1980 UK Championship (snooker)
The 1980 Coral UK Championship took place at the Guildhall, Preston from 16 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 22 and 28 November 1980.
BBC Television coverage had been extended to eight days after the success of other competitions such as the World Championship.
Steve Davis took his first major title after making his first major quarter-final the previous year whitewashing Terry Griffiths 9-0 in the semi-final and massively beating Alex Higgins 16-6 in the final to claim the start of the Davis era in snooker. The highest break of the tournament was 134 made by Higgins.
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