1980 Masters (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:1980 Benson & Hedges Masters
Venue:Wembley Conference Centre
Location:London
Country:England
Organisation:WPBSA
Format:Non-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£14,000
Winners Share:£4,500
Highest Break: (131)
Score:9–5
Previous:1979
Next:1981

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.

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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Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street
Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 1980.
Terry Griffiths
9–5Alex Higgins
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)
131Highest break81
1Century breaks0
650+ breaks1

Century breaks

Total: 2[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1980 Masters Results. Snooker Database. 5 May 2011. 7 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007103636/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=92. dead.
  2. Web site: The Masters. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60. 24 January 2013. Snooker Scene. 8 August 2012.
  3. Web site: 1980 Masters. CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. 19 January 2015.