Tournament Name: | The Lada Classic |
Venue: | Spectrum Arena |
Location: | Warrington |
Country: | England |
Organisation: | WPBSA |
Format: | Non-Ranking event |
Total Prize Fund: | £64,000 |
Winners Share: | £16,000 |
Highest Break: | Bill Werbeniuk (101) |
Winner: | Steve Davis |
Runner Up: | Bill Werbeniuk |
Score: | 9–5 |
Previous: | 1982 |
Next: | 1984 |
The 1983 Lada Classic was the 4th edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 9–16 January 1983.The tournament was played at the Spectrum Arena, Warrington, Cheshire, and the tournament expanded from eight to sixteen professional players and ITV showed the coverage from the second day.
Steve Davis appeared in his third consecutive final and he regained the title beating Canada's Bill Werbeniuk by 9–5.
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe. Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England, 16 January 1983. | |||
Steve Davis | 9–5 | Bill Werbeniuk | |
15–103(76), 69–21, 63(54)–25, 17–76, 77–42, 71–13, 1–107 (63), 51–60, 68(60)–15, 0–81(81), 53–43, 59(56)–54, 65–29, 92–20 | |||
60 | Highest break | 81 | |
0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
3 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
101 Bill Werbeniuk