1982/83 snooker season

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1982/83 snooker season
Billiard Picto 2-black.svg
Season dates
Beginning of the season July 1982
End of season May 27, 1983
Ranked tournaments 3
Non-ranking 6th
Invitation tournaments 7th
number of players 79
Triple Crown Winner
UK Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths
Masters CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn
World Champion EnglandEngland Steve Davis
World ranking
Ranking first WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon
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The 1982/83 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments that were part of the Snooker Main Tour . It began in July 1982 and ended on May 27, 1983. During the season there were 79 active players on the tour.

Tournaments

16 tournaments were played during the season.

date competition venue Art winner finalist Result
July 1982 AustraliaAustralia Australian Masters Sydney Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 2: 1
September 23-26 ScotlandScotland Scottish Masters Glasgow Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 9: 4
September 27th to October 10th EnglandEngland International Open Derby World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Tony Knowles EnglandEngland David Taylor 9: 6
October 11-22 EnglandEngland Professional Players Tournament Birmingham World ranking tournament WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland Jimmy White 10: 5
November 20th to December 4th EnglandEngland UK Championship Preston Non-ranking WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 16:15
December 28th to 30th EnglandEngland Pot Black Birmingham Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 2-0
January 9-16, 1983 EnglandEngland Classic Warrington Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 9: 5
January 23rd to 30th EnglandEngland Masters London Invitation tournament CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 7
February 21-23 EnglandEngland Tolly Cobbold Classic Ipswich Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 7: 5
February 28th to March 6th EnglandEngland International Masters Derby Non-ranking WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon EnglandEngland Jimmy White 9: 6
March 22-27 IrelandIreland Irish Masters Kill Invitation tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 2
April 16 to May 2 EnglandEngland World Snooker Championship Sheffield World ranking tournament EnglandEngland Steve Davis CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 18: 6
May 7-14 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Pontins Professional Prestatyn Non-ranking WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 9: 7
May 21-27 EnglandEngland Pontin's Brean Sands Brean Sands Non-ranking EnglandEngland Tony Meo South Africa 1961South Africa Silvino Francisco 9: 7

National championships

date competition venue winner finalist Result
February 16-20 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Welsh Professional Championship Ebbw Vale WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 9: 1
March 9-13 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Irish Professional Championship Belfast Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 16:11

World ranking

The world ranking was calculated from the results of the world ranking tournaments of the 1982/83 snooker season. Only the top 16 are shown here.

No. Surname change
1 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon   3
2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins   8
3 CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn   2
4th EnglandEngland Steve Davis   2
5 AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton   3
6th CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens   5
7th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy   1
8th EnglandEngland David Taylor   1
9 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk  
10 EnglandEngland Jimmy White   11
11 South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans   4
12 EnglandEngland John Spencer   2
13 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor   8
14th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths   11
15th EnglandEngland Tony Knowles   5
16 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne   6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ron Florax: Season 1982-1983 - Professional. Cuetracker.net, accessed on May 26, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Chris Turner: Historical World Rankings. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; accessed on May 26, 2018 (English).