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Rothmans Grand Prix

Main Tour, Ranking

19-27 Oct 1985, Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England
Previous champion: Dennis Taylor (a) (1984)
See also: Results (63)

Final
England Steve Davis (a) 10-9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head

Session 1:
60-57, 67-53, 67-6, 102-0 (93), 32-88 (60), 67-51, 73-60, 11-81, 63-16
Session 2:
44-74, 28-64, 24-64, 16-13 (62), 8-108 (50), 10-56, 62-26, 60-18, 48-64, 71-30

Referee: John Smyth

Davis lead 6-1.
Semifinals
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 9-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
England Steve Davis (a) 9-5 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
Quarterfinals
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) Head to head
England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head

Decided on the final black.
Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a)  
Round 3
(Last 16)
1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-3 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-2 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
3 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-3 England Steve Longworth (a) Head to head
4 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Australia John Campbell (a) Head to head
5 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-1 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 South Africa Peter Francisco (a)  
7 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
8 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Round 2
(Last 32)
1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 England Rex Williams (a)  
2 England Tony Meo (a) 5-3 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a)  
3 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-2 England George Scott (a)  
4 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-3 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
5 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-2 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
6 England Steve Longworth (a) 5-1 England David Taylor (a)  
7 Australia John Campbell (a) 5-2 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a)  

Campbell's 119 in the first frame was the highest break of the tournament.
8 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Ray Edmonds (a) Head to head
9 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-2 England Mark Wildman (a)  
10 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-4 England Mike Hallett (a) Head to head
11 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-3 Wales Wayne Jones (a)  
12 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Bob Harris (a)  
13 England Jimmy White (a) 5-4 Ireland Joe O'Boye (a)  
14 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-3 England Dave Martin (a)  
15 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
16 England Steve Davis (a) 5-1 England Danny Fowler (a) Head to head
Round 1
(Last 64)
1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-1 England Barry West (a)  
2 England Rex Williams (a) 5-2 England Mike Watterson (a)  
3 England Tony Meo (a) 5-3 England Tony Jones (a)  
4 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) 5-1 Thailand Sakchai Sim Ngam (a)  
5 England George Scott (a) 5-4 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
6 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-1 England Roger Bales (a)  
7 Malta Tony Drago (a) 5-3 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a)  
8 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 5-1 England Geoff Foulds (a)  
9 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-0 Canada Gerry Watson (a)  
10 England Graham Miles (a) 5-3 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
11 England David Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Steve Newbury (a)  
12 England Steve Longworth (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a)  
13 Australia John Campbell (a) 5-4 South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg (a)  
14 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-1 Wales Tony Chappel (a) Head to head
15 England Ray Edmonds (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
16 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 Scotland Matt Gibson (a)  
17 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-0 England Bill Oliver (a)  
18 England Mark Wildman (a) 5-4 England Steve Duggan (a)  
19 England Joe Johnson (a) 5-2 England Dave Gilbert (a)  
20 England Mike Hallett (a) 5-3 Canada Bernie Mikkelsen (a)  
21 Wales Wayne Jones (a) 5-0 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
22 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-4 England John Virgo (a)  
23 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin (a)  
24 England Bob Harris (a) 5-4 England John Spencer (a)  
25 England Jimmy White (a) 5-0 England Jack Fitzmaurice (a)  
26 Ireland Joe O'Boye (a) 5-3 South Africa Perrie Mans (a)  
27 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-2 Ireland Billy Kelly (a)  
28 England Dave Martin (a) 5-2 Canada Mario Morra (a)  
29 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-1 England Vic Harris (a)  
30 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-0 England Mike Darrington (a)  
31 England Danny Fowler (a) 5-1 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a)  
32 England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 India Omprakesh Agrawal (a)  

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