1982–83 snooker season

1982–83 snooker season

Details
Duration	7 July 1982 – 27 May 1983
Tournaments	18 (3 ranking events)
Triple Crown winners
UK Championship	Terry Griffiths
Masters	Cliff Thorburn
World Championship	Steve Davis
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played between 7 July 1982 and 27 May 1983. The following table outlines the results for ranking events and the invitational events.

In May 1982, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association accepted the applications of six players to become professional: Pascal Burke, Bob Harris, Graham Cripsey, Ian Williamson, Les Dodd and Mick Fisher. There were 13 rejected applications, including those of Barry West, Tony Kearney, Paul Watchorn, and Steve Longworth.^[1]

In October, John Campbell, Mike Darrington, Warren King, Wayne Sanderson, and Watchorn were admitted as professionals.^[2] Joe O'Boye, Dave Gilbert and Longworth were among several applicants who were refused.^[3]

Date[n 1]			Rank	Tournament name	Venue	City	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Reference
07-07	07-09	AUS	NR	Australian Masters	Channel 10 Television Studios	Sydney	Steve Davis	Eddie Charlton	[n 2]	[4]
09-23	09-26	SCO	NR	Scottish Masters	Holiday Inn	Glasgow	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	9–4	[5]
09-27	10-10	ENG	WR	International Open	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Tony Knowles	David Taylor	9–6	[6]
10-11	10-22	ENG	WR	Professional Players Tournament	La Reserve	Sutton Coldfield	Ray Reardon	Jimmy White	10–5	[7][8]
					International Snooker Club	Aston
10-23	10-31	ENG	TE	World Team Classic	Hexagon Theatre	Reading	Canada	England	4–2	[9][10]
11-20	12-04	ENG	NR	UK Championship	Guild Hall	Preston	Terry Griffiths	Alex Higgins	16–15	[11]
12-16	12-19	ENG	TE	World Doubles Championship	Crystal Palace	London	Steve Davis Tony Meo	Terry Griffiths Doug Mountjoy	13–2	[12][13]
12-??	12-??	ENG	NR	Pot Black	BBC Studios	Birmingham	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	2–0	[14][15]
01-09	01-16	ENG	NR	The Classic	Spectrum Arena	Warrington	Steve Davis	Bill Werbeniuk	9–5	[16]
01-23	01-30	ENG	NR	The Masters	Wembley Conference Centre	London	Cliff Thorburn	Ray Reardon	9–7	[17][18]
02-16	02-20	WAL	NR	Welsh Professional Championship	Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre	Ebbw Vale	Ray Reardon	Doug Mountjoy	9–1	[19][20]
02-21	02-23	ENG	NR	Tolly Cobbold Classic	Corn Exchange	Ipswich	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	7–5	[21][22]
02-28	03-06	ENG	NR	International Masters	Assembly Rooms	Derby	Ray Reardon	Jimmy White	9–6	[23][24]
03-09	03-13	NIR	NR	Irish Professional Championship	Mayfield Leisure Centre	Belfast	Alex Higgins	Dennis Taylor	16–11	[25]
03-22	03-27	IRL	NR	Irish Masters	Goff's	Kill	Steve Davis	Ray Reardon	9–2	[26][27][28]
04-16	05-02	ENG	WR	World Snooker Championship	Crucible Theatre	Sheffield	Steve Davis	Cliff Thorburn	18–6	[29]
05-07	05-14	WAL	NR	Pontins Professional	Pontins	Prestatyn	Doug Mountjoy	Ray Reardon	9–7	[30][31]
05-21	05-27	ENG	NR	Pontins Brean Sands	Sands Holiday Village	Burnham-on-Sea	Tony Meo	Silvino Francisco	9–7	[32]

The top 16 of the world rankings, these players automatically played in the final rounds of the world ranking events and were invited for the Masters.^[33][34][35]

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