Terry Griffiths
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1978; Last season as pro: 1996; Ranking wins: 1;
1996/1997 | ||||||||||
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World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1997) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Mark J Williams (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Terry Griffiths (a) | This was Griffith's last ever professional match. | ||||
This was Williams' first time at the crucible. |
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World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 8 | Alfie Burden (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1995/1996 | ||||||||||
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1996) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Terry Griffiths (a) | Griffiths seventh loss in seven matches against Davis at the Crucible | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Jamie Burnett (a) | Griffiths won his first round match for the 14th time in a row (the first being in 1983), a record that was beaten in 2018 by Ronnie O'Sullivan. | ||||
German Open (3-10 Dec 1995) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Rod Lawler (a) | 5 | - | 0 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1994/1995 | ||||||||||
World Championship (14-30 Apr 1995) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Gary Wilkinson (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Alain Robidoux (a) | |||||
Masters (5-12 Feb 1995) | ||||||||||
QF | Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Steve Davis (a) | |||||
1993/1994 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Nigel Bond (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 7 | Mark Davis (a) | |||||
Masters (6-13 Feb 1994) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Steve James (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1992/1993 | ||||||||||
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 1993) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Dennis Taylor (a) | 13 | - | 11 | Terry Griffiths (a) | record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 6 | David Roe (a) | |||||
Masters (7-14 Feb 1993) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Steve James (a) | 5 | - | 0 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1991/1992 | ||||||||||
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992) | ||||||||||
SF | Stephen Hendry (a) | 16 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | biggest semi-final victory at the World Championship, until it was superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 when he defeated Hendry 17-4 | ||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 7 | Peter Ebdon (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 7 | Neal Foulds (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 8 | Bob Chaperon (a) | |||||
Masters (2-9 Feb 1992) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Neal Foulds (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
World Seniors Championship (18-22 Sep 1991) | ||||||||||
SF | Cliff Wilson (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Murdo MacLeod (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 0 | Fred Davis (a) | |||||
1990/1991 | ||||||||||
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991) | ||||||||||
QF | John Parrott (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alan McManus (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 3 | Barry Pinches (a) | |||||
Masters (3-10 Feb 1991) | ||||||||||
SF | Mike Hallett (a) | 6 | - | 3 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 2 | John Parrott (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Dennis Taylor (a) | |||||
Shoot-Out (26-28 Sep 1990) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Mike Hallett (a) | 115 | - | 0 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1989/1990 | ||||||||||
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990) | ||||||||||
QF | Jimmy White | 13 | - | 5 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Tony Knowles (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Nigel Gilbert (a) | This was Gilbert's 1st Crucible appearance. | ||||
Masters (4-11 Feb 1990) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Tony Knowles (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1988/1989 | ||||||||||
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989) | ||||||||||
QF | Stephen Hendry | 13 | - | 5 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Silvino Francisco (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Bob Chaperon (a) | |||||
Masters (21-29 Jan 1989) | ||||||||||
QF | Stephen Hendry | 5 | - | 3 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Silvino Francisco (a) | |||||
1987/1988 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988) | ||||||||||
Final | Steve Davis (a) | 18 | - | 11 | Terry Griffiths (a) | It was Davis's sixth successive final, and Griffith's first since his win in 1979. Davis had won fifteen of the previous nineteen matches between the pair. It was Davis's fourth win in six ranking tournaments in the 1987�88 snooker season, a period in which he also won the 1988 Masters and the 1988 Irish Masters, and he became first player to win all of the snooker "Triple Crown" events in a single season. | ||||
Session 1: Referee: John Williams |
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SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 16 | - | 11 | Jimmy White | re-spotted black in frame 25 | ||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Neal Foulds (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Willie Thorne (a) | Griffiths reached the QF for the fifth year in succession | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 1 | Steve Longworth (a) | |||||
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988) | ||||||||||
QF | Steve Davis (a) | 5 | - | 0 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Silvino Francisco (a) | |||||
1986/1987 | ||||||||||
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987) | ||||||||||
QF | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Jim Wych (a) | |||||
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1985/1986 | ||||||||||
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986) | ||||||||||
QF | Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 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. | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 2 | Danny Fowler (a) | |||||
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986) | ||||||||||
QF | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1984/1985 | ||||||||||
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985) | ||||||||||
QF | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 7 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 3 | Rex Williams (a) | |||||
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985) | ||||||||||
SF | Doug Mountjoy (a) | 6 | - | 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | |||||
1983/1984 | ||||||||||
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984) | ||||||||||
QF | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 5 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 2 | Paul Mifsud (a) | Mifsud's 1st time at the Crucible | ||||
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984) | ||||||||||
Final | Jimmy White | 9 | - | 5 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
106-1, 85-16 (79), 59-51, 68-52, 77-16 (76), 60-66 (JW 53), 24-96 (59), 8-71, 96-11, 65-13, 69-55, 7-71, 20-74, 67-41 Referee: John Street |
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SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 6 | - | 4 | Tony Knowles (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 4 | John Spencer (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | |||||
1982/1983 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Terry Griffiths (a) | Thorburn achieved the first maximum break at a World Snooker Championship in the fourth frame. He was only the second player after Davis at the 1982 Classic to make an official maximum. The final session of the match between Thorburn and Griffiths lasted more than seven hours and finished at 3:51 am,[33][34][35] which, at the end of the 2019 Championship, still stood as the latest finish for a snooker match at the Crucible, and at 6 hours and 25 minutes, the longest session. | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 8 | Mark Wildman (a) | |||||
Masters (23-30 Jan 1983) | ||||||||||
QF | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Kirk Stevens (a) | |||||
1981/1982 | ||||||||||
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Willie Thorne (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Masters (26-31 Jan 1982) | ||||||||||
Final | Steve Davis (a) | 9 | - | 5 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
46-65, 96-11, 34-77, 102-29 (82), 90-19 (71), 4-84 (64), 93-17, 112-14 (55), 93-26 (69), 18-72 (72), 51-78, 70-51, 69-42, 65-57 Referee: John Street |
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SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 6 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Ray Reardon (a) | |||||
1980/1981 | ||||||||||
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981) | ||||||||||
QF | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Tony Meo (a) | The first session ended all-square at 4�4. | ||||
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981) | ||||||||||
SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 6 | - | 5 | John Spencer (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Fred Davis (a) | |||||
Final | Alex Higgins (a) | 9 | - | 6 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
117-10 (75), 38-69, 54-64, 62-47, 99-38, 58-31, 20-69, 69-10, 77-37, 75-39, 113-5, 0-136 (136), 31-97, 51-62, 85-48 Referee: John Smyth |
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Champion of Champions Group A (2-11 Oct 1980) | ||||||||||
Grp | Terry Griffiths (a) | 8 | - | 1 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | |||||
Grp | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Grp | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
Grp | Terry Griffiths (a) | 6 | - | 3 | Graham Miles (a) | |||||
1979/1980 | ||||||||||
World Championship (22-5 May 1980) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Masters (6-10 Feb 1980) | ||||||||||
Final | Terry Griffiths (a) | 9 | - | 5 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
67-39, 73-30 (73), 4-81 (81), 61-68, 104-15 (77), 61-67 (TG 52), 54-55, 102-25, 63-61 (TG 53), 58-70 (AH 70, TG 58), 75-49, 117-3 (51), 67-60, 131-0 (131) Referee: John Street |
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SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 0 | John Spencer (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | |||||
1978/1979 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16-28 Apr 1979) | ||||||||||
Final | Terry Griffiths (a) | 24 | - | 16 | Dennis Taylor (a) | Griffiths miscued three times in four shots during the first frame, but won it on the final pink. The match were close until 17-16. | ||||
67-51, 63-54, 37-66, 75-49 (56), 120-9 (120), 106-24, 66-71 (71, 66), 1-91, 45-64, 84-38, 22-66 (57), 60-10, 3-97 (69), 57-66, 89-40, 42-66, 32-83 (70), 69-49, 22-86, 16-92 (92), 94-31, 85-35, 12-84, 76-41 (51), 4-90 (84), 36-66, 94-15, 59-22, 54-67, 73-27, 60-53, 127-2 (64), 51-62, 67-24, 115-5 (71), 104-1, 77-16, 84-43, 117-0 (50+), 92-16 (56) Referee: John Williams |
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SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 19 | - | 17 | Eddie Charlton (a) | |||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | 3rd WC in a row where Higgins was defeated in a deciding frame. | ||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Perrie Mans (a) |