| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 1984 |
| Venue | Parmatta Club |
| City | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £11,760 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Tony Knowles |
| Runner-up | John Virgo |
| Score | 7–3 |
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The 1984 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 1984 at the Parmatta Club in Sydney, Australia. [1]
Tony Knowles won the tournament by defeating John Virgo 7–3 in the final. [2]
| Round 1 Best of 7 Frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 Frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 Frames | Final Best of 13 Frames | ||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Knowles | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Dennis Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Knowles | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jimmy White | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Jimmy White | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | John Campbell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Knowles | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Eddie Charlton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Eddie Charlton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Warren King | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| | David Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | David Taylor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Ian Anderson | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Knowles | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Virgo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Virgo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Doug Mountjoy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Virgo | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Willie Thorne | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Willie Thorne | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 | Cliff Thorburn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | John Virgo | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Meo | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Meo | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Bill Werbeniuk | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Tony Meo | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kirk Stevens | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Kirk Stevens | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| | Paddy Morgan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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