1983 UK Championship


The 1983 UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 21 November and 4 December 1983. 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.
Alex Higgins staged a dramatic comeback, recovering from 0–7 down to beat Steve Davis 16–15 in the final, to win his only UK Championship title. 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:
Last 32 Best of 17 frames
Terry Griffiths 9–4 Dave Martin
Mike Hallett 9–4 Graham Miles
Joe Johnson 9–6 John Virgo
David Taylor 9–4 Neal Foulds
Tony Knowles 9–5 Tony Jones
Doug Mountjoy 9–2 Mike Watterson
Alex Higgins 9–6 Murdo MacLeod
Paul Medati 9–3 Dean Reynolds
Cliff Wilson 9–4 Rex Williams
Ray Reardon 9–7 Bob Harris
Dennis Taylor 9–6 Tommy Murphy
Jimmy White 9–1 Ian Black
John Spencer 9–7 John Dunning
Tony Meo 9–7 John Parrott
Willie Thorne 9–5 Mark Wildman
Steve Davis 9–1 Geoff Foulds

Final

Century breaks