Irish Masters 1983

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Irish Masters 1983
Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1983
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 12
Venue: Goffs , kill
Opening: March 22, 1983
Endgame: March 27, 1983

Defending champion: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
Highest Break: 133 ( Steve Davis ) EnglandEngland
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1984 →

The 1983 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1982/83 season . It was held from March 22 to 27, 1983 at Goffs in the Irish village of Kill in County Kildare . The winner was the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated Ray Reardon 9-2 in the final . Davis also played the highest break in tournament history for the second time in a row with a 133 break.

Prize money

Once again, the tournament was sponsored by the cigarette brand Benson & Hedges . Compared to the previous year, the prize money increased by about a third to £ 30,260, of which about a third went to the winner.

Prize money
winner £ 10,680
finalist £ 5,340
Semi-finalist £ 2,670
Quarter finalist £ 1,335
Round of 16 £ 890
All in all £ 30,260

Tournament course

After the number of participants had increased steadily in previous years, it remained the same this year. The first-round and quarter-finals were played in the best of 9 frames mode , while the semi-finals were played in the best of 11 frames mode and the final in the best of 17 frames mode . Furthermore, with Pascal Burke again an Irish and with Eddie Charlton an Australian player took part in the tournament for the first time.

  First round
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
                             
AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 5     EnglandEngland Steve Davis 5  
EnglandEngland David Taylor 4th     AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 1  
  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 6th  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 2  
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 4th     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 4th  
  EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 2
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 5     WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 5  
IrelandIreland Pascal Burke 0     EnglandEngland Tony Meo 4th  
  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 6th
  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 3  
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 5     Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 4th     EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2  

final

Last year's finalist Steve Davis had defeated the winner of the last three editions in the semifinals with Terry Griffiths . In the final he met Ray Reardon , who was in the final in 1979 and 1981 and had lost both times.

Davis started the match with a 55 break and took a 2-0 lead before his opponent reduced it to 2-1. But Davis managed to expand his lead to 8: 1 without any frame gain on the part of Reardon, until Reardon prevented the direct march through with a 79 break. However, Davis won the next frame with 63:28, so he won both the frame and the match and tournament.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames
Goffs ,  Kill , Ireland , March 27, 1983
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9 : 2 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
70 : 17 (55); 62:21 ; 35: 57 ; 90 : 8; 60 : 0; 68 : 14; 73 : 1; 89:21 ; 81 : 37; 0: 83 (79); 63 : 28
55 Highest break 79
- Century breaks -
1 50+ breaks 1

Century Breaks

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1983 Irish Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Ron Florax: 1983 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on March 28, 2019 .