The 1982 Masters (officially the 1982 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-

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tournament that took place from Tuesday 26th to Sunday 31 January 1982 at the

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in London, England. As in

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12 players were invited to the tournament.

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prevailed in the final by defeating

Terry Griffiths Terence Martin Griffiths (born 16 October 1947) is a Welsh retired professional snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. In his second professional tournament, he became world champion when he won the 1979 World Snooker Champion ...

, who made his third consecutive Masters final, 9–5 to go with the

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, UK and the English Professional Championship titles he had won in the past year.

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made his debut, the first of 26 consecutive appearances at the Masters.

Tony Meo Anthony Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles Cham ...

equalled the tournament highest break of 136, set by Terry Griffiths the previous year, in his 5–0 quarter-final win against

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, and spiritedly pulled back from 0–5 to 4–5 before losing 4–6 in semi-final against Davis.

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

Total: 3 * 136

* 113, 102

References

{{Snooker season 1981/1982 Masters (snooker) Masters Snooker Masters Snooker Masters Snooker