The 1984 UK Championship (also known as the 1984 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a
ranking professional
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tournament that took place at the
Guild Hall
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in
Preston
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, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the
UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK.
The
BBC aired the event from the second round onwards. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company
Coral.
The defending champion was
Alex Higgins who won the
1983 event after defeating
Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16–8, to win his third UK Championship title.
The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by
Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of
£101,000 with the winner receiving £20,000.
Prize fund
The winner of the event received a total of
£20,000.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Main draw
The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
Alex Higgins 9–7
Tony Jones
Bill Werbeniuk 1–9
Rex Williams
Willie Thorne 9–7
John Parrott
Eddie Charlton 9–4
Silvino Francisco
Cliff Thorburn 9–4
Jack McLaughlin
Terry Griffiths 6–9
Cliff Wilson
David Taylor 9–6
Murdo MacLeod
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Ray Reardon 9–2
Danny Fowler
Kirk Stevens
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Career
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9–7
Tony Chappel
John Spencer 6–9
Joe Johnson
Tony Knowles 9–5
Marcel Gauvreau
Dennis Taylor 9–6
Warren King
Jimmy White 9–5
John Campbell
Doug Mountjoy 9–2
Mike Hallett
Steve Davis 9–1
Tommy Murphy
Tony Meo 9–4
Eugene Hughes
Final
Century breaks
A total of 28
century breaks were made during the tournament.
* 135
Jack McLaughlin
* 134, 120, 108, 106
Steve Davis
* 132, 125
Cliff Thorburn
* 129, 124, 100
Alex Higgins
* 121
Eddie Sinclair
* 119, 114, 102
Tony Chappel
* 119
Willie Thorne
* 113, 100
Tony Jones
* 111
Peter Francisco
* 111
Tony Meo
* 110
Malcolm Bradley
* 108
Steve Newbury
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As an amateur, Newbury won the 1979 National Pairs Championship (with Cliff Wilson), and the 1980 Welsh Amateur Championship. At the 1980 World Amat ...
* 107
Tony Knowles
* 105
Jimmy White
* 102
Eddie Charlton
* 101
John Parrott
* 100
Paddy Browne
* 100
Robby Foldvari
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* 100
Cliff Wilson
References
{{Snooker season 1984/1985
1984
Events
January
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