Australian Masters 1983
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Australian Masters 1983 Winfield Masters 1983 
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| Tournament type: | Invitation tournament |
| Attendees: | 16 |
| Venue: | Channel 10 TV studios , Sydney , Australia |
| Opening: | 4th July 1983 |
| Endgame: | July 15, 1983
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| Defending champion: |
 Steve Davis
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| Winner: |
 Cliff Thorburn
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| Finalist: |
Bill Werbeniuk
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| Highest Break: | 129 ( Cliff Thorburn )
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The 1983 Winfield Australian Masters , partly also the 1983 Winfield Masters , was a professional snooker invitation tournament as part of the 1983/84 season . The tournament was played from July 4 to 15, 1983 in the Channel 10 TV studios in the Australian city of Sydney . The winner of the tournament was ex-world champion Cliff Thorburn , who defeated Bill Werbeniuk 7-3 in an all-Canadian final . Thorburn also played the highest break of the tournament with a 129 break .
Prize money
The tournament was sponsored again by Winfield . Nevertheless, the prize money almost tripled compared to the previous year to 52,980 pounds sterling , although the prize money was no longer just distributed to the winner, but also staggered to the other players. A good fifth of the prize money still went to the winner.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 11,760 |
| finalist | £ 5,880 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 4,120 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 2,940 |
| Round of 16 | £ 1,770 |
| Highest break | £ 1,180 |
| All in all | £ 52,980 |
Tournament course
Compared to the previous year, the number of participants doubled to a total of sixteen participants. Nevertheless, a new mode was introduced that worked without a previous group stage and with a knockout system from the round of 16. The said round of 16 was played in the best of 3 frames mode , the quarterfinals in the best of 4 frames mode, the semifinals in the best of 5 frames mode and the final in the best of 13 frames mode .
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Round of 16 best of 3 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 4 Frames |
Semi-final best of 5 frames |
Final Best of 13 frames |
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| Cliff Thorburn
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Warren King
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Ian Anderson
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Doug Mountjoy
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Morgan
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
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7th | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
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3 | |||||||||||||
| John Spencer
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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3 | |||||||||||||
| John Campbell
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo
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3 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor
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0 | |||||||||||||
final
While leading players in the world such as defending champion Steve Davis or ex-world champion Ray Reardon did not take part in the tournament, after the early elimination of most Australian and European players, it was dominated by the Canadian professionals, who made up three of the four remaining players in the semifinals . While on the one hand Cliff Thorburn had reached the semi-finals with a victory over Jimmy White and now met his compatriot Kirk Stevens , who had made it into this round with victories over Doug Mountjoy and local hero Eddie Charlton , on the other hand was the third Canadians in the league, Bill Werbeniuk , moved into the semifinals with victories over the Northern Irish Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins and had to compete there against the Englishman Tony Knowles , who had previously had a tremendous game against Tony Meo , especially in the semifinals . But while Cliff Thorburn prevailed 5: 2 in the all-Canadian game, Knowles experienced a white-wash of his competitor Werbeniuk in his game , which finally secured the Canadian final.
While the first two frames of the endgame were balanced with a high break per player each and the score was 1: 1, Thorburn was able to break away to 3: 1 and - despite a century break by Werbeniuk in the frame in between - 4: 2 . Then Werbeniuk managed to shorten it to 4: 3, but the following three frames were mostly relatively close to his rivals, with Thorburn winning both the game 7: 3 and the tournament.
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Finale: Best of 13 Frames Channel 10 TV Studios , Sydney , Australia , July 15, 1983 |
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Cliff Thorburn
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7 : 3 |
Bill Werbeniuk
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| 95 : 0 (65), 6: 117 (97), 62 : 22, 68 : 57, 0: 105 (105), 63 : 41, 48: 81 , 64 : 45, 72 : 1 (53), 61 : 49 | ||
| 65 | Highest break | 105 |
| - | Century breaks | 1 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
Century Breaks
During the tournament, two players, the two finalists, played two century breaks each.
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Cliff Thorburn : 129 , 107
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Bill Werbeniuk : 108, 105
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1983 Australian Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Chris Turner: Australian Events - Invitation and Ranking Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; accessed on January 11, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1983 Australian Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed January 11, 2020 .
