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1983 Classic (snooker) 
Summary
The 1983 Lada Classic was the 4th edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 9–16 January 1983. The tournament was played at the Spectrum Arena, Warrington, Cheshire, and the tournament expanded from eight to sixteen professional players and ITV showed the coverage from the second day.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–16 January 1983 |
| Venue | Spectrum Arena |
| City | Warrington |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £64,000 |
| Winner's share | £16,000 |
| Highest break |  Bill Werbeniuk (101) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Steve Davis |
| Runner-up | Bill Werbeniuk |
| Score | 9–5 |
← 1982 1984 → | |
Steve Davis appeared in his third consecutive final and he regained the title beating Canada's Bill Werbeniuk by 9–5.
Main draw edit
| First Round Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
 Terry Griffiths
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy
| 5 | Doug Mountjoy
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Alex Higgins
| 4 | Bill Werbeniuk
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk
| 5 | Bill Werbeniuk
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles
| 0 | Kirk Stevens
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens
| 5 | Kirk Stevens
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn
| 5 | Cliff Thorburn
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Wilson
| 3 | Bill Werbeniuk
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Spencer
| 5 | Steve Davis
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon
| 3 | John Spencer
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White
| 3 | David Taylor
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Taylor
| 5 | John Spencer
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Eddie Charlton
| 5 | Steve Davis
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Virgo
| 2 | Eddie Charlton
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Davis
| 5 | Steve Davis
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final edit
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jim Thorpe. Spectrum Arena, Warrington, England, 16 January 1983. | ||
| Steve Davis England
|
9–5 | Bill Werbeniuk Canada
|
| 15–103(76), 69–21, 63(54)–25, 17–76, 77–42, 71–13, 1–107 (63), 51–60, 68(60)–15, 0–81(81), 53–43, 59(56)–54, 65–29, 92–20 | ||
| 60 | Highest break | 81 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 3 |
Century breaks edit
101 Bill Werbeniuk