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John Parrott

Nationality: England (England); Male; Born: 11 May 1964 (59 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1983; Last season as pro: 2009; Ranking wins: 9; Maximums: 1;

Bio page; Other sources: CueTracker
2021/2022
World Seniors Championship (4-8 May 2022)
Rd 2 England Nigel Bond 3-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head Details 
UK Seniors Championship (4-7 Jan 2022)
Rd 1 England Wayne Cooper (a) 3-0 England John Parrott (a)   Details 
2020/2021
World Seniors Championship (6-9 May 2021)
Rd 1 Brazil Igor Figueiredo 3-0 England John Parrott (a)   Details 
2019/2020
UK Seniors Championship (24-25 Oct 2019)
QF Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace (a) 3-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
World Seniors Championship (15-18 Aug 2019)
Rd 2 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 3-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
2018/2019
Seniors Masters (11 Apr 2019)
QF Jersey Aaron Canavan (a) w/o England John Parrott (a)  
UK Seniors Championship (24-25 Oct 2018)
Rd 1 Ireland Leo Fernandez (a) 3-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
2017/2018
Seniors Masters (12 Apr 2018)
SF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 2-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-0 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Seniors Irish Masters (6-7 Jan 2018)
SF England Steve Davis (a) 3-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 3-0 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a)  
UK Seniors (23-26 Oct 2017)
QF England Johnathan Bagley (a) 3-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
2016/2017
World Seniors (22-24 Mar 2017)
Final England Peter Lines (a) 4-0 England John Parrott (a) [3] Head to head
SF England John Parrott (a) [3] 3-2 England Johnathan Bagley (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) [3] 3-0 England Joe Johnson (a) [5] Head to head
2015/2016
World Seniors (30-31 Jan 2016)
Rd 1 Wales Dominic Dale 2-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head Details 

67-44, 107-4 (104)

104 by Dale was the only century of the tournament
2014/2015
World Seniors (2-3 Mar 2015)
SF Wales Mark J Williams 2-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head Details 

70-26, 80-22 (80)

Williams missed the 11th red on the way to a max
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-0 Scotland Paul McPhillips (a)   Details 

71-19, 69-56
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 2-0 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head Details 

75-4, 66-18 (53)

2011/2012
World Championship Qual (5-15 Apr 2012)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace (a) 5-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head Details 
World Seniors Championship (5-6 Nov 2011)
SF England Steve Davis 2-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head Details 
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-1 England Karl Townsend (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 2-1 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head Details 
2010/2011
World Seniors Championship (5-7 Nov 2010)
SF England Jimmy White 3-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
2009/2010
World Championship Qual (24 Feb - 9 Mar 2010)
Q Rd 5 China Zhang Anda 10-6 England John Parrott  
China Open Qual (2-5 Feb 2010)
Q Rd 2 Malta Tony Drago 5-2 England John Parrott Head to head
Welsh Open Qual (19-22 Jan 2010)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5-2 England John Parrott  
UK Championship Qual (23-30 Nov 2009)
Q Rd 3 Wales Dominic Dale 9-6 England John Parrott Head to head
Q Rd 2 England John Parrott 9-8 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace Head to head
Grand Prix Qual (21-24 Sep 2009)
Q Rd 3 England Ian McCulloch 5-4 England John Parrott  
Q Rd 2 England John Parrott 5-4 England Simon Bedford  
Shanghai Masters Qual (3-6 Aug 2009)
Q Rd 2 Wales Michael White 5-0 England John Parrott  
2008/2009
China Open (30 Mar - 5 Apr 2009)
Wild Card China Cao Xinlong (a) w/o England John Parrott  
World Championship Qual 1 (5-25 Feb 2009)
Q Rd 6 England Matthew Couch 10-3 England John Parrott  
China Open Qual (21-24 Jan 2009)
Q Rd 4 England John Parrott 5-2 England Stuart Bingham Head to head
Q Rd 3 England John Parrott 5-3 Scotland Robert Stephen  
Grand Prix (11-19 Oct 2008)
Rd 2 England Ali Carter 5-0 England John Parrott Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott 5-3 England Mark King Head to head
2007/2008
World Championship Qual 2 (7-10 Mar 2008)
Q Rd 8 England Joe Perry 10-8 England John Parrott Head to head

102-0 (101), 2-72, 31-88, 74-13, 89-17 (55), 41-56, 26-93 (52), 59-68, 9-69, 68-5, 24-72 (56), 0-79, 55-7, 59-32, 69-0 (68), 80-5, 65-49 (65), 67-17 (67)
Welsh Open (11-17 Feb 2008)
Rd 1 England Joe Perry 5-2 England John Parrott Head to head
World Championship Qual 1 (3-11 Jan 2008)
Q Rd 7 England John Parrott 10-3 Wales Gareth Coppack  

93-8 (92), 71-23, 70-20, 77-38, 92-8, 56-7, 65-26 (51), 80-15 (51), 0-78, 0-78 (78), 61-10, 14-55, 66-37
Northern Ireland Trophy (4-11 Nov 2007)
Rd 1 England Mark King 5-4 England John Parrott Head to head
2006/2007
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2007)
Rd 2 England Shaun Murphy 13-8 England John Parrott  

65-32, 66-1 (65), 108-24, 100-0 (100), 34-78, 5-75 (74), 4-83, 75-37, 23-62, 57-23, 61-58 (61), 25-88 (71), 17-91 (68), 81-49, 43-73, 0-124 (123), 131-0 (131), 95-1 (60), 55-52, 65-37, 72-14
Rd 1 England John Parrott 10-9 England Steve Davis Head to head

90-34 (90), 12-60, 126-1 (126), 75-48, 72-59 (55,65), 63-29, 72-33, 4-111 (100), 13-81, 58-65, 0-70 (69), 15-77 (70), 79-28 (79), 80-0 (80), 88-31 (64), 39-62, 12-89, 15-96 (96), 66-34
World Championship Qualifier Round 5 (12-15 Mar 2007)
Q Rd 5 England John Parrott 10-7 England David Gray  

72-42 (65), 5-68, 1-87 (61), 42-64, 70-32 (61), 59-30, 0-95 (95), 61-64 (61), 12-75 (75), 81-14, 89-23, 67-40 (67), 97-5 (78), 72-1, 56-25, 0-88 (88), 55-26
World Championship Qualifier Rounds 1-4 (24 Feb - 2 Mar 2007)
Q Rd 4 England John Parrott 10-7 England James Leadbetter  

29-74, 45-63, 66-50, 30-68, 65-55, 60-41, 56-45, 82-0 (54), 48-20, 42-70, 68-26, 30-63, 1-93 (92), 55-7, 18-63, 70-51, 103-0 (59)
Welsh Open (11-18 Feb 2007)
Rd 1 England Joe Perry 5-2 England John Parrott Head to head
UK Championship (4-17 Dec 2006)
Rd 1 England Mark Selby 9-1 England John Parrott  
2005/2006
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 2006)
Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott 10-3 England John Parrott Head to head
World Quals 7 (14-15 Mar 2006)
Q Rd 7 England John Parrott 10-9 England Lee Spick  
Welsh Open (27 Feb - 5 Mar 2006)
Rd 1 Wales Ryan Day 5-1 England John Parrott  
Malta Cup (30 Jan - 5 Feb 2006)
Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott 5-2 England John Parrott Head to head
UK Championship (5-18 Dec 2005)
Rd 1 England Mark Davis 9-5 England John Parrott  
China Open Qualifier (15-18 Nov 2005)
Q Rd 4 England Jamie Cope 5-1 England John Parrott  
Malta Cup Qual (31 Oct - 3 Nov 2005)
Q Rd 4 England John Parrott 5-3 England Gary Wilkinson Head to head
Grand Prix (8-16 Oct 2005)
Rd 1 England Adrian Gunnell 5-3 England John Parrott Head to head
2004/2005
World Championship Qual (23 Feb - 24 Mar 2005)
Q Rd 5 Ireland Fergal O'Brien (a) 10-8 England John Parrott (a)  
China Open Qualifier (25-28 Jan 2005)
Q Rd 4 England Adrian Gunnell (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Malta Cup Qual (30 Nov - 3 Dec 2004)
Q Rd 4 England Stuart Pettman (a) 5-0 England John Parrott (a)  
British Open (8-14 Nov 2004)
Rd 1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
2003/2004
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 2004)
Rd 1 England Paul Hunter (a) 10-7 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Players Championship (3-11 Apr 2004)
Rd 2 England Jimmy White (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 England Stephen Lee (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (10-20 Feb 2004)
Q Rd 6 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 Ireland Michael Judge (a) Head to head
2002/2003
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 2003)
Rd 1 Australia Quinten Hann (a) 10-5 England John Parrott (a)  
World Championship Qual (21-31 Jan 2003)
Q Rd 6 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 Finland Robin Hull (a)  
2001/2002
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 2002)
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams (a) 10-7 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Scottish Open (6-14 Apr 2002)
Rd 1 England Peter Ebdon (a) 5-3 England John Parrott (a)  
China Open (24 Feb - 3 Mar 2002)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (11-17 Feb 2002)
Q Rd 6 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 Pakistan Shokat Ali (a)  
John Parrott progressed to the Crucible stage for the 19th consecutive year.
2000/2001
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2001)
Rd 1 Ireland Michael Judge (a) 10-6 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Scottish Open (8-15 Apr 2001)
Rd 2 Scotland Alan McManus (a) 5-1 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-2 Scotland Chris Small (a) Head to head
Masters (4-11 Feb 2001)
QF England Dave Harold (a) 6-5 England John Parrott (a)  
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 6-5 England Stephen Lee (a) Head to head
China Open (9-17 Dec 2000)
Rd 2 Wales Matthew Stevens (a) 5-3 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-0 Scotland Stephen Maguire (a)  
1999/2000
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 2000)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) 13-12 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 England Gary Wilkinson (a) Head to head
Scottish Open (28 Mar - 9 Apr 2000)
Rd 1 England Ali Carter (a) 5-3 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Masters (6-13 Feb 2000)
SF Wales Matthew Stevens (a) 6-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 6-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 6-3 England Paul Hunter (a) Head to head
China Open (11-19 Dec 1999)
Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham (a) 5-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
1998/1999
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 1999)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 13-9 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-12 Scotland Chris Small (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-8 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy (a)  
China International (8-14 Mar 1999)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 England Nigel Bond (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 England David Finbow (a) Head to head
Scottish Open (15-21 Feb 1999)
Rd 3 Scotland Graeme Dott (a) 5-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 5-2 Ireland Leo Fernandez (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England David Finbow (a) Head to head
Masters (7-14 Feb 1999)
Rd 1 England Anthony Hamilton (a) 6-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
German Masters (8-13 Dec 1998)
Final England John Parrott (a) 6-4 Wales Mark J Williams (a) Head to head

0-85 (78), 64-32, 5-67 (67), 117-1 (75), 77-32, 0-106 (61), 0-95 (62), 63-39, 64-39, 79-0 (79)

SF England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-3 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
1997/1998
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1998)
QF Scotland John Higgins (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Higgins' 143 in frame 17 was the highest break of the event (beside White's 143 in the Last 16 and Griffin's and Pinches' 143 in qualifying).
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-7 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-4 England Peter Lines (a) Head to head

This was Lines' first time at the crucible.
Scottish Open (12-22 Feb 1998)
Rd 2 England Paul Hunter (a) 5-0 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Scotland Jamie Burnett (a)  
Masters (1-8 Feb 1998)
Rd 1 Thailand James Wattana (a) 6-5 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
German Open (8-14 Dec 1997)
Final Scotland John Higgins (a) 9-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head

Session 1:
28-83, 92-1 (86), 67-14, 21-69, 44-72 (52), 27-57, 102-0 (102), 48-59

Session 2:
5-80 (80), 49-80 (54), 14-80, 67-53, 25-109 (105)

Referee: Jan Verhaas
SF England John Parrott (a) 6-4 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-3 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England Stephen Lee (a) Head to head
1996/1997
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1997)
QF Thailand James Wattana (a) 13-10 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-11 England Anthony Hamilton (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 England Bradley Jones (a)  

This was Jones' first time at the crucible.
Masters (2-9 Feb 1997)
QF England Nigel Bond (a) 6-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 6-5 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
1995/1996
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1996)
Rd 1 England Rod Lawler (a) 10-6 England John Parrott (a)  
Masters (4-11 Feb 1996)
QF England Andy Hicks (a) 6-3 England John Parrott (a)  
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 6-5 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
German Open (3-10 Dec 1995)
Rd 2 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) 5-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-2 England Martin Clark (a)  
1994/1995
World Championship (14-30 Apr 1995)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-11 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-5 England Brian Morgan (a)  
Masters (5-12 Feb 1995)
Rd 1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 5-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
1993/1994
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994)
QF Wales Darren Morgan (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-3 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 Scotland Drew Henry (a)  
Masters (6-13 Feb 1994)
Rd 1 England Neal Foulds (a) 5-3 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
1992/1993
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 1993)
QF Thailand James Wattana (a) 13-6 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-9 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-1 Ireland Stephen O'Connor (a)  

This was O'Connor's first time at the crucible.
Masters (7-14 Feb 1993)
QF Thailand James Wattana (a) 5-3 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
QF Scotland Alan McManus (a) 13-12 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-4 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-0 United States Mike Massey (a)  
first-ever whitewash in Crucible history
Masters (2-9 Feb 1992)
Final Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 9-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head

Session 1:
110-0 (81), 56-50, 64-22, 136-0 (136), 58-68, 49-61, 77-32 (67), 64-38

Session 2:
71-11, 1-119 (81), 6-62, 91-1 (91), 97-0

Referee: Alan Chamberlain
SF England John Parrott (a) 6-3 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-3 Thailand James Wattana (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Ireland Ken Doherty (a) Head to head
1990/1991
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991)
Final England John Parrott (a) 18-11 England Jimmy White (a) Head to head
Parrott took an early 7–0 lead.

Session 1:
97-0 (97), 96-34 (75), 82-0, 75-24, 88-6 (88), 79-16 (74), 117-0 (117), 26-87, 32-67, 77-0, 77-63 (70), 88-28 (85), 49-69, 2-82 (71), 6-64 (55), 120-8 (112), 0-136 (92)

Session 2:
60-70, 51-50, 8-75, 58-55, 59-4, 55-68 (JP 67, JW 55), 91-8 (52), 112-8, 0-103 (58), 74-13 (59), 42-89, 76-24

Referee: John Williams
SF England John Parrott (a) 16-10 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
Davis made his ninth semi-final in a row: a record to remember.
QF England John Parrott (a) 13-10 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-1 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-6 England Nigel Gilbert (a)  
Masters (3-10 Feb 1991)
QF Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
1989/1990
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990)
SF Scotland Stephen Hendry 16-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 13-6 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
140 by Parrott in frame 11 was the highest break of the tournament.
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-11 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 England Mark Bennett (a)  
John Parrott trailed Mark Bennett 7–9, but took the next two to force a deciding frame that he won on the pink ball after a break of 69 after being 59 points behind.
Masters (4-11 Feb 1990)
Final Scotland Stephen Hendry 9-4 England John Parrott (a) Head to head

79-42 (69), 70-18, 84-23 (69), 40-90 (85), 63-64, 43-75 (68), 77-0, 81-30, 20-75, 65-30 (51), 68-38, 97-0 (97), 56-46

Referee: Alan Chamberlain
SF England John Parrott (a) 6-2 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-3 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
Final England Steve Davis (a) 18-3 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
SF England John Parrott (a) 16-7 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 13-7 England Jimmy White Head to head
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-10 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-9 England Steve James (a)  
Parrott, from Liverpool, wore a black armband during the match in recognition of the Hillsborough disaster that had happened on 15 April at the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.
Masters (21-29 Jan 1989)
Final Scotland Stephen Hendry 9-6 England John Parrott (a) Head to head

16-97 (93), 58-31, 93-8 (89), 83-39 (62), 36-85 (61), 98-0 (59), 73-4 (61), 30-74 (50), 42-72, 86-44, 85-34 (58), 66-68, 84-38 (64), 8-79, 65-48 (52)

Referee: John Street
SF England John Parrott (a) 6-5 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-4 England Jimmy White Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1987/1988
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988)
Rd 2 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 13-10 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-4 Australia Warren King (a)  
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988)
SF England Mike Hallett (a) 6-5 England John Parrott (a)  
QF England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
Rd 2 England Jimmy White 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-8 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
Rd 2 England Jimmy White 13-8 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-4 England Tony Meo (a) Head to head
1984/1985
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985)
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-12 England John Parrott (a)  
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-6 Canada Kirk Stevens (a)  
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-3 England John Spencer (a)  
Spencer was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis shortly after the tournament; his vision was affected and he won only two matches all season.
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 10-7 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Parrott's 1st time at the Crucible. He progressed through qualifying after winning three rounds, beating Dennis Hughes 10–3, Clive Everton 10–2 and the 1978 World Snooker Championship runner-up Perrie Mans 10–0.
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