1981/82 snooker season

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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 EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Masters EnglandEngland Steve Davis
World Champion Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins
World ranking
Ranking first CanadaCanada 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
June 25-27, 1981 AustraliaAustralia Australian Masters Sydney Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Tony Meo EnglandEngland John Spencer 3-0
September 2nd to 20th EnglandEngland International Open Derby Non-ranking EnglandEngland Steve Davis Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9-0
September 22nd to 25th ScotlandScotland Scottish Masters Glasgow Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 9: 4
3rd to 7th November Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland Classic Belfast Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Jimmy White EnglandEngland Steve Davis 11: 9
November 22nd to December 5th EnglandEngland UK Championship Preston Non-ranking EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 16: 3
December 28th to 31st EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 2-0
January 10-13, 1982 EnglandEngland Classic Oldham Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9: 8
January 26th to 31st EnglandEngland Masters London Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9: 5
February 22nd to 24th EnglandEngland Tolly Cobbold Classic Ipswitch Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis EnglandEngland Dennis Taylor 8: 3
March 1st to 7th EnglandEngland International Masters Derby Non-ranking EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9: 7
March 24-28 IrelandIreland Irish Masters Kill Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths EnglandEngland Steve Davis 9: 5
April 16-18 ScotlandScotland Highland Masters Inverness Invitation tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland John Spencer 11: 4
April 30th to May 16th EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Sheffield World ranking tournament Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 18:15
May 22-28 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn Non-ranking EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 4
June EnglandEngland Bass and Golden Leisure Classic Liverpool Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Rex Williams EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds 4: 1

National championships

date competition venue winner Final opponent Result
February 24th to 28th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9: 8
March 5th to 7th ScotlandScotland Scottish Professional Championship 1982 Dunfermline ScotlandScotland Eddie Sinclair ScotlandScotland Ian Black 11: 7
March 9-14 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Irish Professional Championship 1982 Coleraine Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 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
1 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn   1
2 EnglandEngland Steve Davis   11
3 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths   2
4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon   3
5 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor   1
6th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy   8
7th EnglandEngland David Taylor   2
8th AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton   5
9 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk   1
10 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins   6
11 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens  
12 EnglandEngland Fred Davis   4
13 EnglandEngland John Virgo   1
14th EnglandEngland John Spencer   1
15th South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans   8
16 EnglandEngland Graham Miles  

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ron Florax: Season 1981-1982 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 22, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ 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).