World Snooker Championship 1981

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[edit] The event

The Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between the 6th to the 20th April 1981.

[edit] Prize Money

  • Winner £20,000
  • Total £75,000

[edit] The Results

First Round Second Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
Best of 19 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 25 frames Best of 31 frames
                           
           
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  13
   England Graham Miles  2  
 England Graham Miles  10
 England Dave Martin  8  
 Canada Cliff Thorburn  13
   England David Taylor  6  
 England Fred Davis  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 England David Taylor  13
   England Fred Davis  3  
 England David Taylor  10
 Wales Cliff Wilson  6  
 England Steve Davis  16
   Canada Cliff Thorburn  10
 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 England Steve Davis  13
   Northern Ireland Alex Higgins  8  
 England Steve Davis  10
 England Jimmy White  8  
 England Steve Davis  13
   Wales Terry Griffiths  9  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Wales Terry Griffiths  13
   England Tony Meo  6  
 England Tony Meo  10
 England John Virgo  6  
           
 Wales Ray Reardon  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Wales Ray Reardon  13
   England John Spencer  11  
 England John Spencer  10
 England Ray Edmonds  9  
 Wales Ray Reardon  13
   Canada Bill Werbeniuk  9  
 South Africa Perrie Mans  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Canada Bill Werbeniuk  13
   South Africa Perrie Mans  5  
 Canada Bill Werbeniuk  10
 England Dave Martin  4  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy  16
   Wales Ray Reardon  10
 Australia Eddie Charlton  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy  13
   Australia Eddie Charlton  7  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy  10
 England Willie Thorne  6  
 Wales Doug Mountjoy  13
   Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  8  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  q
 starts in Round 2  q  
 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor  13
   Canada Kirk Stevens  12  
 Canada Kirk Stevens  10
 England John Dunning  4  
Final (Best of 35 frames) Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 19 April & 20 April 1981. Referee: John Williams
England Steve Davis 18-12 Doug Mountjoy Wales
Scores to fill Scores to fill
England Steve Davis wins the 1981 Embassy World Snooker Championship

[edit] Highest Break

145 Doug Mountjoy, A new World Championship record which would last until 1983.

There were 13 centuries in the 1981 World Championship, a joint record from 1979.

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