1982 Pontins Professional

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1982 Pontins Professional

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1982|05|22|1982|05|28|df=y}}

|venue=Pontin's

|location=Prestatyn

|country=Wales

|organisation=WPBSA

|format=Non-Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£10,500{{cite news|title=Fans 'cue' up for battle|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19820524/408/0014|url-access=subscription|work=Liverpool Echo|date=24 May 1982|page=14}}

|winners_share=£3,500

|highest_break=

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

|runner_up={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

|score=9–4

|previous=1981

|next=1983}}

The 1982 Pontins Professional was the ninth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place between 22 and 28 May 1982 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.{{cite news |title=The Observer Sports Calendar for 1982 |work=The Observer |location=London |date=3 January 1982 |page=22}}{{cite web|title=Brief History of the Pontins Open and Professional|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228200841/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pontins.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2012|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=5 January 2018}}

The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 11 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 13 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames. Reigning world snooker champion Alex Higgins lost 0–6 to Ray Reardon in the quarter-finals. Reardon made breaks of 66, 59, 54, 50, 79, 36, and 68 on his way to whitewashing Higgins.

Steve Davis won the event, beating Ray Reardon 9–4 in the final.{{cite book|last=Layton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=148}} Davis took a 4–0 lead with breaks of 53, 68, 40 and 58. Reardon won the next two frames, compiling breaks of 64 and 44 in the fifth frame, and 51 in the sixth frame. Davis extended his lead to 5–2, and then Reardon won the next two frames, reducing Davis' lead to one frame at 5–4. Davis then took the next four frames, making breaks of 45, 46, 55 and 69, to win the match.

Davis received £3,500 prize money as winner, with Reardon receiving £2,000 as runner-up. Losing semi-finalists were paid £1,000, and losing quarter-finalists received £750.{{cite magazine |work=Cue World |title=Pontins Snooker Festival 1982 |pages=10–11|date=July 1982}}