| Tournament information | |
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| Venue | La Reserve International Snooker Club |
| City | Sutton Confield Aston |
| Country | England |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ray Reardon |
| Runner-up | Jimmy White |
| Score | 10–5 |
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The 1982 Professional Players Tournament professional ranking snooker tournament took place in two venues in the Birmingham area. One was at the La Reserve in Sutton Coldfield and the other was the International Snooker Club in Aston.[1] It was the first tournament in a series which is now known as the World Open. The event was untelevised and unsponsored.[2]
Ray Reardon beat Jimmy White in the final to gain his first major tournament win since the 1978 World Championship.[3]
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Murdo Macleod | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Sinclair | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 10 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 7 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 5 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer | 1 | |||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Wildman | 4 | |||||||||||||
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