1984 New Zealand Masters

The 1984 Winfield New Zealand Masters was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in July 1984 at Trillos in the Kingsgate Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2] The tournament was recorded for a series of one-hour broadcasts on TV New Zealand starting in October 1984.[2]

New Zealand Masters
Tournament information
DatesJuly 1984
VenueKingsgate Convention Centre
CityAuckland
CountryNew Zealand
OrganisationWPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fundNZ$12,000
Winner's shareNZ$12,000
Highest breakEngland Jimmy White, 108
Final
ChampionEngland Jimmy White
Runner-upCanada Kirk Stevens
Score5–3
1983
1988

Jimmy White won the tournament by beating Kirk Stevens 5–3 in the final, in which White made breaks of 108 and 103.[2][3] There was a prize fund of NZ$50,000.[4] White won NZ$12,000 as champion, and a further NZ$2000 for manking the highest break of the tournament. Stevens took NZ$7000 as runner-up.[2]

Main draw

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Results for the event are shown below.[2]

Round 1
Best of 5 Frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 5 Frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 Frames
Final
Best of 9 Frames
Canada Bill Werbeniuk 1
Canada Kirk Stevens 3 Canada Kirk Stevens 3
England Tony Meo 2 Canada Kirk Stevens 4
Australia Eddie Charlton 1
Australia Eddie Charlton 3
Wales Doug Mountjoy 3 Wales Doug Mountjoy 1
England John Virgo 1 Canada Kirk Stevens 3
England Jimmy White 5
England Tony Knowles 0
England Jimmy White 3 England Jimmy White 3
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 1 England Jimmy White 4
England David Taylor 1
Canada Cliff Thorburn 0
England David Taylor 3 England David Taylor 3
England Willie Thorne 2

References

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  1. Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 152.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lowe, Ted (September 1984). "New Zealand". Cue World. p. 15.
  3. "1984 New Zealand Masters Results". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  4. Lowe, Ted (September 1984). "One Last Fling". Cue World. p. 50.