# 1984 UK Championship

The 1984 UK Championship (officially the 1984 Coral UK Championship) was a ranking professional snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 18 November and 2 December 1984. This was the eighth edition of the UK Championship but only the first to be granted ranking status, as it was now open to all professional overseas players as well as those from the UK. The BBC aired the event from the second round onwards. The championship was sponsored by sports betting company Coral.
The defending champion was Alex Higgins who won the 1983 event after defeating Steve Davis 16–15 in the final. The pair met in the final again, with Davis winning 16–8, to win his third UK Championship title. The highest break of the tournament was a 135 made by Jack McLaughlin during the non-televised stages; the highest break of the televised stages was a 134 made by Davis. There was a total prize fund of £101,000 with the winner receiving £20,000.

## Prize fund

The winner of the event received a total of £20,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £20,000 |
| Highest break (TV): | £2,000 |
| Total: | £101,800 |

## Main draw

The tournament featured 32 players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Round of 32 Best of 17 frames
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Alex Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| Rex Williams | 7 | | | | |
| Rex Williams | 7 | Alex Higgins | 9 | | |
| | | Willie Thorne | 5 | | |
| Willie Thorne | 9 | Willie Thorne | 5 | | |
| Eddie Charlton | 7 | | | | |
| Eddie Charlton | 7 | | | Alex Higgins | 9 |
| | | | | Cliff Thorburn | 7 |
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | | | Cliff Thorburn | 7 |
| Cliff Wilson | 3 | | | | |
| Cliff Wilson | 3 | Cliff Thorburn | 9 | | |
| | | Ray Reardon | 8 | | |
| Ray Reardon | 9 | Ray Reardon | 8 | | |
| David Taylor | 4 | | | | | | |
| David Taylor | 4 | | | | | Alex Higgins | 8 |
| | | | | | | Steve Davis | 16 |
| Kirk Stevens | 9 | | | | | Steve Davis | 16 |
| Joe Johnson | 2 | | | | | | |
| Joe Johnson | 2 | Kirk Stevens | 9 | | | | |
| | | Tony Knowles | 7 | | | | |
| Tony Knowles | 9 | Tony Knowles | 7 | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 2 | | | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 2 | | | Kirk Stevens | 2 | | |
| | | | | Steve Davis | 9 |
| Jimmy White | 9 | | | Steve Davis | 9 |
| Doug Mountjoy | 2 | | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 2 | Jimmy White | 4 | | |
| | | Steve Davis | 9 | | |
| Steve Davis | 9 | Steve Davis | 9 | | |
| Tony Meo | 7 | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 1 and 2 December 1984. :
| Steve Davis England | 16–8 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland |
| First session: 116–6, 89–30, 94–23, 95–0, 72–25, 70–75, 130–10 (106) Second session: 5–83, 124–1 (120), 110–0, 24–66, 0–124 (124), 65–60, 51–79 Third session: 22–116, 28–80, 9–107, 104–8, 84–11, 123–1, 91–24 Fourth session: 110–32, 105–27, 65–40 |||
| 120 | Highest break | 124 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 1 |

## Century breaks

A total of 28 century breaks were made during the tournament.
* 135 – Jack McLaughlin
* 134, 120, 108, 106 – Steve Davis
* 132, 125 – Cliff Thorburn
* 129, 124, 100 – Alex Higgins
* 121 – Eddie Sinclair
* 119, 114, 102 – Tony Chappel
* 119 – Willie Thorne
* 113, 100 – Tony Jones
* 111 – Peter Francisco
* 111 – Tony Meo
* 110 – Malcolm Bradley
* 108 – Steve Newbury
* 107 – Tony Knowles
* 105 – Jimmy White
* 102 – Eddie Charlton
* 101 – John Parrott
* 100 – Paddy Browne
* 100 – Robby Foldvari
* 100 – Cliff Wilson