1981 UK Snooker Championship

Date series header
title = UK Snooker Championship
section = 1981
previous = 1980 UK Snooker Championship
prevtext = "1980"
next = 1983 UK Snooker Championship
nexttext = "1983"
top = UK Snooker Championship
toptext = "main article"
color = LightGreenInfobox Snooker player
Name = 1st Place: Steve Davis


Born = birth date and age|1957|8|22
Nationality = flagicon|England English
Professional = 1978–
High ranking = #1
Current rank = #15

Infobox Snooker player
Name = 2nd Place: Terry Griffiths


Born = birth date and age|1947|10|16
Nationality = flagicon|Wales Welsh
Professional = 1978–1997
High ranking = #3
Current rank =

The 1981 UK Snooker Championship (also known as the Coral UK Championship for sponsorship purposes) took place at the Guildhall, Preston, from 22 November and TV stages shown on BBC TV took place between 28 November and 5 December 1981.

Notable happenings

Steve Davis retained the first of his major titles by defeating Terry Griffiths 16-3 in the final. Jimmy White, fresh from his success in the Langs Scottish Masters and Northern Ireland Classic, which took place earlier in the 1981-82 season, beat John Virgo, Dennis Taylor and Ray Reardon, in reaching the semi-finals at his first attempt, but then was whitewashed 0-9 by the reigning World Champion Steve Davis.

Two other young players, Tony Knowles and Tony Meo, also enhanced their reputations: Knowles by besting Fred Davis and Doug Mountjoy in reaching the quarter-finals, and Meo by defeating Rex Williams, Cliff Thorburn and Alex Higgins in reaching the semi-finals.

Prize money

Winner: GB£ 10,000

Total: £40,000

Highest break

Qualifying stages

Best of 17 frames

The contest proper

Best of 17 frames.

Round16
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|9|flagicon|ENG Willie Thorne|2
|flagicon|CAN Bill Werbeniuk|9|flagicon|CAN Kirk Stevens|7
|flagicon|ENG Jimmy White|9|flagicon|NIR Dennis Taylor|5
|flagicon|WAL Ray Reardon|9|flagicon|ENG Joe Johnson|7
|flagicon|WAL Terry Griffiths|9|flagicon|ENG Graham Miles|4
|flagicon|ENG Tony Knowles|9|flagicon|WAL Doug Mountjoy|6
|flagicon|NIR Alex Higgins|9|flagicon|ENG David Taylor|5
|flagicon|ENG Tony Meo|9|flagicon|CAN Cliff Thorburn|6
|flagicon|ENG Steve Davis|9|flagicon|CAN Bill Werbeniuk|5
|flagicon|ENG Jimmy White|9|flagicon|WAL Ray Reardon|8
|flagicon|WAL Terry Griffiths|9|flagicon|ENG Tony Knowles|5
|flagicon|ENG Tony Meo|9|flagicon|NIR Alex Higgins|4
|flagicon|England Steve Davis|9|flagicon|ENG "'Jimmy White|0
|flagicon|WAL Terry Griffiths|9|flagicon|ENG Tony Meo|3
|flagicon|ENG Steve Davis|16|flagicon|WAL Terry Griffiths|3
3rdplace=no

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