1984–85 snooker season

The 1984–85 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between July 1984 and May 1985. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1984–85 snooker season

Details
Duration	July 1984 – 18 May 1985
Tournaments	27 (6 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Cliff Thorburn
World Championship	Dennis Taylor
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

New professional players

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) accepted the following players as professionals. Lou Condo was readmitted after having allowed his WPBSA membership to lapse. Tony Drago was also accepted, but he informed the Association that he had not wanted his application to be progressed and so was not included.^[1] Thirteen players had their applications rejected, including Terry Whitthread, Joe O'Boye, Steve Meakin, Barry West, and Dave Gilbert.^[1]

•  Roger Bales (ENG)
•  Malcolm Bradley (ENG)
•  Dave Chalmers (ENG)
•  Tony Chappel (WAL)
•  Lou Condo (AUS)
•  Robby Foldvari (AUS)
•  Danny Fowler (ENG)
•  Peter Francisco (RSA)
•  Wayne Jones (WAL)
•  Tony Kearney (IRL)
•  Steve Longworth (ENG)
•  Jack McLaughlin (NIR)
•  Steve Newbury (WAL)
•  Dene O'Kane (NZL)
•  John Rea (SCO)

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Refs
06-25	07-08	AUS	NR	Australian Masters	Parmatta Club	Sydney	Tony Knowles	John Virgo	7–3	[5]
07-11	07-13	NZL	NR	New Zealand Masters	Kingsgate Convention Centre	Auckland	Jimmy White	Kirk Stevens	5–3	[7]
08-??	08-??	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship	Brass Cannon Club	Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Mario Morra	9–2	[8]
08-13	08-17	AUS	NR	Australian Professional Championship	RSL Club	Dubbo	Eddie Charlton	Warren King	10–3	[8]
08-21	08-22	SGP	NR	Singapore Masters	Mandarin Stadium	Singapore	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	[n 2]	[9]
08-20	08-23	ESP	NR	Costa Del Sol Classic	Las Palmeras Hotel	Fuengirola	Dennis Taylor	Mike Hallett	5–2	[2]
08-28	08-29	MYS	NR	Malaysian Masters	Selangor Club	Kuala Lumpur	Terry Griffiths	Tony Meo	[n 2]	[9]
08-30	08-31	THA	NR	Thailand Masters	Ambassador Hotel	Bangkok	Jimmy White	Terry Griffiths	4–3	[11]
09-05	09-08	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters	Queen Elisabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Steve Davis	Doug Mountjoy	4–2	[13]
09-14	09-16	IRL	NR	Carlsberg Challenge	RTÉ Studios	Dublin	Jimmy White	Tony Knowles	9–7	[16]
09-20	09-23	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Hospitality Inn	Glasgow	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	9–4	[20]
09-24	10-07	ENG	WR	International Open	Eldon Square Recreation Centre	Newcastle	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	9–2	[21]
10-20	10-28	ENG	WR	Grand Prix	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Dennis Taylor	Cliff Thorburn	10–2	[22]
11-18	12-02	ENG	WR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	16–8	[23]
12-05	12-16	ENG	TE	World Doubles Championship	Derngate Centre	Northampton	Alex Higgins Jimmy White	Cliff Thorburn Willie Thorne	10–2	[24]
??-??	??-??	RSA	NR	South African Professional Championship	MOTHS Club	Johannesburg	Jimmy van Rensberg	Perrie Mans	10–7	[25]
12-??	12-??	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Doug Mountjoy	Jimmy White	2–0	[28]
01-04	01-13	ENG	WR	The Classic	Spectrum Arena	Warrington	Willie Thorne	Cliff Thorburn	13–8	[29]
01-27	02-03	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Cliff Thorburn	Doug Mountjoy	9–6	[30]
02-05	02-10	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	9–2	[33]
02-05	02-10	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship	Marco's Leisure Centre	Edinburgh	Murdo MacLeod	Eddie Sinclair	10–2	[35]
02-17	03-03	ENG	WR	British Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Silvino Francisco	Kirk Stevens	12–9	[38]
03-20	03-23	ENG	TE	World Cup	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	All-Ireland	England A	9–7	[41]
03-26	03-31	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Jimmy White	Alex Higgins	9–5	[42]
04-08	04-11	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Ulster Hall	Belfast	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	10–5	[45]
04-12	04-28	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	18–17	[46]
05-07	05-11	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Abertillery Leisure Centre	Abertillery	Terry Griffiths	Doug Mountjoy	9–4	[47]
05-11	05-18	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Terry Griffiths	John Spencer	9–7	[50]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

TE = Team event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1984/1985

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[51][52][53]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Tony Knowles
3		Cliff Thorburn
4		Kirk Stevens
5		Ray Reardon
6		Eddie Charlton
7		Jimmy White
8		Terry Griffiths
9		Alex Higgins
10		Tony Meo
11		Dennis Taylor
12		Willie Thorne
13		John Spencer
14		Bill Werbeniuk
15		Doug Mountjoy
16		David Taylor

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
2. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only.