1982 UK Championship

The 1982 UK Championship (officially the 1982 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 20 November and 4 December 1982. This was the sixth edition of the UK Championship and the fifth staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the fifth year in a row. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 27 November through to the end of the championship.

Terry Griffiths won his first and only UK title by winning the last three frames of the final to defeat Alex Higgins 16–15. On his way to victory, Griffiths also beat defending champion Steve Davis, who had defeated him in the previous year's final. The highest break of the tournament was a 137 made by Higgins.

Prize fund

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

Winner:	£11,000
Runner-up:	£6,000
Highest break:	£1,000

Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1982.
Terry Griffiths	16–15	Alex Higgins
First session: 20–58, 31–90, 56–52, 26–87 (67), 0–114 (67), 73–65 (73), 105–25 (64) Second session: 86–10 (60), 84–50 (56), 25–101 (65), 75–33, 14–92 (84), 61–70 (61), 31–88 (64), 90–23, Third session: 119–8 (52), 112–13 (55, 57), 1–100 (70), 16–115 (76), 63–40, 89–4 (52), 80–20, Fourth session: 4–109 (101), 21–91 (62), 90–34 (77), 31–78 (58), 11–100 (68), 42–68, 86–22, 87–47, 74–22
77	Highest break	101
0	Century breaks	1
10	50+ breaks	11

Qualifying

Round 1

Best of 17 frames

Template:Flagicon Geoff Foulds 9–2 Matt Gibson Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Graham Cripsey 6–9 Bob Harris Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Vic Harris 9–6 Marcus Owen Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Les Dodd 9–1 Ian Williamson Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Ian Black 3–9 Mick Fisher Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Clive Everton 4–9 Tommy Murphy Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Bernard Bennett w/o–w/d John Phillps Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Colin Roscoe 9–6 Jackie Rea Template:Flagicon

Round 2

Best of 17 frames

Template:Flagicon Rex Williams 9–7 Geoff Foulds Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Mike Watterson 3–9 Bob Harris Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Joe Johnson 9–8 Vic Harris Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Jim Meadowcroft 9–8 Dennis Hughes Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Doug French 7–9 Les Dodd Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Tony Meo 9–5 George Scott Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Jack Fitzmaurice 0–9 Billy Kelly Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Pat Houlihan w/o–w/d John Dunning Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Dave Martin 9–6 Murdo MacLeod Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Ray Edmonds 8–9 Mick Fisher Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Jim Donnelly 9–6 Chris Ross Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Eddie Sinclair 9–5 Tommy Murphy Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Paul Medati 9–1 Bernard Bennett Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Cliff Wilson 9–6 Eddie McLaughlin Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Mike Hallett 9–1 Bert Demarco Template:Flagicon

Template:Flagicon Mark Wildman 9–4 Colin Roscoe Template:Flagicon

Century breaks

• 137, 112, 101 Template:Ndash Alex Higgins
• 135 Template:Ndash Dennis Taylor
• 132, 118 Template:Ndash Steve Davis
• 127 Template:Ndash John Virgo
• 119, 110 Template:Ndash Ray Reardon
• 115 Template:Ndash Mark Wildman
• 107 Template:Ndash Graham Cripsey
• 102, 101 Template:Ndash Rex Williams