1986 UK Snooker Championship
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The 1986 Tennents UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston in November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 22 and 30 November 1986.
Scottish brewers Tennents took over as the sponsors of the UK Championship after Coral withdrew their sponsorship after 8 years. The event was also best known in 1986 for Alex Higgins as he head-butted an official. Higgins later got fined £12,000 and banned for the next 5 snooker competitions. In the final, Steve Davis won beating Neal Foulds who had already won the BCE International 2 months earlier 16-7, winning £60,000 and his triumph was a personal landmark because it took his career winnings past the £1million barrier.
[edit] Prize money
Winner £60,000
Runner-up ???
Total ???
[edit] Highest break
144 Jimmy White
[edit] The Contest
4th Round Best of 17 frames
Steve Davis 9-6 Eddie Charlton 
Dean Reynolds 9-8 Silvino Francisco 
Tony Drago 9-6 John Virgo
Willie Thorne 9-1 Robbie Grace
Alex Higgins 9-6 Dave Martin
Mike Hallett 9-4 Tony Meo
Cliff Thorburn 9-4 David Taylor
Neal Foulds 9-3 Jim Wych
Jimmy White 9-5 Peter Francisco
Terry Griffiths 9-0 Dene O'Kane 
Steve Longworth 9-1 Doug Mountjoy
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago |
8 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Drago |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Thorne |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Hallett |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones |
9 | |||||||||||||
 Eugene Hughes |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis |
16 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White |
7 | |||||||||||||
| Neal Foulds |
9 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths |
6 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles |
4 | |||||||||||||
| John Parrott |
9 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Longworth |
6 | |||||||||||||
| UK Snooker Championship |
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