Professional Players Tournament 1982

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The 1982 Professional Players Tournament was a snooker tournament that took place in two venues in the Birmingham area. One was at the La Reserve in Sutton Coldfield and the other was the International Snooker Club in Aston. It was the first ranking snooker tournament outside of the World Championship and it was the first tournament in a series which is now known as the Grand Prix. The event was not televised and the tournament turned out poorly due to poor crowds.

Ray Reardon beat Jimmy White in the final with a 132 clearence to gain his first major tournament win since the 1978 World Championship. The highest break of the tournament (135) was scored by Willie Thorne in his second round defeat by Scotland's Murdo McLeod

[edit] Knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ray Reardon	5
	Murdo Macleod	2
					Ray Reardon	5
					Bill Werbeniuk	3
	Bill Werbeniuk	5
	Cliff Thorburn	2
									Ray Reardon	10
									Eddie Charlton	7
	Dean Reynolds	5
	Cliff Wilson	2
					Eddie Charlton	5
					Dean Reynolds	2
	Eddie Charlton	5
	Tony Meo	3
													Ray Reardon	10
													Jimmy White	5
	Jimmy White	5
	Dennis Taylor	3
					Jimmy White	5
					Terry Griffiths	2
	Terry Griffiths	5
	Eddie Sinclair	3
									Jimmy White	10
									John Virgo	7
	John Virgo	5
	John Spencer	1
					John Virgo	5
					Joe Johnson	1
	Joe Johnson	5
	Mark Wildman	4

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