Tournament information | |
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Dates | 18–26 October 1986 |
Venue | Hexagon Theatre |
City | Reading |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £275,000 [1] |
Winner's share | £55,000 [1] |
Highest break | Jimmy White ( ENG) (138) [2] |
Final | |
Champion | Jimmy White ( ENG) |
Runner-up | Rex Williams ( ENG) |
Score | 10–6 |
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The 1986 Rothmans Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 18 to 26 October 1986 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading. [3] [4]
Rex Williams made his first (and only) major final in a professional snooker tournament after being a professional since 1951. He was 53 years and 98 days old, making him the oldest player in a ranking final. He had beaten Jim Bear, Mark Wildman, Alex Higgins, Steve Davis and Neal Foulds before facing Jimmy White in the final. [5] During that match Williams took a 5–2 lead which he had made a break of 125 in the 7th frame and 6–4 before White took the last 6 frames to win his first Grand Prix title by 10–6. White had beaten 17-year-old Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals and Silvino Francisco in the semi-final.
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:
John Williams Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England, 26 October 1986. | ||
Jimmy White England |
10–6 |
Rex Williams England |
11–72 (53), 57–47, 130–3 (101), 54–73, 44–84, 44–74, 0–126 (125), 90–4 (73), 83–24, 0–76, 72–16, 79–39 (68), 79–23, 63–61, 88–8 (51), 79–8 (72) | ||
101 | Highest break | 125 |
1 | Century breaks | 1 |
5 | 50+ breaks | 2 |