1983 World Snooker Championship

World Snooker Championship 1983 Embassy World Snooker Championship
Attendees:	32
Venue:	Crucible Theater , Sheffield , England
Opening:	April 16, 1983
Endgame:	May 2nd 1983
Winner:	Steve Davis
Finalist:	Cliff Thorburn
Highest Break:	147 ( Cliff Thorburn)
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The 1983 World Snooker Championship took place from April 16 to May 2, 1983 at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield .

The winner was - for the second time since 1981 - the Englishman Steve Davis , who defeated Cliff Thorburn from Canada 18: 6 in the final .

Thorburn scored the first maximum break of 147 points at a snooker world championship in the fourth frame of his round of 16 against Terry Griffiths and received both the bonus for the highest break of the tournament (including 5,000 pounds bonus for the highest break ever scored at a world championship) and also a special bonus for the maximum of £ 10,000.

It was also the second official maximum break in snooker history; Steve Davis scored the first at the 1982 Classic .

Prize money

Prize money 1983	Profit in £
winner	30,000
defeated finalist	15,000
Semi-finalist	8,400
Quarter finalist	4,450
Round of 16	2,950
First round off	1,500
Highest break	3,000 (+5,000)
Maximum break	10,000
All in all	£ 135,000

Final round

	Round 1 Best of 19 frames					Round of 16 best of 25 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 25 Frames					Semi-final best of 31 frames					Final Best of 35 frames
	1	Alex Higgins	10
		Dean Reynolds	4th
						1	Alex Higgins	13
						16	Willie Thorne	8th
	16	Willie Thorne	10
		John Virgo	3
											1	Alex Higgins	13
											9	Bill Werbeniuk	11
	8th	David Taylor	10
		Jim Meadowcroft	2
						8th	David Taylor	10
						9	Bill Werbeniuk	13
	9	Bill Werbeniuk	10
		Dave Martin	4th
																1	Alex Higgins	5
																4th	Steve Davis	16
	13	Dennis Taylor	10
		Silvino Francisco	9
						13	Dennis Taylor	11
						4th	Steve Davis	13
	4th	Steve Davis	10
		Rex Williams	4th
											4th	Steve Davis	13
											5	Eddie Charlton	5
	12	John Spencer	10
		Mike Hallett	7th
						12	John Spencer	11
						5	Eddie Charlton	13
	5	Eddie Charlton	10
		Les Dodd	7th
																					4th	Steve Davis	18th
																					3	Cliff Thorburn	6th
	3	Cliff Thorburn	10
		John Campbell	5
						3	Cliff Thorburn	13
						14th	Terry Griffiths	12
	14th	Terry Griffiths	10
		Mark Wildman	8th
											3	Cliff Thorburn	13
											6th	Kirk Stevens	12
	6th	Kirk Stevens	10
		Mick Fisher	2
						6th	Kirk Stevens	13
						11	Perrie Mans	3
	11	Perrie Mans	10
		Ian Black	3
																3	Cliff Thorburn	16
																15th	Tony Knowles	15th
	10	Jimmy White	8th
		Tony Meo	10
							Tony Meo	13
						7th	Doug Mountjoy	11
	7th	Doug Mountjoy	10
		Cliff Wilson	2
												Tony Meo	9
											15th	Tony Knowles	13
	15th	Tony Knowles	10
		Graham Miles	3
						15th	Tony Knowles	13
						2	Ray Reardon	12
	2	Ray Reardon	10
		Eugene Hughes	7th

final

Final: Best of 35 Frames Referee: Len Ganley Crucible Theater ,  Sheffield , England , 1./2. May 1983
Steve Davis	18 : 6	Cliff Thorburn
131	Highest break	55
1	Century breaks	-
6th	50+ breaks	2

Century breaks

18 Century Breaks were achieved by eleven different players, which meant a new record of total Centuries played at a World Cup:

Cliff Thorburn	147
Kirk Stevens	139, 105
Steve Davis	131, 103
Ray Reardon	122, 116
Eddie Charlton	118, 115, 104
Doug Mountjoy	118, 106
Jimmy White	111
Alex Higgins	109, 102
Bill Werbeniuk	109
John Spencer	106
Tony Meo	102

swell

• Chris Downer: Crucible Almanac (2011 edition). , Bournemouth 2011.
• Global Snooker ( Memento from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daily Mail - From Thorburn to Hendry via Ronnie's mad max - a history of Crucible 147s