| Tournament Name: | 1986 Dulux British Open |
| Venue: | Assembly Rooms |
| Location: | Derby |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £275,000 |
| Winners Share: | £55,000 |
| Highest Break: | (145) |
| Score: | 12–7 |
| Previous: | 1985 |
| Next: | 1987 |
The 1986 British Open (officially the 1986 Dulux British Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 16 February to 2 March 1986 with television coverage beginning on 21 February at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.[1] __TOC__
The Last 64 was played at Solihull on 4 and 5 December 1985. The last 32 onwards was played at Derby.
| Final: Best of 23 frames. Referee: Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. 1 and 2 March 1986. | |||
| Steve Davis | 12–7 | Willie Thorne | |
| Afternoon: 61–66 (Davis 60), 80–18, 72–37, 84–27 (60), 84–13 (59), 63–27, 71–46 (60), Evening: 85–8 (77), 127–1 (127), 30–65, 26–65, 74–15 (74), 43–66, 1–102 (60) Afternoon: 64–78, 70–16, 25–108 (81), 113–0 (93), 85–39 (85) | |||
| 127 | Highest break | 81 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 9 | 50+ breaks | 2 | |