1986 Masters (snooker)

{{short description|Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Jan/Feb 1986}}

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1986 Benson & Hedges Masters

|dates={{Start and end dates|1986|01|26|1986|02|2|df=y}}

|venue=Wembley Conference Centre

|location=London

|country=England

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£175,000

|winners_share=£45,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}} (138)

|winner={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

|score=9–5

|previous=1985

|next=1987

}}

The 1986 Masters (officially the 1986 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 January and 2 February 1986 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The top 16 ranked players took part in the competition.

Cliff Thorburn made history in the competition, when he became the first player to retain the title by defeating Jimmy White 9–5 in the final. It was also Thorburn's third and last Masters title.{{cite web|title=The Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107160419/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/masters.html|archivedate=7 January 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=23 October 2010}}

Earlier in the tournament the last 16 match between Eddie Charlton and Kirk Stevens, which took place on the afternoon of 28 January, had to stop play at 19:20 when the players were level at 4–4 to make way for that day's evening match between Jimmy White and Tony Meo, which was due to start at 19:30. That match started an hour later due to a settling crowd. The White/Meo ended 5–4 to the Whirlwind and then the Charlton/Stevens match resumed just after midnight with Charlton taking the last frame to a 5–4 win, taking him to play Tony Knowles in the quarter-finals, which he lost in another final frame decider 4–5. This was to be Charlton's last Masters appearance as he lost his top 16 place at the end of the season. The same happened with David Taylor too, who lost against Steve Davis in the last 16.

Field

Defending champion Cliff Thorburn was the number 1 seed with World Champion Dennis Taylor seeded 2.{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=11 January 1986 |page=21 |title=Snooker - First round draw}} The remaining places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Silvino Francisco was making his debut in the Masters.

Main draw

{{cite web|title=1986 Masters Results|url=http://snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=86|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=23 October 2010|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055642/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=86|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=The Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60|archivedate=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=8 August 2012}}

{{16TeamBracket

| seed-width =

| team-width = 180

| score-width =

| RD1= Last 16
Best of 9 frames

| RD2= Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

| RD3= Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD4= Final
Best of 17 frames

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{flagathlete|Cliff Thorburn|CAN}}

| RD1-score01=5

| RD1-seed02=16

| RD1-team02={{flagathlete|Joe Johnson|ENG}}

| RD1-score02=3

| RD1-seed03=8

| RD1-team03={{flagathlete|Terry Griffiths|WAL}}

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-seed04=9

| RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}}

| RD1-score04=4

| RD1-seed05=5

| RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Kirk Stevens|CAN}}

| RD1-score05=4

| RD1-seed06=12

| RD1-team06={{flagathlete|Eddie Charlton|AUS}}

| RD1-score06=5

| RD1-seed07=4

| RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Tony Knowles|ENG}}

| RD1-score07=5

| RD1-seed08=13

| RD1-team08={{flagathlete|Silvino Francisco|RSA|1982}}

| RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}

| RD1-score09=5

| RD1-seed10=14

| RD1-team10={{flagathlete|David Taylor|ENG}}

| RD1-score10=4

| RD1-seed11=6

| RD1-team11={{flagathlete|Ray Reardon|WAL}}

| RD1-score11=4

| RD1-seed12=11

| RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Willie Thorne|ENG}}

| RD1-score12=5

| RD1-seed13=7

| RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}

| RD1-score13=5

| RD1-seed14=10

| RD1-team14={{flagathlete|Tony Meo|ENG}}

| RD1-score14=4

| RD1-seed15=2

| RD1-team15={{flagathlete|Dennis Taylor|NIR}}

| RD1-score15=5

| RD1-seed16=15

| RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Doug Mountjoy|WAL}}

| RD1-score16=2

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD2-score01=5

| RD2-seed02=8

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|WAL}} Terry Griffiths

| RD2-score02=2

| RD2-seed03=12

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|AUS}} Eddie Charlton

| RD2-score03=4

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Knowles

| RD2-score04=5

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD2-score05=5

| RD2-seed06=11

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-seed07=7

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD2-score07=5

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD3-score01=6

| RD3-seed02=4

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

| RD3-score02=4

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Davis

| RD3-score03=3

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD3-score04=6

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn

| RD4-score01=9

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

| RD4-score02=5

}}

Final

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

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 2 February 1986.

width="230" align="right" | Cliff Thorburn
{{CAN}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–5

| width="230" | Jimmy White
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | First session: 35–68, 75–29, 68–25, 70–27, 21–90 (75), 69–14, 61–52, 9–65, 63–53 (Thorburn 61, White 53), 56–69, 12–76, 73–16, 65–60 (Thorburn 52, White 59), 68–33

align="right" | 61

| align="center" | Highest break

| 75

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 3

Century breaks

Total: 5

138, 110 {{ndash}} Willie Thorne
132 {{ndash}} Steve Davis
106 {{ndash}} Jimmy White
101 {{ndash}} Eddie Charlton

References

Category:Masters (snooker)

Masters Snooker

Category:January 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom

Masters