1982–83 snooker season

The 1982–83 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1982 and May 1983. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1982–83 snooker season
Details
DurationAugust 1982 – 27 May 1983
Tournaments18 (2 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship Terry Griffiths
Masters Cliff Thorburn
World Championship Steve Davis

Calendar
Date[n 1] Rank Tournament name Venue City Winner Runner-up Score Reference
08–?? 08–??  AUS NR Australian Masters Channel 10 Television Studios Sydney Steve Davis Eddie Charlton [n 2] [1]
09–23 09–26  SCO NR 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 TE World Team Classic Hexagon Theatre Reading  Canada  England 4–2 [6][7]
11–20 12–04  ENG NR UK Championship Guild Hall Preston Terry Griffiths Alex Higgins 16–15 [8]
12–16 12–19  ENG TE World Doubles Championship Crystal Palace London Steve Davis
Tony Meo		 Terry Griffiths
Doug Mountjoy		 13–2 [9][10]
01–?? 01–??  ENG NR Pot Black BBC Studios Birmingham Steve Davis Ray Reardon 2–0 [11][12]
01–09 01–16  ENG NR The Classic Spectrum Arena Warrington Steve Davis Bill Werbeniuk 9–5 [13]
01–23 01–30  ENG NR The Masters Wembley Conference Centre London Cliff Thorburn Ray Reardon 9–7 [14][15]
02–16 02–20  WAL NR Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre Ebbw Vale Ray Reardon Doug Mountjoy 9–1 [16][17]
02–21 02–23  ENG NR Tolly Cobbold Classic Corn Exchange Ipswich Steve Davis Terry Griffiths 7–5 [18][19]
02–28 03–06  ENG NR International Masters Assembly Rooms Derby Ray Reardon Jimmy White 9–6 [20][21]
03–09 03–13  NIR NR Irish Professional Championship Mayfield Leisure Centre Belfast Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor 16–11 [22]
03–22 03–27  IRL NR 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 NR Pontins Professional Pontins Prestatyn Doug Mountjoy Ray Reardon 9–7 [27][28]
05–21 05–27  ENG NR Pontins Brean Sands Sands Holiday Village Burnham-on-Sea Tony Meo Silvino Francisco 9–7 [29]
WR = World ranking event
NR = Non-ranking event
TE = Team event

Official rankings
Main article: Snooker world rankings 1982/1983

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.

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