| Tournament Name: | 1983 Coral UK Championship |
| Venue: | Preston Guild Hall |
| Location: | Preston |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £60,000 |
| Winners Share: | £12,000 |
| Highest Break: | Tony Meo (139) |
| Winner: | Alex Higgins |
| Runner Up: | Steve Davis |
| Score: | 16–15 |
| Previous: | 1982 |
| Next: | 1984 |
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.[1] 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,[2] [3] to win his only UK Championship title.[1] The highest break of the tournament was a 139 made by Tony Meo.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Len Ganley The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1983. | |||
| Alex Higgins | 16–15 | Steve Davis | |
| First session: 29–107 (78), 31–86 (84), 62–82 (82), 43–56, 25–84 (54), 14–68 (64), 12–76 (67) Second session: 109–18, 69–41, 110–12 (76), 46–68, 60–35, 76–18 (70), 73–0, 67–21 Third session: 70–29, 0–71, 21–73, 70–57, 38–79 (52), 94–0, 106–9 (62) Fourth session: 73–21, 60–72, 87–34, 86–1 (86), 32–71, 14–58, 22–64, 88–24, 77–0 | |||
| 86 | Highest break | 84 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 4 | 50+ breaks | 7 | |