Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 19 Apr - 5 May 1986;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Dennis Taylor (a);
Notes: See also results (31)
Final | ||||||||||
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Joe Johnson (a) | 18 | - | 12 | Steve Davis (a) | The two players had never previously played a professional match against each other. This was Johnson's only ranking event win in his career and he had never previously won a match at the Crucible. | |||||
24-85, 60-49, 0-108 (108); 14-111 (107); 70-0; 68-36; 74-14 (52); 13-66; 4-108 (84); 1-76 (53); 27-64; 72-20 (72); 95-22; 63-37; 76-8 (75); 0-137 (81); 85-26; 57-44; 66-11; 86-36 (61); 35-84 (52); 31-73; 70-40; 7-100 (100); 69-9; 52-63 (JJ 51); 49-32; 64-38 (54); 83-40; 86-27 (64) Referee: John Street |
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Semifinals | ||||||||||
Joe Johnson (a) | 16 | - | 8 | Tony Knowles (a) | ||||||
Steve Davis (a) | 16 | - | 12 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | Thorburn missed the 9th black in a maximum attempt in frame 6. 11-11 at the opening of session 4. | |||||
Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Terry Griffiths (a) | ||||||
Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Kirk Stevens (a) | ||||||
Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Willie Thorne (a) | During the match, Thorburn's second child was born in his native Canada. | |||||
Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 | Jimmy White | Davis' 134 in frame was the highest break of the tournament. | |||||
Round 2 (Last 16) |
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1 | Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Mike Hallett (a) | |||||
2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | Alex Higgins missed a black ball from its spot that would have put him 6�2 ahead of Terry Griffiths at the end of their first session. | ||||
3 | Kirk Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Eddie Charlton (a) | |||||
4 | Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Silvino Francisco (a) | |||||
5 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Eugene Hughes (a) | |||||
6 | Willie Thorne (a) | 13 | - | 9 | John Campbell (a) | |||||
7 | Jimmy White | 13 | - | 8 | John Parrott (a) | |||||
8 | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
Round 1 (Last 32) |
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1 | Mike Hallett (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Dennis Taylor (a) | |||||
2 | Joe Johnson (a) | 10 | - | 3 | Dave Martin (a) | |||||
3 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 7 | John Spencer (a) | |||||
4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 2 | Danny Fowler (a) | |||||
5 | Kirk Stevens (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Dean Reynolds (a) | |||||
6 | Eddie Charlton (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Cliff Wilson (a) | |||||
7 | Silvino Francisco (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Rex Williams (a) | |||||
8 | Tony Knowles (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Neal Foulds (a) | |||||
9 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | |||||
10 | Eugene Hughes (a) | 10 | - | 7 | David Taylor (a) | |||||
11 | Willie Thorne (a) | 10 | - | 8 | Stephen Hendry | |||||
12 | John Campbell (a) | 10 | - | 8 | Ray Reardon (a) | |||||
13 | Jimmy White | 10 | - | 7 | John Virgo (a) | |||||
14 | John Parrott (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Tony Meo (a) | |||||
15 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | 10 | - | 3 | Perrie Mans (a) | |||||
16 | Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Ray Edmonds (a) |