1985 Pot Black

1985 Pot Black

Tournament information
Dates	December 1984 (broadcast summer 1985)
Venue	Pebble Mill Studios
City	Birmingham
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Final
Champion	Doug Mountjoy
Runner-up	Jimmy White
Score	2–0
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The 1985 Pot Black was the seventeenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in December 1984 but was broadcast in the summer of 1985. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players.

All matches until the final were one-frame shoot-outs, the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Doug Mountjoy won the event, his thirteenth professional title, beating Jimmy White 2–0 in the final.^[1] This was also Mountjoy's second Pot Black title; previously, he had won the 1979 edition.

Main Draw

	Last 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final Best of 3 frames
	Jimmy White		1
	John Parrott		0
						Jimmy White		1
						Steve Davis		0
	Steve Davis		1
	John Spencer		0
											Jimmy White		1
											Cliff Thorburn		0
	Cliff Thorburn		1
	David Taylor		0
						Cliff Thorburn		1
						Willie Thorne		0
	Willie Thorne		1
	Eddie Charlton		0
																Jimmy White		0
																Doug Mountjoy		2
	Dennis Taylor		1
	Bill Werbeniuk		0
						Dennis Taylor		1
						Terry Griffiths		0
	Terry Griffiths		1
	Silvino Francisco		0
											Dennis Taylor		0
											Doug Mountjoy		1
	Neal Foulds		1
	Ray Reardon		0
						Neal Foulds		0
						Doug Mountjoy		1
	Doug Mountjoy		1
	Kirk Stevens		0

Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 20 December 1984.
Doug Mountjoy  Wales	2–0	Jimmy White  England

References