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Terry Griffiths

Nationality: Wales (Wales); Male; Born: 16 Oct 1947 (76 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1978; Last season as pro: 1996; Ranking wins: 1;


1996/1997
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1997)
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 10-9 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
This was Griffith's last ever professional match.

This was Williams' first time at the crucible.
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 8 England Alfie Burden (a) 10-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
1995/1996
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1996)
Rd 2 England Steve Davis (a) 13-8 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Griffiths seventh loss in seven matches against Davis at the Crucible
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-9 Scotland 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 England Rod Lawler (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
1994/1995
World Championship (14-30 Apr 1995)
Rd 2 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 13-9 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-6 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
Masters (5-12 Feb 1995)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
1993/1994
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994)
Rd 2 England Nigel Bond (a) 13-8 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-7 England Mark Davis (a)  
Masters (6-13 Feb 1994)
Rd 1 England Steve James (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1992/1993
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 1993)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-6 England David Roe (a)  
Masters (7-14 Feb 1993)
Rd 1 England Steve James (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
SF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 16-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
biggest semi-final victory at the World Championship, until it was superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2004 when he defeated Hendry 17-4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 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-7 England Peter Ebdon (a)  
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-7 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-8 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) Head to head
Masters (2-9 Feb 1992)
Rd 1 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
World Seniors Championship (18-22 Sep 1991)
SF Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England Fred Davis (a) Head to head
1990/1991
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991)
QF England John Parrott (a) 13-10 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-12 Scotland Alan McManus (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-3 England Barry Pinches (a)  
Masters (3-10 Feb 1991)
SF England Mike Hallett (a) 6-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Shoot-Out (26-28 Sep 1990)
Rd 1 England Mike Hallett (a) 115-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1989/1990
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990)
QF England Jimmy White 13-5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-4 England Nigel Gilbert (a)  
This was Gilbert's 1st Crucible appearance.
Masters (4-11 Feb 1990)
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry 13-5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-9 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-6 Canada Bob Chaperon (a) Head to head
Masters (21-29 Jan 1989)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
1987/1988
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988)
Final England Steve Davis (a) 18-11 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
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:
46-71, 53-52, 64-21, 76-25, 80-22, 78-0 (61), 1-86 (50), 56-60, 83-6 (83), 81-0 (81), 22-79, 9-82 (63), 60-63 (SD 59, TG 55), 61-70 (TG 57)

Session 2:
67-9 (66), 8-111 (65), 60-53, 56-33, 74-8, 10-68, 70-9, 79-31, 9-78 (57), 92-41 (92), 70-46, 118-4 (118), 28-87, 123-1 (123), 66-35 (66)

Referee: John Williams
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 16-11 England Jimmy White Head to head
re-spotted black in frame 25
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-9 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-9 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
Griffiths reached the QF for the fifth year in succession
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-1 England Steve Longworth (a)  
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 13-5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-10 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-4 Canada Jim Wych (a)  
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
QF England Joe Johnson (a) 13-12 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-12 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
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 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-2 England Danny Fowler (a)  
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986)
QF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
1984/1985
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 13-6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-7 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-3 England Rex Williams (a)  
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985)
SF Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 6-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 13-10 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-5 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-2 Malta Paul Mifsud (a)  
Mifsud's 1st time at the Crucible
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984)
Final England Jimmy White 9-5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head

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
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
1982/1983
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983)
Rd 2 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 13-12 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
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 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-8 England Mark Wildman (a)  
Masters (23-30 Jan 1983)
QF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Canada Kirk Stevens (a)  
1981/1982
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982)
Rd 1 England Willie Thorne (a) 10-6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Masters (26-31 Jan 1982)
Final England Steve Davis (a) 9-5 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head

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
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
1980/1981
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 13-9 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-6 England Tony Meo (a)  
The first session ended all-square at 4�4.
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981)
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-5 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Fred Davis (a) Head to head
Final Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 9-6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head

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
Champion of Champions Group A (2-11 Oct 1980)
Grp Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 8-1 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
Grp Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Grp Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Grp Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-3 England Graham Miles (a)  
1979/1980
World Championship (22-5 May 1980)
Rd 2 England Steve Davis (a) 13-10 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Masters (6-10 Feb 1980)
Final Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 9-5 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head

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
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England John Spencer (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
1978/1979
World Championship (16-28 Apr 1979)
Final Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 24-16 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
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
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 19-17 Australia Eddie Charlton (a)  
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-12 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
3rd WC in a row where Higgins was defeated in a deciding frame.
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-8 South Africa Perrie Mans (a)  
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