1981/82 snooker season
1981/82 snooker season |
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Season dates | |
Beginning of the season | June 25, 1981 |
End of season | June 1982 |
Ranked tournaments | 1 |
Non-ranking | 7th |
Invitation tournaments | 10 |
number of players | 76 |
Triple Crown Winner | |
UK Championship | Steve Davis |
Masters | Steve Davis |
World Champion | Alex Higgins |
World ranking | |
Ranking first | Cliff Thorburn |
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The 1981/82 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began on June 25, 1981 and ended on June 1, 1982. There were 76 active players during the season.
Tournaments
18 tournaments were played during the season.
date | competition | venue | Art | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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June 25-27, 1981 | Australian Masters | Sydney | Invitation tournament | Tony Meo | John Spencer | 3-0 |
September 2nd to 20th | International Open | Derby | Non-ranking | Steve Davis | Dennis Taylor | 9-0 |
September 22nd to 25th | Scottish Masters | Glasgow | Invitation tournament | Jimmy White | Cliff Thorburn | 9: 4 |
3rd to 7th November | Northern Ireland Classic | Belfast | Invitation tournament | Jimmy White | Steve Davis | 11: 9 |
November 22nd to December 5th | UK Championship | Preston | Non-ranking | Steve Davis | Terry Griffiths | 16: 3 |
December 28th to 31st | Pot Black | Birmingham | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Eddie Charlton | 2-0 |
January 10-13, 1982 | Classic | Oldham | Invitation tournament | Terry Griffiths | Steve Davis | 9: 8 |
January 26th to 31st | Masters | London | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Terry Griffiths | 9: 5 |
February 22nd to 24th | Tolly Cobbold Classic | Ipswitch | Invitation tournament | Steve Davis | Dennis Taylor | 8: 3 |
March 1st to 7th | International Masters | Derby | Non-ranking | Steve Davis | Terry Griffiths | 9: 7 |
March 24-28 | Irish Masters | Kill | Invitation tournament | Terry Griffiths | Steve Davis | 9: 5 |
April 16-18 | Highland Masters | Inverness | Invitation tournament | Ray Reardon | John Spencer | 11: 4 |
April 30th to May 16th | World Snooker Championship | Sheffield | World ranking tournament | Alex Higgins | Ray Reardon | 18:15 |
May 22-28 | Pontins Professional | Prestatyn | Non-ranking | Steve Davis | Ray Reardon | 9: 4 |
June | Bass and Golden Leisure Classic | Liverpool | Invitation tournament | Rex Williams | Ray Edmonds | 4: 1 |
National championships
date | competition | venue | winner | Final opponent | Result |
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February 24th to 28th | Welsh Professional Championship | Ebbw Vale | Doug Mountjoy | Terry Griffiths | 9: 8 |
March 5th to 7th | Scottish Professional Championship 1982 | Dunfermline | Eddie Sinclair | Ian Black | 11: 7 |
March 9-14 | Irish Professional Championship 1982 | Coleraine | Dennis Taylor | Alex Higgins | 16:13 |
World ranking
For the last time, the world rankings were calculated from the results of the last three world championships ( 1980 , 1981 and 1982 ).
position | Surname | change |
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1 | Cliff Thorburn | 1 |
2 | Steve Davis | 11 |
3 | Terry Griffiths | 2 |
4th | Ray Reardon | 3 |
5 | Dennis Taylor | 1 |
6th | Doug Mountjoy | 8 |
7th | David Taylor | 2 |
8th | Eddie Charlton | 5 |
9 | Bill Werbeniuk | 1 |
10 | Alex Higgins | 6 |
11 | Kirk Stevens | |
12 | Fred Davis | 4 |
13 | John Virgo | 1 |
14th | John Spencer | 1 |
15th | Perrie Mans | 8 |
16 | Graham Miles |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1981-1982 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, September 11, 2011, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).