The 1983 Benson and Hedges Masters took place between 23 and 30 January 1983 at the Wembley Conference Centre.
The Masters had been extended to 7 days as it still stands today and the competition also extended its players to 16 but not in the form of the Top 16 ranked players as it would start the following year and matches in the Last 16 but 2 were not televised as BBC Television coverage started on January 26. Cliff Thorburn of Canada became the first overseas player to win the competition beating Ray Reardon in the final to win the first of his three titles.
The first round match between Bill Werbeniuk and Alex Higgins made a record crowd at the Conference Centre of 2876. The highest break of the tournament was 128 made by Terry Griffiths.
Total: £55,000
Winner: £16,000
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Wildman | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Davis | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 28 January | ||||||||||||||
| John Virgo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Mountjoy | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 5 | |||||||||||||
| David Taylor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy White | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 29 January | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Reynolds | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Reardon | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Terry Griffiths | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 28 January | ||||||||||||||
| Kirk Stevens | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cliff Thorburn | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Werbeniuk | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Charlton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Meo | 3 | |||||||||||||
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