1980 Masters (snooker)

1980 Benson & Hedges Masters

Tournament information
Dates	5–9 February 1980 (1980-02-05 – 1980-02-09)
Venue	Wembley Conference Centre
City	London
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£14,000
Winner's share	£4,500
Highest break	Terry Griffiths  (WAL) (131)
Final
Champion	Terry Griffiths  (WAL)
Runner-up	Alex Higgins  (NIR)
Score	9–5
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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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	Round 1 Best of 9 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames					Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
						Perrie Mans  (RSA)		1
	Fred Davis  (ENG)		1			Alex Higgins		5
	Alex Higgins  (NIR)		5								Alex Higgins		5
											Ray Reardon		2
						Ray Reardon  (WAL)		5
						Dennis Taylor  (NIR)		3
																Alex Higgins		5
																Terry Griffiths		9
						Eddie Charlton  (AUS)		2
						John Spencer  (ENG)		5
											John Spencer		0
											Terry Griffiths		5
						Terry Griffiths  (WAL)		5
	Cliff Thorburn  (CAN)		5			Cliff Thorburn		3
	John Virgo  (ENG)		3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 1980.
Terry Griffiths   Wales	9–5	Alex Higgins   Northern Ireland
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)
131	Highest break	81
1	Century breaks	0
6	50+ breaks	1

Century breaks

Total: 2 ^[3]

• 131, 100 – Terry Griffiths

References

1. "1980 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
2. "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
3. "1980 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.