| Tournament Name: | Australian Masters |
| Venue: | Tattersalls Club |
| Location: | Sydney |
| Country: | Australia |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | $60,000 |
| Winner: | Tony Meo |
| Runner Up: | John Spencer |
| Score: | Aggregate Score |
| Previous: | 1980 |
| Next: | 1982 |
The 1981 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 25 and 27 June 1981 at the Tattersalls Club in Sydney, Australia.
The tournament was sponsored by Winfield and had a total prize fund of $60,000. There were two qualifying groups, played on a round-robin basis, with the top two players from each group progressing to the semi-finals. The final was decided on aggregated points scored over three frames. The event was recorded for broadcast on Channel 2, with transmissions running from 8 September 1981 to 10 November 1981.[1]
There were four players in each group:
| Group A | Group B | |
|---|---|---|
| John Spencer | Dennis Taylor | |
| Tony Meo |  Cliff Thorburn | |
| Doug Mountjoy |  Eddie Charlton | |
| Paddy Morgan | Ian Anderson |
Eighteenth-ranked Tony Meo won his first title as a professional by defeating world number fourteen John Spencer over three frames in the final.[2] The winning aggregate score is unknown.