1983 World Doubles Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9-18 December 1983 |
| Venue | Derngate |
| City | Northampton |
| Country | England |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | £25,000 |
| Highest break | Davis/Meo (combinded) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Davis/Meo |
| Runner-up | Knowles/White |
| Score | 10-2 |
← 1982 1984 → | |
The 1983 Hofmeister World Doubles was the second staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played between 9 and 18 December 1983 with the tournament televised on ITV now showing it in eight days.[1]
The venue now moved to the Derngate in Northampton which proved to be a better venue and Steve Davis and Tony Meo defended their title beating Tony Knowles and Jimmy White 10-2.
Selected early results
Tommy Murphy/Paddy Morgan bt Eddie Sinclair/Ian Black 5-3
Fred Davis/Mike Waterson bt John Dunning/Bert Demarco 5-3
Main draw
| Last 16 1985 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals 1984 Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
 Davis/Meo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
  Murphy/Morgan
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Thorne
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Williams
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor/Throne
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Werbeniuk/Charlton
| ? | ||||||||||||||||||
| Higgins/Stevens
| w | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miles/Ganim
| o | ||||||||||||||||||
| Higgins/Stevens
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Werbeniuk/Charlton
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Werbeniuk/Charlton
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Francisco/Jones
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Meo
| 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knowles/White
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Virgo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Reynolds/Fagan
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Virgo
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Reardon/Spencer
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reardon/Spencer
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thorburn/Virgo
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knowles/White
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knowles/White
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morra/Harris
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Knowles/White
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Griffiths/Mountjoy
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Griffiths/Mountjoy
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hughes/Dodd
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Miles /Ganim disqualifed after Miles failed to turn up
References
- ^ 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.