Snooker season 1981/1982

Snooker season 1981/1982
Details
Duration 27 June 1981–28 May 1982
Tournaments 19
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship England Steve Davis
Masters England Steve Davis
World Championship Northern Ireland Alex Higgins

The snooker season 1981/1982 was a series of snooker tournaments played between 27 June 1981 and 28 May 1982. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

Calendar

Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
06–25 06–27  AUS Australian Masters Channel 10 Television Studios Sydney England Tony Meo England John Spencer [n 2] [1]
09–22 09–25  SCO Scottish Masters Kelvin Hall Glasgow England Jimmy White Canada Cliff Thorburn 9–4 [2]
10–?? 10–??  ENG International Open Assembly Rooms Derby England Steve Davis Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–0 [3]
10–?? 11–01  ENG World Team Classic Hexagon Theatre Reading  England  Wales 4–3 [4][5]
11–?? 11–??  NIR Northern Ireland Classic Ulster Hall Belfast England Jimmy White England Steve Davis 11–9 [6][7]
11–22 12–05  ENG UK Championship Guild Hall Preston England Steve Davis Wales Terry Griffiths 16–3 [8]
01–?? 01–??  ENG Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham England Steve Davis Australia Eddie Charlton 2–0 [9][10]
01–10 01–13  ENG Classic Civic Centre Oldham Wales Terry Griffiths England Steve Davis 9–8 [11]
01–26 01–31  ENG Masters Wembley Conference Centre London England Steve Davis Wales Terry Griffiths 9–5 [12]
02–?? 02–24  ENG Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich England Steve Davis Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 8–3 [13][14]
02–?? 02–28  WAL Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre Ebbw Vale Wales Doug Mountjoy Wales Terry Griffiths 9–8 [15][16]
03–01 03–07  ENG International Masters Assembly Rooms Derby England Steve Davis Wales Terry Griffiths 9–7 [17]
03–05 03–07  SCO Scottish Professional Championship Glen Pavilion Dunfermline Scotland Eddie Sinclair Scotland Ian Black 11–7 [18]
03–?? 03–14  NIR Irish Professional Championship Riverside Theatre Coleraine Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 16–13 [19][20]
03–?? 03–28  IRL Irish Masters Goff's Kill Wales Terry Griffiths England Steve Davis 9–5 [21][22]
04–?? 04–??  SCO Highland Masters Eden Court Theatre Inverness Wales Ray Reardon England John Spencer 11–4 [6]
04–30 05–16  ENG WR World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre Sheffield Northern Ireland Alex Higgins Wales Ray Reardon 18–15 [23]
05–?? 05–??  ENG Bass and Golden Leisure Classic Liverpool Centre Liverpool England Rex Williams England Ray Edmonds 4–1 [6]
05–22 05–28  WAL Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn England Steve Davis Wales Ray Reardon 9–4 [24][25]
WR = World ranking event
Non-ranking event

Official rankings

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the World Snooker Championship and were invited for the Masters.[26][27][28]

No. Ch. Name
1 Rise Canada Cliff Thorburn
2 Rise England Steve Davis
3 Rise Wales Terry Griffiths
4 Fall Wales Ray Reardon
5 Rise Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor
6 Rise Wales Doug Mountjoy
7 Rise England David Taylor
8 Fall Australia Eddie Charlton
9 Rise Canada Bill Werbeniuk
10 Rise Canada Kirk Stevens
11 Fall Northern Ireland Alex Higgins
12 Fall England Fred Davis
13 Fall England John Virgo
14 Rise England John Spencer
15 Fall South Africa Perrie Mans
16 Steady England Graham Miles

Notes

  1. ↑ Dates use the month day format
  2. ↑ The final was decided on aggregate score over three frames.

References

  1. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Australian Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Turner, Chris. "International Open, Goya Matchroom Trophy". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Turner, Chris. "World Cup, World Team Classic, Nations Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "England's Classic Triump". The Glasgow Herald. 2 November 1981. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 Turner, Chris. "Other Non-Ranking and Invition Events". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "He's still White the showman!". Sunday Life on HighBeam Research. Retrieved 24 May 2011.(subscription required)
  8. ↑ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Pot Black History". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  10. ↑ "Pot Black, Junior Pot Black". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  11. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Wilson Classic, Lada Classic, Mercantile Credit Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  12. ↑ Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  13. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Tolly Cobbold Classic". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  14. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Ranking first for Carter". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  15. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Welsh Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archvie. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  16. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: British success for the Whirlwind". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  17. ↑ Turner, Chris. "British Open Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  18. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Scottish Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  19. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Irish Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  20. ↑ Turner, Chris. "On this Week: Birth of the Hurricane". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  21. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  22. ↑ "On this Week: Irish hat-trick success". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  23. ↑ Turner, Chris. "World Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  24. ↑ "Pontin's Roll of Honour". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  25. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Pontins Open, Pontins Professional, Pontins World Pro-Am Series". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  26. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Historical World Rankings 1975/76 to 1989/90". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  27. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  28. ↑ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 119–123. ISBN 0-9548549-0-X.

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