1984 Costa Del Sol Classic

Costa Del Sol Classic

Tournament information
Dates	20–23 August 1984 (1984-08-20 – 1984-08-23)
Venue	Las Palmeras Hotel
City	Fuengirola
Country	Spain
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	£2,850
Winner's share	£600[1]
Highest break	105 (Joe Johnson)
Final
Champion	Dennis Taylor (NIR)
Runner-up	Mike Hallett (ENG)
Score	5–2
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The 1984 Costa Del Sol Classic was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place from 20 to 23 August 1984.^[2] The tournament was held at the Las Palmeras Hotel in Fuengirola, Spain, and featured 12 professional players.^[1]

The four qualifying matches were played under a best-of-five frames format, as were the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and the final best of nine. Dennis Taylor won the event, by defeating Mike Hallett 5–2 in the final.^[1]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below.^[2]

Qualifying

Four players participated in qualifying for the quarter-finals, to which Tony Knowles, Taylor, Joe Johnson and Mark Wildman were already seeded.

Round 1

^[1]

•  Mick Fisher (ENG) 3–2  Eugene Hughes (IRE)
•  Mike Hallett (ENG) 3–0  Bill Oliver (ENG)
•  Murdo MacLeod (SCO) 3–2  Warren King (AUS)
•  Eddie Sinclair (SCO) 3–1  Tony Drago (MLT)

Main draw

Quarter-finals

^[1]

•  Mike Hallett (ENG) 3–0  Tony Knowles (ENG)
•  Mark Wildman (ENG) 3–2  Eddie Sinclair (SCO)
•  Joe Johnson (ENG) 3–1  Mick Fisher (ENG)
•  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 3–1  Murdo MacLeod (SCO)

Semi-finals

•  Mike Hallett (ENG) 3–0  Mark Wildman (ENG)
•  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 3–2  Joe Johnson (ENG)

Final

•  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 5–2  Mike Hallett (ENG)

Century breaks

Two century breaks were made during the tournament.^[3]

• 105  Joe Johnson (ENG)
• 100  Dennis Taylor (NIR)

References