Terry Griffiths


Welsh former professional snooker player, 1979 world champion, 1980 Masters champion, 1982 UK champion

























Terry Griffiths
OBE
Born
(1947-10-16) 16 October 1947 (age 71)
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Sport country
 Wales
Professional1978–1997
Highest ranking3 (1981/82)
Career winnings
£1,209,054
Highest break

140: 1983 Hong Kong Masters
Century breaks86
Tournament wins
Ranking2
Non-ranking17
World Champion1979

Terrence Martin Griffiths, OBE[1] (born 16 October 1947) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's triple crown. He was known for his slow, cautious yet elegant style of play.




Contents





  • 1 Early years


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Coaching career


  • 4 Performance and rankings timeline


  • 5 Career finals

    • 5.1 Ranking finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)


    • 5.2 Non-ranking finals: 40 (17 titles, 23 runner-ups)


    • 5.3 Team finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)


    • 5.4 Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


    • 5.5 Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)


    • 5.6 Trickshot events



  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Early years


Griffiths was born in Llanelli. A former postman,[2] insurance salesman, miner and bus conductor, he had a long amateur career, winning the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and the English Amateur Championship in 1977 and 1978 before turning professional.



Career


In his first professional match, at the 1978 UK Championship, he lost 8–9 to Rex Williams after leading 8–1.[3] However, he could hardly have expected what would come in the 1979 World Championships. After qualifying he beat Perrie Mans and Alex Higgins. Interviewed after beating Eddie Charlton in a long semi-final, it suddenly dawned on him what he had done, and he said "I'm in the final now, you know!" in his broad Welsh accent.[4] He went on to beat Dennis Taylor 24–16 in the final, becoming world champion at the first attempt.[5] In the same year he was part of the Welsh team that won the inaugural World Cup of snooker: he, Ray Reardon and Doug Mountjoy beat England 14–3 in the final. But at the end of 1979, he lost 13–14 in the UK Championship final to John Virgo.


1980 started well for Griffiths as he won the Masters, beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in front of 2,323 spectators at the Wembley Conference Centre. It was his first appearance at the Masters and turned out to be his only win there. He then won the Irish Masters also at the first attempt, beating Doug Mountjoy 9–8, but the Crucible curse struck at the World Championships that year, as he lost his second-round match (which was then a 'first round' for the top eight players, who had byes) to Steve Davis.


He retained the World Cup later on in 1980 for Wales and again won the Irish Masters in 1981 before losing to eventual winner Steve Davis again in the World Championship.


He also lost 3–16 to Davis in the UK Championship final in 1981, beginning a six-month period in which he and Davis faced each other in almost every major tournament final. Although Davis had the better of their exchanges, winning three finals, Griffiths triumphed twice, in the Classic in early 1982 and later the Irish Masters (becoming the first player to win three consecutive titles) beating Davis on both occasions (the Classic 9–8 and the Irish Masters 9–5). Unsurprisingly, after Davis was sensationally beaten by Tony Knowles in the first round of the World Championship that year, Griffiths was immediately installed as the bookmakers' favourite for the title. However, a second surprise followed as Griffiths was beaten, also in the first round, by Willie Thorne. At the end of 1982, he won the UK Championship, beating Alex Higgins in a classic 16–15 final. It was still a non-ranking event at that time.


He never again won a ranking event, although he won several major invitational events; the 1984 Malaysian Masters, where he topped a round robin group (Tony Meo was the runner up), the 1984 Singapore Masters, where he also topped a round robin group (Davis was runner up), the 1985 Hong Kong Masters, where he beat Davis 4–2; the 1986 Belgian Classic, where he beat Kirk Stevens 9–7 in the final, in an event featuring 8 of the top 9 in the year's rankings.


He did take the Pot Black title in 1984 and the Welsh Professional Championship between 1985, 1986 and 1988. He reached the final of the World Snooker Championship again also in 1988, defeating Steve Longworth, Willie Thorne, Neal Foulds and Jimmy White but he lost to old rival Steve Davis 11–18. During the final session of the championship, he accidentally knocked over a globe on the Crucible set, denting part of it with his foot: he was awarded the globe at the end of the match. He achieved the notable feat of reaching at least the quarter-finals of the World Championships for nine consecutive years between 1984–1992.


By the 1990s he began to struggle in the rankings but he still reached the semi-final of the 1992 World Championship, with victories over Bob Chaperon, Neal Foulds and Peter Ebdon before losing to Stephen Hendry. Having lost at the Crucible in 1996 against his old rival Steve Davis (whom he never beat at the Crucible in 7 attempts) in the last 16 (after beating the young Scottish player Jamie Burnett in a final frame decider 10–9 in the first round, having trailed 0–6 and 5–9), he immediately announced his retirement from the game.


Unusually for a snooker player Griffiths retired whilst still inside the top 32 and 23rd in the rankings.[6] This was despite only entering the 1997 world championship qualifiers in his final season as a professional.[7] He won this match and qualified to play at the Crucible one last time. He lost that match to fellow countryman and debutant Mark Williams, in another final-frame decider, 9–10. This meant that he played a total of 999 frames at the Crucible.[8]



Coaching career


Griffiths is well known as a coach and has coached many top players. Having retired from professional play in 1997, he currently coaches top players such as Mark Williams, Marco Fu, Mark Allen, Ali Carter, Joe Perry, Barry Hawkins and Ding Junhui,[9] and in the past has coached Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire. He is the Director of Coaching at the South West Snooker Academy.[10] He also frequently commentates on snooker for the BBC.



Performance and rankings timeline


























































































































































































































































































































































































































Tournament

1978/
79

1979/
80

1980/
81

1981/
82

1982/
83

1983/
84

1984/
85

1985/
86

1986/
87

1987/
88

1988/
89

1989/
90

1990/
91

1991/
92

1992/
93

1993/
94

1994/
95

1995/
96

1996/
97

Ranking[11]
[nb 1]
8

5

3

14

9

8

8

10

6

5

5

6

11

6

8

14

15

23

Ranking tournaments

Asian Classic[nb 2]
Tournament Not Held
NR
A

QF

2R

QF

2R

2R

QF
A

Grand Prix[nb 3]
Tournament Not Held

QF

3R

1R

QF

3R

3R

QF

1R

2R

QF

SF

1R

2R

1R
A

UK Championship
Non-Ranking Event

1R

QF

3R

QF

SF

SF

2R

3R

1R

QF

3R

2R
A

German Open
Tournament Not Held

1R
A

Welsh Open
Tournament Not Held

3R

2R

1R

1R

2R
A

International Open[nb 4]
Not Held
NR

QF

SF

2R

3R

3R

2R

1R

2R
Not Held

3R

3R

3R

1R
A

European Open
Tournament Not Held

F

1R

2R

SF

2R

1R

QF

2R
A

Thailand Open[nb 5]
Tournament Not Held
Non-Ranking Event
Not Held

SF

1R

1R

1R

2R

1R

1R
A

British Open[nb 6]
NH
Non-Ranking Event

2R

QF

3R

2R

1R

2R

3R

QF

1R

1R

1R

1R
A

World Championship

W

2R

QF

1R

2R

QF

QF

QF

QF

F

QF

QF

QF

SF

2R

2R

2R

2R

1R

Non-ranking tournaments

Scottish Masters
Not Held
A

SF

QF

QF
A
A

F
NH

F

F
A

1R
A
A
A
A

Charity Challenge
Tournament Not Held

SF

1R
A

The Masters
A

W

F

F

QF

F

SF

QF

1R

QF

QF

1R

SF

1R

1R

1R

QF

WR
A

Irish Masters
A

W

W

W

SF

F

1R

1R

SF

SF

QF

SF

1R

1R

1R

1R
A
A
A

European League[nb 7]
Tournament Not Held
A
Not Held

RR

RR

RR
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

Former ranking tournaments

Canadian Masters[nb 8]
Non-Ranking
Tournament Not Held
Non-Ranking

QF
Tournament Not Held

Hong Kong Open[nb 9]
NH
Ranking Event
NH

2R
Tournament Not Held
Ranking
NH

Classic
NH
Non-Ranking Event

QF

QF

1R

QF

QF

3R

1R

1R

3R
Tournament Not Held

Strachan Open
Tournament Not Held

2R
MR
NR
Not Held

Former non-ranking tournaments

Champion of Champions
A
NH
RR
Tournament Not Held

International Open[nb 10]
Not Held

QF
Ranking Event
Not Held
Ranking Event

Northern Ireland Classic
Not Held

SF
Tournament Not Held

Classic
NH

SF

QF

W

1R
Ranking Event
Tournament Not Held

UK Championship

1R

F

SF

F

W

SF
Ranking Event

British Open[nb 11]
NH

RR

RR

F

2R

2R
Ranking Event

Australian Masters[nb 12]
NH
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
SF
A
NH
R
Tournament Not Held
A
A
NH

Thailand Masters
Tournament Not Held

SF
F
F

F
Not Held
Ranking Event

Canadian Masters[nb 13]
A

F

F
Tournament Not Held

QF
A

QF
R
Tournament Not Held

Asian Classic[nb 14]
Tournament Not Held

QF
Ranking Event

Matchroom Professional Championship
Tournament Not Held

SF

1R

QF
Tournament Not Held

Welsh Professional Championship
NH

SF

SF

F

SF

SF

W

W

SF

W

F

QF

QF
Tournament Not Held

World Seniors Championship
Tournament Not Held

SF
Tournament Not Held

World Matchplay
Tournament Not Held

QF

QF

SF

QF

1R
Tournament Not Held

Pot Black
A

RR
A
A
A

W

QF

1R
Tournament Not Held

1R

QF

QF
Not Held


















Performance Table Legend
LQ
lost in the qualifying draw
#R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF
lost in the quarter-finals
SF
lost in the semi-finals
F
lost in the final

W
won the tournament
DNQ
did not qualify for the tournament
A
did not participate in the tournament
WD
withdrew from the tournament






NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.


  1. ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.


  2. ^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)


  3. ^ The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/83–1983/1984)


  4. ^ The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)


  5. ^ The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)


  6. ^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)


  7. ^ The event was also called the Matchroom League (1986/1987–1991/1992)


  8. ^ The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)


  9. ^ The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988) and Australian Open (1994/1995)


  10. ^ The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)


  11. ^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)


  12. ^ The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)


  13. ^ The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)


  14. ^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989)




Career finals



Ranking finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)



Legend
World Championship (1–1)
Other (0–1)

























Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Winner
1.

1979

World Championship

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
24–16
Runner-up
1.

1988

World Championship

England Steve Davis
11–18
Runner-up
2.

1989

European Open

England John Parrott
8–9


Non-ranking finals: 40 (17 titles, 23 runner-ups)



Legend
UK Championship (1–2) [nb 1]
The Masters (1–3)
Other (15–19)























































































































































































































































Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.

1979

Canadian Open

Canada Cliff Thorburn
16–17
Runner-up
2.

1979

UK Championship

England John Virgo
13–14
Winner
1.

1980

The Masters

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
9–5
Winner
2.

1980

Irish Masters

Wales Doug Mountjoy
10–9
Runner-up
3.

1980

Canadian Open (2)

Canada Cliff Thorburn
10–17
Runner-up
4.

1981

The Masters

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
6–9
Winner
3.

1981

Irish Masters (2)

Wales Ray Reardon
9–7
Winner
4.

1981

Pontins Professional

England Willie Thorne
9–8
Runner-up
5.

1981

UK Championship (2)

England Steve Davis
3–16
Winner
5.

1982

The Classic

England Steve Davis
9–8
Runner-up
6.

1982

The Masters (2)

England Steve Davis
5–9
Runner-up
7.

1982

Welsh Professional Championship

Wales Doug Mountjoy
8–9
Runner-up
8.

1982

International Masters

England Steve Davis
7–9
Winner
6.

1982

Irish Masters (3)

England Steve Davis
9–5
Winner
7.

1982

UK Championship

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
16–15
Runner-up
9.

1983

Tolly Cobbold Classic

England Steve Davis
5–7
Runner-up
10.

1983

Hong Kong Masters

Wales Doug Mountjoy
3–4
Winner
8.

1984

Pot Black

England John Spencer
2–1
Runner-up
11.

1984

The Masters (3)

England Jimmy White
5–9
Runner-up
12.

1984

Irish Masters

England Steve Davis
1–9
Runner-up
13.
1984

Thailand Masters

England Jimmy White
3–4
Winner
9.
1984
Malaysian Masters

England Tony Meo

[nb 2]
Winner
10.
1984

Singapore Masters

England Steve Davis

[nb 2]
Winner
11.

1985

Welsh Professional Championship

Wales Doug Mountjoy
9–4
Winner
12.

1985

Pontins Professional (2)

England John Spencer
9–7
Winner
13.

1985

Hong Kong Masters

England Steve Davis
4–2
Runner-up
14.
1985

Thailand Masters (2)

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
0–4
Runner-up
15.

1985

Singapore Masters

England Steve Davis
2–4
Winner
14.
1986

Belgian Classic

Canada Kirk Stevens
9–7
Winner
15.

1986

Welsh Professional Championship (2)

Wales Doug Mountjoy
9–3
Winner
16.

1986

Pontins Professional (3)

England Willie Thorne
9–6
Runner-up
16.

1986

Thailand Masters (3)

Thailand James Wattana
1–2
Runner-up
17.
1986

China Masters

England Steve Davis
0–3
Runner-up
18.

1987

Tokyo Masters

Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
3–6
Runner-up
19.

1987

Scottish Masters

England Joe Johnson
7–9
Winner
17.

1988

Welsh Professional Championship (3)

Wales Wayne Jones
9–3
Runner-up
20.

1989

Welsh Professional Championship (2)

Wales Doug Mountjoy
6–9
Runner-up
21.

1989

Scottish Masters (2)

Scotland Stephen Hendry
1–10
Runner-up
22.

1990

Scottish Masters (3)

Scotland Stephen Hendry
6–10
Runner-up
23.

1997

Seniors Pot Black

England Joe Johnson
0–2


Team finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)












































Outcome
No.
Year
Championship
Team/partner
Opponent(s) in the final
Score
Winner
1.

1979

World Challenge Cup

 Wales

 England
14–3
Winner
2.

1980

World Challenge Cup (2)

 Wales

 Canada
8–5
Runner-up
1.

1981

World Team Classic

 Wales

 England
3–4
Runner-up
2.
1982

World Doubles Championship

Wales Doug Mountjoy

England Steve Davis
England Tony Meo
2–13
Runner-up
3.

1983

World Team Classic (2)

 Wales

 England
2–4


Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)





















Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.
1977

Pontins Spring Open

Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
4–7
Winner
1.
1983

Pontins Spring Open

Wales Ray Reardon
7–3


Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

































Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.
1972

Welsh Amateur Championship

Wales Geoff Thomas
2–6
Winner
1.
1975

Welsh Amateur Championship

Wales Geoff Thomas
8–7
Winner
2.
1977

English Amateur Championship

England Sid Hood
13–3
Winner
3.
1978

English Amateur Championship

England Joe Johnson
13–6


Trickshot events



  • World Trickshot (1992, 1994)


Notes




  1. ^ The UK Championship did not become a ranking event until 1984


  2. ^ ab No play-off. Winner decided via a league format.




References




  1. ^ "Terry Griffiths receives an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours". Retrieved 16 June 2009


  2. ^ "1979: Griffiths creates miracle". BBC. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2008..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ "Where are they now? – Terry Griffiths". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2008.


  4. ^ "Hall of Fame – Terry Griffiths". BBC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2008.


  5. ^ "A Profile for Terry Griffiths". Terry Griffiths Snooker. Retrieved 7 October 2010.


  6. ^ "Still POTTY after all these years. – Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


  7. ^ "Interview with Terry Griffiths (part 1 of 2) " Snooker Island Blog". Snookerisland.com. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


  8. ^ "Crucible 2008 – some potential milestones". BBC. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


  9. ^ "Griffiths to coach six players". World Snooker. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.


  10. ^ "Coaching". South West Snooker Academy. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


  11. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 November 2017.



External links


  • Profile at World Snooker

  • Terry Griffiths' Official Site

  • http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/terry-griffiths/










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