Masters 1982

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Masters 1982
Benson & Hedges Masters 1982
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Tournament type: Invitation tournament
Venue: Wembley Conference Center
Opening: January 26, 1982
Endgame: January 31, 1982

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Highest Break: 136 ( Tony Meo ) EnglandEngland
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The 1982 Benson & Hedges Masters was an invitation-only snooker tournament of the 1981/82 season that was held from January 26 to 31, 1982 at the Wembley Conference Center in London . It was the eighth edition of the Masters.

Steve Davis won the tournament by beating Terry Griffiths 9-6 in the final . While Davis only took part in the Masters for the second time, Griffiths, who defeated defending champion Alex Higgins in the semi- finals, was in the Masters final for the third time in a row. Seven years after John Spencer, Steve Davis was the first Englishman to win the Masters again. Tony Meo played the tournament's highest break with 136 points in his quarter-finals against Cliff Thorburn .

Final round

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1982 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.