1979 Bombay International Explained

Tournament Name:Bombay International
Venue:Bombay Gymkhana
Location:Bombay
Country:India
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Non-ranking event
Winners Share:£2,000
Winner: John Spener
Runner Up: Dennis Taylor
Next:1980

The 1979 Garware Paints Bombay International was a professional invitational snooker tournament held in February 1979 in Bombay (modern-day Mumbai), India. This was the first professional snooker tournament to be held in India.

Six professionals played in a round-robin format, with John Spencer emerging as the winner.[1]

Main draw

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Player 1ScorePlayer 2
Patsy Fagan 6–2 Cliff Thorburn
Patsy Fagan 6–4 Arvind Savur
Graham Miles 6–0 Patsy Fagan
Graham Miles 6–3 Dennis Taylor
Arvind Savur 6–3 Dennis Taylor
Arvind Savur 6–4 Graham Miles
John Spencer 6–1 Arvind Savur
John Spencer 6–3 Cliff Thorburn
John Spencer 6–4 Patsy Fagan
John Spencer 6–5 Graham Miles
Dennis Taylor 6–2 Patsy Fagan
Dennis Taylor 6–5 John Spencer
Dennis Taylor 6–5 Cliff Thorburn
Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Arvind Savur
Cliff Thorburn 6–4 Graham Miles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html#Bombay. dead. 16 February 2012. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. 22 February 2018.
  2. Book: Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. 147.