Welsh former professional snooker player, 1979 world champion
For the Australian politician, see Terry Griffiths (politician).
Terry Griffiths OBE
Griffiths in 1991
Born
(1947-10-16) 16 October 1947 (age 76) Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Sport country
Wales
Nickname
Griff[1]
Professional
1978–1997
Highest ranking
3 (1981/82)
Tournament wins
Ranking
1
World Champion
1979
Terence Martin GriffithsOBE (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current coach and pundit. After winning several amateur titles, including the Welsh Amateur Championship in 1975 and back-to-back English Amateur Championships in 1977 and 1978, Griffiths turned professional in June 1978 at the age of 30. In his second professional tournament, he qualified for the 1979 World Snooker Championship. He reached the final of the event where he defeated Dennis Taylor by 24 frames to 16. This was only the second time a qualifier had won the World Snooker Championship, after Alex Higgins in 1972; only Shaun Murphy in 2005 has since emulated the achievement. In 1988, Griffiths again reached the final of the competition. He was tied with Steve Davis, 8–8, but lost the match 11–18.
Griffiths reached at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years, from 1984 to 1992. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, completing snooker's Triple Crown. Griffiths was runner-up at the Masters three times and reached the final of the 1989 European Open, where he lost the deciding frame to John Parrott.
Although he also won several other tournaments, Griffiths's determination to match his rival Davis led to changes in technique which commentators have said cost him his natural flair for playing. He announced his retirement from professional snooker in 1996 to become the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's director of coaching, and developed a coaching career which has included working with leading players Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Ding Junhui.
^Griffiths, Terry (1989). Griff: The Autobiography of Terry Griffiths. London: Pelham. ISBN 0720718864.
achievement. In 1988, Griffiths again reached the final of the competition. He was tied with Steve Davis, 8–8, but lost the match 11–18. Griffiths reached at least...
champion TerryGriffiths before losing to Alex Higgins 9–13. He won his first major title that year, the 1980 UK Championship, beating Griffiths 9–0 in...
circumstances, namely: At the 1983 Walsh Coronial Inquest it was stated by TerryGriffiths and others that there was a continuous police presence outside the...
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after losing 8–13 to Dennis Taylor. Griffiths met Taylor in the final, which was a best-of-47-frame match. Griffiths won 24–16, to become the first player...
Show 25 (12 June 1999) - TerryGriffiths, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jimmy White Show 26 (26 June 1999) - Gerard Greene, TerryGriffiths, Mark Williams Show 1 (18...
three qualifiers have ever won the tournament: Alex Higgins in 1972, TerryGriffiths in 1979, and Shaun Murphy in 2005. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan...
2012. Stephen Hendry secured a record in the semi-final, when he beat TerryGriffiths 16–4. This was the biggest semi-final victory at the World Championship...
previously won the World Championship four times. He met the 1979 champion TerryGriffiths in the final, which was a best-of-35-frames match. Davis won the match...
qualifier to win the world title, a feat that only two other players—TerryGriffiths in 1979 and Shaun Murphy in 2005—have achieved since. Aged 22, he was...
team: Reardon, TerryGriffiths, Doug Mountjoy England team: John Spencer, Fred Davis, Graham Miles Wales team: Reardon, TerryGriffiths, Doug Mountjoy...
Championship semi-final. He played TerryGriffiths and, trailing 11–13, lost a tied frame on a respotted black. Griffiths went on to reach the final courtesy...
Steve Davis, as well as in 1981, when the final between Davis and TerryGriffiths set the stage for four more final battles between the two, who were...
1979 World Snooker Championship, where he lost the final 16–24 to TerryGriffiths. His highest world ranking came in 1979–1980, when he was second. He...
stage 2 lung cancer. Dennis Taylor's 13–11 second-round victory over TerryGriffiths set a record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional...
000 to be donated to charity, for an alleged assault on an official. TerryGriffiths won his first round match for the 14th time in a row (the first being...
Championship match, achieving the feat in his second-round encounter with TerryGriffiths. Ranked world number one during the 1981–82 season, Thorburn was the...
Meo finished his first session with TerryGriffiths at 4–4, but only won two of the next eleven frames, with Griffiths taking the match 13–6. At the start...
minutes and 20 seconds, and the fourth in the history of the tournament. TerryGriffiths' first round encounter against Mark Williams was his last ever professional...
players Davis and Tony Meo. Later Matchroom snooker players include TerryGriffiths, Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, Neal Foulds, Jimmy White, Cliff Thorburn...
Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. He overcame the reigning world champion TerryGriffiths in the final, despite being controversially docked two frames because...
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