1983 UK Championship

The 1983 UK Championship (also known as the 1983 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 21 November and 4 December 1983.[1] This was the seventh edition of the UK Championship, the sixth staging of the competition in Preston, and the sixth UK Championship to be sponsored by Coral. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 26 November through to the end of the championship.

1983 Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates21 November – 4 December 1983
VenueGuild Hall
CityPreston
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatNon-ranking event
Total prize fund£60,000
Winner's share£12,000
Highest break Tony Meo (139)
Final
Champion Alex Higgins
Runner-up Steve Davis
Score16–15
← 1982
1984 →

Alex Higgins staged a dramatic comeback, recovering from 0–7 down to beat Steve Davis 16–15 in the final,[2][3] to win his only UK Championship title.[1] The highest break of the tournament was a 139 made by Tony Meo.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £12,000
  • Runner-up £6,500
  • Highest break: £1,000
  • Total: £60,000

Main draw

[4][5]

Last 32 Best of 17 frames

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Terry Griffiths9
 
 
 
 Mike Hallett5
 
 Terry Griffiths9
 
 
 
 Joe Johnson2
 
 Joe Johnson9
 
 
 
 David Taylor3
 
 Terry Griffiths4
 
 
 
 Alex Higgins9
 
 Alex Higgins9
 
 
 
 Paul Medati1
 
 Alex Higgins9
 
 
 
 Tony Knowles5
 
 Tony Knowles9
 
 
 
 Doug Mountjoy5
 
 Alex Higgins16
 
 
 
 Steve Davis15
 
 Jimmy White9
 
 
 
 Dennis Taylor4
 
 Jimmy White9
 
 
 
 Ray Reardon4
 
 Ray Reardon9
 
 
 
 Cliff Wilson4
 
 Jimmy White4
 
 
 
 Steve Davis9
 
 Tony Meo9
 
 
 
 John Spencer5
 
 Tony Meo4
 
 
 
 Steve Davis9
 
 Steve Davis9
 
 
 Willie Thorne3
 

Final
Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley
The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1983.
Alex Higgins
 Northern Ireland		 16–15 Steve Davis
 England
First session: 29–107 (78), 31–86 (84), 62–82 (82), 43–56, 25–84 (54), 14–68 (64), 12–76 (67)
Second session: 109–18, 69–41, 110–12 (76), 46–68, 60–35, 76–18 (70), 73–0, 67–21
Third session: 70–29, 0–71, 21–73, 70–57, 38–79 (52), 94–0, 106–9 (62)
Fourth session: 73–21, 60–72, 87–34, 86–1 (86), 32–71, 14–58, 22–64, 88–24, 77–0
86 Highest break 84
0 Century breaks 0
4 50+ breaks 7

Century breaks

References
  1. Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  2. "Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. "UK Championship history". BBC Sport. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. "1983 UK Championship Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  5. "UK Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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