1983 Professional Players Tournament

Professional Players Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	3 September-21 October 1983
Venue	Redwood Lodge
City	Bristol
Country	England
Organisation(s)	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£63,600[1]
Winner's share	£12,500[2]
Highest break	135 (Joe Johnson)
Final
Champion	Tony Knowles
Runner-up	Joe Johnson
Score	9–8
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The 1983 Professional Players Tournament was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place between 3 September and 21 October 1983.

In a change from the previous year, the event was hosted at one venue, the 600-seater Redwood Lodge in Bristol. The following year, it would be renamed as the Grand Prix.^[3]

Joe Johnson reached the first ranking final of his four-year professional career, defeating Pascal Burke, Jimmy White, Eddie Charlton, Cliff Thorburn and Tony Meo. His opponent Tony Knowles reached his second ranking final, overcoming Paul Medati, Rex Williams, Silvino Francisco, John Campbell and Willie Thorne.

In the final, Knowles dominated most of the match, building a 6–1 lead. Johnson then made the highest break of the tournament, a 135, in recovering to a score of 5–7 and eventually levelled the match at 8–8. Knowles won the deciding frame on the colours, to prevail 9–8.

Main draw

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	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Willie Thorne	5
	Ray Reardon	3
					Willie Thorne	5
					Eugene Hughes	1
	Eugene Hughes	5
	Terry Griffiths	2
									Willie Thorne	7
									Tony Knowles	9
	Tony Knowles	5
	Silvino Francisco	0
					Tony Knowles	5
					John Campbell	3
	John Campbell	5
	Dave Martin	0
													Tony Knowles	9
													Joe Johnson	8
	Joe Johnson	5
	Eddie Charlton	0
					Joe Johnson	5
					Cliff Thorburn	1
	Cliff Thorburn	5
	Cliff Wilson	3
									Joe Johnson	9
									Tony Meo	6
	Tony Meo	5
	Mike Hallett	3
					Tony Meo	5
					Kirk Stevens	3
	Kirk Stevens	5
	Mark Wildman	0

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Redwood Lodge, Bristol, England, 21 October 1983.
Tony Knowles	9–8	Joe Johnson
92(59)–22, 80(75)–16, 67–41, 26–81, 84(56)–17, 82(67)–18, 62–17, 0–135(135), 58–61, 28–63, 78–32, 17–100(61), 76–0, 39–90, 9–76(54), 14–93, 73–33
75	Highest break	135
0	Century breaks	1
4	50+ breaks	3

Century Breaks

• 135, 117, 111 Joe Johnson
• 122 John Campbell
• 112, 100 Eugene Hughes
• 102 Tony Knowles

References