Embassy World Championship
Tour: Main Tour;
Date: 16 Apr - 2 May 1983;
Venue: Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England;
Type: Ranking;
Defending champion: Alex Higgins (a);
Notes: See also results (31)
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Steve Davis (a) | 18 | - | 6 |  |
Cliff Thorburn (a) |
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 Davis became the first player to win the event for a second time at the Crucible. Thorburn was exhausted during the final after winning his last three matches in deciding frames, according to Everton. He played 14 hours more than Davis throughout the tournament. | ||
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82-20; 11-112; 83-39; 36-80; 80-34; 65-34; 81-44 (60); 75-26; 82-6; 73-0 (59); 81-48; 41-57; 25-71 (55); 100-8 (92); 15-68 (54); 96-2; 76-47; 58-53; 75-28; 62-47 (59); 67-62; 131-0 (131); 24-62; 77-70 (56) Referee: Len Ganley |
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| Semifinals | ||||||||||
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Steve Davis (a) | 16 | - | 5 |  |
Alex Higgins (a) |
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At the mid-session interval, the Crucible Theatre was evacuated due to a death threat against Davis that had been telephoned to the venue, saying that he would be shot if he won a tenth frame. | ||
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 16 | - | 15 | |
Tony Knowles (a) |
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| Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
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Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
Bill Werbeniuk (a) |
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At 46 points ahead in the third frame, Higgins attempted to play a snooker behind the pink and was annoyed by referee John Williams, who awarded a foul against him as the cue ball had not touched the pink. After protestations from Higgins, Williams asked the match scorers for a second opinion, and the decision stood. Werbeniuk then made a break of 57 and won the frame. | ||
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Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 5 |  |
Eddie Charlton (a) |
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Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 12 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) |
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As of 2019, this was still the second-longest session (at 6 hours and 11 minutes), and the third-latest finish, since the World Snooker Championship has been held at the Crucible. | ||
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Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 9 | |
Tony Meo (a) | ||||
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Round 2 (Last 16) |
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Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 8 | |
Willie Thorne (a) | |||
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Bill Werbeniuk (a) | 13 | - | 10 | |
David Taylor (a) |
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| 3 | |
Eddie Charlton (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
John Spencer (a) |
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| 4 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
Dennis Taylor (a) |
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| 5 | |
Cliff Thorburn (a) | 13 | - | 12 |  |
Terry Griffiths (a) |
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Thorburn achieved the first maximum break at a World Snooker Championship in the fourth frame. He was only the second player after Davis at the 1982 Classic to make an official maximum. The final session of the match between Thorburn and Griffiths lasted more than seven hours and finished at 3:51 am,[33][34][35] which, at the end of the 2019 Championship, still stood as the latest finish for a snooker match at the Crucible, and at 6 hours and 25 minutes, the longest session. | |
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Kirk Stevens (a) | 13 | - | 3 |  |
Perrie Mans (a) | |||
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Tony Meo (a) | 13 | - | 11 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) |
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| 8 | |
Tony Knowles (a) | 13 | - | 12 | |
Ray Reardon (a) | |||
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Round 1 (Last 32) |
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| 1 | |
Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Dean Reynolds (a) |
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| 2 | |
Willie Thorne (a) | 10 | - | 3 | |
John Virgo (a) |
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| 3 | |
Bill Werbeniuk (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Dave Martin (a) | |||
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David Taylor (a) | 10 | - | 2 | |
Jim Meadowcroft (a) | |||
| 5 | |
Eddie Charlton (a) | 10 | - | 7 | |
Les Dodd (a) | |||
| 6 | |
John Spencer (a) | 10 | - | 7 | |
Mike Hallett (a) | |||
| 7 | |
Dennis Taylor (a) | 10 | - | 9 | |
Silvino Francisco (a) |
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| 8 | |
Steve Davis (a) | 10 | - | 4 | |
Rex Williams (a) | |||
| 9 | |
Cliff Thorburn (a) | 10 | - | 5 | |
John Campbell (a) | |||
| 10 | |
Terry Griffiths (a) | 10 | - | 8 | |
Mark Wildman (a) | |||
| 11 | |
Perrie Mans (a) | 10 | - | 3 |  |
Ian Black (a) | |||
| 12 | |
Kirk Stevens (a) | 10 | - | 2 | |
Mick Fisher (a) | |||
| 13 | |
Doug Mountjoy (a) | 10 | - | 2 | |
Cliff Wilson (a) |
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| 14 | |
Tony Meo (a) | 10 | - | 8 | |
Jimmy White |
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| 15 | |
Tony Knowles (a) | 10 | - | 3 | |
Graham Miles (a) | |||
| 16 | |
Ray Reardon (a) | 10 | - | 7 |  |
Eugene Hughes (a) |
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