Masters 1979

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Masters 1979
Benson & Hedges Masters 1979
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Wembley Conference Center
Opening: 22nd of January
Endgame: January 26th

Winner: South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans
Finalist: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
Highest Break: 132 ( Alex Higgins ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
← 1978
 
1980 →

The Benson & Hedges Masters was an invitation-only snooker tournament of the 1978/79 season , which was played from January 22 to 26, 1979 at the Wembley Conference Center in London . It was the fifth edition of the Masters.

Perrie Mans won the first Masters at the Wembley Conference Center in the final against defending champion Alex Higgins 8: 4.

Final round

  1st round
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
          Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  
          AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 2  
            Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  
            WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 1  
          EnglandEngland John Spencer 0  
 EnglandEngland Fred Davis 2      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5        Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 4th
            South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 8th
          South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 5  
          CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 4th  
            South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 5  
            WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 3  
          WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 5       
 IrelandIreland Patsy Fagan 4th      EnglandEngland David Taylor 2       
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 5  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results Masters 1979 . Snooker Database. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  2. ^ The Masters . Snooker scene. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2012.