Australian Masters 1985 – Wikipedia

The Winfield Australian Masters 1985 was a professional snooker invitation tournament of the 1985/86 season. The tournament was either in Parramatta Leagues Club in the district of Parramatta or im Tattersalls Club held in the Australian city of Sydney. The winner was the Englishman Tony Meo, who prevailed 7-2 against the Australian John Campbell in the final. Meo also played the highest break of the tournament with a 134 break. ^{[first] [2]}

Winfield’s tournament was once again sponsored. ^[2] Compared to the previous year, prize money rose by almost a third to 60,000 pounds of Sterling, a fifth of which were well on the winner. ^[3]

With regard to the venue, there are different information in that both the Parramatta Leagues Club as well as the Tattersalls Club are named as the same in Sydney. ^{[first] [2]} Again, a total of 16 players took part in the tournament, including numerous leading players but also several Australian professional players. In addition, from the round of 16 again in the knockout system, it was played for victory from the round of 16, the round of 16 in the mode Best of 7 Frames , the quarter -finals in mode Best of 9 Frames , the semi -finals in mode Best of 11 Frames And the final in the mode Best of 13 Frames were played. ^[first]

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The Englishman Tony Meo had already won the tournament in 1981 and was the second player after John Spencer, who had made it to the final since the first edition of the tournament in 1979. On his way to the final, he had clearly won against Warren King and later defeated John Virgo and Jimmy White to three, so that he had moved into the final. While Virgo defeated defending champion Tony Knowles in a new edition of the previous year’s end-game, White had won in advance by white-water and in the decider.

The second player in the final was the Australian John Campbell, who was the third Australian in the final of this tournament after Ian Anderson’s victory in 1979 and after the final defeat Eddie Charlton in 1982. Charlton started the tournament with a clear victory over Alex Higgins and continued his winning streak with a narrow victory over local hero Eddie Charlton. Finally, with the help of a 6: 4 victory over John Parrot, he had succeeded in entering the final.

There are no precise records of the final itself. It is only known that Tony Meo played two century breaks of 134 and 103 points during the game and ultimately won the game with a 7-2 victory and thus also the tournament. ^[first] Since John Spencer was only able to win a final of his two final participants, Meo is the only player who Australian Masters could win twice. ^[2]

During the tournament, three players played a total of six century breaks. ^[3]

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 1985 Australian Masters. Cuetracker.net, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chris Turner: Australian Events – Invitation and Ranking Events. In: Chris Turner’s Snooker Archive. 2011, archived from Original am 25. April 2012 ; accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: 1985 Australian Masters – Finishes. Cuetracker.net, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).