Canadian Masters (snooker)

"Canadian Open (snooker)" redirects here. For other tournaments, see Canadian Open (disambiguation).

The Canadian Masters was a professional snooker tournament.

Canadian Masters

Tournament information
Venue	Minkler Auditorium
Location	Toronto
Country	Canada
Established	1974
Organisation(s)	World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format	Ranking event
Final year	1989
Final champion	Jimmy White

History

The tournament was first held in 1974 and was named Canadian Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was part of Canadian National Exhibition Week. It was however discontinued after it clashed with the early start of the Main Tour. The event was revived in 1985, and was retitled as Canadian Masters. It was an eight-man invitation event held at the CBC Television Studios. The tournament was sponsored by BCE in 1985 and 1986.

In 1987 the tournament became part of the World Series and Labatt's overtook sponsorship of the event. In 1989 it became the first ranking event held overseas, although only the stages from the last 32 were held in Canada. BCE sponsored the tournament, which was won by Jimmy White, who defeated Steve Davis 9–4 to win £40,000.

It was held in the Minkler Auditorium, with the crowd filling the 1000 seats (Seneca Village, 1750 Finch Ave E, Toronto M2H)

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Season
Canadian Open (non-ranking)
1974	Cliff Thorburn	Dennis Taylor	8–6	1974/75
1975	Alex Higgins	John Pulman	15–7	1975/76
1976	John Spencer	Alex Higgins	17–9	1976/77
1977	Alex Higgins	John Spencer	17–14	1977/78
1978	Cliff Thorburn	Tony Meo	17–15	1978/79
1979	Cliff Thorburn	Terry Griffiths	17–16	1979/80
1980	Cliff Thorburn	Terry Griffiths	17–10	1980/81
Canadian Masters (non-ranking)
1985	Dennis Taylor	Steve Davis	9–5	1985/86
1986	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	9–3	1986/87
1987	Dennis Taylor	Jimmy White	9–7	1987/88
Canadian Masters (ranking)
1988	Jimmy White	Steve Davis	9–4	1988/89