Masters 1981

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Masters 1981
Benson & Hedges Masters 1981
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Wembley Conference Center
Opening: 2nd February 1981
Endgame: February 8, 1981

Winner: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Highest Break: 136 ( Terry Griffiths ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The 1981 Benson & Hedges Masters was an invitation-only snooker tournament of the 1980/81 season that was held from February 2 to 8, 1981 at the Wembley Conference Center in London . It was the seventh edition of the Masters.

In 1981, twelve players took part in the Masters for the first time, instead of ten players as before. In addition, the prize pool has increased from £ 14,000 in the previous year to £ 20,500. The winner received £ 6,000.

As in the previous year, Terry Griffiths and Alex Higgins faced each other in the final . Higgins, who was in the final of the Masters for the fourth time in a row, won 9: 6.

Final round

  1st round
best of 9 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 9 Frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
      
          WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 5  
 EnglandEngland Fred Davis 5      EnglandEngland Fred Davis 2  
 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 4th        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th  
            EnglandEngland John Spencer 5  
          WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 1  
 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2      EnglandEngland John Spencer 5  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 5        WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 6th
            Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
          Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 5  
 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 0      WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 1  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 5        Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 6th  
            CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5  
          CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 5       
 South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 5      South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 4th       
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 2  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1981 Masters Results . Snooker Database. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  2. ^ The Masters . Snooker scene. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved on August 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ 1981 Benson & Hedges Masters . Global Snooker Center. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2013.