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词条 Terry Griffiths
释义

  1. Early years

  2. Career

  3. Coaching career

  4. Performance and rankings timeline

  5. Career finals

     Ranking finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)  Non-ranking finals: 40 (17 titles, 23 runner-ups)  Team finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)  Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)  Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)  Trickshot events 

  6. Notes

  7. References

  8. External links

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| name = Terry Griffiths
| honorific_suffix = OBE
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|10|16}}
| birth_place = Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
| Sport country = {{WAL}}
| Nickname =
| Professional = 1978–1997
| High ranking = 3 (1981/82)
| Prize money = £1,209,054
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| Century break = 86
| Ranking wins = 1
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Terrence Martin Griffiths, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|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.

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][12]853149881065561168141523
Ranking tournaments
Asian Classic[13]Tournament Not HeldNRAQF2RQF2R2RQFA
Grand Prix[14]Tournament Not HeldQF3R1RQF3R3RQF1R2RQFSF1R2R1RA
UK ChampionshipNon-Ranking Event1RQF3RQFSFSF2R3R1RQF3R2RA
German OpenTournament Not Held1RA
Welsh OpenTournament Not Held3R2R1R1R2RA
International Open[15]Not HeldNRQFSF2R3R3R2R1R2RNot Held3R3R3R1RA
European OpenTournament Not HeldF1R2RSF2R1RQF2RA
Thailand Open[16]Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventNot HeldSF1R1R1R2R1R1RA
British Open[17]NHNon-Ranking Event2RQF3R2R1R2R3RQF1R1R1R1RA
World ChampionshipW2RQF1R2RQFQFQFQFFQFQFQFSF2R2R2R2R1R
Non-ranking tournaments
Scottish MastersNot HeldASFQFQFAAFNHFFA1RAAAA
Charity ChallengeTournament Not HeldSF1RA
The MastersAWFFQFFSFQF1RQFQF1RSF1R1R1RQFWRA
Irish MastersAWWWSFF1R1RSFSFQFSF1R1R1R1RAAA
European League[18]Tournament Not HeldANot HeldRRRRRRAAAAAAAA
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters[19]Non-RankingTournament Not HeldNon-RankingQFTournament Not Held
Hong Kong Open[20]NHRanking EventNH2RTournament Not HeldRankingNH
ClassicNHNon-Ranking EventQFQF1RQFQF3R1R1R3RTournament Not Held
Strachan OpenTournament Not Held2RMRNRNot Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Champion of ChampionsANHRRTournament Not Held
International Open[21]Not HeldQFRanking EventNot HeldRanking Event
Northern Ireland ClassicNot HeldSFTournament Not Held
ClassicNHSFQFW1RRanking EventTournament Not Held
UK Championship1RFSFFWSFRanking Event
British Open[22]NHRRRRF2R2RRanking Event
Australian Masters[23]NHAAAAAAASFANHRTournament Not HeldAANH
Thailand MastersTournament Not HeldSFFFFNot HeldRanking Event
Canadian Masters[24]AFFTournament Not HeldQFAQFRTournament Not Held
Asian Classic[25]Tournament Not HeldQFRanking Event
{{nowrap|Matchroom Professional Championship}}Tournament Not HeldSF1RQFTournament Not Held
{{nowrap|Welsh Professional Championship}}NHSFSFFSFSFWWSFWFQFQFTournament Not Held
{{nowrap|World Seniors Championship}}Tournament Not HeldSFTournament Not Held
World MatchplayTournament Not HeldQFQFSFQF1RTournament Not Held
Pot BlackARRAAAWQF1RTournament Not Held1RQFQFNot 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-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
1. ^"Terry Griffiths receives an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours". Retrieved 16 June 2009
2. ^{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/world_champs_2002/1921202.stm| title = 1979: Griffiths creates miracle| publisher = BBC| date = 12 April 2002| accessdate = 15 July 2008}}
3. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.johnvirgo.com/griffiths.asp |title = Where are they now? – Terry Griffiths |publisher = Wayback Machine |date = |accessdate = 9 April 2008 |archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5s02jg3jC?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080617045605/http://www.johnvirgo.com/griffiths.asp |archivedate = 15 August 2010 |deadurl = yes |df = dmy-all}}
4. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/sport/terrygriffiths.shtml |title = Hall of Fame – Terry Griffiths |date = |accessdate = 14 July 2008 |publisher = BBC |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050306194954/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/sport/terrygriffiths.shtml |archivedate = 6 March 2005 |df = dmy-all}}
5. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.terrygriffithssnooker.com/profiles/terry-griffiths-obe.aspx| title = A Profile for Terry Griffiths| publisher = Terry Griffiths Snooker| accessdate = 7 October 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Still+POTTY+after+all+these+years.-a061117799 |title=Still POTTY after all these years. – Free Online Library |publisher=Thefreelibrary.com |date= |accessdate=28 April 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.snookerisland.com/blog/interview-with-terry-griffiths-part-1-of-2/ |title=Interview with Terry Griffiths (part 1 of 2) " Snooker Island Blog |publisher=Snookerisland.com |date=25 November 2011 |accessdate=28 April 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A33342923 |title=Crucible 2008 – some potential milestones |publisher=BBC |date=11 March 2008 |accessdate=28 April 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/griffiths-to-coach-six-players/ |title=Griffiths to coach six players|publisher=World Snooker |date=18 June 2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://southwestsnookeracademy.com/swsa-services/snooker-coaching.html |title=Coaching |publisher=South West Snooker Academy |date= |accessdate=28 April 2014}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=7 November 2017}}
12. ^New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
13. ^The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
14. ^The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/83–1983/1984)
15. ^The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
16. ^The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)
17. ^The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
18. ^The event was also called the Matchroom League (1986/1987–1991/1992)
19. ^The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)
20. ^The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988) and Australian Open (1994/1995)
21. ^The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
22. ^The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
23. ^The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)
24. ^The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)
25. ^The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989)
26. ^The UK Championship did not become a ranking event until 1984
27. ^No play-off. Winner decided via a league format.
28. ^No play-off. Winner decided via a league format.

Career finals

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

Legend
World Championship (1–1)
Other (0–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner 1. 1979 World ChampionshipNIR}} {{sortname|Dennis|Taylor}}24–16
Runner-up 1. 1988 World ChampionshipENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}11–18
Runner-up 2. 1989 European OpenENG}} {{sortname|John|Parrott}}8–9

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

Legend
UK Championship (1–2) [26]
The Masters (1–3)
Other (15–19)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up 1. 1979 Canadian OpenCAN}} {{sortname|Cliff|Thorburn}}16–17
Runner-up 2. 1979 UK ChampionshipENG}} {{sortname|John|Virgo}}13–14
Winner 1. 1980 The MastersNIR}} {{sortname|Alex|Higgins}}9–5
Winner 2. 1980 Irish MastersWAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}10–9
Runner-up 3. 1980 Canadian Open (2)CAN}} {{sortname|Cliff|Thorburn}}10–17
Runner-up 4. 1981 The MastersNIR}} {{sortname|Alex|Higgins}}6–9
Winner 3. 1981 Irish Masters (2)WAL}} {{sortname|Ray|Reardon}}9–7
Winner 4. 1981 Pontins ProfessionalENG}} {{sortname|Willie|Thorne}}9–8
Runner-up 5. 1981 UK Championship (2)ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}3–16
Winner 5. 1982 The ClassicENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}9–8
Runner-up 6. 1982 The Masters (2)ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}5–9
Runner-up 7. 1982 Welsh Professional ChampionshipWAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}8–9
Runner-up 8. 1982 International MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}7–9
Winner 6. 1982 Irish Masters (3)ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}9–5
Winner 7. 1982 UK ChampionshipNIR}} {{sortname|Alex|Higgins}}16–15
Runner-up 9. 1983 Tolly Cobbold ClassicENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}5–7
Runner-up 10. 1983 Hong Kong MastersWAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}3–4
Winner 8. 1984 Pot BlackENG}} {{sortname|John|Spencer|dab=snooker player}}2–1
Runner-up 11. 1984 The Masters (3)ENG}} {{sortname|Jimmy|White}}5–9
Runner-up 12. 1984 Irish MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}1–9
Runner-up 13. 1984 Thailand MastersENG}} {{sortname|Jimmy|White}}3–4
Winner 9. 1984 Malaysian MastersENG}} {{sortname|Tony|Meo}}{{sort|99–99|Round-Robin [27]}}
Winner 10. 1984 Singapore MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}{{sort|99–99|Round-Robin [28]}}
Winner 11. 1985 Welsh Professional ChampionshipWAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}9–4
Winner 12. 1985 Pontins Professional (2)ENG}} {{sortname|John|Spencer|dab=snooker player}}9–7
Winner 13. 1985 Hong Kong MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}4–2
Runner-up 14. 1985 Thailand Masters (2)NIR}} {{sortname|Dennis|Taylor}}0–4
Runner-up 15. 1985 Singapore MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}2–4
Winner 14. 1986 Belgian ClassicCAN}} {{sortname|Kirk|Stevens}}9–7
Winner 15. 1986 Welsh Professional Championship (2)WAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}9–3
Winner 16. 1986 Pontins Professional (3)ENG}} {{sortname|Willie|Thorne}}9–6
Runner-up 16. 1986 Thailand Masters (3)THA}} {{sortname|James|Wattana}}1–2
Runner-up 17. 1986 China MastersENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}0–3
Runner-up 18. 1987 Tokyo MastersNIR}} {{sortname|Dennis|Taylor}}3–6
Runner-up 19. 1987 Scottish MastersENG}} {{sortname|Joe|Johnson|dab=snooker player}}7–9
Winner 17. 1988Welsh Professional Championship (3)}}WAL}} {{sortname|Wayne|Jones|dab=snooker player}}9–3
Runner-up 20. 1989 Welsh Professional Championship (2)WAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}6–9
Runner-up 21. 1989 Scottish Masters (2)SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}1–10
Runner-up 22. 1990 Scottish Masters (3)SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}6–10
Runner-up 23. 1997 Seniors Pot BlackENG}} {{sortname|Joe|Johnson|dab=snooker player}}0–2

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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/partnerOpponent(s) in the finalScore
Winner 1. 1979 World Challenge CupWAL}}ENG}}14–3
Winner 2. 1980 World Challenge Cup (2)WAL}}CAN}}8–5
Runner-up 1. 1981 World Team ClassicWAL}}ENG}}3–4
Runner-up 2. 1982 World Doubles ChampionshipWAL}} {{sortname|Doug|Mountjoy}}ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}
{{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Tony|Meo}}		2–13
Runner-up 3. 1983 World Team Classic (2)WAL}}ENG}}2–4

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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up 1. 1977 Pontins Spring OpenNIR}} {{sortname|Alex|Higgins}}4–7
Winner 1. 1983 Pontins Spring OpenWAL}} {{sortname|Ray|Reardon}}7–3

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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up 1. 1972 Welsh Amateur ChampionshipWAL}} Geoff Thomas2–6
Winner 1. 1975 Welsh Amateur ChampionshipWAL}} Geoff Thomas8–7
Winner 2. 1977 English Amateur ChampionshipENG}} Sid Hood13–3
Winner 3. 1978 English Amateur Championship (2)ENG}} {{sortname|Joe|Johnson|dab=snooker player}}13–6

Trickshot events

  • World Trickshot (1992, 1994)

Notes

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References

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External links

  • Profile at World Snooker
  • Terry Griffiths' Official Site
  • http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/terry-griffiths/
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