1981–82 snooker season

The 1981–82 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 25 June 1981 and 29 May 1982. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

1981–82 snooker season

Details
Duration	25 June 1981 – 29 May 1982
Tournaments	19 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Steve Davis
World Championship	Alex Higgins
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

New professional players

In January 1981, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) accepted Eugene Hughes, Mike Watterson, Paul Medati, Jack Fitzmaurice and Dessie Sheehan were accepted. Billy Kelly and Mick Fisher applied but were rejected.^[1]

In April 1981, a further thirteen players turned professional: Ian Black, Bert Demarco, Jim Donnelly, Clive Everton, Geoff Foulds, Doug French, Matt Gibson, Vic Harris, Dennis Hughes, Billy Kelly, Eddie McLaughlin, Murdo MacLeod and Colin Roscoe, were accepted,^[2] but Williamson and Tony Graham were not.^[3]

Dean Reynolds, Gary Johnston, and John Phillips were accepted in the September intake, when four players, including Paul Watchorn and Tony Kearney, were unsuccessful with their applications.^[4][5]

Calendar

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
06-25	06-27	AUS	NR	Australian Masters	Channel 10 Television Studios	Sydney	Tony Meo	John Spencer	[n 2]	[6]
09-14	09-20	ENG	NR	International Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	9–0	[7]
09-22	09-25	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Kelvin Hall	Glasgow	Jimmy White	Cliff Thorburn	9–4	[8]
10-24	11-01	ENG	TE	World Team Classic	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	England	Wales	4–3	[9][10]
11-03	11-07	NIR	NR	Northern Ireland Classic	Ulster Hall	Belfast	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	11–9	[11][12]
11-22	12-05	ENG	NR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	16–3	[13]
12-28	12-31	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Steve Davis	Eddie Charlton	2–0	[14][15]
01-10	01-13	ENG	NR	The Classic	Civic Centre	Oldham	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	9–8	[16]
01-26	01-31	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	9–5	[17]
02-22	02-24	ENG	NR	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	8–3	[18][19]
02-24	02-28	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre	Ebbw Vale	Doug Mountjoy	Terry Griffiths	9–8	[20][21]
03-01	03-07	ENG	NR	International Masters	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	9–7	[22]
03-05	03-07	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship	Glen Pavilion	Dunfermline	Eddie Sinclair	Ian Black	11–7	[23]
03-09	03-13	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Riverside Theatre	Coleraine	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	16–13	[24][25]
03-23	03-28	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	9–5	[26][27]
04-16	04-18	SCO	NR	Highland Masters	Eden Court Theatre	Inverness	Ray Reardon	John Spencer	11–4	[11]
04-30	05-16	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	18–15	[28]
05-22	05-28	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	9–4	[29][30]
05-29		ENG	NR	Bass and Golden Leisure Classic	Liverpool Centre	Liverpool	Rex Williams	Ray Edmonds	4–1	[11]

WR = World ranking event

NR = Non-ranking event

TE = Team event

Official rankings

Main article: Snooker world rankings 1981/1982

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

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

Notes

1. Dates use the mm-dd date format.
2. The final was decided on aggregate score over three frames.