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外观
比赛信息 | |
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日期 | 16–28 April 1979 |
场馆 | Crucible Theatre |
城市 | Sheffield |
国家/地区 | England |
组织 | WPBSA |
比赛形式 | Ranking event |
总奖金 | £35,000 |
冠军奖金 | £10,000 |
单杆最高分 | 143 |
决赛 | |
冠军 | ![]() |
亚军 | ![]() |
比分 | 24–16 |
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The 1979 Embassy World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 28 April 1979 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
Terry Griffiths won in the final 24–16 against Dennis Taylor.
Tournament summary
[编辑]- Griffiths started the tournament by defeating Bernard Bennett and Jim Meadowcroft in the qualifying rounds. At the Crucible, he defeated Perrie Mans in the first round, followed by a 13–12 victory over Alex Higgins in the quarter-final.[1] In the semi-final, he was trailing 16–17 to Eddie Charlton before winning 19–17 at 1.40am, the latest finish of any match at the time.[2] Griffiths then beat future champion Dennis Taylor 24–16 in the final to win the world title at the first attempt.[2][3] He became also the first qualifier to win the title at the Crucible.[4]
- Future six-times champion Steve Davis and Kirk Stevens made their debut, but they lost in the first 11–13 to Dennis Taylor and 8–13 to Fred Davis respectively.[5][6]
- Aged 65 years and 247 days Fred Davis became the oldest ever player to win a match at the Crucible. Only three days later he also became the oldest player to reach the quarter-finals.[7]
- John Williams refereed the final.[8]
Prize fund
[编辑]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1][9]
- Winner: £10,000
- Runner-up: £5,000
- Third place: £3,000
- Fourth place: £2,000
- Quarter-final: £1,250
- Last 16: £1,000
- Highest break: £500
- Maximum break: £10,000
- Total: £35,500
Main draw
[编辑]Last 16 Best of 25 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 25 frames | Semi-finals Best of 37 frames | Final Best of 47 frames | |||||||||||
17, 18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||
18 & 19 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
22, 23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||||||||||
19 & 20 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||
20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||||||
17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||||||
26, 27 & 28 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 16 | |||||||||||||
16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
19, 20 & 21 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
16, 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
22, 23, 24 & 25 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||||||||||
16, 17 & 18 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 19 | Third place Best of 13 frames | ||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
19, 20 & 21 April | 26 & 27 April | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 12 | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||
16 & 17 April | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | ![]() | 7 | |||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 13 | |||||||||||||
Qualifying
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Century breaks
[编辑]There were 13 century breaks at the championship, the highest being 142 by Bill Werbeniuk.[13][14] There was also a £5,000 bonus for compiling a higher break than the championship record of 142.[9]
- 142 Bill Werbeniuk
- 125 Cliff Thorburn
- 121, 120, 107, 101 Terry Griffiths
- 112, 105 Alex Higgins
- 112 John Spencer
- 110, 109 Fred Davis
- 106 Eddie Charlton
- 106 Dennis Taylor
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 World Championship 1979. Global Snooker. [28 October 2010].
- ^ 2.0 2.1 Then and Now: Terry Griffiths. Eurosport UK. [10 June 2012]. (原始内容存档于10 June 2012).
- ^ Turner, Chris. World Professional Championship. cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. [11 May 2012]. (原始内容存档于16 April 2013).
- ^ Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 119.
- ^ Steve Davis at the World Championship. Snooker Database. [10 June 2012].
- ^ Kirk Stevens at the World Championship. Snooker Database. [10 June 2012].
- ^ Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 132–134.
- ^ Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 143.
- ^ 9.0 9.1 Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 130.
- ^ 1979 World Championships Results Grid. Snooker Database. [28 October 2010].
- ^ Embassy World Championship. Snooker Scene. [9 May 2012]. (原始内容存档于24 January 2013).
- ^ Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 8–9.
- ^ Crucible Centuries. snooker.org. [9 May 2012].
- ^ Downer, Chris. Crucible Almanac. 2012: 146.
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