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. 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, to win his only UK Championship title. 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:

Main draw

Last 32 Best of 17 frames 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Terry Griffiths 9–4 Dave Martin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mike Hallett 9–4 Graham Miles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Johnson 9–6 John Virgo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Taylor 9–4 Neal Foulds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Knowles 9–5 Tony Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Doug Mountjoy 9–2 Mike Watterson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Higgins 9–6 Murdo MacLeod 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Medati 9–3 Dean Reynolds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cliff Wilson 9–4 Rex Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ray Reardon 9–7 Bob Harris 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dennis Taylor 9–6 Tommy Murphy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White 9–1 Ian Black 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Spencer 9–7 John Dunning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Meo 9–7 John Parrott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Willie Thorne 9–5 Mark Wildman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Davis 9–1 Geoff Foulds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Final

Century breaks