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 from the quarter-finals 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

Final Final: Best of 31 frames. Referee: John WilliamsThe Guild Hall, Preston, England, 3 and 4 December 1982. Terry Griffiths 16–15 Alex Higgins 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, 74–2277 Highest break 101 0 Century breaks 1 10 50+ breaks 11

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 George 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

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

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