Thailand Masters 1984

Thailand Masters 1984 Camus Thailand Masters 1984
Tournament type:	Non-ranking tournament
Attendees:	6th
Venue:	Ambassador Hotel , Bangkok , Thailand
Opening:	August 27, 1984
Endgame:	August 31, 1984
Defending champion:	Tony Meo
Winner:	Jimmy White
Finalist:	Terry Griffiths
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The Camus Thailand Masters 1984 was a professional snooker tournament without any influence on the world rankings - a so-called non-ranking tournament - during the 1984/85 season . The tournament was held from August 27 to 31, 1984 in the Ambassador Hotel in the Thai capital, Bangkok . The winner was the Englishman Jimmy White , who could defeat the Welsh Terry Griffiths 4-3 in the final . Records of potentially high breaks are unknown.

Prize money

For the first time, the tournament was sponsored by the French cognac distillery Camus , but again there was no official prize money. However, since the tournament was part of a series of Barry Hearns Matchroom Sport and Camus-sponsored series of Asian tournaments, the players received free first-class flights as well as several bottles of cognac.

Tournament course

The six participants, among whom in addition to five professional snooker players with Sakchai Sim Ngam was again a local amateur player, played at the beginning in round mode within a group once against all other competitors. The first two places in the table resulting from the results finally met in the final to play off the winner of the tournament. While the total of 15 group games were played in the best of 3 frames mode, the final game was decided in the best of 7 frames mode .

Group stage

Games

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Jimmy White  02 : 02  Tony Meo 2 Jimmy White  02 : 02  Sakchai Sim Ngam 3 Jimmy White  02 : 02  John Parrott 4th Sakchai Sim Ngam  02 : 02  Steve Davis 5 John Parrott  02 : 02  Steve Davis 6th John Parrott  02 : 02  Sakchai Sim Ngam 7th Tony Meo  12 : 12  Sakchai Sim Ngam 8th Tony Meo  02 : 02  Steve Davis

game Player 1 Result Player 2 9 Tony Meo  02 : 02  John Parrott 10 Terry Griffiths  12 : 12  Steve Davis 11 Terry Griffiths  12 : 12  Sakchai Sim Ngam 12 Terry Griffiths  02 : 02  Tony Meo 13 Terry Griffiths  02 : 02  John Parrott 14th Terry Griffiths  02 : 02  Jimmy White 15th Steve Davis  02 : 02  Jimmy White

table

Item	player	w. Lots	Frames
1	Terry Griffiths	5	10: 2
2	Jimmy White	3	6: 4
3	Tony Meo	3	6: 5
4th	John Parrott	2	4: 6
5	Sakchai Sim Ngam	1	4: 8
6th	Steve Davis	1	3: 8

final

The Englishman Jimmy White was the reigning vice world champion and had won three out of five possible games in this tournament in the group stage and thus finished second in the final table - tied with his compatriot Tony Meo , who had lost one frame more than White and was therefore in third Rank was led. In the final, he met the former Welsh world champion Terry Griffiths , who had secured first place in the table with five wins and had only lost two frames himself. No exact frame results are available from the final itself, but White was able to defeat Griffiths 4: 3 against the 2-0 defeat in the group stage and thus win the tournament.

Final: Best of 7 Frames Ambassador Hotel ,  Bangkok , Thailand , August 31, 1984
Jimmy White	4 : 3	Terry Griffiths
unknown
-	Highest break	-
-	Century breaks	-
-	50+ breaks	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ron Florax: 1984 Thailand Masters. CueTracker.net, accessed November 15, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Chris Turner: Thailand Open / Thailand Classic / Thailand Masters - World Ranking and Invitation Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on November 15, 2019 (English).  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: 1984 Thailand Masters - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed November 15, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Steve Davis : Interesting . Dragonstars Eventmanagement, Fürth 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053061-6 , p.  220 (English: Interesting . Ebury Press, London 2015.).