1981 Australian Masters

The 1981 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 25 and 27 June 1981 at the Tattersalls Club in Sydney, Australia.

Australian Masters

Tournament information
Dates	25–27 June 1981 (1981-06-25 – 1981-06-27)
Venue	Tattersalls Club
City	Sydney
Country	Australia
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	$60,000
Final
Champion	Tony Meo
Runner-up	John Spencer
Score	Aggregate Score
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The tournament was sponsored by Winfield and had a total prize fund of $60,000. There were two qualifying groups, played on a round-robin basis, with the top two players from each group progressing to the semi-finals. The final was decided on aggregated points scored over three frames. The event was recorded for broadcast on Channel 2, with transmissions running from 8 September 1981 to 10 November 1981.^[1]

There were four players in each group:

Group A	Group B
John Spencer	Dennis Taylor
Tony Meo	Cliff Thorburn
Doug Mountjoy	Eddie Charlton
Paddy Morgan	Ian Anderson

Eighteenth-ranked Tony Meo won his first title as a professional by defeating world number fourteen John Spencer over three frames in the final.^[2] The winning aggregate score is unknown.