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Benson & Hedges Masters

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 22-26 Jan 1979; Venue: Wembley Conference Centre, London, England; Type: Invitational; Defending champion: Alex Higgins (a); Notes: See also results (9)
Final
South Africa Perrie Mans (a) 8-4 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head

28-97, 43-69, 75-60, 69-37, 97-38, 72-29, 71-23, 87-28, 74-67, 21-90, 36-76, 62-38

Referee: John Smyth

Semifinals
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-1 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
South Africa Perrie Mans (a) 5-3 Wales Ray Reardon (a)  
Quarterfinals
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-2 Australia Eddie Charlton (a)  
Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-0 England John Spencer (a)  
South Africa Perrie Mans (a) 5-4 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a)  
Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-2 England David Taylor (a)  
Round 1
1 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 5-2 England Fred Davis (a) Head to head
2 England David Taylor (a) 5-4 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a)