International Open 1981

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International Open 1981
Jameson International Open 1981
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Tournament type: Non-ranking
Attendees: 59
Venue: Assembly Rooms , Derby , England
Romiley Forum , Stockport , England
Opening: 2nd September 1981
Endgame: 20th September 1981

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor
Highest Break: 135 ( Steve Davis ) EnglandEngland
 
1982 →

The 1981 Jameson International Open was a professional, non-ranking snooker tournament for the 1981/82 season . They were held between September 2 and 20, 1981 in the Assembly Rooms in the English city ​​of Derby and in the Romiley Forum in the English city of Stockport . The winner was the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated his final opponent Dennis Taylor with a 9-0 victory . Davis also played the tournament's highest break with a 135 break.

Prize money

With total prize money of £ 63,700 , the International Open had almost 6% more prize money than the last World Snooker Championship . The winner received around a third of the prize money in the tournament, which is sponsored by Irish whiskey brand Jameson .

Prize money
winner £ 20,000
finalist £ 10,000
Semi-finalist £ 5,000
Quarter finalist £ 2,000
Round of 16 £ 1,000
Round 5 £ 700
Round 4 300
All in all £ 63,700

Tournament course

The top eight in the world rankings were set for the main round, plus eight qualifiers who had qualified after a maximum of five qualifying rounds. Like the qualifying matches, the round of 16 and quarter-finals were played in the best of 9 frames mode , while the finals and semi-finals were played in the best of 17 frames mode . The first half of the main tournament was played in Romiley form by Stockport , the remaining games then followed in the Assembly Rooms of Derby .

  Round of 16
best of 9 frames 		  Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		  Semi-final
best of 17 frames 		  Final
Best of 17 frames
                                     
1 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 0                  
16 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 5  
16 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 1
  24 EnglandEngland Dave Martin 5  
8th AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 2
 
24 EnglandEngland Dave Martin 5  
24 EnglandEngland Dave Martin 1
  5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9  
4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 3      
 
13 EnglandEngland John Virgo 5  
13 EnglandEngland John Virgo 2
  5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5  
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 5
 
19th EnglandEngland Rex Williams 1  
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0
  2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5            
 
15th South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 3  
2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5
  7th EnglandEngland David Taylor 1  
7th EnglandEngland David Taylor 5
 
10 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 0  
2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
  11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 8th  
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5      
 
14th EnglandEngland John Spencer 2  
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2
  11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  
6th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 1
 
11 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  

final

The 1979 World Cup finalist and Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor had made it to the finals with a relatively clear 1: 9 victory over Englishman Dave Martin . He met the reigning world champion Steve Davis , who had it in the semifinals with Alex Higgins , who had already become world champion in 1972 and was again in 1982, much more difficult than his almost nine years older competitor, because Davis had only defeated Higgins in the decider .

But the final was surprisingly clear. Davis won all nine necessary frames in a row, mostly with clear results through high breaks (including two Centuries), and thus won the first edition of the tournament. It was the second final meeting for the two players after the Classic 1980 , and more, including the legendary 1985 World Cup final, were to follow.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames
Assembly Rooms ,  Derby , England , September 20, 1981
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 0: 9 EnglandEngland Steve Davis
29: 99 ; 19: 82 ; 25: 86 ; 36: 58 (55); 0: 135 (135); 1: 118 (105); 46: 82 ; 54: 70 ; 27: 91 (54)
- Highest break 135
- Century breaks 2
- 50+ breaks 4th

qualification

The qualification took place between August 13 and 20, 1981. In the first round, 29 unsettled players and one amateur player faced each other. The 15 winners and Maurice Parkin , who was also unseed , played eight other winners in round two. In the following three rounds - with the exception of the top eight - the remaining field of participants was added, so that in the end eight qualifiers were certain.

Round 1

game Player 1 Result Player 2
1 (oR)  Mark Wildman EnglandEngland 35 : 35 CanadaCanada Mario Morra  (oR)
2 (oR)  Mike Watterson EnglandEngland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Paul Medati  (oR)
3 (oR)  Dessie Sheehan IrelandIreland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Vic Harris  (oR)
4th (oR)  Colin Roscoe WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 25 : 25 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Roy Andrewartha  (oR)
5 (oR)  Eddie McLaughlin ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 ScotlandScotland Ian Black  (OR)
6th (oR)  Murdo MacLeod ScotlandScotland 15 : 15 IrelandIreland Billy Kelly  (oR)
7th (oR)  Joe Johnson EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 ScotlandScotland Jim Donelly  (oR)
8th (oR)  Eugene Hughes IrelandIreland 15 : 15 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Marcus Owen  (A)
9 (oR)  Dennis Hughes EnglandEngland 4th5 : 45 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jackie Rea  (oR)
10 (oR)  Pat Houlihan EnglandEngland kl. EnglandEngland John Barrie  (oR)
11 (oR)  Matt Gibson ScotlandScotland 35 : 35 EnglandEngland Sid Hood  (oR)
12 (oR)  Doug French EnglandEngland 25 : 25 EnglandEngland Geoff Foulds  (OR)
13 (oR)  Jack Fitzmaurice EnglandEngland 15 : 15 EnglandEngland Bernard Bennett  (oR)
14th (oR)  Clive Everton WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg 4th5 : 45 EnglandEngland Kingsley Kennerley  (oR)
15th (oR)  Bert Demarco ScotlandScotland kl. CanadaCanada Bernie Mikkelsen  (OR)

Rounds 2 to 5

  Round 1   round 2   Round 3   Round 4
                               
oR  EnglandEngland Maurice Parkin 3   25th  EnglandEngland John Dunning 5   24  EnglandEngland Dave Martin 5   9  CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 2
oR  ScotlandScotland Matt Gibson 5   oR  ScotlandScotland Matt Gibson 3   25th  EnglandEngland John Dunning 2   24  EnglandEngland Dave Martin 5
oR  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Colin Roscoe 5   26th  EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 5   23  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 4th   10  CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 5
oR  IrelandIreland Dessie Sheehan 1   oR  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Colin Roscoe 4th   26th  EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 5   26th  EnglandEngland Jim Meadowcroft 1
oR  EnglandEngland Mike Watterson 5   27  IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 5   -  bye -   11  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
oR  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Clive Everton 4th   oR  EnglandEngland Mike Watterson 2   27  IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan kl.   27  IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 3
oR  EnglandEngland Doug French 5   19th  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 5   19th  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 5   12  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 0
oR  EnglandEngland Pat Houlihan 3   oR  EnglandEngland Doug French 0   21st  EnglandEngland Jimmy White 1   19th  EnglandEngland Rex Williams 5
oR  ScotlandScotland Bert Demarco 5   29  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 5   20th  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 5   13  EnglandEngland John Virgo 5
oR  EnglandEngland Dennis Hughes 1   oR  ScotlandScotland Bert Demarco 4th   29  EnglandEngland Mike Hallett 2   20th  EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 3
oR  IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 5   30th  ScotlandScotland Eddie Sinclair 2   28  EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds 5   14th  EnglandEngland John Spencer 5
oR  EnglandEngland Jack Fitzmaurice 3   oR  IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 5   oR  IrelandIreland Eugene Hughes 4th   28  EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds 3
oR  ScotlandScotland Eddie McLaughlin 5   31  EnglandEngland David Greaves 1   18th  EnglandEngland Tony Meo 5   15th  South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 5
oR  EnglandEngland Mark Wildman 3   oR  ScotlandScotland Eddie McLaughlin 5   oR  ScotlandScotland Eddie McLaughlin 2   18th  EnglandEngland Tony Meo 3
oR  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 5   32  EnglandEngland John Pulman -   17th  CanadaCanada Jim Wych 2   16  EnglandEngland Graham Miles 5
oR  ScotlandScotland Murdo MacLeod 1   oR  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson kl.   oR  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 5   oR  EnglandEngland Joe Johnson 3

Century Breaks

During the tournament, three players played a total of five century breaks .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: 1981 International Open. CueTracker.net, accessed March 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Chris Turner: International Open / Goya Matchroom Trophy - World Ranking Event from 1982. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on March 24, 2019 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1981 International Open - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed March 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Ron Florax: Rankings - 1981-1982. CueTracker.net, accessed March 24, 2019 .