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Tony Knowles
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Male; England (England); Born: 13 Jun 1955 (age )
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1980; Last season as pro: 2000; Ranking wins: 2; Highest ranking: 2; Twitter: @tonyknowles8; Other sources: CueTracker; Wikipedia
Other: He was one of a group of players known as the Magnificent Seven managed by Henry West, the others being Joe Johnson, Terry Whitthread, Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Tony Meo, and Jimmy White.

261 matches listed

2025/2026
Q School 2 (26‑31 May 2026)
Rd 2 England Haydon Pinhey 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (20‑25 May 2026)
Rd 2 England Sean O'Sullivan (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
2024/2025
Q School 2 (27 May - 1 Jun 2025)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 England Danny Brindle (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (21‑26 May 2025)
Rd 1 England William Lemons (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (7‑11 May 2025)
Rd 1 Australia Hassan Kerde (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
WSF Championship - V (24‑27 Jan 2025)
Grp Brazil Victor Sarkis (a) 3-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Grp England Tony Knowles (a) 3-0 Romania Mario Paun (a)   Details 
Grp Morocco Louafi Anas (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Grp Jamaica Rory McLeod (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
2023/2024
Q School 2 (27 May - 1 Jun 2024)
Rd 2 England Martyn Taylor (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-3 Scotland Jack Borwick (a) Head to head Details 
Q School 1 (21‑26 May 2024)
Rd 1 Scotland Jack Borwick (a) 4-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 

Decided on the pink.
World Seniors Championship (8‑12 May 2024)
Rd 1 England Stuart Watson (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 

Watson (current Seniors #1) replaces Mohamed Khairy who withdrew due to visa issues.
WSF Championship (3‑11 Feb 2024)
Rd 1 Austria Oskar Charlesworth (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
WSF Championship - G (3‑11 Feb 2024)
Grp England Tony Knowles (a) 3-1 Spain Juan Pedro Duran (a)   Details 
Grp England Tony Knowles (a) 3-0 Morocco Faggane El Mehdi (a)   Details 
Grp Thailand Wiphu Phuthisabodi (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Grp England Tony Knowles (a) 3-0 Libya Seraj Eldughrey (a)   Details 
2022/2023
Q School 2 (1‑6 Jun 2023)
Rd 2 England Wayne Townsend (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (26‑31 May 2023)
Rd 2 Jersey Gary Britton (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (3‑7 May 2023)
Rd 1 England Mark Davis 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
Knowles replaced Mohamed Khairy who had visa issues
2021/2022
Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
Rd 3 Wales Daniel Wells (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-3 England Andrew Turner (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (22‑27 May 2022)
Rd 3 England Joshua Thomond (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-3 Wales Marc Shaw (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (16‑21 May 2022)
Rd 2 England Lewis Ullah (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (4‑8 May 2022)
Rd 1 Wales Lee Walker 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q Tour 4 (18‑20 Mar 2022)
Rd 1 England Aidan Murphy (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a) [54]   Details 
Q Tour 3 (28‑30 Jan 2022)
Rd 1 Israel Eden Sharav (a) [36] 3-1 England Tony Knowles (a) [50]   Details 
Q Tour 2 (10‑12 Dec 2021)
Rd 1 England Callum Beresford (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q Tour 1 (19‑21 Nov 2021)
Rd 1 England John Astley (a) 3-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
2020/2021
Q School 3 (8‑13 Jun 2021)
Rd 4 England Mark Lloyd (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 England Sean O'Sullivan (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-3 England Ryan Roberts (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-0 England Garry Coulson (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (2‑7 Jun 2021)
Rd 1 Wales Kishan Hirani (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (27 May - 1 Jun 2021)
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Raymond Fry (a) 4-3 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-0 England Craig Steadman (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 England Bradley Cowdroy (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (6‑9 May 2021)
Rd 1 England Jimmy White 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
2019/2020
World Seniors Championship (19‑22 Aug 2020)
Rd 1 England Peter Lines 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (15‑18 Aug 2019)
Rd 1 China Chen Gang (a) 3-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
2017/2018
Seniors Masters (12 Apr 2018)
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Seniors (21‑24 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 Ireland Johnny Farrell (a) 3-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
UK Seniors (23‑26 Oct 2017)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 3-2 England Gary Filtness (a)  
2016/2017
Q School 2 (15‑20 May 2017)
Rd 3 Wales Jamie Clarke (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 England Paul Burrell (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 England Ben Robinson (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (9‑14 May 2017)
Rd 2 England Danny Connolly (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-0 England Russell Morgan (a)   Details 
World Seniors (22‑24 Mar 2017)
Rd 1 England Johnathan Bagley (a) 3-2 England Tony Knowles (a) [7]  
2015/2016
World Seniors Qual (21‑22 Dec 2015)
Q Rd 2 England Mark Davis 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
2014/2015
World Seniors Quals (20‑21 Dec 2014)
Q Rd 1 England Jamie Rous (a) 2-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
2013/2014
World Seniors Championship (19‑20 Oct 2013)
Rd 1 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 2-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
2012/2013
World Championship Qual (4‑14 Apr 2013)
Q Rd 2 England Justin Astley (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
World Seniors Championship (27‑28 Oct 2012)
QF England Nigel Bond 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 2-1 England Karl Townsend (a)   Details 

86 by Townsend
2011/2012
Q School 3 (25‑29 May 2012)
Rd 2 Bahrain Habib Subah Humood (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) w/o England Sean O'Sullivan (a) Head to head  

O'Sullivan qualified from Event Two.
Q School 2 (19‑23 May 2012)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilson (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (13‑17 May 2012)
Rd 1 England Nick Dyson (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
World Seniors Championship (5‑6 Nov 2011)
Rd 1 England Jimmy White 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head Details 
PTC 8 (20‑23 Oct 2011)
Q Rd 1 Ireland Robert Murphy (a) w/o England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 7 (5‑9 Oct 2011)
Q Rd 1 England James McGouran (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 5 (21‑25 Sep 2011)
Q Rd 1 England Mitchell Mann (a) w/o England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 4 (25‑28 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 2 Germany Lasse Münstermann (a) w/o England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 3 (17‑21 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 3 England Ben Harrison (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-0 England Les Dodd (a) Head to head
PTC 2 (6‑10 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 1 England Nick Jennings (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 1 (18‑22 Jun 2011)
Q Rd 1 England Ian Glover (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
2010/2011
Q School 3 (23‑28 May 2011)
Rd 1 India Brijesh Damani (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (17‑22 May 2011)
Rd 2 China Li Yan (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-1 Pakistan Najm Khan (a)  
Q School 1 (11‑16 May 2011)
Rd 1 England Mike Hallett (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (3‑13 Mar 2011)
Q Rd 1 England Del Smith (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Euro PTC 6 (19‑21 Nov 2010)
Rd 1 England Joe Jogia [64] 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Euro PTC 5 (12‑14 Nov 2010)
Rd 1 Wales Matthew Stevens [17] w/o England Tony Knowles (a)  
Euro PTC 4 (28‑31 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [6] 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Euro PTC 3 (22‑24 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 England Tom Ford [35] 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 6 (14‑17 Oct 2010)
Q Rd 1 England Farakh Ajaib (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 5 (7‑10 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham [25] 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 4-0 United Arab Emirates Eissa Al Sayed (a)  
Euro PTC 2 (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2010)
Q Rd 2 France Yannick Poulain (a) 4-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Euro PTC 1 (26‑29 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 1 Germany Markus Hertle (a) w/o England Tony Knowles (a)  
World Open Qual (21‑24 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 1 Wales Jamie Jones [79] 3-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 4 (14‑16 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 2 England Lee Page (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 3 (6‑8 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 2 England Chris Norbury (a) 4-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
PTC 2 (9‑11 Jul 2010)
Q Rd 1 England Mitchell Travis (a) 4-2 England Tony Knowles (a)  
World Seniors Championship Qual (29‑30 May 2010)
Q Rd 1 Malta Tony Drago 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
2008/2009
World Championship Qual 1 (5‑25 Feb 2009)
Q Rd 4 Ireland Rodney Goggins 10-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Q Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-9 England Stefan Mazrocis  
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Phil Seaton (a) Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Ali Bassiri (a) Head to head
2007/2008
World Championship Qual 1 (3‑11 Jan 2008)
Q Rd 3 England Sean Storey (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  

73-21, 73-25, 70-52, 77-26, 77-45 (54)
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Ali Bassiri (a) Head to head

73-18, 68-8, 69-8, 67-34, 50-53, 67-0
2006/2007
World Championship Qualifier Preliminary Rounds (23 Feb 2007)
Q Rd 1 England Del Smith (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head

74-38, 57-48, 35-66, 41-91, 66-27, 42-55, 64-23, 7-55, 68-41
2005/2006
World Quals 1-3 (6‑7 Jan 2006)
Q Rd 3 Netherlands Gerrit bij de Leij (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 England Phil Seaton (a) Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Les Dodd (a) Head to head
2000/2001
World Championship Qual (20 Feb - 4 Mar 2001)
Q Rd 4 England Jimmy Michie (a) 10-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Q Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-9 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-4 Ireland Colm Gilcreest (a)  
1999/2000
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 2000)
Q Rd 2 England Dean Reynolds (a) 10-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-8 Scotland Chris Shade (a)  
1998/1999
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 1999)
Q Rd 4 Ireland Michael Judge (a) 10-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Q Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-5 Scotland Marcus Campbell (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-7 England Avtar Sohanpal (a)  
1996/1997
British Open (27 Mar - 5 Apr 1997)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 6 England Barry Pinches (a) 10-6 England Tony Knowles (a)  
1995/1996
British Open (1‑8 Apr 1996)
Rd 3 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Jimmy Michie (a) Head to head
Thailand Open (11‑17 Mar 1996)
Rd 1 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-1 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (1 Jan - 22 Mar 1996)
Q Rd 4 Scotland Drew Henry (a) 10-8 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Grand Prix (16‑29 Oct 1995)
Rd 1 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
1994/1995
British Open (1‑9 Apr 1995)
Rd 2 England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Nick Dyson (a) Head to head
Thailand Open (10‑18 Mar 1995)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (4‑20 Jan 1995)
Q Rd 4 England Stephen Lee (a) 10-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1994)
Rd 2 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a) Head to head
1993/1994
British Open (30 Mar - 7 Apr 1994)
Rd 1 England Darryn Walker (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Thailand Open (4‑12 Mar 1994)
Rd 1 England Steve Davis (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (8‑19 Jan 1994)
Q Rd 4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 10-9 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (18‑31 Oct 1993)
QF Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Brian Morgan (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
1992/1993
Asian Open (13‑20 Mar 1993)
Rd 2 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 England Peter Ebdon (a) Head to head
British Open (22 Feb - 6 Mar 1993)
Rd 1 England Craig Edwards (a) 5-1 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Grand Prix (12‑25 Oct 1992)
Rd 1 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a)  
World Championship Qual (20 Jun - 24 Sep 1992)
Q Rd 4 England John Giles (a) 10-6 England Tony Knowles (a)  
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-4 England Mark Johnston-Allen (a)  

This was Johnston-Allen's first time at the crucible.
British Open (17‑29 Feb 1992)
Rd 2 Canada Alain Robidoux (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a) Head to head
Asian Open (14‑19 Jan 1992)
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Danny Fowler (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Sean Lynskey (a)  
Classic (1‑11 Jan 1992)
Rd 1 England Les Dodd (a) 5-1 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (14‑27 Oct 1991)
Rd 1 England Peter Ebdon (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
1990/1991
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991)
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-1 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-8 England John Virgo (a)  
World Championship Qual (22 Mar - 1 Apr 1991)
Q Rd 5 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-2 Canada Jim Wych (a) Head to head
British Open (17 Feb - 2 Mar 1991)
Rd 3 England Tony Jones (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Mark Bennett (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Jason Prince (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑12 Jan 1991)
Rd 1 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Asian Open (29 Oct - 3 Nov 1990)
Rd 1 England Les Dodd (a) 5-1 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (8‑21 Oct 1990)
Rd 2 England Ken Owers (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Shoot-Out (26‑28 Sep 1990)
QF England Mike Hallett (a) 50-37 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 4 England Tony Knowles (a) 66-16 England Dean Reynolds (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 76-64 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 120-0 England Martin Clark (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 87-30 Scotland Eddie Sinclair (a)  
1989/1990
World Championship (13‑29 Apr 1990)
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-4 Wales Tony Chappel (a)  
British Open (18 Feb - 3 Mar 1990)
Rd 3 England Les Dodd (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Canada Brady Gollan (a)  
Masters (4‑11 Feb 1990)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Classic (2‑13 Jan 1990)
Rd 1 Australia John Campbell (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (9‑22 Oct 1989)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Martin Clark (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Ray Edmonds (a) Head to head
Asian Open (17‑27 Aug 1989)
Rd 3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
Rd 1 England David Roe (a) 10-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
British Open (1 Feb - 5 Mar 1989)
Rd 2 England Barry West (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Canada Jim Wych (a) Head to head
Masters (21‑29 Jan 1989)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Mike Hallett (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑15 Jan 1989)
Rd 3 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Dean Reynolds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1988)
Rd 3 England Nigel Gilbert (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Dean Reynolds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Ireland Joe O'Boye (a)  
1987/1988
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 13-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-7 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-8 England Danny Fowler (a) Head to head
British Open (21 Feb - 6 Mar 1988)
Rd 2 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Scotland Matt Gibson (a) Head to head
Masters (24‑31 Jan 1988)
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑10 Jan 1988)
SF England John Parrott (a) 9-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Dave Martin (a)  
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Jon Wright (a)  
Grand Prix (17‑25 Oct 1987)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England David Roe (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin (a)  
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
Rd 1 England Mike Hallett (a) 10-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
British Open (15 Feb - 1 Mar 1987)
SF England Neal Foulds (a) 9-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 England Dean Reynolds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Danny Fowler (a) Head to head
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Rd 1 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (18‑26 Oct 1986)
QF South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 South Africa Peter Francisco (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England David Roe (a) Head to head
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
SF England Joe Johnson (a) 16-8 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 13-9 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-10 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-9 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
British Open (16 Feb - 2 Mar 1986)
Rd 2 Canada Jim Wych (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Ian Williamson (a) Head to head
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986)
SF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 6-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Classic (3‑12 Jan 1986)
Rd 1 England Rex Williams (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (19‑27 Oct 1985)
SF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 9-6 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head

Decided on the final black.
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Australia John Campbell (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Ray Edmonds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 Scotland Matt Gibson (a) Head to head
1984/1985
World Championship (12‑28 Apr 1985)
SF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 16-5 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 13-10 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-6 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-8 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
British Open (17 Feb - 3 Mar 1985)
Rd 3 England Tony Meo (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Steve Longworth (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 6-2 England Douglas French (a)  
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985)
Rd 1 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-3 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (20‑28 Oct 1984)
QF England Neal Foulds (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 England Ian Williamson (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England John Dunning (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Vic Harris (a)  
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-7 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Masters (22‑29 Jan 1984)
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Classic (8‑15 Jan 1984)
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-2 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 England Mike Hallett (a) Head to head
Professional Players Tournament (10‑21 Oct 1983)
Final England Tony Knowles (a) 9-8 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head

92-22 (59); 80-16 (75); 67-41; 26-81; 84-17 (56); 82-18 (67); 62-17; 0-135 (135); 58-61; 28-63; 78-32; 17-100 (61); 76-0; 39-90; 9-76 (54); 14-93; 73-33

This was Johnson's first ranking final. His 135 in frame 8 was the highest break of the tournament. Since then, he trailed Knowles 1-6. It was Knowles 2nd ranking final.
SF England Tony Knowles (a) 9-7 England Willie Thorne (a)  
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 5-3 Australia John Campbell (a) Head to head
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-0 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Rex Williams (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 England Paul Medati (a)  
1982/1983
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983)
SF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 16-15 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
QF England Tony Knowles (a) 13-9 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-12 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-3 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
Classic (9‑16 Jan 1983)
Rd 1 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Professional Players Tournament (11‑22 Oct 1982)
Rd 2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-4 England Tony Knowles (a)  
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 England Pat Houlihan (a)  
1981/1982
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982)
QF Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 13-11 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-7 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-1 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
1980/1981
World Championship (7‑20 Apr 1981)
Rd 1 England Graham Miles (a) 10-8 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head