1978 UK Championship (snooker)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 November–1 December 1978 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £12,500 |
| Winner's share | £3,500 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Doug Mountjoy |
| Runner-up |
 David Taylor |
| Score | 15–9 |
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The 1978 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 November and 1 December 1978 at the Guild Hall in Preston. England.[1]
1978 would be the first of 20 UK Championship competitions to be played in Preston's Guildhall. For the first time the event was sponsored by Coral and they would continue doing so until 1985.
The most dramatic match came in the qualifying rounds when Terry Griffiths, a newly turned professional was beaten 8–9 by Rex Williams after leading 8–2. The championship proper also provided plenty of surprises. Patsy Fagan, the defending UK champion went out 7–9 in the first round to David Taylor who, after a decade in the professional ranks, reached his first major final by beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in the semi-final. In the other half, Roy Andrewartha beat John Spencer 9–8 and Willie Thorne beat Ray Reardon 9–6 only to collapse 1–9 against Graham Miles, whose 139 break set a tournament record. In the semi-finals it was Miles' turn to collapse 1–9 to Doug Mountjoy who, keeping his best till last, clinched his final victory over Taylor with a break of 120. The BBC televised the final again shown on Grandstand and with Ted Lowe commentating the match. The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by Graham Miles.
Main draw
[1][2][3] Last 24 Best of 17 frames
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Patsy Fagan |
7 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo |
2 | |||||||||||||
| John Pulman |
3 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo |
9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Dunning |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Meadowcroft |
6 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
15 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha |
4 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Graham Miles |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
6 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
9 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 139 Graham Miles
- 120, 118 Doug Mountjoy
- 101 John Dunning
References
- 1 2 "1978 UK Championship". Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "1978 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ↑ "1978 UK Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Retrieved 30 November 2010.