1983 Professional Players Tournament

Professional Players Tournament
Tournament information
Dates 3 September-21 October 1983
Venue Redwood Lodge
City Bristol
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £63,600[1]
Winner's share £12,500[2]
Highest break 135 (Joe Johnson)
Final
Champion England Tony Knowles
Runner-up England Joe Johnson
Score 9–8
1982
1984

The 1983 Professional Players Tournament was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place between 3 September and 21 October 1983.

In a change from the previous year, the event was hosted at one venue, the 600-seater Redwood Lodge in Bristol. The following year, it would be renamed as the Grand Prix.[3]

Joe Johnson reached the first ranking final of his four-year professional career, defeating Pascal Burke, Jimmy White, Eddie Charlton, Cliff Thorburn and Tony Meo. His opponent Tony Knowles reached his second ranking final, overcoming Paul Medati, Rex Williams, Silvino Francisco, John Campbell and Willie Thorne.

In the final, Knowles dominated most of the match, building a 6–1 lead. Johnson then made the highest break of the tournament, a 135, in recovering to a score of 5–7 and eventually levelled the match at 8–8. Knowles won the deciding frame on the colours, to prevail 9–8.

Main draw

[4][5]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 England Willie Thorne  5
 Wales Ray Reardon  3  
 England Willie Thorne  5
   Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  1  
 Republic of Ireland Eugene Hughes  5
 Wales Terry Griffiths  2  
 England Willie Thorne  7
   England Tony Knowles  9  
 England Tony Knowles  5
 South Africa Silvino Francisco  0  
 England Tony Knowles  5
   Australia John Campbell  3  
 Australia John Campbell  5
 England Dave Martin  0  
 England Tony Knowles  9
   England Joe Johnson  8
 England Joe Johnson  5
 Australia Eddie Charlton  0  
 England Joe Johnson  5
   Canada Cliff Thorburn  1  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  5
 Wales Cliff Wilson  3  
 England Joe Johnson  9
   England Tony Meo  6  
 England Tony Meo  5
 England Mike Hallett  3  
 England Tony Meo  5
   Canada Kirk Stevens  3  
 Canada Kirk Stevens  5
 England Mark Wildman  0  

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames.
Redwood Lodge, Bristol, England, 21 October 1983.
Tony Knowles
England
9–8 Joe Johnson
England
92(59)–22, 80(75)–16, 67–41, 26–81, 84(56)–17, 82(67)–18, 62–17, 0–135(135), 58–61, 28–63, 78–32, 17–100(61), 76–0, 39–90, 9–76(54), 14–93, 73–33
75 Highest break 135
0 Century breaks 1
4 50+ breaks 3

Century Breaks

References

  1. http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Professional-Players-Tournament/1983/739
  2. http://cuetracker.net/Players/Tony-Knowles/1983-1984
  3. Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. "Professional Players Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. "1983 Grand Prix Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
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