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Higgins was born in Belfast on 18 March 1949. The only son of Alexander and Elizabeth Higgins, he grew up on Abingdon Street with his sisters Isobel, Ann and Jean. [16] [17] The family lived near the Jam Pot, a snooker and billiards hall in the Sandy Row estate, which Higgins frequented from age 10, running bets for his father and doing odd jobs. [8]
Alex Higgins won his first world title, defeating defending champion John Spencer 37–31 in the final. Higgins also made the highest known break of the tournament, 133. In all, he won six matches to secure the title, including a 31–30 deciding frame victory over Rex Williams in the semi-final after Williams had missed an attempt to pot a ...
Challenge event with defending champion receiving a bye to the final (*) BACC World Professional Match-play Championship ( ) PBPA ... Alex Higgins (NIR) 18–16 1979 ...
Alex Higgins was the defending champion, having won the 1982 championship, but he lost 5–16 to Steve Davis in the semi-finals. Davis, the 1981 champion, won the event for the second time, defeating Cliff Thorburn 18–6 in the final. A total of 18 century breaks were made during the tournament.
With Higgins showing signs of nervousness, Reardon won another two frames to level at 15–15, [45] having required Higgins to concede points from a foul in the second of these. [46] Higgins then won the 31st frame 79–0, the 32nd 112–0 with breaks of 38 and 73, [ 14 ] : 14–15 and then won the match with a clearance of 135. [ 45 ]
Alex Higgins, the World Champion was the number 1 seed with Steve Davis, the defending champion seeded 2. Places were allocated to the leading 8 players in the world rankings and there were two sponsors wild-card entries, Jimmy White (ranked 10) and Terry Griffiths (ranked 14). [1]
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Alex Higgins: 5–2 [17] 04-11 04-23 ENG: WR World Snooker Championship: Middlesbrough Town Hall: Middlesbrough: Ray Reardon: Alex Higgins: 27–16 [18] [19] Wythenshawe Forum Manchester: 05-01 05-08 WAL: NR Pontins Professional: Pontins: Prestatyn: Ray Reardon: Fred Davis: 10–9 [20] 05-08 05-11 ENG: NR Canadian Club Masters: Northern Snooker ...