International Masters 1983

International Masters 1983 Yamaha (Organs) International Masters 1983
Tournament type:	Non-ranking tournament
Attendees:	46
Venue:	Assembly Rooms , Derby
Opening:	February 28, 1983
Endgame:	March 6, 1983
Defending champion:	Steve Davis
Winner:	Ray Reardon
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	133 ( Willie Thorne )
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The Yamaha International Masters 1983 , also called Yamaha Organs International Masters 1983 , was a professional snooker tournament without influence on the world rankings ( non-ranking tournament ) in the context of the 1982/83 season . The tournament was held from February 28 to March 6, 1983 in the Assembly Rooms of the English city ​​of Derby . After defending champion Steve Davis was eliminated in the semi-finals, ex-world champion Ray Reardon won the tournament with a 9: 6 win over Jimmy White . The highest break was played with a 133 break Willie Thorne .

Prize money

The tournament was again sponsored by the Japanese company Yamaha , but the name of the tournament last year was retained for the first time in the tournament's history. At the same time, the prize money rose by a good £ 20,000 to £ 54,200, of which a good fifth, £ 12,000, went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 12,000
finalist	£ 6,000
Semi-final group stage	£ 2,800
Main group stage	£ 1,500
qualification	750 pounds
Pre-qualification	50 pounds
Highest break (qualification / main round)	£ 250 £ 750
All in all	£ 54,200

Tournament course

After the mode was changed with the last edition of the tournament, it remained largely the same for the main round this year: In addition to eight seeded players, eight qualifiers were able to take part in the main round. These sixteen players were divided into four groups of four in the main group stage, in which a simple round- robin tournament was played. At the end of this, a final table was drawn up, the top two of which advanced to the semi-finals. As in the previous year, the semi-finals were also played as a group stage with two groups of four, but these no longer consisted of the best-placed two groups, but of one best-placed from each group. There, too, a single round was played out and at the end of it a final table was drawn up, the first place of which advanced to the final, in which the tournament winner was determined in a single game. Up to and including the semi-finals, each match was played in the best of 3 frames mode , the final then in the best of 17 frames mode .

Main group stage

Group A

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Jimmy White	3	3	0	6-0
2	Steve Davis	3	1	2	3: 4
3	Bill Werbeniuk	3	1	2	2: 4
4th	Tony Knowles	3	1	2	2: 5

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Steve Davis	02 : 02	Bill Werbeniuk
2	Tony Knowles	12 : 12	Steve Davis
3	Bill Werbeniuk	02 : 02	Tony Knowles
4th	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Steve Davis
5	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Tony Knowles
6th	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Bill Werbeniuk

Group B

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Ray Reardon	3	2	1	4: 2
2	David Taylor	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Tony Meo	3	2	1	4: 3
4th	Cliff Wilson	3	0	3	2: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Tony Meo	02 : 02	Ray Reardon
2	Tony Meo	12 : 12	Cliff Wilson
3	Ray Reardon	02 : 02	David Taylor
4th	Ray Reardon	02 : 02	Cliff Wilson
5	David Taylor	02 : 02	Tony Meo
6th	David Taylor	12 : 12	Cliff Wilson

Group C

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Terry Griffiths	3	3	0	6: 1
2	Eddie Charlton	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Doug French	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	Kirk Stevens	3	0	3	1: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Eddie Charlton	02 : 02	Doug French
2	Eddie Charlton	12 : 12	Kirk Stevens
3	Doug French	02 : 02	Kirk Stevens
4th	Terry Griffiths	02 : 02	Eddie Charlton
5	Terry Griffiths	02 : 02	Kirk Stevens
6th	Terry Griffiths	12 : 12	Doug French

Group D

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Willie Thorne	3	2	1	5: 2
2	Doug Mountjoy	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Alex Higgins	3	1	2	3: 5
4th	John Spencer	3	1	2	2: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Alex Higgins	12 : 12	Willie Thorne
2	Doug Mountjoy	02 : 02	John Spencer
3	Doug Mountjoy	12 : 12	Alex Higgins
4th	John Spencer	02 : 02	Alex Higgins
5	Willie Thorne	02 : 02	Doug Mountjoy
6th	Willie Thorne	02 : 02	John Spencer

Semi-final group stage

Group A

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Ray Reardon	3	2	1	5: 3
2	Steve Davis	3	2	1	5: 3
3	Willie Thorne	3	2	1	4: 4
4th	Eddie Charlton	3	0	3	2: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Steve Davis	02 : 02	Willie Thorne
2	Steve Davis	12 : 12	Eddie Charlton
3	Ray Reardon	02 : 02	Eddie Charlton
4th	Ray Reardon	12 : 12	Steve Davis
5	Willie Thorne	12 : 12	Ray Reardon
6th	Willie Thorne	12 : 12	Eddie Charlton

Group B

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Jimmy White	3	2	1	4: 2
2	Terry Griffiths	3	2	1	4: 3
3	David Taylor	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	Doug Mountjoy	3	1	2	2: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Terry Griffiths	02 : 02	Jimmy White
2	Terry Griffiths	12 : 12	David Taylor
3	Doug Mountjoy	02 : 02	Terry Griffiths
4th	David Taylor	02 : 02	Doug Mountjoy
5	Jimmy White	02 : 02	David Taylor
6th	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Doug Mountjoy

final

The Welshman Ray Reardon was just experiencing the Indian summer of his career : after he actually had his phase of dominance in the 1970s with six world championship titles, he had reached the final of the snooker world championship the previous year and the Professional Players Tournament against Jimmy White won. At this tournament he was group winner in the first main group stage and in the semifinals, just ahead of last year's winner Steve Davis, he took first place in his group. In the other group, Terry Griffiths , another participant of the previous year's final, finished second, he had to admit defeat to Jimmy White , who came relatively far at this tournament for the first time after several participations.

The beginning of the game was shaped by White, who took the lead 0-2. As a result, Reardon shortened several frames by one frame, but White was able to follow suit immediately. Only when the score was 4: 6, Reardon equalized and shortly afterwards took the lead, before catching up with two more frames to the final score of 9: 6.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames Assembly Rooms ,  Derby , England , March 6, 1983
Ray Reardon	9 : 6	Jimmy White
33: 90 , 39: 61 (50), 99 : 21, 54: 68 , 79 : 3 (51), 21: 111 (32), 61 : 36, 45: 75 (75), 83 : 38 (66) , 33: 75 , 74 : 26 (57), 76 : 50, 97 : 16 (76), 73 : 35, 89 : 13
76	Highest break	75
-	Century breaks	-
4th	50+ breaks	2

qualification

The qualification of the tournament took place before the main round, the exact date is unknown. It was divided into two parts with the pre-qualification and the main qualification. A total of 31 players took part in the pre-qualification, divided into seven groups of four and one group of three, playing a simple round- robin tournament, after which a table was set up, the first-placed player advancing to the main qualification. In the main qualification, another seven players joined in, so that three groups of four and one group of three were formed, each made up of two group winners from the preliminary round and at least one other player. Again, a simple round-robin tournament was played and then a table was set up, with the two best-placed players advancing into the main round. All games took place in the best of 3 frames mode .

Pre-qualification

Group A

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Ian Black	3	2	1	5: 3
2	Dean Reynolds	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Eddie McLaughlin	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	Pat Houlihan	3	1	2	2: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Ian Black	02 : 02	Pat Houlihan
2	Ian Black	12 : 12	Eddie McLaughlin
3	Pat Houlihan	02 : 02	Eddie McLaughlin
4th	Eddie McLaughlin	02 : 02	Dean Reynolds
5	Dean Reynolds	02 : 02	Pat Houlihan
6th	Dean Reynolds	12 : 12	Ian Black

Group B

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Patsy Fagan	3	2	1	5: 2
2	Matt Gibson	3	2	1	4: 2
3	Jack Fitzmaurice	3	1	2	2: 4
4th	Dennis Hughes	3	1	2	2: 5

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Patsy Fagan	02 : 02	Jack Fitzmaurice
2	Patsy Fagan	02 : 02	Matt Gibson
3	Jack Fitzmaurice	02 : 02	Dennis Hughes
4th	Matt Gibson	02 : 02	Dennis Hughes
5	Matt Gibson	02 : 02	Jack Fitzmaurice
6th	Dennis Hughes	12 : 12	Patsy Fagan

Group C

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	John Virgo	3	3	0	6: 2
2	Ray Edmonds	3	2	1	5: 3
3	Jim Donnelly	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	Eugene Hughes	3	0	3	1: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Jim Donnelly	02 : 02	Eugene Hughes
2	Ray Edmonds	02 : 02	Jim Donnelly
3	Ray Edmonds	12 : 12	Eugene Hughes
4th	John Virgo	02 : 02	Eugene Hughes
5	John Virgo	12 : 12	Jim Donnelly
6th	John Virgo	12 : 12	Ray Edmonds

Group D

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Doug French	3	3	0	6: 3
2	Colin Roscoe	2	1	1	3: 2
3	Mark Wildman	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	Dave Martin	2	0	2	1: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Doug French	12 : 12	Colin Roscoe
2	Doug French	12 : 12	Dave Martin
3	Doug French	12 : 12	Mark Wildman
4th	Colin Roscoe	02 : 02	Mark Wildman
5	Mark Wildman	02 : 02	Dave Martin
6th	Colin Roscoe	-: -	Dave Martin 1

¹ The result of the game is unknown, which means that the table is incomplete.

Group E

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Tony Meo	3	3	0	6: 2
2	Mike Hallett	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Jim Meadowcroft	3	1	2	4: 5
4th	Paul Medati	3	0	3	2: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Mike Hallett	02 : 02	Paul Medati
2	Mike Hallett	12 : 12	Jim Meadowcroft
3	Jim Meadowcroft	12 : 12	Paul Medati
4th	Tony Meo	02 : 02	Mike Hallett
5	Tony Meo	12 : 12	Jim Meadowcroft
6th	Tony Meo	12 : 12	Paul Medati

Group F.

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Joe Johnson	2	2	0	4-0
2	Mario Morra	2	1	1	2: 3
3	Murdo MacLeod	2	0	2	1: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Joe Johnson	02 : 02	Mario Morra
2	Joe Johnson	02 : 02	Murdo MacLeod
3	Mario Morra	12 : 12	Murdo MacLeod

Group G

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Fred Davis	3	2	1	5: 2
2	Geoff Foulds	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Billy Kelly	3	1	2	4: 5
4th	Rex Williams	3	1	2	2: 5

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Fred Davis	02 : 02	Rex Williams
2	Fred Davis	02 : 02	Geoff Foulds
3	Geoff Foulds	02 : 02	Rex Williams
4th	Geoff Foulds	12 : 12	Billy Kelly
5	Billy Kelly	12 : 12	Fred Davis
6th	Rex Williams	12 : 12	Billy Kelly

Group H.

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Cliff Wilson	3	3	0	6: 1
2	Eddie Sinclair	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Mike Watterson	3	1	2	3: 4
4th	John Dunning	3	0	3	1: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Eddie Sinclair	02 : 02	John Dunning
2	Eddie Sinclair	12 : 12	Mike Watterson
3	Mike Watterson	02 : 02	John Dunning
4th	Cliff Wilson	02 : 02	Mike Watterson
5	Cliff Wilson	02 : 02	Eddie Sinclair
6th	Cliff Wilson	12 : 12	John Dunning

Main qualification

Group A

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Terry Griffiths	3	3	0	6: 2
2	Tony Knowles	3	2	1	4: 2
3	Patsy Fagan	3	1	2	3: 5
4th	Ian Black	3	0	3	2: 6

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Patsy Fagan	12 : 12	Ian Black
2	Terry Griffiths	02 : 02	Tony Knowles
3	Terry Griffiths	12 : 12	Patsy Fagan
4th	Terry Griffiths	12 : 12	Ian Black
5	Tony Knowles	02 : 02	Ian Black
6th	Tony Knowles	02 : 02	Patsy Fagan

Group B

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Jimmy White	3	2	1	5: 2
2	Doug French	3	2	1	4: 3
3	Graham Miles	3	1	2	3: 5
3	John Virgo	3	1	2	3: 5

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Doug French	02 : 02	John Virgo
2	Doug French	12 : 12	Graham Miles
3	Graham Miles	12 : 12	John Virgo
4th	John Virgo	12 : 12	Jimmy White
5	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Doug French
6th	Jimmy White	02 : 02	Graham Miles

Group C

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Willie Thorne	3	3	0	6-0
2	Tony Meo	3	2	1	4: 2
3	Joe Johnson	2	0	2	0: 4
3	Dennis Taylor	2	0	2	0: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	Tony Meo	02 : 02	Dennis Taylor
2	Tony Meo	02 : 02	Joe Johnson
3	Willie Thorne	02 : 02	Tony Meo
4th	Willie Thorne	02 : 02	Dennis Taylor
5	Willie Thorne	02 : 02	Joe Johnson
6th	Dennis Taylor	-: -	Joe Johnson 1

¹ The result of the game is unknown, which means that the table is incomplete.

Group D

space	player	Lots	S.	N	Frames
1	Cliff Wilson	2	2	0	4: 2
2	John Spencer	2	1	1	3: 2
3	Fred Davis	2	0	2	1: 4

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	John Spencer	02 : 02	Fred Davis
2	Cliff Wilson	12 : 12	Fred Davis
3	Cliff Wilson	12 : 12	John Spencer

Century Breaks

During the entire tournament five players each played a Century Break :

Willie Thorne 133 Colin Roscoe 109 Ray Edmonds 106

Tony Knowles 103 Terry Griffiths 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 1983 International Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed April 18, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Chris Turner: British Open: Including British Gold Cup, Yamaha Organs Trophy and Yamaha International Masters - World Ranking Event since 1985. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on April 18, 2020 (English).  
3. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1983 International Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 18, 2020 .