1981–82 snooker season

1981–82 snooker season

Details
Duration	27 June 1981 – 28 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 →

The 1981–82 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 27 June 1981 and 28 May 1982. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

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]	[1]
09–22	09–25	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Kelvin Hall	Glasgow	Jimmy White	Cliff Thorburn	9–4	[2]
10–??	10–??	ENG	NR	International Open		Derby	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	9–0	[3]
10–??	11–01	ENG	TE	World Team Classic	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	England	Wales	4–3	[4][5]
11–03	11–07	NIR	NR	Northern Ireland Classic	Ulster Hall	Belfast	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	11–9	[6][7]
11–22	12–05	ENG	NR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	16–3	[8]
01–??	01–??	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Steve Davis	Eddie Charlton	2–0	[9][10]
01–10	01–13	ENG	NR	The Classic		Oldham	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	9–8	[11]
01–26	01–31	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	9–5	[12]
02–??	02–24	ENG	NR	Tolly Cobbold Classic		Ipswich	Steve Davis	Dennis Taylor	8–3	[13][14]
02–??	02–28	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship		Ebbw Vale	Doug Mountjoy	Terry Griffiths	9–8	[15][16]
03–01	03–07	ENG	NR	International Masters		Derby	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	9–7	[17]
03–05	03–07	SCO	NR	Scottish Professional Championship		Dunfermline	Eddie Sinclair	Ian Black	11–7	[18]
03–??	03–14	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Riverside Theatre	Coleraine	Dennis Taylor	Alex Higgins	16–13	[19][20]
03–??	03–28	IRL	NR	Irish Masters		Kill	Terry Griffiths	Steve Davis	9–5	[21][22]
04–??	04–??	SCO	NR	Highland Masters	Eden Court Theatre	Inverness	Ray Reardon	John Spencer	11–4	[6]
04–30	05–16	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Alex Higgins	Ray Reardon	18–15	[23]
05–??	05–??	ENG	NR	Bass and Golden Leisure Classic		Liverpool	Rex Williams	Ray Edmonds	4–1	[6]
05–22	05–28	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	9–4	[24][25]

Official rankings[]

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.^[26][27][28]

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

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