International Open 1982

International Open 1982 Jameson Whiskey International Open 1982
Tournament type:	Ranking tournament
Attendees:	69
Venue:	Assembly Rooms , Derby , England
Opening:	September 27, 1982
Endgame:	October 10, 1982
Defending champion:	Steve Davis
Winner:	Tony Knowles
Finalist:	David Taylor
Highest Break:	126 ( Cliff Wilson )
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The Jameson Whiskey International Open 1982 were a professional snooker world ranking tournament for the 1982/83 season . The tournament was held from September 27 to October 10, 1982 in the Assembly Rooms of the English city ​​of Derby . Tony Knowles won the all-English final , who defeated David Taylor 9: 6 in the final. The highest break of the tournament was played by Welshman Cliff Wilson with a break of 126.

The 1982 International Open was the first tournament with world ranking tournament status that was not an edition of the World Snooker Championship . Shortly thereafter, another tournament with world ranking tournament status followed with the Professional Players Tournament .

Prize money

The tournament was again sponsored by the Irish whiskey brand Jameson , with the prize money increasing by a good £ 10,000 to £ 73,500 compared to the first edition of the tournament the year before , of which a good 30% went to the winner.

	Prize money
winner	£ 22,000
finalist	£ 12,000
Semi-finalist	£ 5,000
Quarter finalist	£ 2,500
Round of 16	£ 1,250
Last 32	£ 500
Last 48	100 pounds
First round	-
All in all	£ 73,500

Tournament course

The sixteen best-placed players in the world rankings were set for the main round and met one of the sixteen qualifiers there. In the knockout system , the game was played in the best of 9 frames mode from the round of the last 32 up to and including the quarter-finals , followed by the semi-finals and final in the best of 17 frames mode .

	Round of the last 32 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 17 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ray Reardon	5
	oR	Eugene Hughes	3
						1	Ray Reardon	2
						15th	Tony Knowles	5
	15th	Tony Knowles	5
	oR	Eddie Sinclair	2
											15th	Tony Knowles	5
											26th	Cliff Wilson	4th
	7th	Doug Mountjoy	4th
	26th	Cliff Wilson	5
						26th	Cliff Wilson	5
						10	Jimmy White	2
	10	Jimmy White	5
	28	Jim Meadowcroft	1
																15th	Tony Knowles	9
																6th	Kirk Stevens	3
	2	Alex Higgins	5
	oR	Billy Kelly	3
						2	Alex Higgins	2
						14th	Terry Griffiths	5
	14th	Terry Griffiths	5
	33	Rex Williams	2
											14th	Terry Griffiths	3
											6th	Kirk Stevens	5
	6th	Kirk Stevens	5
	oR	Mike Watterson	3
						6th	Kirk Stevens	5
						11	Perrie Mans	2
	11	Perrie Mans	5
	oR	Les Dodd	3
																					15th	Tony Knowles	9
																					8th	David Taylor	6th
	3	Cliff Thorburn	5
	oR	George Scott	1
						3	Cliff Thorburn	2
						13	Dennis Taylor	5
	13	Dennis Taylor	5
	oR	Mark Wildman	2
											13	Dennis Taylor	3
											19th	John Virgo	5
	5	Eddie Charlton	4th
	19th	John Virgo	5
						19th	John Virgo	5
						12	John Spencer	4th
	12	John Spencer	5
	oR	Ray Edmonds	2
																19th	John Virgo	5
																8th	David Taylor	9
	4th	Steve Davis	5
	oR	Colin Roscoe	0
						4th	Steve Davis	5
						22nd	Dean Reynolds	0
	16	Willie Thorne	3
	22nd	Dean Reynolds	5
											4th	Steve Davis	3
											8th	David Taylor	5
	8th	David Taylor	5
	oR	Mick Fisher	1
						8th	David Taylor	5
						9	Bill Werbeniuk	2
	9	Bill Werbeniuk	5
	21st	Jim Wych	3

final

In the final, the two English players Tony Knowles and David Taylor met each other, who both reached the final of a ranking tournament for the first time in their careers thanks to the early elimination of most of the top players. Knowles started with a victory over the unseen Scots Eddie Sinclair before he defeated the world number leader Ray Reardon and then his childhood friend Cliff Wilson . In the semifinals he then managed to get into the finals with a sovereign 9: 3 victory over the Canadian Kirk Stevens , at this point the number six in the world, the best-placed player in the tournament. Taylor had also defeated an unseeded player with Mick Fisher at the start and subsequently defeated number nine with Bill Werbeniuk and number four with Steve Davis . In the semifinals he met the Englishman John Virgo , against whom he won 9: 5 and thus reached the final.

The beginning of the game was even when both players each played a higher break and after four frames it was 2-2. After that, however, Knowles was able to take the lead 5: 2 thanks to two high frame results and a 93 break before Taylor came up to 6: 5 despite a century break from Knowles. However, Knowles won the following two frames, so that Taylor managed only one frame win to 8: 6 before Knowles won the game 9: 6 with an 82: 0 in the following frame.

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Assembly Rooms ,  Derby , England , October 10, 1982
Tony Knowles	9 : 6	David Taylor
56: 60 (K. 51), 108 : 1 (65), 85 : 39, 27: 89 , 111 : 6, 70 : 45, 107 : 2 (93), 27: 96 (70), 115 : 9 ( 114), 36: 62 , 35: 59 , 80 : 7 (63), 64 : 49, 6: 83 (74), 82 : 0
113	Highest break	74
1	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	2

qualification

All players who were not listed in one of the best sixteen places in the world rankings had to play their way through a maximum of two qualifying rounds, which were played between September 18 and 24, 1982. In the first round, all unseeded players and the four worst-seeded players competed, with the winners of the 21 games then facing the participating players in the world rankings 17 to 28. In this round of the last 48, the sixteen qualifiers were finally played out.

First round

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(29)  Jim Donnelly	53: 53	Ian Williamson  (oR)
2	(30)  John Dunning	52: 52	Colin Roscoe  (oR)
3	(31)  Mike Hallett	25 : 25	Frank Jonik  (oR)
4th	(32)  Jack Fitzmaurice	35 : 35	Ian Black  (OR)
5	(33)  Rex Williams	35 : 35	Paul Medati  (oR)
6th	(oR)  Mark Wildman	15 : 15	Matt Gibson  (oR)
7th	(oR)  Mike Watterson	15 : 15	Clive Everton  (oR)
8th	(oR)  Eddie Sinclair	25 : 25	Ian Anderson  (oR)
9	(oR)  George Scott	4th5 : 45	Bob Harris  (oR)
10	(oR)  Chris Ross	kl.	David Greaves  (oR)
11	(oR)  Mario Morra	25 : 25	Bert Demarco  (oR)
12	(oR)  Eddie McLaughlin	25 : 25	Pat Houlihan  (oR)
13	(oR)  Billy Kelly	4th5 : 45	Geoff Foulds  (OR)
14th	(oR)  Joe Johnson	kl.	John Phillips  (oR)
15th	(oR)  Eugene Hughes	25 : 25	Maurice Parkin  (oR)
16	(oR)  Vic Harris	35 : 35	Dessie Sheehan  (oR)
17th	(oR)  Doug French	15 : 15	Graham Cripsey  (oR)
18th	(oR)  Mick Fisher	15 : 15	Tommy Murphy  (oR)
19th	(oR)  Ray Edmonds	05 : 05	Dennis Hughes  (oR)
20th	(oR)  Les Dodd	15 : 15	Murdo MacLeod  (OR)
21st	(oR)  Bernard Bennett	25 : 25	Marcus Owen  (oR)

Round of the last 48

game	Player 1	Result	Player 2
1	(18)  Graham Miles	51: 51	Ray Edmonds  (oR)
2	(19)  John Virgo	25 : 25	Vic Harris  (oR)
3	(20)  Fred Davis	53: 53	Mick Fisher  (oR)
4th	(21)  Jim Wych	05 : 05	Bernard Bennett  (oR)
5	(22)  Dean Reynolds	15 : 15	Mario Morra  (oR)
6th	(23)  Patsy Fagan	51: 51	Mike Watterson  (oR)
7th	(24)  Tony Meo	53: 53	Eddie Sinclair  (oR)
8th	(25)  John Bear	kl.	George Scott  (oR)
9	(26)  Cliff Wilson	4th5 : 45	Joe Johnson  (oR)
10	(27)  Dave Martin	54: 54th	Eugene Hughes  (oR)
11	(28)  Jim Meadowcroft	05 : 05	Chris Ross  (oR)
12	(31)  Mike Hallett	52: 52	Mark Wildman  (oR)
13	(32)  Jack Fitzmaurice	53: 53	Les Dodd  (oR)
14th	(33)  Rex Williams	15 : 15	Eddie McLaughlin  (OR)
15th	(oR)  Colin Roscoe	25 : 25	Doug French  (oR)
16	(oR)  Billy Kelly	15 : 15	Ian Williamson  (oR)

Century Breaks

During the tournament, four players each played a century break .

Cliff Wilson 126 Tony Knowles 114

David Taylor 101 Jim Meadowcroft 100

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 1982 International Open. CueTracker.net, accessed September 6, 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 September 6, 2019 .  
3. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: 1982 International Open - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed September 6, 2019 .  
4. ^ ^{A b} Ron Florax: Rankings - 1982-1983. CueTracker.net, accessed September 6, 2019 .