The 1983 Tolly Cobbold Classic was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which was scheduled from 21 to 23 February 1983. The tournament was played at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich, and featured eight professional players.
Steve Davis won the title for the second time in succession, beating Terry Griffiths 7–5 in the final, which finished at 1:50am. Davis also made the highest break of the competition, 100, in the last frame of his match against Dennis Taylor.
Prize fund The prize fundwas allocated as follows: Winner: £5,0000 Runner-up: £3,000 Semi-finals: £1,500 First round: £1,000 Highest break: £2 per point.
Main draw Results for the tournament are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.
Final Final: Best of 13 frames. Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England, 23 February 1983. Steve Davis 7–5 Terry Griffiths 1–106, 83(57)–39, 68–41, 20–61, 66(52)–16, 64–52, 90–26, 40–75, 43–52, 69–74(64), 69–45, 92(63)–52 63 Highest break 64 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 1
Century breaks
100 Steve Davis
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