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The 1979 Castle Open was a pro-am snooker tournament held from late 1978 to January 1979 at the Castle Snooker Club.[1][2] It was won by Alex Higgins, who defeated Fred Davis 5–1 in the final.[3]
The promoter, snooker professional Bernard Bennett, who owned the Castle Club, provided a prize fund of £3,500,[1] including a first prize of £750.[2] Almost all of the professional snooker players who were in the country at the time participated, alongside many of the leading amateurs.[1] All matches were played on level terms; no handicaps were applied.[1]
The tournament was played across two blocks.[1] The earlier rounds featured amateurs and lower-ranked professionals, with higher-ranked professionals joining in the second block,[1] held from 19 to 21 January 1979.[4] Only two amateurs progressed to the second block: 16-year-old Jimmy White and 19-year-old Tony Meo.[1] White defeated professionals Jack Karnehm and David Taylor, and Meo eliminated eight-time world champion John Pulman.[1][5]
Terry Griffiths, who had turned professional that season,[6] later wrote that, "The matches were short and the prize money not all that much but because the proprietor, Bernard Bennett, is a professional who is well liked in the snooker world, there was a good turn-out of professionals to support his tournament."[7]
Fred Davis reached the final at the age of 65, having eliminated Willie Thorne and Cliff Thorburn during the tournament.[8] He won the first frame, but lost 1–5 to Alex Higgins.[9][10][11]
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Main Draw
Results from the sixth round onwards are shown below.[2]
| Sixth round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Ray Reardon (WAL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 4 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (WAL)
| 2 | Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Fred Davis (ENG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis (ENG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton (AUS)
| 1 | Willie Thorne (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne (ENG)
| 4 | Fred Davis (ENG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Perrie Mans (RSA)
| 4 | Perrie Mans (RSA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (NIR)
| 2 | Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 4 | Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles (ENG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Earlier rounds
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References
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