1986 World Doubles Championship

The 1986 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fifth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 2 and 14 December 1986 with the tournament televised on ITV.[1]

Hofmeister World Doubles
Tournament information
Dates2–14 December 1986
VenueDerngate
CityNorthampton
CountryEnglanda
FormatNon-ranking event
Winner's share£50,000
Highest break217 Davis/Meo (combined)
Final
ChampionDavis/Meo
Runner-upHallett/Hendry
Score12–3
1985
1987

Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to win their fourth title in five years by beating Mike Hallett and 17 year old Stephen Hendry (who beat among Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne to reach the final) 12–3 and only won two frames in the final session along with a record highest combined break of 217.


Results

Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
            
 Davis (England)/ Meo (England) 5
 Duggan (England)/ West (England) 3
Davis/Meo 5
S Francisco/P Francisco 0
 Taylor (England)/ Charlton (Australia) 1
 S Francisco (RSA)/ P Francisco (RSA) 5
Davis/Meo 9
Taylor/Griffiths 6
 Higgins (Northern Ireland)/ White (England) 5
 Williams (England)/ Miles (England) 2
Higgins/White 4
Taylor/Griffiths 5
Taylor/ Griffiths (Wales) 5
 
Davis/Meo 12
Hendry/Hallett 3
Parrott/ Foulds (England) 5
 MacLeod (Scotland)/ Martin (England) 2
Parrott/Foulds 1
Hendry/Hallett 5
 Thorburn (Canada)/ Thorne (England) 4
 Hendry (Scotland)/ Hallett (England) 5
Hendry/Hallett 9
Stevens/Virgo 6
 Reardon (Wales)/ Jones (England) 5
 Johnson (England)/ Knowles (England) 4
Reardon/Jones 2
Stevens/Virgo 5
 Stevens (Canada)/ Virgo (England) 5
 

References

  1. Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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