1983–84 snooker season

The 1983–84 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 4 July 1983 and 19 May 1984. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

1983–84 snooker season

Details
Duration	4 July 1983 – 19 May 1984
Tournaments	23 (4 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Alex Higgins
Masters	Jimmy White
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

New professional players

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) received 39 applications for professional status for the start of the season. Its subcommittee for considering these (made up of Ray Reardon, John Virgo and Willie Thorne) recommended 17 for acceptance, and these were ratified by the WPBSA Board. The new professionals were Jim Bear, Bob Chaperon, Gino Rigitano, Joe Caggianello and Gerry Watson from Canada; Francois Ellis and Mike Hines from South Africa; George Ganim and James Giannaros from Australia; Paul Mifsud from Malta; Paddy Browne from Ireland; and Tony Jones, Steve Duggan, John Parrott, Neal Foulds, Bill Oliver and John Hargreaves from England.^[1]

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
07-04	07-15	AUS	NR	Australian Masters	Channel 10 Television Studios	Sydney	Cliff Thorburn	Bill Werbeniuk	7–3	[2][3]
07-19	07-23	NZL	NR	New Zealand Masters		Auckland	Bill Werbeniuk	Doug Mountjoy	1–0	[4]
08-05	08-07	HKG	NR	Hong Kong Masters	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Hong Kong	Doug Mountjoy	Terry Griffiths	4–3	[5]
08-11	08-13	THA	NR	Thailand Masters	Thai Nippon Stadium	Bangkok	Tony Meo	Steve Davis	2–1	[6]
08-26	08-28	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship	Glasgow University	Glasgow	Murdo MacLeod	Eddie Sinclair	11–9	[7]
08-23	09-04	CAN	NR	Canadian Professional Championship	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	Kirk Stevens	Frank Jonik	9–8	[8]
09-22	09-25	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Skean Dhu Hotel	Glasgow	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	9–6	[9]
10-01	10-09	ENG	WR	International Open	Eldon Square Recreation Centre	Newcastle	Steve Davis	Cliff Thorburn	9–4	[10]
10-10	10-21	ENG	WR	Professional Players Tournament	Redwood Lodge	Bristol	Tony Knowles	Joe Johnson	9–8	[11]
10-22	10-30	ENG	TE	World Team Classic	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	England	Wales	4–2	[12][13]
11-18	12-04	ENG	NR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Alex Higgins	Steve Davis	16–15	[14]
12-09	12-18	ENG	TE	World Doubles Championship	Derngate Centre	Northampton	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Tony Knowles Jimmy White	10–2	[15][16]
12-28	12-30	ENG	NR	Pot Black[n 2]	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Terry Griffiths	John Spencer	2–1	[17][18]
01-08	01-15	ENG	WR	The Classic	Spectrum Arena	Warrington	Steve Davis	Tony Meo	9–8	[19]
01-22	01-29	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Jimmy White	Terry Griffiths	9–5	[20][21]
02-21	02-24	ENG	NR	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Steve Davis	Tony Knowles	8–2	[22]
02-27	03-04	ENG	NR	International Masters	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Steve Davis	Dave Martin	[n 3]	[23][24]
03-07	03-11	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre	Ebbw Vale	Doug Mountjoy	Cliff Wilson	9–3	[25]
03-27	04-01	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	9–1	[26]
11-11	04-14	GBR	NR	Professional Snooker League			John Virgo	Dennis Taylor	[n 4]	[27]
04-21	05-07	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	18–16	[28]
05-12	05-19	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Willie Thorne	John Spencer	9–7	[29][30]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

TE = Team event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1983/1984

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[31][32][33]

No.	Ch.	Name
1		Steve Davis
2		Ray Reardon
3		Cliff Thorburn
4		Tony Knowles
5		Alex Higgins
6		Eddie Charlton
7		Kirk Stevens
8		Bill Werbeniuk
9		Terry Griffiths
10		David Taylor
11		Jimmy White
12		Doug Mountjoy
13		Dennis Taylor
14		John Virgo
15		Tony Meo
16		John Spencer

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
2. Event was played and recorded in December 1983, but broadcast in the summer of 1984.
3. Final was decided on a three-man round robin basis, the third player was John Dunning.
4. No play-off was held and the title was decided on league table only. Kirk Stevens withdrew after seven matches.