1981–82 snooker season

The 1981–82 snooker season 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.

1981–82 snooker season
Details
Duration27 June 1981 – 28 May 1982
Tournaments19 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Steve Davis
Masters Steve Davis
World Championship Alex Higgins

Calendar

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

Notes

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

References

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