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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 January – 1 February 1981 (1981-01-27 – 1981-02-01) |
| Venue | Wembley Conference Centre |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £20,500 |
| Winner's share | £6,000 |
| Highest break |  Terry Griffiths (WAL) (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Alex Higgins (NIR) |
| Runner-up | Terry Griffiths (WAL) |
| Score | 9–6 |
| ← 1980 1982 → | |
The 1981 Masters (officially the 1981 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 27 January to Sunday 1 February 1981 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The number of invited players had been raised to 12, which saw Steve Davis make his Masters debut and a rise in prize money. With the increase in the number of players the tournament was extended from 5 days to 6, with a Sunday finish.
Alex Higgins reached his fourth consecutive Masters final by defeating Cliff Thorburn 6–5 in the semi-finals, despite having trailed 1–5. There he reversed the result of the 1980 final against Terry Griffiths, who had himself made a dramatic recovery to beat John Spencer 6–5 in the semi-finals, after trailing 2–5 and needing two snookers in the eighth frame. Griffiths set a new tournament record break of 136 in the final. The tournament attracted 18,742 spectators in its six days, including a new British tournament record of 2,422 for the final session.
Main draw
| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths (WAL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fred Davis (ENG)
| 5 | Fred Davis
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Kirk Stevens (CAN)
| 4 | Terry Griffiths
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon (WAL)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (NIR)
| 2 | John Spencer
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer (ENG)
| 5 | Terry Griffiths
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins (NIR)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton (AUS)
| 0 | Doug Mountjoy
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL)
| 5 | Alex Higgins
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Perrie Mans (RSA)
| 5 | Perrie Mans
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis (ENG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Smyth Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 1 February 1981. | ||
| Alex Higgins Northern Ireland
|
9–6 | Terry Griffiths Wales
|
| First session: 117–10 (75), 38–69, 54–64, 62–47, 99–38, 58–31, 20–69, 69–10, 77–37, 75–39, 113–5, 0–136 (136), 31–97, 51–62, 85–48 | ||
| 75 | Highest break | 136 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Century breaks
Total: 2
- 136 – Terry Griffiths
- 102 – Cliff Thorburn
References
- "1981 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 8 August 2012.
- "1981 Benson & Hedges Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- "1981 Masters". CueTracker - Snooker Results and Statistics Database. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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