1982 UK Championship

Coral UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	20 November–4 December 1982
Venue	Guild Hall
City	Preston
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Non-ranking event
Total prize fund	£47,000
Winner's share	£11,000
Highest break	Alex Higgins (137)
Final
Champion	Terry Griffiths
Runner-up	Alex Higgins
Score	16–15
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The 1982 Coral UK Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The event began on 20 November 1982 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 27 November and 4 December 1982.

Terry Griffiths won his first and only UK Championship by winning the last 3 frames to beat Alex Higgins 16–15. He also beat defending champion Steve Davis, who had beaten him in the previous final on his way to victory. The highest break of the tournament was 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

Main draw

	Round of 32 Best of 17 frames					Round of 16 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 31 frames
	Steve Davis		9
	Rex Williams		6			Steve Davis		9
	Patsy Fagan		9			Patsy Fagan		3
	Bob Harris		6								Steve Davis		6
	Terry Griffiths		9								Terry Griffiths		9
	Joe Johnson		1			Terry Griffiths		9
	Dennis Taylor		9			Dennis Taylor		7
	Jim Meadowcroft		7													Terry Griffiths		9
	David Taylor		9													Tony Meo		7
	Les Dodd		7			David Taylor		6
	Graham Miles		4			Tony Meo		9
	Tony Meo		9								Tony Meo		9
	John Virgo		9								John Virgo		6
	Billy Kelly		2			John Virgo		9
	Doug Mountjoy		9			Doug Mountjoy		5
	Pat Houlihan		3																		Terry Griffiths		16
	Alex Higgins		9																		Alex Higgins		15
	Dave Martin		7			Alex Higgins		9
	Dean Reynolds		9			Dean Reynolds		8
	Mick Fisher		6								Alex Higgins		9
	Tony Knowles		9								John Spencer		5
	Jim Donnelly		6			Tony Knowles		6
	John Spencer		9			John Spencer		9
	Eddie Sinclair		8													Alex Higgins		9
	Jimmy White		9													Ray Reardon		6
	Paul Medati		7			Jimmy White		9
	Willie Thorne		7			Cliff Wilson		5
	Cliff Wilson		9								Jimmy White		8
	Fred Davis		7								Ray Reardon		9
	Mike Hallett		9			Mike Hallett		8
	Ray Reardon		9			Ray Reardon		9
	Mark Wildman		5

Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1982.
Terry Griffiths Wales	16–15	Alex Higgins Northern Ireland
First session: 20–58, 31–90, 56–52, 26–87 (67), 0–114 (67), 73–65 (73), 105–25 (64), 86–10 (60), 84–50 (56), 25–101 (65), 75–33, 14–92 (84), 61–70 (61), 31–88 (64), 90–23, 119–8 (52), 112–13 (55, 57), 1–100 (70), 16–115 (76), 63–40, 89–4 (52), 80–20, 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

Geoff Foulds 9–2 Matt Gibson

Graham Cripsey 6–9 Bob Harris

Vic Harris 9–6 Marcus Owen

Les Dodd 9–1 Ian Williamson

Ian Black 3–9 Mick Fisher

Clive Everton 4–9 Tommy Murphy

Bernard Bennett w/o–w/d John Phillps

Colin Roscoe 9–6 Jackie Rea

Round 2

Best of 17 frames

Rex Williams 9–7 Geoff Foulds

Mike Watterson 3–9 Bob Harris

Joe Johnson 9–8 Vic Harris

Jim Meadowcroft 9–8 Dennis Hughes

Doug French 7–9 Les Dodd

Tony Meo 9–5 Doug Scott

Jack Fitzmaurice 0–9 Billy Kelly

Pat Houlihan w/o–w/d John Dunning

Dave Martin 9–6 Murdo MacLeod

Ray Edmonds 8–9 Mick Fisher

Jim Donnelly 9–6 Chris Ross

Eddie Sinclair 9–5 Tommy Murphy

Paul Medati 9–1 Bernard Bennett

Cliff Wilson 9–6 Eddie McLaughlin

Mike Hallett 9–1 Bert Demarco

Mark Wildman 9–4 Colin Roscoe

Century breaks

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