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Terry Griffiths
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Male; Wales (Wales); Born: 16 Oct 1947 Died: 1 Dec 2024 (77 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 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
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-9 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a)  
British Open (1‑8 Apr 1996)
Rd 1 England Stephen Lee (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Thailand Open (11‑17 Mar 1996)
Rd 1 England Jamie Woodman (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
German Open (3‑10 Dec 1995)
Rd 1 England Rod Lawler (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Grand Prix (16‑29 Oct 1995)
Rd 1 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
1994/1995
World Championship (14‑30 Apr 1995)
Rd 2 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 13-9 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-6 Canada Alain Robidoux (a)  
British Open (1‑9 Apr 1995)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Thailand Open (10‑18 Mar 1995)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
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
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1994)
Rd 2 England Andy Hicks (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England Steve Judd (a)  
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)  
British Open (30 Mar - 7 Apr 1994)
Rd 1 England Dave Harold (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Thailand Open (4‑12 Mar 1994)
Rd 2 Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England Jimmy Michie (a)  
Masters (6‑13 Feb 1994)
Rd 1 England Steve James (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (18‑31 Oct 1993)
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
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
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-6 England David Roe (a) Head to head
Asian Open (13‑20 Mar 1993)
Rd 1 England John Read (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
British Open (22 Feb - 6 Mar 1993)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Masters (7‑14 Feb 1993)
Rd 1 England Steve James (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (12‑25 Oct 1992)
SF Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 9-6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Mark Bennett (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Mike Hallett (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Les Dodd (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
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
British Open (17‑29 Feb 1992)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England Mark Johnston-Allen (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 England Ken Owers (a)  
Masters (2‑9 Feb 1992)
Rd 1 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Asian Open (14‑19 Jan 1992)
Rd 1 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑11 Jan 1992)
Rd 3 England Mike Hallett (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Jason Ferguson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England Roger Bales (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (14‑27 Oct 1991)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Steve James (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England Jason Ferguson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Andrew Cairns (a) Head to head
World Seniors Championship (18‑22 Sep 1991)
SF Wales Cliff Wilson (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 England Fred Davis (a) Head to head
Thailand Masters (22‑25 Aug 1991)
Rd 2 England Mike Hallett (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 Thailand Rom Surin (a)  
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)  
British Open (17 Feb - 2 Mar 1991)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Robert Marshall (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 Malta Joe Grech (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
Classic (1‑12 Jan 1991)
Rd 1 England Mark Bennett (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Asian Open (29 Oct - 3 Nov 1990)
Rd 1 Australia John Campbell (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (8‑21 Oct 1990)
Rd 2 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Roger Bales (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 (a) 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.
British Open (18 Feb - 3 Mar 1990)
Rd 2 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
Masters (4‑11 Feb 1990)
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Classic (2‑13 Jan 1990)
Rd 1 Australia Warren King (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (9‑22 Oct 1989)
Rd 1 England Paul Gibson (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a)  
Asian Open (17‑27 Aug 1989)
SF Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England David Roe (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Andrew Cairns (a) Head to head
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 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
British Open (1 Feb - 5 Mar 1989)
Rd 1 England Mark Johnston-Allen (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Masters (21‑29 Jan 1989)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 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
Classic (1‑15 Jan 1989)
Rd 3 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Australia Warren King (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1988)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 England Barry West (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Mike Watterson (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

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 (a) Head to head
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
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-1 England Steve Longworth (a)  
British Open (21 Feb - 6 Mar 1988)
Rd 2 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Canada Mario Morra (a) Head to head
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
Classic (1‑10 Jan 1988)
QF Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Barry West (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 South Africa Jimmy van Rensberg (a)  
Grand Prix (17‑25 Oct 1987)
Rd 3 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Wales Tony Chappel (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-0 Ireland Tony Kearney (a)  
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)  
British Open (15 Feb - 1 Mar 1987)
Rd 3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Tony Jones (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Scotland John Rea (a)  
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Classic (2‑11 Jan 1987)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Australia John Campbell (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (18‑26 Oct 1986)
Rd 3 England Steve Davis (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Australia John Campbell (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Canada Mario Morra (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
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 10-2 England Danny Fowler (a)  
British Open (16 Feb - 2 Mar 1986)
QF England Willie Thorne (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England George Scott (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
Grand Prix (19‑27 Oct 1985)
QF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 South Africa Peter Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Bob Harris (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin (a)  
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) Head to head
British Open (17 Feb - 3 Mar 1985)
Rd 2 Wales Steve Newbury (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 6-0 England Dave Chalmers (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
Classic (4‑13 Jan 1985)
QF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Rex Williams (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (20‑28 Oct 1984)
Rd 1 England Tony Jones (a) 5-3 Wales Terry Griffiths (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)  
Masters (22‑29 Jan 1984)
Final England Jimmy White (a) 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
Classic (8‑15 Jan 1984)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) Head to head
Professional Players Tournament (10‑21 Oct 1983)
Rd 3 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 England Les Dodd (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
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) Head to head
Classic (9‑16 Jan 1983)
Rd 1 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Professional Players Tournament (11‑22 Oct 1982)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 5-2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-3 Scotland Eddie Sinclair (a)  
Rd 2 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England Mike Watterson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Wales Colin Roscoe (a) Head to head
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)  
Classic (10‑13 Jan 1982)
Final Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 9-8 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head

14-101 (96), 84-24 (55), 69-43, 11-79 (57), 14-71, 62-31, 86-39 (52), 73-31, 86-7 (86), 57-47, 82-30, 38-80 (52), 4-101 (101), 37-71, 49-63, 0-132 (50), 70-58

Referee: Jim Thorpe
SF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-1 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
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)  
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
Classic (1‑2 Dec 1980)
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 2-1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
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
Classic (7‑8 Jan 1980)
SF Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 2-0 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 2-0 England Jim Meadowcroft (a)  
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
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 13-8 South Africa Perrie Mans (a)