1983 Tolly Cobbold Classic
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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.
| First round Best of 7 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | ||||||||||||
| Wales Terry Griffiths | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Wales Ray Reardon | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wales Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Canada Bill Werbeniuk | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Canada Bill Werbeniuk | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Wales Doug Mountjoy | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wales Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
| England Steve Davis | 7 | |||||||||||||
| England Steve Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||
| England Jimmy White | 3 | |||||||||||||
| England Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Alex Higgins | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor | 4 |
Final
| Final: Best of 13 frames. Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England, 23 February 1983. | ||
| Steve Davis England | 7–5 | Terry Griffiths Wales |
| 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 England Steve Davis