| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–8 February 1981 |
| Venue | Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre |
| City | Ebbw Vale |
| Country | Wales |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £3,000 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ray Reardon |
| Runner-up | Cliff Wilson |
| Score | 9–6 |
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The 1981 Woodpecker Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1981. [1]
Ray Reardon won the tournament defeating Cliff Wilson 9–6 in the final. [2]
| Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson | 6 | Cliff Wilson | 6 | |||||||||||
| Roy Andrewartha | 5 | Cliff Wilson | 9 | |||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 6 | |||||||||||||
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