1977 Masters (snooker)
# 1977 Masters (snooker)

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 | Round 1 Best of 7 frames | Round 1 Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | Final Best of 13 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Ray Reardon (WAL) | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Rex Williams (ENG) | Rex Williams (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ray Reardon | Ray Reardon | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Graham Miles | Graham Miles | 2 | | | |
| | | | Graham Miles (ENG) | Graham Miles (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor (NIR) | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 2 | John Spencer | John Spencer | 1 | | | | | | |
| John Spencer (ENG) | John Spencer (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | Ray Reardon | Ray Reardon | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Doug Mountjoy | Doug Mountjoy | 7 |
| | | | Fred Davis (ENG) | Fred Davis (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| John Pulman (ENG) | John Pulman (ENG) | 2 | Doug Mountjoy | Doug Mountjoy | 4 | | | | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 4 | | | | Doug Mountjoy | Doug Mountjoy | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Alex Higgins | Alex Higgins | 3 | | | |
| | | | Alex Higgins (NIR) | Alex Higgins (NIR) | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Perrie Mans (RSA) | 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 | First Round 30 minutes | First Round 30 minutes | Second Round 30 minutes | Second Round 30 minutes | Second Round 30 minutes | Third Round 45 minutes | Third Round 45 minutes | Third Round 45 minutes | Final 45 minutes | Final 45 minutes | Final 45 minutes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | | | Rex Williams | Rex Williams | 277 |
| | | | | | | | | | Fred Davis | Fred Davis | 153 |
| | | | John Spencer (ENG) | John Spencer (ENG) | w.o. | | | | | | |
| Alex Higgins (NIR) | Alex Higgins (NIR) | 140 | Alex Higgins | Alex Higgins | | | | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor (NIR) | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 133 | | | | John Spencer | John Spencer | 74 | | | |
| John Pulman (ENG) | John Pulman (ENG) | 162 | | | | Fred Davis | Fred Davis | 392 | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | Doug Mountjoy (WAL) | 90 | John Pulman (ENG) | John Pulman (ENG) | 66 | | | | | | |
| Fred Davis (ENG) | Fred Davis (ENG) | 150 | Fred Davis (ENG) | Fred Davis (ENG) | 175 | | | | | | |
| Graham Miles (ENG) | Graham Miles (ENG) | 86 | | | | | | | | | |
