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1981 UK Championship (snooker)

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Venue
  
Guild Hall

Country
  
England

Format
  
Non-ranking event

City
  
Preston

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Dates
  
22 November–5 December 1981

The 1981 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event began on 22 November 1981 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 28 November and 5 December 1981.

Contents

Tournament summary

  • Steve Davis retained the first of his major titles by defeating Terry Griffiths 16–3 in the final.
  • Jimmy White, fresh from his success in the Langs Scottish Masters and Northern Ireland Classic, which took place earlier in the season, beat John Virgo, Dennis Taylor and Ray Reardon, in reaching the semi-finals at his first attempt, but then was whitewashed 0–9 by the reigning World Champion Steve Davis.
  • Two other young players, Tony Knowles and Tony Meo, also enhanced their reputations: Knowles by beating Fred Davis and Doug Mountjoy in reaching the quarter-finals, and Meo by defeating Rex Williams, Cliff Thorburn and Alex Higgins in reaching the semi-finals.

    • Qualifying

    Best of 17 frames

    Century breaks

  • 131 Terry Griffiths
  • 126 Willie Thorne
  • 120, 105 Steve Davis
  • 120 Alex Higgins
  • 120 Kirk Stevens
  • 107 Tony Meo
  • 103 Rex Williams
  • 102 Tony Knowles

    • References

    1981 UK Championship (snooker) Wikipedia
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