Pot Black
Pot Black

Year
Winner
Runner-up
Final score (frames)
Final score (points)
Highest break
1969
Wales Ray Reardon
England John Spencer
1–0
88–29
Wales Ray Reardon (99)
1970
England John Spencer
Wales Ray Reardon
1–0
88–27
England Fred Davis (54)
1971
England John Spencer
England Fred Davis
1–0
61–40
England Fred Davis (73)
1972
Australia Eddie Charlton
Wales Ray Reardon
1–0
75–43
England John Spencer (66)
1973
Australia Eddie Charlton
England Rex Williams
1–0
93–33
Australia Eddie Charlton (110)
1974
England Graham Miles
England John Spencer
-
147–86
England Graham Miles (68)
1975
England Graham Miles
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
1–0
81–27
England Fred Davis (87)
1976
England John Spencer
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
1–0
69–42
Australia Eddie Charlton (64)
1977
South Africa Perrie Mans
Wales Doug Mountjoy
1–0
90–21
South Africa Perrie Mans (59)
1978
Wales Doug Mountjoy
England Graham Miles
2–1
43–55, 97–23, 111–16
Wales Doug Mountjoy (101)
1979
Wales Ray Reardon
Wales Doug Mountjoy
2–1
79–51, 25–82, 84–41
Wales Doug Mountjoy (82)
1980
Australia Eddie Charlton
Wales Ray Reardon
2–1
16–74, 85–30, 68–54
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (87)
1981
Canada Cliff Thorburn
Canada Jim Wych
2–0
68–39, 85–50
Canada Kirk Stevens (79)
1982
England Steve Davis
Australia Eddie Charlton
2–0
82–40, 85–38
Australia Eddie Charlton (98)
1983
England Steve Davis
Wales Ray Reardon
2–0
61–60, 82–47
Wales Ray Reardon (91)
1984
Wales Terry Griffiths
England John Spencer
2–1
57–65, 77–8, 70–35
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (81)
1985
Wales Doug Mountjoy
England Jimmy White
2–0
64-5, 66-30
England Jimmy White (80)
1986
England Jimmy White
Canada Kirk Stevens
2–0
60-46, 106-21
England Jimmy White (106)
1991
England Steve Davis
Scotland Stephen Hendry
2–1
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1992
England Neal Foulds
Thailand James Wattana
1–0
-
-
1993
England Steve Davis
England Mike Hallett
2–0
-
England David Roe (104)
2005
Wales Matthew Stevens
England Shaun Murphy
1–0
53–27
England Shaun Murphy (111)
2006
Wales Mark Williams
Scotland John Higgins
1–0
119–13
Wales Mark Williams (119)
2007
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
England Shaun Murphy
1–0
71–36
Scotland Graeme Dott (67)

Question: When did Eddie Charlton record the first every century known as the Pot Black record and who broke that record and when?
Answer: Eddie Charlton notched the first-ever century in 1973, and his 110 break stood as the Pot Black record until Shaun Murphy's 111 in 2005.