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Embassy World Championship

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 30 Apr - 16 May 1982; Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Steve Davis (a); Notes: See also results (31)
Final
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 18-15 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Reardon, a six-time champion, had never lost in the world championship final. It was Higgins's fourth world final following his win in 1972 and his losing appearances in the 1976 and 1980 finals.

Session 1:
61-41, 31-64, 47-84 (64), 121-0 (118), 53-64, 30-77, 55-65, 87-28

Session 2:
89-8, 8-76, 56-47, 91-22 (51), 29-69, 96-4 (66), 71-36 (58), 94-14, 73-13

Session 3:
22-122 (95), 13-81, 77-38, 78-31, 40-69, 36-79, 71-31, 37-52

Session 4:
115-14, 70-61 (54), 49-84 (53), 36-69, 58-60, 79-0, 112-9 (73), 139-0 (135)

Referee: John Smyth.
Semifinals
Wales Ray Reardon (a) 16-11 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 16-15 England Jimmy White  
greatest clearance of all time in penultimate frame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z18G0scZqQ
Quarterfinals
Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 13-11 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Knowles led 11-6.
Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 13-10 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
England Jimmy White 13-9 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
Round 2
(Last 16)
1 England Tony Knowles (a) 13-7 England Graham Miles (a) Head to head
2 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 13-5 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) Head to head
3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 13-8 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
4 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 13-8 England John Virgo (a) Head to head
5 England Willie Thorne (a) 13-5 England John Spencer (a)  
6 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 13-12 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
7 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 13-7 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a)  
8 England Jimmy White 13-6 South Africa Perrie Mans (a)  
Round 1
(Last 32)
1 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-1 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
2 England Graham Miles (a) 10-5 England Dave Martin (a)  
3 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a) 10-7 Canada John Bear (a)  
4 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 10-5 Wales Cliff Wilson (a) Head to head
5 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 10-7 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Dennis Taylor had lost one of his contact lenses the previous week and played without eyewear.
6 England Dean Reynolds (a) 10-7 England Fred Davis (a)  
7 England John Virgo (a) 10-4 England Mike Hallett (a)  
8 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 10-5 Scotland Jim Donnelly (a)  
9 England Willie Thorne (a) 10-6 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
10 England John Spencer (a) 10-4 England John Dunning (a)  
11 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 10-5 England Jim Meadowcroft (a)  
12 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 10-3 England Rex Williams (a)  
13 Ireland Patsy Fagan (a) 10-9 England David Taylor (a) Head to head
14 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) 10-4 England Jack Fitzmaurice (a)  
15 South Africa Perrie Mans (a) 10-8 England Tony Meo (a)  
16 England Jimmy White 10-4 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head

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