1980 Masters (snooker)
# 1980 Masters (snooker)

The 1980 Masters (officially the 1980 Benson & Hedges Masters) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9 February 1980 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. 10 players were invited for the tournament. The event had previously been played from Monday to Friday but was switched to have a Saturday finish.

Terry Griffiths won the Masters by beating Alex Higgins, just 9 months after winning the World Championship. Higgins made his third final in a row. Griffiths won the title by 9–5 with a break of 131. An attendance of 2,323 attended the Conference Centre for final session of the match, which was a record at the time.

## Main draw

| Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Round 1 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Perrie Mans (RSA) | Perrie Mans (RSA) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fred Davis (ENG) | Fred Davis (ENG) | 1 | Alex Higgins | Alex Higgins | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alex Higgins (NIR) | Alex Higgins (NIR) | 5 | | | | Alex Higgins | Alex Higgins | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ray Reardon | Ray Reardon | 2 | | | |
| | | | Ray Reardon (WAL) | Ray Reardon (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | Dennis Taylor (NIR) | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Alex Higgins | Alex Higgins | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Terry Griffiths | Terry Griffiths | 9 |
| | | | Eddie Charlton (AUS) | Eddie Charlton (AUS) | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | John Spencer (ENG) | John Spencer (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | John Spencer | John Spencer | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Terry Griffiths | Terry Griffiths | 5 | | | |
| | | | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | Terry Griffiths (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | Cliff Thorburn (CAN) | 5 | Cliff Thorburn | Cliff Thorburn | 3 | | | | | | |
| John Virgo (ENG) | John Virgo (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: John Street Wembley Conference Centre, London, England, 9 February 1980. :

| Terry Griffiths Wales | 9–5 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| First session: 67–39, 73–30 (73), 4–81 (81), 61–68, 104–15 (77), 61–67 (Griffiths 52), 54–55, 102–25, 63–61 (Griffiths 53), 58–70 (Griffiths 58, Higgins 70), 75–49, 117–3 (51), 67–60, 131–0 (131) |||
| 131 | Highest break | 81 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 1 |

## Century breaks

Total: 2

* 131, 100 – Terry Griffiths
