The 1982 Jameson International Open was a professional

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snooker tournament that took place between 27 September to 10 October 1982 at the

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. This was the first tournament outside of the

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to be given ranking status. Tony Knowles won the tournament, defeating David Taylor 9–6 in the final.

Summary

The

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had been using a ranking system based on performances in the last three

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. However they modified the system for the 1982–83 season to include the two open entry events in the ranking system. These were the Jameson International Open and the Professional Players Tournament which was held immediately afterwards. The 1982 Jameson International Open thus became the first tournament, other than the world championship, in which players earned ranking points. The last-32 stage of the £75,000 event, in which the top 16 seeds met 16 qualifiers, was played at the Assembly Rooms,

from Monday 27 September to Thursday 30 September.

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played on the first day, having won the Langs Scottish Masters the previous evening.

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was penalised a frame for arriving late for his match against Billy Kelly but won the match 5–3. Television coverage started at the last-16 stage, which was played from Saturday 2 October to Tuesday 5 October.

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beat world champion

5–2 after Higgins had won the first two frames.

Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, where he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in a ...

beat

Cliff Thorburn Clifford Charles Devlin Thorburn (born 16 January 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, defeating Alex Hi ...

5–2. Thorburn won the first two frames but Taylor took the next five to win the match.

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beat

Jimmy White James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 ...

5–2 in a match that last just 95 minutes.

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beat John Spencer 5–4 after winning the final two frames, while Tony Knowles beat

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5–2 in the final match of the round. The quarter-finals were played on Wednesday and Thursday. David Taylor beat

, the defending champion, 5–3. Davis led 3–2 but Taylor won the next three to record his first win over Davis.

beat

5–3 in Wednesday's other match. On Thursday, Tony Knowles beat

5–4 while

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beat

5–3 after winning the first three frames. David Taylor beat

9–5 in the first semi-final. Taylor won the last four frames of the afternoon session to lead 6–2 and then won the first frame of the evening session. Virgo then won two frames to trail 4–7 but Taylor won two of the next three to win the match. Tony Knowles beat

9–3 in the second semi-final played on the Saturday. Knowles won the first four frames and led 5–3 after the afternoon session. He won the first four frames in the evening to take the match. Tony Knowles beat David Taylor 9–6 in the final, winning the first prize of £22,000 with Taylor winning £12,000. Knowles won three frames in a row to take a 5–2 lead before Taylor won the last frame of the afternoon session to trail 3–5. Knowles made a break of 114 in the first frame of the evening session and later extended his lead to 8–5. Taylor won the next frame but Knowles then made a break of 76 in the following frame to win the match. He also won the high break prize of £1,200 for his 114 in the final.

Main draw

Final

References

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