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)
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Joe Johnson (a) | 18 | - | 12 | |
Steve Davis (a) |
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 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. | ||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Joe Johnson (a) | 16 | - | 8 | |
Tony Knowles (a) | ||||
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Steve Davis (a) | 16 | - | 12 |  |
Cliff Thorburn (a) |
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Thorburn missed the 9th black in a maximum attempt in frame 6. 11-11 at the opening of session 4. | ||
| Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
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Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 12 |  |
Terry Griffiths (a) | ||||
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Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 9 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) | ||||
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 6 | |
Willie Thorne (a) |
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During the match, Thorburn's second child was born in his native Canada. | ||
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Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 | |
Jimmy White |
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Davis' 134 in frame was the highest break of the tournament. | ||
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Round 2 (Last 16) |
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| 1 | |
Joe Johnson (a) | 13 | - | 6 | |
Mike Hallett (a) |
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| 2 | |
Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 |  |
Alex Higgins (a) |
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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) |
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| 4 | |
Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 10 |  |
Silvino Francisco (a) |
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| 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) |
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| 8 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) |
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Round 1 (Last 32) |
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| 1 | |
Mike Hallett (a) | 10 | - | 6 | |
Dennis Taylor (a) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 12 | |
John Campbell (a) | 10 | - | 8 | |
Ray Reardon (a) | |||
| 13 | |
Jimmy White | 10 | - | 7 | |
John Virgo (a) |
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| 14 | |
John Parrott (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Tony Meo (a) |
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| 15 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) | 10 | - | 3 | |
Perrie Mans (a) | |||
| 16 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Ray Edmonds (a) |
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