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Snooker historian Chris Turner looks back at this week in the game, including a record break and final title for the legendary Ray Reardon.

18 October 1972 - REARDON SETS NEW HIGH BREAK RECORD

Ray Reardon set a new all-time high break record in professional competition when he made a run of 146. It came against John Pulman in one of the round robin fixtures in the Park Drive 2000 tournament played at the Dial House Sports & Social Club in Sheffield.

19 October 2008 FOURTH GRAND PRIX FOR HIGGINS

At the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre in Glasgow, John Higgins won the Royal London watches Grand Prix for the fourth time with a 9-7 victory over Ryan Day in the final.

20 October 2001 - JOE IS SNOOKER'S 'NEARLY MAN' AGAIN

When Joe Swail reached the semi-final of the LG Cup at Preston Guild Hall, it was the ninth time that he had got to the penultimate stage of a world ranking event. To this day he has never reached a final.

21 October 1983 - SECOND RANKING TITLE FOR KNOWLES

At Redwood Lodge in Bristol, Tony Knowles won the Professional Players Tournament with a 9-8 victory in the final over Joe Johnson to give him his second, and last, world ranking title.

21 October 1990 - HENDRY REGAINS GRAND PRIX TITLE

Stephen Hendry regained the Rothmans Grand Prix title after a gap of three years when he defeated Nigel Bond 10-5 in the final at the Hexagon in Reading. It was Nigel's first appearance in a final, and came in just his second season as a professional.

21 October 2001 SECOND RANKING TITLE FOR LEE

Stephen Lee claimed his second ranking title when he won the inaugural LG Cup at Preston Guild Hall, beating Peter Ebdon 9-4 in the final.

21 October 2006 DOTT FINDS POINTS HARD TO GET

In the round robin stage of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix at Aberdeen, Graeme Dott managed just two points in his 3-0 defeat by Ding Junhui.

21 October 2007 MARCO CLAIMS FIRST RANKING TITLE

At the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Marco Fu beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 in the final to win the Royal London Watches Grand Prix and claim his first world ranking title.

22 October 1982 - REARDON'S LAST RANKING TITLE

The Professional Players Tournament gave snooker legend Ray Reardon his last ranking title. He beat Jimmy White 10-5 at the International Sports Centre in Birmingham. The win made Ray the oldest winner of a ranking event at 50 years and 14 days - a record which still stands. Jimmy was, at that time, the youngest ever finalist at 20 years and 173 days.

22 October 1989 - REYNOLDS WHITEWASHED IN GRAND PRIX FINAL

The final of the Rothmans Grand Prix at the Hexagon in Reading produced a very rare whitewash as Steve Davis crushed Dean Reynolds 10-0 to take the title for the third time in five years.

22 October 1997 - KING HITS AN ALL-TIME LOW

In the last 16 of the Grand Prix at Bournemouth, Mark King scored just eleven points in total in his 5-0 defeat at the hands of John Higgins who amassed 456 points. Mark's score was the lowest ever in a best-of-nine televised match.

22 October 2000 - WILLIAMS REGAINS GRAND PRIX TITLE

At Telford International Centre, Mark Williams regained the Grand Prix title he had won first back in 1996, this time beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-5 in the final.

23 October 1988 - SECOND GRAND PRIX FOR DAVIS

Steve Davis won the Rothmans Grand Prix at the Hexagon in Reading for the second time. In the final he defeated Alex Higgins 10-6.

23 October 1994 - JOHN HIGGINS CLINCHES FIRST TITLE

Still ranked only 51st in the world, John Higgins captured his first title as he beat Dave Harold 9-4 to win the Skoda Grand Prix at Derby Assembly Rooms.

23 October 2006 - 'SHOTGUN' FIRES MAXIMUM

Jamie 'Shotgun' Copemade a tremendous 147 maximum break against Michael Holt in the group round-robin stage of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix at Aberdeen. This was the 54th on the all-time list.

24 October 1999 - SECOND GRAND PRIX FOR JOHN HIGGINS

Appearing in the final for the fourth time in six years, John Higgins won the Grand Prix for the second time with a 9-8 final frame victory over Mark Williams.

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