1982 Masters Snooker

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The 1982 Benson and Hedges Masters took place between January 26 and January 31, 1982 at the Wembley Conference Centre. 12 like 1981 were invited. Steve Davis won the title beating Terry Griffiths who made his third Masters final in a row, 9-5 to go with the World, UK and the English professional championship titles he had won in the past year and revenge from the Lada Classic final earlier on in the month which Davis lost 9-8. Jimmy White made his debut which was the first of 26 consecutive appearances in the Masters and Tony Meo who made a new tournament record break of 136 in his 5-0 quarter-final defeat of Cliff Thorburn, spiritedly pulled up from 0-5 to 4-5 before losing his semi-final to Davis 6-4.


[edit] Prize Money

Total £27,000

Winner £8,000


[edit] The Results

First Round Best of 9 frames

Flag of Wales Ray Reardon 5-3 Dennis Taylor Flag of Northern Ireland

Flag of Wales Doug Mountjoy 5-4 John Spencer Flag of England

Flag of England Tony Meo 5-2 David Taylor Flag of England

Flag of Australia Eddie Charlton 5-4 Jimmy White Flag of England

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Best of 9 frames        
 Flag of Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  5
Best of 11 frames
 Flag of Australia Eddie Charlton  1  
 Flag of Wales Terry Griffiths  6
   Flag of Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  4  
 Flag of Wales Terry Griffiths  5
Best of 17 frames
 Flag of Wales Ray Reardon  3  
 Flag of England Steve Davis  9
   Flag of Wales Terry Griffiths  6
 Flag of England Tony Meo  5
 Flag of Canada Cliff Thorburn  1  
 Flag of England Steve Davis  6
   Flag of England Tony Meo  4  
 Flag of England Steve Davis  5
 Flag of Wales Doug Mountjoy  2