1984 UK Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 November–2 December 1984 |
| Venue | Guild Hall |
| City | Preston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £101,000 |
| Winner's share | £20,000 |
| Highest break | 134 |
| Final | |
| Champion |
 Steve Davis |
| Runner-up |
 Alex Higgins |
| Score | 16–8 |
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The 1984 Coral UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The even began on 18 November and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 24 November and 2 December 1984. This was the first UK Championship that all overseas players took part as it also became a ranking event. The highest break of the televised stages was 134 made by Steve Davis and the non-televised stages was 135 made by Jack McLaughlin.
Davis defeated Alex Higgins 16–8 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £20,000 |
| Highest break (TV): | £2,000 |
| Total: | £101,800 |
Main draw
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
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| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Rex Williams |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Wilson |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon |
9 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
4 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo |
7 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks
- 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 Brady
- 108 Steve Newbury
- 107 Tony Knowles
- 105 Jimmy White
- 102 Eddie Charlton
- 101 John Parrott
- 100 Paddy Browne
- 100 Robby Foldvari
- 100 Cliff Wilson
References
- ↑ "1984 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ↑ "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.