1982 UK Championship


The 1982 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:

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Round 1

Best of 17 frames
Geoff Foulds 9–2 Matt Gibson
Graham Cripsey 6–9 Bob Harris
Vic Harris 9–6 Marcus Owen
Les Dodd 9–1 Ian Williamson
Ian Black 3–9 Mick Fisher
Clive Everton 4–9 Tommy Murphy
Bernard Bennett w/o–w/d John Phillps
Colin Roscoe 9–6 Jackie Rea

Round 2

Best of 17 frames
Rex Williams 9–7 Geoff Foulds
Mike Watterson 3–9 Bob Harris
Joe Johnson 9–8 Vic Harris
Jim Meadowcroft 9–8 Dennis Hughes
Doug French 7–9 Les Dodd
Tony Meo 9–5 Doug Scott
Jack Fitzmaurice 0–9 Billy Kelly
Pat Houlihan w/o–w/d John Dunning
Dave Martin 9–6 Murdo MacLeod
Ray Edmonds 8–9 Mick Fisher
Jim Donnelly 9–6 Chris Ross
Eddie Sinclair 9–5 Tommy Murphy
Paul Medati 9–1 Bernard Bennett
Cliff Wilson 9–6 Eddie McLaughlin
Mike Hallett 9–1 Bert Demarco
Mark Wildman 9–4 Colin Roscoe

Century breaks