The 1983 UK Championship (officially the 1983 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 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 and with an extra day of coverage this year with the final now played on Saturday and Sunday, they started with the last remaining last 16 match between Steve Davis and Willie Thorne before showing the quarter-finals.
Alex Higgins staged a dramatic comeback, recovering from 0âÂÂ7 down to beat Steve Davis 16âÂÂ15 in the final, to win his only UK Championship title. The highest break of the tournament was a 139 made by Tony Meo.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Last 32 Best of 17 frames
Terry Griffiths 9âÂÂ4 Dave Martin
Mike Hallett 9âÂÂ4 Graham Miles
Joe Johnson 9âÂÂ6 John Virgo
David Taylor 9âÂÂ4 Neal Foulds
Tony Knowles 9âÂÂ5 Tony Jones
Doug Mountjoy 9âÂÂ2 Mike Watterson
Alex Higgins 9âÂÂ6 Murdo MacLeod
Paul Medati 9âÂÂ3 Dean Reynolds
Cliff Wilson 9âÂÂ4 Rex Williams
Ray Reardon 9âÂÂ7 Bob Harris
Dennis Taylor 9âÂÂ6 Tommy Murphy
Jimmy White 9âÂÂ1 Ian Black
John Spencer 9âÂÂ7 John Dunning
Tony Meo 9âÂÂ7 John Parrott
Willie Thorne 9âÂÂ5 Mark Wildman
Steve Davis 9âÂÂ1 Geoff Foulds