The 1979 Canadian Open was the sixth edition of the snooker tournament the Canadian Open, which took place in September 1979.

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

won the title for the fourth time, beating

Terry Griffiths Terence Martin Griffiths (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. In his second professional tournament, he became world champion when he won the 1979 World Snooker Champions ...

17–16 in the final. __TOC__

Summary

The event was held at the Canadian National Exhibition Stadium and was open to any player who paid the $30 entry fee. The top eight seeds were placed into the seventh round. Thorburn led Griffiths 10–3 in the final, before winning in the , 17–16. Thorburn received $6,000 as winner, with Griffiths taking $2,000 as runner-up.

Main draw

Results from the later rounds are shown below.

Other events

There were two additional events run alongside the main snooker tournament. *Women's snooker: Natalie Stelmach won the tournament by defeating Ann Johnson 4–3 in the final. *English billiards: There were 16 entrants. Joe Johnson defeated Ian Williamson 500–284 in the final.

References

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