# 1982 UK Championship

The 1982 UK Championship (officially the 1982 Coral UK Championship) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 20 November and 4 December 1982. This was the sixth edition of the UK Championship and the fifth staging of the competition in Preston. The event was sponsored by Coral for the fifth year in a row. The televised stages were shown on the BBC from 27 November through to the end of the championship.
Terry Griffiths won his first and only UK title by winning the last three frames of the final to defeat Alex Higgins 16–15. On his way to victory, Griffiths also beat defending champion Steve Davis, who had defeated him in the previous year's final. The highest break of the tournament was a 137 made by Higgins.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| Winner: | £11,000 |
| Runner-up: | £6,000 |
| Highest break: | £1,000 |

## Main draw

| Round of 32 Best of 17 frames | Round of 32 Best of 17 frames | Round of 16 Best of 17 frames | Round of 16 Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Semi-finals Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 31 frames | Final Best of 31 frames |
| Steve Davis | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Rex Williams | 6 | Steve Davis | 9 | | | | | | |
| Patsy Fagan | 9 | Patsy Fagan | 3 | | | | | | |
| Bob Harris | 6 | | | Steve Davis | 6 | | | | |
| Terry Griffiths | 9 | | | Terry Griffiths | 9 | | | | |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | Terry Griffiths | 9 | | | | | | |
| Dennis Taylor | 9 | Dennis Taylor | 7 | | | | | | |
| Jim Meadowcroft | 7 | | | | | Terry Griffiths | 9 | | |
| David Taylor | 9 | | | | | Tony Meo | 7 | | |
| Les Dodd | 7 | David Taylor | 6 | | | | | | |
| Graham Miles | 4 | Tony Meo | 9 | | | | | | |
| Tony Meo | 9 | | | Tony Meo | 9 | | | | |
| John Virgo | 9 | | | John Virgo | 6 | | | | |
| Billy Kelly | 2 | John Virgo | 9 | | | | | | |
| Doug Mountjoy | 9 | Doug Mountjoy | 5 | | | | | | |
| Pat Houlihan | 3 | | | | | | | Terry Griffiths | 16 |
| Alex Higgins | 9 | | | | | | | Alex Higgins | 15 |
| Dave Martin | 7 | Alex Higgins | 9 | | | | | | |
| Dean Reynolds | 9 | Dean Reynolds | 8 | | | | | | |
| Mick Fisher | 6 | | | Alex Higgins | 9 | | | | |
| Tony Knowles | 9 | | | John Spencer | 5 | | | | |
| Jim Donnelly | 6 | Tony Knowles | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Spencer | 9 | John Spencer | 9 | | | | | | |
| Eddie Sinclair | 8 | | | | | Alex Higgins | 9 | | |
| Jimmy White | 9 | | | | | Ray Reardon | 6 | | |
| Paul Medati | 7 | Jimmy White | 9 | | | | | | |
| Willie Thorne | 7 | Cliff Wilson | 5 | | | | | | |
| Cliff Wilson | 9 | | | Jimmy White | 8 | | | | |
| Fred Davis | 7 | | | Ray Reardon | 9 | | | | |
| Mike Hallett | 9 | Mike Hallett | 8 | | | | | | |
| Ray Reardon | 9 | Ray Reardon | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mark Wildman | 5 | | | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John Williams The Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1982. :
| Terry Griffiths Wales | 16–15 | Alex Higgins Northern Ireland |
| First session: 20–58, 31–90, 56–52, 26–87 (67), 0–114 (67), 73–65 (73), 105–25 (64) Second session: 86–10 (60), 84–50 (56), 25–101 (65), 75–33, 14–92 (84), 61–70 (61), 31–88 (64), 90–23, Third session: 119–8 (52), 112–13 (55, 57), 1–100 (70), 16–115 (76), 63–40, 89–4 (52), 80–20, Fourth session: 4–109 (101), 21–91 (62), 90–34 (77), 31–78 (58), 11–100 (68), 42–68, 86–22, 87–47, 74–22 |||
| 77 | Highest break | 101 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 10 | 50+ breaks | 11 |

## Century breaks

* 137, 112, 101 – Alex Higgins
* 135 – Dennis Taylor
* 132, 118 – Steve Davis
* 127 – John Virgo
* 119, 110 – Ray Reardon
* 115 – Mark Wildman
* 107 – Graham Cripsey
* 102, 101 – Rex Williams