1984 Masters (snooker)

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Benson & Hedges Masters
Tournament information
Dates 22–29 January 1984
Venue Wembley Conference Centre
City London
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Total prize fund £115,000
Winner's share £35,000
Highest break 147
Final
Champion England Jimmy White
Runner-up Wales Terry Griffiths
Score 9–5
1983
1985

The 1984 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–29 January 1984 at the Wembley Conference Centre. The Masters, in its 10th year, changed the format into a championship for the game's top 16 ranked players. The BBC extended their television coverage to show all 8 days of the event and the prize money was more than double that of the previous year.

Defending champion Cliff Thorburn lost to John Spencer in the first round, but it was fellow Canadian Kirk Stevens' maximum break against Jimmy White in the 9th frame of their semi-final, for which the tournament is perhaps best remembered. The break earned Stevens £10,000 for the 147, £1,000 for the highest break, and a gold award for breaking the tournament record. It was Stevens' second maximum break, the other being made in a practice session, and only the 3rd ever televised 147 break by any player. "I couldn't believe how I felt. I was just enthralled in it, lost in it" Stevens said. Meanwhile, White won the match 6-4 with a 119 break in the next frame and went on to win his only Masters title. In front of his home crowd he beat Welshman Terry Griffiths by 9 frames to 5, playing in his fourth Masters final in five years.

Field

Defending champion Cliff Thorburn was the number 1 seed with World Champion Steve Davis seeded 2.[1] The remaining places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Tony Knowles was making his debut in the Masters.

Main draw

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Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
                       
1 Canada Cliff Thorburn 4
16 England John Spencer 5
16 England John Spencer 4
9 Wales Terry Griffiths 5
8 Canada Bill Werbeniuk 1
9 Wales Terry Griffiths 5
9 Wales Terry Griffiths 6
4 England Tony Knowles 4
5 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 5
12 Wales Doug Mountjoy 2
5 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 1
4 England Tony Knowles 5
4 England Tony Knowles 5
13 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 2
9 Wales Terry Griffiths 5
11 England Jimmy White 9
3 Wales Ray Reardon 5
14 England John Virgo 3
3 Wales Ray Reardon 3
11 England Jimmy White 5
6 Australia Eddie Charlton 2
11 England Jimmy White 5
11 England Jimmy White 6
7 Canada Kirk Stevens 4
7 Canada Kirk Stevens 5
10 England David Taylor 1
7 Canada Kirk Stevens 5
2 England Steve Davis 3
2 England Steve Davis 5
15 England Tony Meo 0

Century breaks

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References

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