1982 World Doubles Championship

The 1982 World Doubles was the first championship of a doubles format which unique to the game of snooker. The championship was sponsored by brewers Hofmeister and 29 players entered the event with the last 16 competing at the National Recreation Centre in Crystal Palace, London. It was played in December with the semi-finals and final televised on ITV between 15 and 19 December 1982.[1]

Hofmeister World Doubles
Tournament information
Dates13-19 December 1982
VenueCrystal Palace National Recreation Centre
CityLondon
CountryEngland
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£66,000
Winner's share£24,000
Highest break193 Davis/Meo (combined)
Final
ChampionDavis/Meo
Runner-upGriffiths/Mountjoy
Score13–2
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The venue was not popular and in one match between Terry Griffiths and Doug Mountjoy against Kirk Stevens and Jim Wych only had 67 spectators during the first session. Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to win beating Griffiths and Mountjoy in style 13–2 and they got a combined break of 193 in their semi-final with Tony Knowles and Jimmy White which included a single 124 break by Meo. It also gave Davis the first player to have won three versions of world professional titles with the individual, team and doubles (Only Alex Higgins and Stephen Hendry became other players later on to reach that achievement).

Results

£66,000 prize money £12,000 winners £2000 high break prize 196 Davis/Meo Meo 124 single break

Last 16
Best of 11 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 19 frames 		Final
Best of 25 frames
            
Davis/Meo
 
Davis/Meo 6
Thorburn/Virgo 2
Thorburn/Virgo
 
Davis/Meo 10
Knowles/White 5
Reardon/Spencer
 
Reardon/Spencer 2
Knowles/White 6
Knowles/White
 
Davis/Meo 13
Griffiths/Mountjoy 2
Higgins/Charlton
 
Higgins/Charlton 6
Werbeniuk/Miles 3
Werbeniuk/Miles 3
 
Higgins/Charlton 7
Griffiths/Mountjoy 10
Griffiths/Mountjoy
 
Griffiths/Mountjoy 6
Stevens/Wych 1
Stevens/Wych
 

Earlier Rounds

A pre-qualifying round and qualifying round took place leading up to the first round.

Pre-qualifying
Harris/Williamson6–1 Murphy/Hughes
Hallett/Cripsey6–3 MacLeod/McLaughlin
Bennett/Houlihan6–2 Sinclair/Black
F. Davis/Medati6–0 Dunning/Demarco
Taylor/Dave Martin6–2 French/Dodd
Hallett/Cripsey6–2 Fagan/Foulds
Williams/Fitzmaurice6–1 Harris/Williamson
White/Knowles6–2 Hughes/Scott
Fisher/Wildman6–5 Gibson/Donnelly
Wilson/Johnson6–4 Meadowcroft/Edmonds
Thorburn/Virgo6–2 Fisher/Wildman
Reardon/Spencer6–2 Johnson/Wilson
White/Knowles6–1 Taylor/Thorne
Werbeniuk/Miles6–5 Williams/Fitzmaurice
Stevens/Wych6–4 Hallett/Cripsey
Griffiths/Mountjoy6–0 Taylor/Dave Martin

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "World Doubles Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
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