1983 International Open

1983 Jameson International OpenTournament information

Dates| 1–9 October 1983 (1983-10-01 – 1983-10-09)
Venue| Eldon Square Recreation Centre
City| Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Country| England
Organisation| WPBSA
Format| Ranking event
Total prize fund| £85,000
Winner's share| £24,000
Highest break|  Steve Davis (ENG) (120)
Final
Champion|  Steve Davis (ENG)
Runner-up|  Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
Score| 9–4

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The 1983 International Open (officially the 1983 Jameson International Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1 and 9 October 1983 at the Eldon Square Recreation Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.[1][2] Steve Davis won the tournament, beating Cliff Thorburn 9–4 in the final. Television coverage was on ITV.

## Summary

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The defending champion Tony Knowles was defeated by John Spencer in the last 16 round.[3]

Cliff Thorburn beat Terry Griffiths 9–8 in the first semi-final after winning the last four frames. At one stage Griffiths had led 5–1.[4] Steve Davis beat Eddie Charlton 9–2 in the second semi-final.

Steve Davis met Cliff Thorburn in the final. Davis led 6–2 after the afternoon session and eventually won 9–4. He took the first prize of £24,000 for his win and another £1,500 for the high break prize, for a break of 120 against Mike Watterson at the last-16 stage.[5]

## Main draw

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[3][6]

| Last 16
Best of 9 frames | | | Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | | | Semi-finals
Best of 17 frames | | | Final
Best of 17 frames |

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| 1 |  Tony Knowles (ENG) | 4 | | | |
| 16 |  John Spencer (ENG) | 5 |
| | 16 |  John Spencer | 4 |
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| | | 9 |  Terry Griffiths | 5 |
|  |  George Scott (ENG) | 0 |

| 9 |  Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 5 |
| | 9 |  Terry Griffiths | 8 |
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| | | 4 |  Cliff Thorburn | 9 |
|  |  Dave Martin (ENG) | 0 | |

| 12 |  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 5 |
| | 12 |  Doug Mountjoy | 2 |
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| | | 4 |  Cliff Thorburn | 5 |
| 4 |  Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 5 |

| 13 |  Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 3 |
| | 4 |  Cliff Thorburn | 4 |
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| | | 2 |  Steve Davis | 9 |
| 3 |  Ray Reardon (WAL) | 0 | | |

|  |  Willie Thorne (ENG) | 5 |
| |  |  Willie Thorne | 0 |
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| | | 6 |  Eddie Charlton | 5 |
| 6 |  Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 5 |

|  |  Mario Morra (CAN) | 3 |
| |  |  Eddie Charlton | 2 |
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| | | 2 |  Steve Davis | 9 |
|  |  Silvino Francisco (RSA) | 5 | |

|  |  Jim Donnelly (SCO) | 1 |
| |  |  Silvino Francisco | 1 |
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| | | 2 |  Steve Davis | 5 |
| 2 |  Steve Davis (ENG) | 5 |

|  |  Mike Watterson (ENG) | 0 |

## Qualifying

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The final qualifying round was played at the Romiley Forum in Stockport in September.[7]

### Final qualifying round

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Tony Knowles (ENG) | 5–1 |  Ray Edmonds (ENG)
John Spencer (ENG) | 5–1 |  Paddy Morgan (AUS)
Bill Werbeniuk (CAN) | 3–5 |  George Scott (ENG)
Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 5–2 |  Graham Miles (ENG)
Alex Higgins (NIR) | 2–5 |  Dave Martin (ENG)
Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 5–4 |  Mark Wildman (ENG)
Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 5–0 |  Eddie Sinclair (SCO)
Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 5–3 |  Dean Reynolds (ENG)
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Ray Reardon (WAL) | 5–2 |  Murdo MacLeod (SCO)
John Virgo (ENG) | 2–5 |  Willie Thorne (ENG)
Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 5–2 |  Joe Johnson (ENG)
Jimmy White (ENG) | 5–3 |  Mario Morra (CAN)
Kirk Stevens (CAN) | w/d–w/o |  Silvino Francisco (RSA)
David Taylor (ENG) | 3–5 |  Jim Donnelly (SCO)
Steve Davis (ENG) | 5–1 |  Eugene Hughes (IRL)
Tony Meo (ENG) | 3–5 |  Mike Watterson (ENG)

## References

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1. ^ "International Open, Goya Matchroom Trophy". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. ^ "International". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
3. ^ a b Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 149.
4. ^ "Snooker". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1983. p. 17.
5. ^ "Davis storms to victory". The Glasgow Herald. 10 October 1983. p. 15.
6. ^ "1983 International Open Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
7. ^ Everton, Clive (16 September 1983). "Qualifier Martin puts Higgins out". The Guardian. p. 20 - via Newspapers.com.

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