Professional Players Tournament 1982

Professional Players Championship 1982
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Attendees:	65
Venue:	Astra International Snooker Club , Birmingham , England
Opening:	October 11, 1982
Endgame:	October 22, 1982
Winner:	Ray Reardon
Finalist:	Jimmy White
Highest Break:	135 ( Willie Thorne )
1983 →

The Professional Players Tournament 1982 was a professional snooker tournament that influenced the world rankings for the 1982/83 season . It was held from 11 to 22 October 1982 after the International Open as the second world ranking tournament that was not a World Cup in the Astra International Snooker Club in Birmingham , England . The winner was Ray Reardon from Welsh , who defeated the Englishman Jimmy White 10: 5 in the final. His compatriot Willie Thorne played the highest break of the tournament with a 135 break.

Prize money

Since the tournament had no sponsor, it only had a prize money pot of £ 31,500 and thus a prize money pot that was only about a third as much prize money as at the last World Cup.

	Prize money
winner	£ 5,000
finalist	£ 2,500
Semi-finalist	£ 1,500
Quarter finalist	£ 1,250
Round of 16	£ 1,000
Last 32	£ 500
All in all	£ 31,500

Tournament course

Since the tournament comprised a field of 65 players, Chris Ross and the amateur Jack Karnehm competed against each other in a pre-qualifying, whereby Ross won through a task without a fight on the part of Karnehm. The remaining 63 participants and Chris Ross then competed against each other from the round of the last 64 in the knockout system , with each other up to and including the quarter-finals in the best of 9 frames mode and in the semi-finals and in the final in the best of 19 frames mode was played. In the round of the last 64, one player from the top 33, i.e. the players on no shared place, played against a player on the 34th place in the world rankings, which was shared several times.

With Ray Reardon from Welsh , Alex Higgins from Northern Ireland , Cliff Thorburn from Canada and Steve Davis from England , all players in the top four of the world rankings were originally represented until Davis gave up his game without a fight.

	Round of the last 64 best of 9 frames					Round of the last 32 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 19 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Ray Reardon	5
	34	Tommy Murphy	0
						1	Ray Reardon	5
						2	Alex Higgins	2
	2	Alex Higgins	5
	34	Doug French	3
											1	Ray Reardon	5
											34	Murdo MacLeod	2
	4th	Steve Davis
	34	Murdo MacLeod	kl.
						34	Murdo MacLeod	5
						16	Willie Thorne	4th
	16	Willie Thorne	5
	34	Bert Demarco	3
																1	Ray Reardon	5
																9	Bill Werbeniuk	3
	3	Cliff Thorburn	5
	34	Paul Medati	1
						3	Cliff Thorburn	5
						34	Clive Everton	2
	23	Patsy Fagan	2
	34	Clive Everton	5
											3	Cliff Thorburn	2
											9	Bill Werbeniuk	5
	9	Bill Werbeniuk	5
	34	Paddy Morgan	3
						9	Bill Werbeniuk	5
						34	Jackie Rea	2
	25th	John Bear
	34	Jackie Rea	kl.
																					1	Ray Reardon	10
																					5	Eddie Charlton	7th
	5	Eddie Charlton	5
	34	Dennis Hughes	2
						5	Eddie Charlton	5
						3	Rex Williams	2
	33	Rex Williams	5
	34	Chris Ross	0
											5	Eddie Charlton	5
											24	Tony Meo	3
	7th	Doug Mountjoy	3
	34	Frank Jonik	5
						34	Frank Jonik	0
						24	Tony Meo	5
	24	Tony Meo	5
	34	Marcus Owen	4th
																5	Eddie Charlton	5
																22nd	Dean Reynolds	1
	15th	Tony Knowles	5
	34	Pat Houlihan	4th
						15th	Tony Knowles	4th
						26th	Cliff Wilson	5
	26th	Cliff Wilson	5
	34	Mario Morra	2
											26th	Cliff Wilson	1
											22nd	Dean Reynolds	5
	22nd	Dean Reynolds	kl.
	34	David Greaves
						22nd	Dean Reynolds	5
						32	Jack Fitzmaurice	0
	32	Jack Fitzmaurice	5
	34	Dessie Sheehan	1
																									1	Ray Reardon	10
																										10	Jimmy White	5
	6th	Kirk Stevens	5
	34	Eugene Hughes	2
						6th	Kirk Stevens	1
						34	Joe Johnson	5
	18th	Graham Miles	1
	34	Joe Johnson	5
											34	Joe Johnson	5
											34	Mark Wildman	4th
	11	Perrie Mans	5
	34	Eddie McLaughlin	2
						11	Perrie Mans	4th
						34	Mark Wildman	5
	30th	John Dunning	4th
	34	Mark Wildman	5
																34	Joe Johnson	1
																19th	John Virgo	5
	12	John Spencer	5
	34	Geoff Foulds	1
						12	John Spencer	5
						27	Dave Martin	3
	27	Dave Martin	5
	34	Matt Gibson	2
											12	John Spencer	1
											19th	John Virgo	5
	19th	John Virgo	5
	34	Ian Black	2
						19th	John Virgo	5
						31	Mike Hallett	2
	31	Mike Hallett	5
	34	Vic Harris	3
																				19th	John Virgo	4th
																					10	Jimmy White	10
	8th	David Taylor	5
	34	Ian Anderson	1
						8th	David Taylor	1
						13	Dennis Taylor	5
	13	Dennis Taylor	5
	34	Ray Edmonds	4th
											13	Dennis Taylor	3
											10	Jimmy White	5
	10	Jimmy White	kl.
	34	John Phillips
						10	Jimmy White	5
						21st	Jim Wych	0
	21st	Jim Wych	5
	34	Billy Kelly	0
																10	Jimmy White	5
																14th	Terry Griffiths	2
	14th	Terry Griffiths	5
	34	Colin Roscoe	1
						14th	Terry Griffiths	5
						34	Mike Watterson
	29	Jim Donnelly	4th
	34	Mike Watterson	5
											14th	Terry Griffiths	5
											34	Eddie Sinclair	3
	20th	Fred Davis	2
	34	Eddie Sinclair	5
						34	Eddie Sinclair	5
						28	Jim Meadowcroft	3
	28	Jim Meadowcroft	5
	34	Bernard Bennett	4th

final

The six-time world champion Ray Reardon from Wales took over the world rankings from Cliff Thorburn at the end of last season . During the tournament he had defeated several top players with Alex Higgins , Bill Werbeniuk and Eddie Charlton before he met the Englishman Jimmy White in the final . White had also knocked several top players out of the tournament, including defeating Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths before he reached the final with a 10: 4 over John Virgo .

After White took a 2-0 lead, Reardon equalized with a 53 break and took the lead thanks to a 132 break. White managed to equalize directly, but Reardon then took a 5-3 lead before White came up to 5-4. With a 53 break, Reardon restored the old gap before White shortened again. But Reardon extended his lead beyond the reach and won the 15th frame with 60:52 and thus both the match and the tournament.

Final: Best of 19 Frames Astra International Snooker Club ,  Birmingham , England , October 22, 1982
Ray Reardon	10 : 5	Jimmy White
50: 66 ; 46: 59 ; 90 : 28 (53); 74:60 (White 56); 133 : 0 (132); 9: 80 ; 80:15 (72); 66 : 7; 29: 91 (62); 90 : 0 (53); 57: 66 ; 69 : 2; 76:23 ; 93 : 17; 60 : 52
132	Highest break	62
1	Century breaks	-
4th	50+ breaks	2

Century Breaks

During the tournament, eight century breaks were played by seven players .

Willie Thorne 135 , 109 Ray Reardon 132 John Spencer 126 Terry Griffiths 119

Ian Black 113 Dean Reynolds 112 Bill Werbeniuk 101

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Ron Florax: 1982 Professional Players Tournament. CueTracker.net, accessed April 3, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: 1982 Professional Players Tournament - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed April 3, 2019 .  
3. ^ Ron Florax: Rankings - 1982-1983. CueTracker.net, accessed April 3, 2018 .