1983 World Snooker Championship


The 1983 World Snooker Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 April and 2 May 1983 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
In the second round, Cliff Thorburn became the first player to make a maximum break in a World Championship match.
Alex Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost 5–16 to Steve Davis in the semi final. Higgins fell to the Crucible Curse as he became the latest champion who was unable to defend his first world title at the venue.
Davis defeated Thorburn 18–6 in the final to win his second world title. The tournament was sponsored by Embassy.

Tournament summary

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks.

Qualifying

Century breaks

There were eighteen century breaks during the championship, a record which stood until 1986. The highest of the event was 147 by Cliff Thorburn. With this record he earned a £5,000 bonus.