1983 UK Championship
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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.[1] 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,[2][3] to win his only UK Championship title.[1] 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:
- Winner: £12,000
- Runner-up £6,500
- Highest break: £1,000
- Total: £60,000
Main draw
Last 32 Best of 17 frames
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Final
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1983. | ||
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16–15 | Steve Davis Script error: No such module "flag". |
| First session: 29–107 (78), 31–86 (84), 62–82 (82), 43–56, 25–84 (54), 14–68 (64), 12–76 (67) Second session: 109–18, 69–41, 110–12 (76), 46–68, 60–35, 76–18 (70), 73–0, 67–21 Third session: 70–29, 0–71, 21–73, 70–57, 38–79 (52), 94–0, 106–9 (62) Fourth session: 73–21, 60–72, 87–34, 86–1 (86), 32–71, 14–58, 22–64, 88–24, 77–0 | ||
| 86 | Highest break | 84 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Century breaks
- 139 Template:Ndash Tony Meo
- 119 Template:Ndash Joe Johnson
- 119 Template:Ndash Paul Medati
- 113 Template:Ndash Tony Knowles
- 108 Template:Ndash Steve Davis
- 108 Template:Ndash Jimmy White
- 101 Template:Ndash Ray Reardon
References
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