| Tournament Name: | Pot Black 83 |
| Dates: | late December 1982 (Broadcast) |
| Venue: | Pebble Mill Studios |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Country: | England |
| Format: | Non-Ranking event |
| Winners Share: | £2500 |
| Highest Break: | Ray Reardon (91) |
| Winner: | Steve Davis |
| Runner Up: | Ray Reardon |
| Score: | 2–0 |
| Previous: | 1982 |
| Next: | 1984 |
The 1983 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. 8 players were competing in 2 four player groups. The matches are one-frame shoot-outs in the group stages, 2 frame aggregate scores in the semi-finals and the best of 3 frames in the final.
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Monday 10 January 1983 [1] Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.
First time in Pot Black this year are Tony Knowles who failed to make the semi-finals and Jimmy White who managed it before losing to Steve Davis. Davis went on to win the title beating twice champion Ray Reardon 2–0 to win his second title and the fourth man to retain it.[2] [3]
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davis | 1–0 | Ray Reardon | 10 January 1983 | |
 Kirk Stevens | 0–1 | Willie Thorne | 17 January 1983 | |
| Steve Davis | 0–1 | Kirk Stevens | 24 January 1983 | |
| Ray Reardon | 1–0 | Willie Thorne | 14 February 1983 | |
| Steve Davis | 1–0 | Willie Thorne | 28 February 1983 | |
| Ray Reardon | 1–0 | Kirk Stevens | 14 March 1983 |
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Tony Knowles | 14 January 1983 | |
 Eddie Charlton | 1–0 | Jimmy White | 21 January 1983 | |
| Eddie Charlton | 1–0 | Alex Higgins | 7 February 1983 | |
| Tony Knowles | 0–1 | Jimmy White | 21 February 1983 | |
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Jimmy White | 7 March 1983 | |
| Tony Knowles | 0-1 | Eddie Charlton | 21 March 1983 |