1980_Masters_(snooker)

1980 Masters (snooker)

1980 Masters (snooker)

Professional non-ranking snooker tournament, Feb 1980

The 1980 Masters (officially the 1980 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9 February 1980 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the tournament. The event had previously been played from Monday to Friday but was switched to have a Saturday finish.

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Terry Griffiths won the Masters by beating Alex Higgins, just 9 months after winning the World Championship. Higgins made his third final in a row. Griffiths won the title by 9–5 with a break of 131. An attendance of 2,323 attended the Conference Centre for final session of the match, which was a record at the time.

Main draw

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

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 1980.
Terry Griffiths
 Wales		 9–5 Alex Higgins
 Northern Ireland
First session: 67–39, 73–30 (73), 4–81 (81), 61–68, 104–15 (77), 61–67 (Griffiths 52), 54–55, 102–25, 63–61 (Griffiths 53), 58–70 (Griffiths 58, Higgins 70), 75–49, 117–3 (51), 67–60, 131–0 (131)
131 Highest break 81
1 Century breaks 0
6 50+ breaks 1

Century breaks

Total: 2[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "1980 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. [2]
    "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    "1980 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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