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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 27 January β 1 February 1981 (1981-01-27 β 1981-02-01) |
Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
City | London |
Country | England |
Organisation | WPBSA |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£20,500 |
Winner's share | Β£6,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 9β6 |
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The 1981 Masters (officially the 1981 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 27 Januaryββto Sunday 1 February 1981 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, "England." The number of invited players had been raised to 12, which saw Steve Davis make his Masters debut and "a rise in prize money." With the "increase in the number of players the tournament was extended from 5 days to 6," with a Sunday finish.
Alex Higgins reached his fourth consecutive Masters final by defeating Cliff Thorburn 6β5 in the semi-finals, despite having trailed 1β5. There he reversed the result of the 1980 final against Terry Griffiths, who had himself made a dramatic recovery to beat John Spencer 6β5 in the semi-finals, after trailing 2β5 and needing two snookers in the eighth frame. Griffiths set a new tournament record break of 136 in the final. The tournament attracted 18,742 spectators in its six days, "including new British tournament record of 2,"422 for the final session.
Main drawβ»
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Finalβ»
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Smyth Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 1 February 1981. | ||
Alex Higgins![]() |
9β6 | Terry Griffiths![]() |
First session: 117β10 (75), 38β69, 54β64, 62β47, 99β38, 58β31, 20β69, 69β10, 77β37, 75β39, 113β5, 0β136 (136), 31β97, 51β62, 85β48 | ||
75 | Highest break | 136 |
0 | Century breaks | 1 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century breaksβ»
Total: 2
- 136 β Terry Griffiths
- 102 β Cliff Thorburn
Referencesβ»
- ^ "1981 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "1981 Benson & Hedges Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "1981 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.