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1983 Professional Players Tournament

Field	Value
tournament_name	Professional Players Tournament
dates
venue	Redwood Lodge
location	Bristol
country	England
organisation	WPBSA
format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£60,000
winners_share	£12,500
highest_break	Joe Johnson (135)
winner	Tony Knowles
runner_up	Joe Johnson
score	9–8
previous	1982
next	1984

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.

The event started on 10 October, the day after the finish of the International Open at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Cliff Thorburn, a finalist in the International Open, had to travel overnight to Bristol for his first match the following morning, but won against Vic Harris 5–1. World number one Steve Davis was beaten 5–2 at the last-32 stage by Mike Hallett.

Willie Thorne reached his first major semi-final after beating Eugene Hughes 5–2 in the quarter-finals. Hughes had reached the quarter-finals after beating Bill Werbeniuk 5–0 and then Terry Griffiths 5–2 at the last-16 stage.

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, winning the first prize of £12,500. Johnson won £7,500 as runner-up and £1,000 for the high break prize.

Main draw

|team-width=200 Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 17 frames ||Ray Reardon (1)| 5| George Ganim| 4 ||Steve Duggan| 5| John Dunning| 2 ||Willie Thorne| 5| Clive Everton| 1 ||John Spencer (16)| 5| Ian Black| 2 ||Eugene Hughes| 5| Eddie Sinclair| 4 ||Bill Werbeniuk (8)| 5| Tony Jones| 4 ||Terry Griffiths (9)| 5| Les Dodd| 1 ||John Parrott| 5| Patsy Fagan| 2 ||Tony Knowles (4)| 5| Paul Medati| 1 ||Rex Williams| 5| Dessie Sheehan| 1 ||Silvino Francisco| 5| Mario Morra| 3 ||George Scott| 5| Dennis Taylor (13)| 4 ||John Campbell| 5| Doug Mountjoy (12)| 3 ||Graham Miles| 5| Marcel Gauvreau| 3 ||Dave Martin| 5| Jack Fitzmaurice| 0 ||Mike Watterson| 5| Alex Higgins (5)| 2 ||WAL Ray Reardon (1)| 5| ENG Steve Duggan| 2 ||ENG Willie Thorne| 5| ENG John Spencer (16)| 1 ||IRL Eugene Hughes| 5| CAN Bill Werbeniuk (8)| 0 ||WAL Terry Griffiths (9)| 5| ENG John Parrott| 1 ||ENG Tony Knowles (4)| 5| ENG Rex Williams| 4 ||RSA Silvino Francisco| 5| ENG George Scott| 1 ||AUS John Campbell| 5| ENG Graham Miles| 2 ||ENG Dave Martin| 5| ENG Mike Watterson| 4 ||WAL Ray Reardon (1)| 3| ENG Willie Thorne| 5 ||IRL Eugene Hughes| 5| WAL Terry Griffiths (9)| 2 ||ENG Tony Knowles (4)| 5| RSA Silvino Francisco| 0 ||AUS John Campbell| 5| ENG Dave Martin| 0 ||ENG Willie Thorne| 5| IRL Eugene Hughes| 1 ||ENG Tony Knowles (4)| 5| AUS John Campbell| 3 ||ENG Willie Thorne| 7| ENG Tony Knowles (4)| 9 |team-width=200 Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 9 frames Best of 17 frames ||Joe Johnson| 5| Pascal Burke| 3 ||Jimmy White (11)| 5| Ian Williamson| 2 ||Eddie Charlton (6)| 5| Eddie McLaughlin| 0 ||Mick Fisher| 5| Fred Davis| 4 ||Cliff Thorburn (3)| 5| Vic Harris| 1 ||Jim Meadowcroft| 5| Colin Roscoe| 4 ||Cliff Wilson| 5| Bernard Bennett| 1 ||John Virgo (14)| 5| Doug French| 4 ||Tony Meo (15)| 5| Warren King| 2 ||Dean Reynolds| 5| David Greaves| 1 ||Mike Hallett| 5| Billy Kelly| 4 ||Steve Davis (2)| 5| Jim Donnelly| 1 ||Kirk Stevens (7)| 5| Ray Edmonds| 1 ||Tommy Murphy| 5| Murdo MacLeod| 0 ||Mark Wildman| 5| Frank Jonik| 4 ||David Taylor (10)| 5| Paddy Morgan| 3 ||ENG Joe Johnson| 5| ENG Jimmy White (11)| 3 ||AUS Eddie Charlton (6)| 5| ENG Mick Fisher| 4 ||CAN Cliff Thorburn (3)| 5| ENG Jim Meadowcroft| 1 ||WAL Cliff Wilson| 5| ENG John Virgo (14)| 1 ||ENG Tony Meo (15)| 5| ENG Dean Reynolds| 0 ||ENG Mike Hallett| 5| ENG Steve Davis (2)| 2 ||CAN Kirk Stevens (7)| 5| NIR Tommy Murphy| 1 ||ENG Mark Wildman| 5| ENG David Taylor (10)| 3 ||ENG Joe Johnson| 5| AUS Eddie Charlton (6)| 0 ||CAN Cliff Thorburn (3)| 5| WAL Cliff Wilson| 3 ||ENG Tony Meo (15)| 5| ENG Mike Hallett| 3 ||CAN Kirk Stevens (7)| 5| ENG Mark Wildman| 0 ||ENG Joe Johnson| 5| CAN Cliff Thorburn (3)| 1 ||ENG Tony Meo (15)| 5| CAN Kirk Stevens (7)| 3 ||ENG Joe Johnson| 9| ENG Tony Meo (15)| 6

Final

0	Century breaks	1

Century breaks

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

References

Turner, Chris. "Professional Players Tournament, Grand Prix, LG Cup". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
(11 October 1983). "Snooker". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(18 October 1983). "David beaten by unknown". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(20 October 1983). "Thorburn beaten". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(17 October 1983). "Twitchy Werbeniuk goes out". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(19 October 1983). "Griffiths crashes to Hughes". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(21 October 1983). "Knowles the lone survivor". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(22 October 1983). "Johnson's fightback just fails". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
"Professional Players Championship". Snooker Scene.
"1983 Grand Prix Results". Snooker Database.

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