1984 UK Championship (snooker)
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The 1984 UK Championship (also known as the 1984 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a ranking professional
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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
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Ray Reardon 9–2 Danny Fowler
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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
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* 107 Tony Knowles * 105 Jimmy White * 102 Eddie Charlton * 101 John Parrott * 100 Paddy Browne * 100
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* 100 Cliff Wilson


References

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