1982 Professional Players Tournament

April 2022 Professional Players Tournament 1982 10 11 1982 10 22 y La ReserveInternational Snooker Club Sutton ColdfieldAston England WPBSA Ranking event £32,000 £5,000 Ray Reardon WAL Jimmy White ENG 10–5 First 1983 The 1982 Professional Players Tournament was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in two venues in the Birmingham area. One was at the La Reserve in Sutton Coldfield and the other was the International Snooker Club in Aston. It was the first tournament in a series which is now known as the World Open. The event was untelevised and unsponsored. Ray Reardon defeated Jimmy White 10–5 in the final to win the first prize of £5,000 and his first ranking title since the 1978 World Championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dMNAAAAAIBAJ&pg=2348%2C4699514 Snooker The Glasgow Herald 16 23 October 1982 Reardon became the oldest winner of a ranking event at the age of 50 years and 14 days. This record stood for 43 years, until Mark Williams won the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix aged 50 years and 206 days.Blainey Gareth 13 October 2025 Mark Williams: Snooker star seals spot as all-time Welsh sporting great https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cql93zygg77o 13 October 2025 BBC Sport en-GB Six places in the 1983 Masters were allocated to the players – those not already in the field – who advanced furthest in this event. These were semi-finalist John Virgo; quarter-finalists Joe Johnson, Dean Reynolds and Bill Werbeniuk; and Mark Wildman and Tony Meo who lost in the last 16.Everton Clive Higgins toils in natural break https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89964649/the-guardian/ The Guardian 13 October 1982 24 Newspapers.com Main draw main 5 200 yes high Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 19 frames no Eddie Sinclair SCO 5 Fred Davis ENG 2 Jim Meadowcroft ENG 5 Bernard Bennett ENG 4 Mike Watterson ENG 5 Jim Donnelly SCO 4 Terry Griffiths WAL 5 Colin Roscoe WAL 1 Dennis Taylor NIR 5 Ray Edmonds ENG 4 David Taylor ENG 5 Ian Anderson AUS 1 Jimmy White ENG w/o John Phillips SCO w/d Jim Wych CAN 5 Billy Kelly IRL 0 John Virgo ENG 5 Ian Black SCO 2 Mike Hallett ENG 5 Vic Harris ENG 3 John Spencer ENG 5 Geoff Foulds ENG 1 Dave Martin ENG 5 Matt Gibson SCO 2 Kirk Stevens CAN 5 Eugene Hughes IRL 2 Joe Johnson ENG 5 Graham Miles ENG 1 Perrie Mans RSA 1928 5 Eddie McLaughlin SCO 2 Mark Wildman ENG 5 John Dunning ENG 4 SCO Eddie Sinclair 5 ENG Jim Meadowcroft 3 ENG Mike Watterson 2 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 5 ENG David Taylor 1 ENG Jimmy White 5 CAN Jim Wych 0 ENG John Virgo 5 ENG Mike Hallett 2 ENG John Spencer 5 ENG Dave Martin 3 CAN Kirk Stevens 1 ENG Joe Johnson 5 RSA 1928 Perrie Mans 4 ENG Mark Wildman 5 SCO Eddie Sinclair 3 WAL Terry Griffiths 5 NIR Dennis Taylor 3 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG John Virgo 5 ENG John Spencer 1 ENG Joe Johnson 5 ENG Mark Wildman 4 WAL Terry Griffiths 2 ENG Jimmy White 5 ENG John Virgo 5 ENG Joe Johnson 1 ENG Jimmy White 10 ENG John Virgo 4 main 5 200 yes high Last 64Best of 9 frames Last 32Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 19 frames no Ray Reardon WAL 5 Tommy Murphy NIR 1 Alex Higgins NIR 5 Doug French ENG 3 Murdo MacLeod SCO w/o Steve Davis ENG w/d Willie Thorne ENG 5 Bert Demarco SCO 3 Bill Werbeniuk CAN 5 Paddy Morgan AUS 3 Jackie Rea NIR w/o John Bear CAN w/d Cliff Thorburn CAN 5 Paul Medati ENG 1 Clive Everton WAL 5 Patsy Fagan IRL 2 Tony Meo ENG 5 Marcus Owen WAL 4 Frank Jonik CAN 5 Doug Mountjoy WAL 3 Eddie Charlton AUS 5 Dennis Hughes ENG 2 Rex Williams ENG 5 Chris Ross SCO 0 Tony Knowles ENG 5 Pat Houlihan ENG 4 Cliff Wilson WAL 5 Mario Morra CAN 2 Jack Fitzmaurice ENG 5 Dessie Sheehan IRL 1 Dean Reynolds ENG w/o David Greaves ENG w/d WAL Ray Reardon 5 NIR Alex Higgins 2 SCO Murdo MacLeod 5 ENG Willie Thorne 4 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 5 NIR Jackie Rea 2 CAN Cliff Thorburn 5 WAL Clive Everton 2 ENG Tony Meo 5 CAN Frank Jonik 0 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 ENG Rex Williams 2 ENG Tony Knowles 4 WAL Cliff Wilson 5 ENG Jack Fitzmaurice 0 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 WAL Ray Reardon 5 SCO Murdo MacLeod 2 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 5 CAN Cliff Thorburn 2 ENG Tony Meo 3 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 WAL Cliff Wilson 1 ENG Dean Reynolds 5 WAL Ray Reardon 5 CAN Bill Werbeniuk 3 AUS Eddie Charlton 5 ENG Dean Reynolds 1 WAL Ray Reardon 10 AUS Eddie Charlton 7 Final Final: Best of 19 frames.Astra International Snooker Club, Aston, Birmingham, England, 22 October 1982. Ray Reardon 10–5 Jimmy White 50–66, 46–59, 90–28, 74–60, 133–0 (132), 9–80, 80–15, 66–7, 29–91, 90–0, 57–66, 69–2, 76–23, 93–17, 60–52 132 Highest break 62 1 Century breaks 0 Century breaks 135, 109 Willie Thorne 132 Ray Reardon 126 John Spencer 119 Terry Griffiths 113 Ian Black 112 Dean Reynolds 101 Bill Werbeniuk References Professional Players Championship http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=29 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071750/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=29 24 January 2013 Snooker Scene 29 November 2017 Turner Chris Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155938/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/GP.html 16 February 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 24 November 2011 Turner Chris Player Profile of Ray Reardon MBE http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Players/Reardon.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120425135358/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Players/Reardon.html 25 April 2012 cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 24 November 2011 1982 Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament Professional Players Tournament