- 1981 Masters Snooker
The 1981
Benson and Hedges Masters took place betweenFebruary 2 andFebruary 8 1981 and was held in theWembley Conference Centre . The number of players who were invited had been raised to 12 which sawSteve Davis make his Masters debut as well as a rise of the prize money too.Alex Higgins , having trailed 1-5, extraordinarily beatCliff Thorburn 6-5 to reach his fourth consecutive Masters final and reversed the result of the 1980 final againTerry Griffiths , who had himself made a dramatic recovery to beat John Spencer 6-5 in the semi-finals after trailing 2-5 and needing two snookers in the eighth frame. Griffiths set a new tournament record break of 136 in the final. The tournament attracted 18,742 spectators in its six days including a new British tournament record of 2422 for the final session.Prize Money
Total £20,500
Winner £6,000
The Results
First Round Best of 9 frames
Round8
Best of 9 frames
flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |5 |flagicon|England Fred Davis|2|
flagicon|England John Spencer|5"' |flagicon|WalesRay Reardon |1|
flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |5|flagicon|RSA|1928Perrie Mans |4|
flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |5"' |flagicon|WalesDoug Mountjoy |1
Best of 11 frames
flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |6"' |flagicon|England John Spencer|5|
flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |6"'|flagicon|CanadaCliff Thorburn |5
Best of 17 frames
flagicon|Northern IrelandAlex Higgins |9|flagicon|WalesTerry Griffiths |6
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