The 1985 Kit Kat Break for World Champions was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from 17 to 20 December 1985.[1][2] Dennis Taylor won the event by defeating Steve Davis 9–5 in the final.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–20 December 1985 |
| Venue | East Midlands Conference Centre |
| City | Nottingham |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £30,000 |
| Winner's share | £10,000 |
| Highest break | 126 (Dennis Taylor) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Dennis Taylor |
| Runner-up |  Steve Davis |
| Score | 9–5 |
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The tournament was played at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, with all eight of the actively playing winners of the World Snooker Championship as the participants.[1]
Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor met in a final for the third time this season. Davis' 10–9 victory in the 1985 Grand Prix had been followed by Taylor's 9–5 win in the 1985 Canadian Masters.[3] Davis achieved a 4–3 lead by the end of the first session of the Kit Kat Break for World Champions final,[2] but Taylor won six of the next seven frames to take the match 9–5.[3]
The event had a prize fund of £30,000, with £10,000 awarded to the winner.[3] Taylor compiled the highest break of the event, 126.[4]
Main draw edit
Names in bold denote match winners.[3]
| Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 6 | |||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 6 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 1 | |||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 5 | |||||||||||||
Century breaks edit
126 Dennis Taylor
118 Terry Griffiths
References edit
- ^ a b "Sport in brief: snooker". The Times. London. 17 December 1985.
- ^ a b "Sport in brief: snooker". The Times. London. 21 December 1985.
- ^ a b c d Clive Everton, ed. (1986). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Third Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 76. ISBN 0863691668.
- ^ Morrison, Ian (1989). Snooker: records, facts and champions. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 108. ISBN 0851123643.