1983 Professional Players Tournament

Professional Players Tournament
Tournament information
Venue Redwood Lodge
City Bristol
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Final
Champion England Tony Knowles
Runner-up England Joe Johnson
Score 9–8
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 Professional Players Tournament was a professional ranking snooker tournament. Unlike the previous year the event was hosted at one venue, as it took place at the 600-seater Redwood Lodge in Bristol. It was the last time it would be known as the Professional Players Tournament, as the following year it was renamed to Grand Prix.[1] The tournament was an eventful one and saw Steve Davis, then World Champion, defeated by Humberside player Mike Hallett.

Joe Johnson made his first final after four years as a professional by defeating Pascal Burke, Jimmy White, Eddie Charlton, Cliff Thorburn and Tony Meo. His opponent Tony Knowles made his second ranking final after his win at the Jameson International the previous year. He had dominated most of the match and achieved a 6–1 lead. Johnson, however, then got the highest break of the tournament (135) and caught up to a score of 5–7 and eventually leveled the match at 8–8. On the final frame Knowles achieved a big lead though and despite Johnson making a 30 break to catch him up, Knowles won the title by taking the last red on the table and the colours up to the pink.

Main draw

[2][3]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England Willie Thorne  5
 Wales Ray Reardon  3  
 England Willie Thorne  5
   Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  1  
 Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  5
 Wales Terry Griffiths  2  
 England Willie Thorne  7
   England Tony Knowles  9  
 England Tony Knowles  5
 South Africa Silvino Francisco  0  
 England Tony Knowles  5
   Australia John Campbell  3  
 Australia John Campbell  5
 England Dave Martin  0  
 England Tony Knowles  9
   England Joe Johnson  8
 England Joe Johnson  5
 Australia Eddie Charlton  0  
 England Joe Johnson  5
   Canada Cliff Thorburn  1  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  5
 Wales Cliff Wilson  3  
 England Joe Johnson  9
   England Tony Meo  6  
 England Tony Meo  5
 England Mike Hallett  3  
 England Tony Meo  5
   Canada Kirk Stevens  3  
 Canada Kirk Stevens  5
 England Mark Wildman  0  

Century Breaks

References

  1. ↑ Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Professional Players Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "1983 Grand Prix Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 May 2013.