1985 Pot Black
# 1985 Pot Black

The 1985 Pot Black was the seventeenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in December 1984 but was broadcast in 1985. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was aggregate score of two frames and the final being contested over the best of three frames.

Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 8 January 1985 David Icke took over from Alan Weeks as presenter with Ted Lowe remaining as commentator and John Williams as referee.

Debuts include John Parrott and Neal Foulds who previously played in Junior Pot Black and Bill Werbeniuk. Doug Mountjoy won the event, his thirteenth professional title, beating Jimmy White 2–0 in the final. This was also Mountjoy's second Pot Black title; previously, he had won the 1978 edition.

## Main draw

| Last 16 | Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final Best of 3 frames | Final Best of 3 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jimmy White | 1 | | | | | | | |
| John Parrott | 0 | | | | | | | |
| John Parrott | 0 | Jimmy White | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Steve Davis | 0 | | | | | |
| Steve Davis | 1 | Steve Davis | 0 | | | | | |
| John Spencer | 0 | | | | | | | |
| John Spencer | 0 | | | Jimmy White | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Cliff Thorburn | 0 | | | |
| Cliff Thorburn | 1 | | | | | Cliff Thorburn | 0 | | | |
| David Taylor | 0 | | | | | | | |
| David Taylor | 0 | Cliff Thorburn | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Willie Thorne | 0 | | | | | |
| Willie Thorne | 1 | Willie Thorne | 0 | | | | | |
| Eddie Charlton | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Eddie Charlton | 0 | | | | | | Jimmy White | 0 |
| | | | | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 2 |
| Dennis Taylor | 1 | | | | | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 2 |
| Bill Werbeniuk | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Bill Werbeniuk | 0 | Dennis Taylor | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Terry Griffiths | 0 | | | | | |
| Terry Griffiths | 1 | Terry Griffiths | 0 | | | | | |
| Silvino Francisco | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Silvino Francisco | 0 | | | Dennis Taylor | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | |
| Neal Foulds | 1 | | | | | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | |
| Ray Reardon | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Ray Reardon | 0 | Neal Foulds | 0 | | | | | |
| | | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 1 | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | | | | | |
| Kirk Stevens | 0 | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 3 frames. Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham, England, 20 December 1984 (Broadcast 9 April 1985). :

| Doug Mountjoy Wales | 2–0 | Jimmy White England |
| - | - | - |
