1982 Australian Masters

{{short description|Professional invitational snooker tournament}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1982 Australian Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1982|07|7|1982|07|9|df=y}}

|venue=Channel 10 Television Studios

|location=Sydney

|country=Australia

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=$100,000

|winners_share=

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}} 86

|winner={{flagathlete|Steve Davis|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Eddie Charlton|AUS}}

|score=254–100 points

|previous=1981

|next=1983

}}

The 1982 Winfield Australian Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 9 July 1982 in the Channel 10 Television Studios in Sydney, Australia.{{cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Les |date=7 July 1982 |title=The wind of change... |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |page=41 }}{{cite web|title=Australian Events|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Aust.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107161015/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Aust.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|accessdate=5 February 2018}} The tournament was sponsored by Winfield and had a total prize fund of $100,000. There were two qualifying groups, played on a round-robin basis, with the top two players from each group progressing to the knockout stage. The semi-finals and final were decided on aggregated points scored: over two frames in the semi-finals, and over three frames in the final. The event was recorded for broadcast on Channel 10, with transmissions starting from 30 August 1982.

Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating Eddie Charlton 254–100 in the final. Davis also made the highest break, 86, in his match against Cliff Thorburn.{{cite magazine |last=Lowe |first=Ted |title=Ted Lowe reports on Australia's Winfield Masters |magazine=Cue World |publisher=Transworld Snooker |location=Sheffield |date=September 1982 |pages=9–10}}