| Tournament Name: | 1978 Daily Mirror Champion of Champions |
| Venue: | Wembley Conference Centre |
| Location: | London |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £4,000 |
| Winners Share: | £2,000 |
| Highest Break: | 94 |
| Score: | 11–9 |
| Next: | 1980 |
The 1978 Champion of Champions (officially the 1978 Daily Mirror Champion of Champions) was a professional nonranking snooker tournament held on 2 and 3 November 1978 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.
Four players contested the tournament which was held over two days.[1] The event was promoted by Michael Barrett, a boxing promoter.[2]
Ray Reardon easily won the first semifinal 61 after taking a 50 lead. In the evening match Doug Mountjoy led 32 but Alex Higgins won the next four to win 63. The 8th frame was won on a .[3] In the final Reardon led Higgins 64 after the afternoon . In the evening Reardon extended his lead to 95 before Higgins won the next four frames to level the match. In the 19th frame Reardon had a 77 to win the frame and then won the 20th frame easily to win the match.[4]
Brief highlights were shown on ITV's World of Sport on the following afternoon (Saturday 4 November, 3:10pm).[5] [6]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
There was a £100 prize for every century break.
The following 4 players qualified for the tournament:
| Player | Qualified as | |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 World Snooker Championship winner | ||
| 1977 UK Championship winner | ||
| 1978 Masters winner | ||
| 1978 Pot Black winner |
| Final: Best of 21 frames. Referee: John Smyth. Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 3 November 1978. | |||
| Ray Reardon | 11–9 | Alex Higgins | |
| Afternoon: 125–8 (52), 90–43 (90), 75–46, 28–108, 60–43, 20–114 (83), 13–101 (76), 104–19 (70), 1–140 (61, 62), 84–22 Evening: 78–36, 101–18 (67), 12–100, 73–48 (61), 41–90, 51–60, 23–83 (51), 30–72, 78–46 (77), 94–12 | |||
| (frame 2) 90 | Highest break | 83 (frame 6) | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 | |
None. The highest break: 94 Alex Higgins in the semifinal.