Snooker season 1982/1983

Snooker season 1982/1983

Details
Duration	August 1982–27 May 1983
Tournaments	18
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Terry Griffiths
Masters	Cliff Thorburn
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1981/1982 1983/1984 →

The snooker season 1982/1983 was a series of snooker tournaments played during the years 1982 and 1983. 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
08–??	08–??	AUS		Australian Masters	Channel 10 Television Studios	Sydney	Steve Davis	Eddie Charlton	[n 2]	[1]
09–23	09–26	SCO		Scottish Masters	Holiday Inn	Glasgow	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	9–4	[2]
09–27	10–10	ENG	WR	International Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Tony Knowles	David Taylor	9–6	[3]
10–11	10–22	ENG	WR	Professional Players Tournament	La Reserve	Sutton Coldfield	Ray Reardon	Jimmy White	10–5	[4][5]
					International Snooker Club	Aston
10–23	10–31	ENG		World Team Classic	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Canada	England	4–2	[6][7]
11–20	12–04	ENG		UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Terry Griffiths	Alex Higgins	16–15	[8]
12–16	12–19	ENG		World Doubles Championship	Crystal Palace	London	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	13–2	[9][10]
01–??	01–??	ENG		Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	2–0	[11][12]
01–09	01–16	ENG		Classic	Spectrum Arena	Warrington	Steve Davis	Bill Werbeniuk	9–5	[13]
01–23	01–30	ENG		Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Cliff Thorburn	Ray Reardon	9–7	[14][15]
02–16	02–20	WAL		Welsh Professional Championship	Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre	Ebbw Vale	Ray Reardon	Doug Mountjoy	9–1	[16][17]
02–21	02–23	ENG		Tolly Cobbold Classic	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	7–5	[18][19]
02–28	03–06	ENG		International Masters	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Ray Reardon	Jimmy White	9–6	[20][21]
03–09	03–13	NIR		Irish Professional Championship	Mayfield Leisure Centre	Belfast	Alex Higgins	Dennis Taylor	16–11	[22]
03–22	03–27	IRL		Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	9–2	[23][24][25]
04–16	05–02	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Cliff Thorburn	18–6	[26]
05–07	05–14	WAL		Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Doug Mountjoy	Ray Reardon	9–7	[27][28]
05–21	05–27	ENG		Pontins Brean Sands	Sands Holiday Village	Burnham-on-Sea	Tony Meo	Silvino Francisco	9–7	[29]

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 ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[30][31][32]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Ray Reardon
2		Alex Higgins
3		Cliff Thorburn
4		Steve Davis
5		Eddie Charlton
6		Kirk Stevens
7		Doug Mountjoy
8		David Taylor
9		Bill Werbeniuk
10		Jimmy White
11		Perrie Mans
12		John Spencer
13		Dennis Taylor
14		Terry Griffiths
15		Tony Knowles
16		Willie Thorne

Notes

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

References

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External links

• 1982/1983 season at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database