World Snooker Championship 1981

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World Snooker Championship 1981
Embassy World Snooker Championship

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Attendees: 24
Venue: Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening: April 6, 1981
Endgame: April 20, 1981

Winner: EnglandEngland Steve Davis
Finalist: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy
Highest Break: 145 ( Doug Mountjoy) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The 1981 World Snooker Championship took place from April 6 to April 20, 1981 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

Steve Davis won his first world championship title against Doug Mountjoy after defeating the 1979 and 1980 world champions in the quarter and semi-finals. Mountjoy not only scored 145 in the semi-finals, the highest break of the tournament, but also the highest ever in a World Cup, for which there was a bonus of 5,000 pounds.

Prize money

Prize money 1981 Profit in £
winner 20,000
defeated finalist 10,000
Semi-finalist 5,000
Quarter finalist 2,500
Round of 16 1,800
First round off 875
Highest break 1,200 (+5,000)
Maximum break 10,000
All in all £ 60,000

Final round

  Round 1
Best of 19 frames 		Round of 16
Best of 25 frames 		Quarterfinals
Best of 25 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 31 frames 		Final
Best of 35 frames
                                             
 EnglandEngland Graham Miles 10   1  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13            
 EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 8th    EnglandEngland Graham Miles 2  
1  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 13
   EnglandEngland David Taylor 6th  
 EnglandEngland David Taylor 10 8th  EnglandEngland Fred Davis 3
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 6th    EnglandEngland David Taylor 13  
1  CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 10
   EnglandEngland Steve Davis 16  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 10   4th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 8th    
 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 8th    EnglandEngland Steve Davis 13  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 13
  5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 9  
 EnglandEngland Tony Meo 10 5  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 13
 EnglandEngland John Virgo 6th    EnglandEngland Tony Meo 6th  
 EnglandEngland Steve Davis 18th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 12
 CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 10 6th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 13
 EnglandEngland John Dunning 4th    CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 11  
6th  Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 8th
   WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 13  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 10 3  AustraliaAustralia Eddie Charlton 7th
 EnglandEngland Willie Thorne 6th    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 13  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 16
  2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 10  
 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 10   7th  South Africa 1961South Africa Perrie Mans 5    
 EnglandEngland Dave Martin 4th    CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 13  
 CanadaCanada Bill Werbeniuk 10
  2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 13  
 EnglandEngland John Spencer 10 2  WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 13
 EnglandEngland Ray Edmonds 9    EnglandEngland John Spencer 11  

Century breaks

13 Century Breaks were achieved by eight different players, which meant the setting of the record of total Centuries played at a World Cup in 1979:

WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Doug Mountjoy 145 , 129, 110
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Dennis Taylor 135, 133
EnglandEngland Tony Meo 134
EnglandEngland Steve Davis 119 (2 ×), 106
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ray Reardon 112
EnglandEngland Tony Knowles 101
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Terry Griffiths 1080
CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 100

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