Dates October 1985 City Reading Organisation(s) WPBSA | Venue Hexagon Theatre Country England Format Ranking event | |
The 1985 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place during October 1985 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading.
The final was a re-match of the 1985 World Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor, the defending Grand Prix champion. It was Davis this time who became champion winning the match 10–9. The match became the longest one-day final in snooker history. It lasted 10 hours and 21 minutes.
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Dennis Taylor 5–1 Barry West
Rex Williams 5–2 Mike Watterson
Tony Meo 5–3 Tony Jones
Eugene Hughes 5–1 S. Simn Gam
Eddie Charlton 5–1 Geoff Foulds
Tony Drago 5–3 Murdo MacLeod
George Scott 5–4 Ray Reardon
Cliff Wilson 5–1 Roger Bales
Kirk Stevens 5–0 Gerry Watson
Graham Miles 5–3 Dean Reynolds
David Taylor 5–2 Steve Newbury
Steve Longworth 5–2 John Parrott
Doug Mountjoy 5–1 Tony Chappel
John Campbell 5–4 Jimmy Van Rensburg
Tony Knowles 5–1 Matt Gibson
Ray Edmonds 5–2 Dene O'Kane
Cliff Thorburn 5–0 Bill Oliver
Mark Wildman 5–4 Steve Duggan
Joe Johnson 5–2 Dave Gilbert
Mike Hallett 5–3 Bernie Mikkelsen
Wayne Jones 5–0 Willie Thorne
Peter Francisco 5–4 John Virgo
Terry Griffiths 5–4 Jack McLaughlin
Bob Harris 5–4 John Virgo
Jimmy White 5–0 Jack Fitzmaurice
Joe O'Boye 5–3 Perrie Mans
Silvino Francisco 5–2 Billy Kelly
Dave Martin 5-2 Mario Morra
Alex Higgins 5–1 Vic Harris
Neal Foulds 5-0 Mike Darrington
Steve Davis 5–0 OB Agarwal
Danny Fowler 5–1 Bill Werbeniuk
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