| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10–14 February 1986 |
| Venue | Abertillery Leisure Centre |
| City | Abertillery |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £5,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Terry Griffiths |
| Runner-up | Doug Mountjoy |
| Score | 9–3 |
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The 1986 Zetters Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1986. [1]
Terry Griffiths won the tournament defeating Doug Mountjoy 9–3 in the final. [2]
| Last 16 Best of 11 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Chappel | w/o | Tony Chappel | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Owen | w/d | Terry Griffiths | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Newbury | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones | 6 | Colin Roscoe | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clive Everton | 2 | Doug Mountjoy | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Jones | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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