1980–81 snooker season

1980–81 snooker season

Details
Duration	August 1980 – 16 May 1981
Tournaments	18 (1 ranking event)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Steve Davis
Masters	Alex Higgins
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between August 1980 and May 1981. The following table outlines the results for the ranking and the invitational events.

Calendar[]

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
08–??	08–??	AUS	NR		Channel 10 Television Studios	Sydney	John Spencer	Dennis Taylor	[n 2]	[1]
08–13	08–31	CAN	NR	Canadian Open	Canadian National Exhibition Stadium	Toronto	Cliff Thorburn	Terry Griffiths	17–10	[2]
10–02	10–12	ENG	NR	Champion of Champions	New London Theatre	London	Doug Mountjoy	John Virgo	10–8	[3]
10–18	10–26	ENG	TE	World Challenge Cup	New London Theatre	London	Wales	Canada	8–5	[4]
11–16	11–29	ENG	NR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	16–6	[5]
12–01	12–02	ENG	NR	The Classic		Farnworth	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	4–1	[6]
12–07	12–13	ENG	TQ	Professional Ticket Event	Snooker Centre	Sheffield	Dave Martin	Eugene Hughes	9–6
12–28	12–31	ENG	NR	Pot Black[n 3]	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Cliff Thorburn	Jim Wych	2–0	[7][8]
01–27	02–01	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Alex Higgins	Terry Griffiths	9–6	[9][10][11]
02–??	02–??	ENG	NR	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Graham Miles	Cliff Thorburn	5–1	[12]
02–05	02–08	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship		Ebbw Vale	Ray Reardon	Cliff Wilson	9–6	[13]
02–18	02–21	IRL	NR	Irish Masters		Kill	Terry Griffiths	Ray Reardon	9–7	[14][15]
03–02	03–08	ENG	NR	Yamaha Organs Trophy		Derby	Steve Davis	David Taylor	9–6	[16]
03–12	03–14	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Riverside Theatre	Coleraine	Dennis Taylor	Patsy Fagan	22–21	[17]
03–08	03–15	ENG	NR	English Professional Championship		Birmingham	Steve Davis	Tony Meo	9–3	[18][19]
03–??	03–??	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship		Kildrum	Ian Black	Matt Gibson	11–7	[20]
04–07	04–20	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Doug Mountjoy	18–12	[21]
05–09	05–16	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Terry Griffiths	Willie Thorne	9–8	[22][23]

Official rankings[]

The top 16 of the world rankings.^[24][25][26]

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

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