1985 UK Championship
The 1985 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 November and 1 December 1985 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 25 November through to the end of the championship. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
Steve Davis won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Willie Thorne 16–14 in the final. Davis recovered from 8–13 down, after Thorne missed a straight blue from its spot with just three colours remaining, in the first frame of the final session that would have seen him take a 14–8 lead. Stephen Hendry made his début in the tournament, aged sixteen, but lost his first qualifying round match 2–9 to Omprakesh Agrawal.
The highest break of the tournament was a 140 made by Willie Thorne during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 135 made by Neal Foulds.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner £24,000
- Runner-up £14,000
- Total £120,000
Main draw
Final
Century breaks
- 140, 121, 115, 112, 112, 104, 102 Willie Thorne
- 137, 101 Alex Higgins
- 136, 130, 105 Neal Foulds
- 135 Dennis Taylor
- 134, 103 Peter Francisco
- 130 Mario Morra
- 128, 115 Cliff Thorburn
- 128, 111, 109 Terry Griffiths
- 127, 122, 115, 106, 104, 102 Steve Davis
- 122 Steve Newbury
- 119, 108, 104, 103 John Virgo
- 110 Omprakesh Agrawal
- 109 John Spencer
- 109 Kirk Stevens
- 107, 107, 101, 100 Jimmy White
- 106 John Campbell
- 105 Joe Johnson
- 101 Ray Edmonds
- 101 Warren King
