The 1984 UK Championship (officially the 1984 Coral UK Championship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK. The BBC aired the event from the second round onwards with two tables for the coverage up to and including the semi-finals which would remain until 1992. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
The defending champion was Alex Higgins who won the 1983 event after defeating Steve Davis 16âÂÂ15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16âÂÂ8, to win his third UK Championship title. The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of ã101,000 with the winner receiving ã20,000.
The final attracted an average of 14.5million viewers on BBC1, peaking at 15.2million.
The winner of the event received a total of ã20,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
Alex Higgins 9âÂÂ7 Tony Jones
Bill Werbeniuk 1âÂÂ9 Rex Williams
Willie Thorne 9âÂÂ7 John Parrott
Eddie Charlton 9âÂÂ4 Silvino Francisco
Cliff Thorburn 9âÂÂ4 Jack McLaughlin
Terry Griffiths 6âÂÂ9 Cliff Wilson
David Taylor 9âÂÂ6 Murdo MacLeod
Ray Reardon 9âÂÂ2 Danny Fowler
Kirk Stevens 9âÂÂ7 Tony Chappel
John Spencer 6âÂÂ9 Joe Johnson
Tony Knowles 9âÂÂ5 Marcel Gauvreau
Dennis Taylor 9âÂÂ6 Warren King
Jimmy White 9âÂÂ5 John Campbell
Doug Mountjoy 9âÂÂ2 Mike Hallett
Steve Davis 9âÂÂ1 Tommy Murphy
Tony Meo 9âÂÂ4 Eugene Hughes
A total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.