Irish Masters 1984

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Irish Masters 1984
Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1984
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Attendees: 12
Venue: Goffs , Kill , Ireland
Opening: March 27, 1984
Endgame: April 1, 1984

Defending champion: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Highest Break: 101 ( Steve Davis ) EnglandEngland
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The 1984 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters was a professional snooker invitation tournament for the 1983/84 season . It was held from March 27, 1984 to April 1, 1984 in Goffs in the Irish village of Kill in County Kildare . The winner was defending champion Steve Davis , who defeated record winner Terry Griffiths 9-1 in the final. Davis played the highest break and the only century break of the tournament with a 101 break .

Prize money

Once again, Benson & Hedges sponsored the tournament. Compared to last year, the prize pool increased by £ 6,000 to £ 36,398, about a third of which went to the winner. At the same time, for the first time in tournament history, there was a prize for the highest break.

Prize money
winner £ 12,295
finalist £ 7,377
Semi-finalist £ 2,869
Quarter finalist £ 1,640
First round £ 1,025
Highest break 328 pounds
All in all £ 36,398

Tournament course

Again, the number of participants does not change from twelve, so that again eight players competed in the first round and the four winners met the rest of the field in the quarter-finals. 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 Eugene Hughes again an Irish professional took part in the tournament; for Hughes it was already the second participation after 1982.

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

final

Defending champion Steve Davis had reached the final with two narrow wins, where he met the three-time winner Terry Griffiths , who had survived the first two rounds with only two lost frames, but had only won his semi-final game in the decider .

The final was extremely one-sided: Davis pulled away 7-0 with numerous high breaks before Griffiths won his first frame with 17:66. But with a break of 64 and a break of 96, Davis made the tournament victory perfect.

Finale: Best of 17 Frames
Goffs ,  Kill , Ireland , April 1st, 1984
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9 : 1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
73 : 37 (50); 78:65 (Davis 67; Griffiths 60); 105 : 13 (77); 72 : 11 (71); 62:37 ; 79 : 37; 80 : 37; 17: 66 ; 84:10 (64); 114 : 1 (96)
96 Highest break 60
- Century breaks -
6th 50+ breaks 1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ron Florax: 1984 Irish Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed April 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Ron Florax: 1984 Irish Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 1, 2019 .