1981 Masters (snooker)

The 1981 Masters (officially the 1981 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 27 January to 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.

1981 Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates27 January – 1 February 1981 (1981-01-27 – 1981-02-01)
VenueWembley Conference Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£20,500
Winner's share£6,000
Highest break Terry Griffiths (WAL) (136)
Final
Champion Alex Higgins (NIR)
Runner-up Terry Griffiths (WAL)
Score9–6
← 1980
1982 →

Alex Higgins reached his fourth consecutive Masters final by defeating Cliff Thorburn 6–5 in the semi-finals, despite having trailed 1–5. There he reversed the result of the 1980 final against Terry Griffiths, who had himself made a dramatic recovery to beat John Spencer 6–5 in the semi-finals, after trailing 2–5 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 a new British tournament record of 2,422 for the final session.

Main draw

[1][2][3]

Round 1
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
 Terry Griffiths (WAL) 5
 Fred Davis (ENG) 5 England Fred Davis 2
 Kirk Stevens (CAN) 4 Wales Terry Griffiths 6
England John Spencer 5
 Ray Reardon (WAL) 1
 Dennis Taylor (NIR) 2 England John Spencer 5
 John Spencer (ENG) 5 Wales Terry Griffiths 6
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 9
 Alex Higgins (NIR) 5
 Eddie Charlton (AUS) 0 Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
 Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 5 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 6
Canada Cliff Thorburn 5
 Cliff Thorburn (CAN) 5
 Perrie Mans (RSA) 5 South Africa Perrie Mans 4
 Steve Davis (ENG) 3

Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Smyth
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 1 February 1981.
Alex Higgins
 Northern Ireland		 9–6 Terry Griffiths
 Wales
First session: 117–10 (75), 38–69, 54–64, 62–47, 99–38, 58–31, 20–69, 69–10, 77–37, 75–39, 113–5, 0–136 (136), 31–97, 51–62, 85–48
75 Highest break 136
0 Century breaks 1
1 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

Total: 2[4]

References
  1. "1981 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. "1981 Benson & Hedges Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. "1981 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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