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1983 UK Championship (snooker)

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Venue
  
Guild Hall

Country
  
England

Format
  
Non-ranking event

City
  
Preston

Organisation(s)
  
WPBSA

Dates
  
21 November–4 December 1983

The 1983 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event began on 21 November 1983 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 26 November and 4 December 1983. The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by Tony Meo.

Contents

Alex Higgins staged one of his greatest dramatic comebacks to beat Steve Davis 16–15, coming back from 0–7, to win his only UK Championship title.

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
  • Last 32 Best of 17 frames

    Century breaks

  • 139 Tony Meo
  • 119 Joe Johnson
  • 119 Paul Medati
  • 113 Tony Knowles
  • 108 Steve Davis
  • 108 Jimmy White
  • 101 Ray Reardon
  • References

    1983 UK Championship (snooker) Wikipedia