 | An automated process has detected links on this page on the local or global blacklist. If the links are appropriate you may request whitelisting by following these instructions; otherwise consider removing or replacing them with more appropriate links. (To hide this tag, set the "invisible" field to "true")List of blacklisted links:
|
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–11 February 1977 (1977-02-07 – 1977-02-11) |
| Venue | New London Theatre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £5,200 |
| Winner's share | £2,000 |
| Highest break |  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) (88) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) |
| Runner-up | Ray Reardon (WAL) |
| Score | 7–6 |
| ← 1976 1978 → | |
The 1977 Masters (officially the 1977 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between Monday 7th and Friday 11 February 1977 at the New London Theatre in London, England.
Doug Mountjoy won his first professional title, defeating Ray Reardon 7–6 in the final.
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Rex Williams (ENG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles (ENG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Dennis Taylor (NIR)
| 2 | John Spencer
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| 4 | Ray Reardon
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis (ENG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Pulman (ENG)
| 2 | Doug Mountjoy
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 4 | Doug Mountjoy
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Perrie Mans (RSA)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: New London Theatre, London, England, 11 February 1977. | ||
| Doug Mountjoy Wales
|
7–6 | Ray Reardon Wales
|
| First session: 57–74, 21–97 (51), 74–60 (54), 49–62, 99–6 (70), 96–32 (78), 61–29, 46–73, 6–120 (56), 95–28 (88), 59–75 (75), 76–25 (76), 55–41 | ||
| 88 | Highest break | 75 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 4 |
Century breaks
- None. Highest break: 88 – Doug Mountjoy
Billiards
An English billiards tournament was held alongside the snooker event. Results are below.
| First Round 30 minutes | Second Round 30 minutes | Third Round 45 minutes | Final 45 minutes | ||||||||||||||||
| Rex Williams
| 277 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis
| 153 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| w.o. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 140 | Alex Higgins
| |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (NIR)
| 133 | John Spencer
| 74 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Pulman (ENG)
| 162 | Fred Davis
| 392 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 90 | John Pulman (ENG)
| 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Davis (ENG)
| 150 | Fred Davis (ENG)
| 175 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham Miles (ENG)
| 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- Turner, Chris. "The Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- "1977 Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- "The Masters". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- "1977 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- "Williams beats off Davis challenge". Snooker Scene. March 1977. p. 21.
| Masters | |
|---|---|
| Tournaments | |
| Related articles | |
 Cue sports portal | |
| 1976–77 snooker season | |
|---|---|
| Ranking events | |
| Non-ranking events | |