker: Willie Thorne, Gary Lineker and the 'unmissable' blues |first=Steven |last=Pye |date=3 December 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=12 March 2020}} Stephen Hendry made his debut in the tournament, aged sixteen, but lost his first qualifying round match 2–9 to Omprakesh Agrawal.

The highest break of the tournament was a 140 made by Willie Thorne during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 135 made by Neal Foulds.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner £24,000
Runner-up £14,000
Total £120,000

Main draw

{{cite web|title=1985 UK Championship Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=120|website=Snooker Database|accessdate=12 March 2020|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409035402/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=120|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=UK Championship|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071813/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=34|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=5 February 2013}}

{{64TeamBracket

| RD1=Last 64
Best of 17 frames

| RD2=Last 32
Best of 17 frames

| RD3=Last 16
Best of 17 frames

| RD4=Quarter-finals
Best of 17 frames

| RD5=Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames

| RD6=Final
Best of 31 frames

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD1-score01=9

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} Dessie Sheehan

| RD1-score02=1

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD1-score03=9

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Wildman

| RD1-score04=5

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

| RD1-score05=9

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Longworth

| RD1-score06=5

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Fowler

| RD1-score07=9

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Perrie Mans

| RD1-score08=2

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

| RD1-score09=9

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|CAN}} Mario Morra

| RD1-score10=2

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry West

| RD1-score11=9

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|IRL}} Eugene Hughes

| RD1-score12=3

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD1-score13=9

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Miles

| RD1-score14=4

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD1-score15=9

| RD1-seed16=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|NIR}} Tommy Murphy

| RD1-score16=7

| RD1-seed17=

| RD1-team17={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD1-score17=9

| RD1-seed18=

| RD1-team18={{flagicon|ENG}} Malcolm Bradley

| RD1-score18=4

| RD1-seed19=

| RD1-team19={{flagicon|WAL}} Tony Chappel

| RD1-score19=9

| RD1-seed20=

| RD1-team20={{flagicon|NZL}} Dene O'Kane

| RD1-score20=5

| RD1-seed21=

| RD1-team21={{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD1-score21=9

| RD1-seed22=

| RD1-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Edmonds

| RD1-score22=8

| RD1-seed23=

| RD1-team23={{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Davis

| RD1-score23=9

| RD1-seed24=

| RD1-team24={{flagicon|CAN}} Bill Werbeniuk

| RD1-score24=7

| RD1-seed25=

| RD1-team25={{flagicon|ENG}} David Taylor

| RD1-score25=9

| RD1-seed26=

| RD1-team26={{flagicon|CAN}} Bernie Mikkelsen

| RD1-score26=6

| RD1-seed27=

| RD1-team27={{flagicon|AUS}} John Campbell

| RD1-score27=9

| RD1-seed28=

| RD1-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Medati

| RD1-score28=7

| RD1-seed29=

| RD1-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles

| RD1-score29=9

| RD1-seed30=

| RD1-team30={{flagicon|NIR}} Joe O'Boye

| RD1-score30=5

| RD1-seed31=

| RD1-team31={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

| RD1-score31=9

| RD1-seed32=

| RD1-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Vic Harris

| RD1-score32=5

| RD1-seed33=

| RD1-team33={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD1-score33=9

| RD1-seed34=

| RD1-team34={{flagicon|ENG}} Les Dodd

| RD1-score34=4

| RD1-seed35=

| RD1-team35={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD1-score35=9

| RD1-seed36=

| RD1-team36={{flagicon|SCO}} Eddie Sinclair

| RD1-score36=2

| RD1-seed37=

| RD1-team37={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD1-score37=9

| RD1-seed38=

| RD1-team38={{flagicon|IRL}} Paddy Browne

| RD1-score38=6

| RD1-seed39=

| RD1-team39={{flagicon|ENG}} John Virgo

| RD1-score39=9

| RD1-seed40=

| RD1-team40={{flagicon|WAL}} Wayne Jones

| RD1-score40=7

| RD1-seed41=

| RD1-team41={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Silvino Francisco

| RD1-score41=9

| RD1-seed42=

| RD1-team42={{flagicon|CAN}} Jim Wych

| RD1-score42=8

| RD1-seed43=

| RD1-team43={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Martin

| RD1-score43=9

| RD1-seed44=

| RD1-team44={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Darrington

| RD1-score44=3

| RD1-seed45=

| RD1-team45={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD1-score45=9

| RD1-seed46=

| RD1-team46={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Jones

| RD1-score46=5

| RD1-seed47=

| RD1-team47={{flagicon|ENG}} Dean Reynolds

| RD1-score47=9

| RD1-seed48=

| RD1-team48={{flagicon|NIR}} Jack McLaughlin

| RD1-score48=7

| RD1-seed49=

| RD1-team49={{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens

| RD1-score49=9

| RD1-seed50=

| RD1-team50={{flagicon|WAL}} Steve Newbury

| RD1-score50=7

| RD1-seed51=

| RD1-team51={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

| RD1-score51=9

| RD1-seed52=

| RD1-team52={{flagicon|ENG}} Jim Meadowcroft

| RD1-score52=1

| RD1-seed53=

| RD1-team53={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Peter Francisco

| RD1-score53=9

| RD1-seed54=

| RD1-team54={{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Charlton

| RD1-score54=5

| RD1-seed55=

| RD1-team55={{flagicon|ENG}} Rex Williams

| RD1-score55=9

| RD1-seed56=

| RD1-team56={{flagicon|AUS}} Warren King

| RD1-score56=5

| RD1-seed57=

| RD1-team57={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson

| RD1-score57=9

| RD1-seed58=

| RD1-team58={{flagicon|THA}} Sakchai Sim Ngam

| RD1-score58=4

| RD1-seed59=

| RD1-team59={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds

| RD1-score59=9

| RD1-seed60=

| RD1-team60={{flagicon|IRL}} Patsy Fagan

| RD1-score60=5

| RD1-seed61=

| RD1-team61={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD1-score61=9

| RD1-seed62=

| RD1-team62={{flagicon|CAN}} Jim Bear

| RD1-score62=3

| RD1-seed63=

| RD1-team63={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Cripsey

| RD1-score63=9

| RD1-seed64=

| RD1-team64={{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Wilson

| RD1-score64=7

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD2-score01=9

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

| RD2-score03=9

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Fowler

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy

| RD2-score05=4

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry West

| RD2-score06=9

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD2-score08=9

| RD2-seed09=

| RD2-team09={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD2-score09=9

| RD2-seed10=

| RD2-team10={{flagicon|WAL}} Tony Chappel

| RD2-score10=5

| RD2-seed11=

| RD2-team11={{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD2-score11=9

| RD2-seed12=

| RD2-team12={{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Davis

| RD2-score12=2

| RD2-seed13=

| RD2-team13={{flagicon|ENG}} David Taylor

| RD2-score13=9

| RD2-seed14=

| RD2-team14={{flagicon|AUS}} John Campbell

| RD2-score14=4

| RD2-seed15=

| RD2-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles

| RD2-score15=9

| RD2-seed16=

| RD2-team16={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

| RD2-score16=7

| RD2-seed17=

| RD2-team17={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD2-score17=9

| RD2-seed18=

| RD2-team18={{flagicon|ENG}} John Parrott

| RD2-score18=6

| RD2-seed19=

| RD2-team19={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD2-score19=9

| RD2-seed20=

| RD2-team20={{flagicon|ENG}} John Virgo

| RD2-score20=8

| RD2-seed21=

| RD2-team21={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Silvino Francisco

| RD2-score21=9

| RD2-seed22=

| RD2-team22={{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Martin

| RD2-score22=6

| RD2-seed23=

| RD2-team23={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD2-score23=9

| RD2-seed24=

| RD2-team24={{flagicon|ENG}} Dean Reynolds

| RD2-score24=7

| RD2-seed25=

| RD2-team25={{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens

| RD2-score25=9

| RD2-seed26=

| RD2-team26={{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Hallett

| RD2-score26=5

| RD2-seed27=

| RD2-team27={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Peter Francisco

| RD2-score27=7

| RD2-seed28=

| RD2-team28={{flagicon|ENG}} Rex Williams

| RD2-score28=9

| RD2-seed29=

| RD2-team29={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson

| RD2-score29=8

| RD2-seed30=

| RD2-team30={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds

| RD2-score30=9

| RD2-seed31=

| RD2-team31={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD2-score31=9

| RD2-seed32=

| RD2-team32={{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Cripsey

| RD2-score32=2

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD3-score01=9

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Meo

| RD3-score02=5

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry West

| RD3-score03=9

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SCO}} Murdo MacLeod

| RD3-score04=4

| RD3-seed05=

| RD3-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD3-score05=9

| RD3-seed06=

| RD3-team06={{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD3-score06=6

| RD3-seed07=

| RD3-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} David Taylor

| RD3-score07=7

| RD3-seed08=

| RD3-team08={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles

| RD3-score08=9

| RD3-seed09=

| RD3-team09={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD3-score09=7

| RD3-seed10=

| RD3-team10={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD3-score10=9

| RD3-seed11=

| RD3-team11={{flagicon|South Africa|1982}} Silvino Francisco

| RD3-score11=5

| RD3-seed12=

| RD3-team12={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD3-score12=9

| RD3-seed13=

| RD3-team13={{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens

| RD3-score13=9

| RD3-seed14=

| RD3-team14={{flagicon|ENG}} Rex Williams

| RD3-score14=7

| RD3-seed15=

| RD3-team15={{flagicon|ENG}} Neal Foulds

| RD3-score15=5

| RD3-seed16=

| RD3-team16={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD3-score16=9

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD4-score01=9

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Barry West

| RD4-score02=1

| RD4-seed03=

| RD4-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD4-score03=9

| RD4-seed04=

| RD4-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles

| RD4-score04=4

| RD4-seed05=

| RD4-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD4-score05=9

| RD4-seed06=

| RD4-team06={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD4-score06=7

| RD4-seed07=

| RD4-team07={{flagicon|CAN}} Kirk Stevens

| RD4-score07=1

| RD4-seed08=

| RD4-team08={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD4-score08=9

| RD5-seed01=

| RD5-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD5-score01=9

| RD5-seed02=

| RD5-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD5-score02=5

| RD5-seed03=

| RD5-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD5-score03=9

| RD5-seed04=

| RD5-team04={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD5-score04=7

| RD6-seed01=

| RD6-team01={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD6-score01=16

| RD6-seed02=

| RD6-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD6-score02=14

}}

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 30 November and 1 December 1985.

width="230" align="right" | Steve Davis
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 16–14

| width="230" | Willie Thorne
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | First session: 76–25, 23–112 (112), 84–47, 0–90, 34–98 (70), 6–83 (69), 78–1
Second session: 85–4, 0–122 (121), 121–5 (104), 11–95 (87), 30–101 (66), 71–67 (Thorne 67), 39–75 (63)
Third session: 59–88, 56–69 (Davis 56, Thorne 68), 0–135 (115), 30–75 (61), 80–0 (76), 89–25 (64), 0–98
Fourth session: 68–59, 63–1 (63), 70–13, 71–10, 69–41, 12–96 (96), 129–1 (86), 64–19, 70–19

align="right" |104

| align="center" | Highest break

| 121

align="right" | 1

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 3

align="right" | 6

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 12

Century breaks

140, 121, 115, 112, 112, 104, 102 {{ndash}} Willie Thorne
137, 101 {{ndash}} Alex Higgins
136, 130, 105 {{ndash}} Neal Foulds
135 {{ndash}} Dennis Taylor
134, 103 {{ndash}} Peter Francisco
130 {{ndash}} Mario Morra
128, 115 {{ndash}} Cliff Thorburn
128, 111, 109 {{ndash}} Terry Griffiths
127, 122, 115, 106, 104, 102 {{ndash}} Steve Davis
122 {{ndash}} Steve Newbury
119, 108, 104, 103 {{ndash}} John Virgo
110 {{ndash}} Omprakesh Agrawal
109 {{ndash}} John Spencer
109 {{ndash}} Kirk Stevens
107, 107, 101, 100 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
106 {{ndash}} John Campbell
105 {{ndash}} Joe Johnson
101 {{ndash}} Ray Edmonds
101 {{ndash}} Warren King

References

1985

UK Championship