2009 UK Championship

2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates	5–13 December 2009
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£625,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (141); Stephen Lee (ENG) (141)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	John Higgins (SCO)
Score	10–8
	← 2008 2010 →

Last updated November 28, 2025

The 2009 UK Championship (officially the 2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 December 2009 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[3]

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £46,000
Semi-final: £23,250
Quarter-final: £16,450
Last 16: £12,050
Last 32: £8,750
Last 48: £5,500
Last 64: £2,300

Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £5,000

Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £25,000

Total: £625,000

Main draw

Source:^[2]

Last 32 Best of 17 frames			Last 16 Best of 17 frames			Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames			Semi-finals Best of 17 frames			Final Best of 19 frames

1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	9

	Gerard Greene (NIR)	5
			1	Shaun Murphy	3

			13	Ding Junhui	9
13	Ding Junhui (CHN)	9

	Mike Dunn (ENG)	5
						13	Ding Junhui	9

						5	Ali Carter	8
11	Mark Allen (NIR)	8

	Stephen Lee (ENG)	9
				Stephen Lee	5

			5	Ali Carter	9
5	Ali Carter (ENG)	9

	Rory McLeod (ENG)	7
									13	Ding Junhui	9

									4	Stephen Maguire	5
8	Marco Fu (HKG)	3

	Peter Lines (ENG)	9
				Peter Lines	9

			15	Mark Williams	8
15	Mark Williams (WAL)	9*

	Graeme Dott (SCO)	2
							Peter Lines	5

						4	Stephen Maguire	9
12	Joe Perry (ENG)	4

	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9
				Stuart Bingham	3

			4	Stephen Maguire	9
4	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	9

	Michael Holt (ENG)	6
												13	Ding Junhui	10

												2	John Higgins	8
3	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9

	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	3
			3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9

			14	Peter Ebdon	3
14	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	9

	Judd Trump (ENG)	4
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9

						7	Mark Selby	3
10	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	9

	Steve Davis (ENG)	6
			10	Stephen Hendry	5

			7	Mark Selby	9
7	Mark Selby (ENG)	9

	Jamie Cope (ENG)	8
									3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8

									2	John Higgins	9
6	Ryan Day (WAL)	3

	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	9
				Liang Wenbo	9

			16	Mark King	2
16	Mark King (ENG)	9

	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	2
							Liang Wenbo	2

						2	John Higgins	9
9	Neil Robertson (AUS)	9

	Tom Ford (ENG)	3
			9	Neil Robertson	8

			2	John Higgins	9
2	John Higgins (SCO)	9

	Ricky Walden (ENG)	7

* Dott withdrew due to illness.

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Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 13 December 2009.
Ding Junhui (13) China	10–8	John Higgins (2) Scotland
Afternoon:93–11 (81), 43–75 (67), 101–27 (69), 32–77 (67), 78–4 (63), 51–62, 65–49, 0–96 (80) Evening:58–22, 21–67, 78–12 (50), 12–99 (91), 5–68, 75–5 (74), 64–58, 62–49, 18–115 (115), 84–36 (75)
81	Highest break	115
0	Century breaks	1
6	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying

These matches were held between 23 and 30 November 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.^[6]^[7]


Round 1 Best of 17 frames		Round 2 Best of 17 frames		Round 3 Best of 17 frames		Round 4 Best of 17 frames


Chris Norbury (ENG)	3	Rod Lawler (ENG)	7	Alan McManus (SCO)	6	Gerard Greene (NIR)	9

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	9	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5


Lee Spick (ENG)	5	Andy Hicks (ENG)	9	Mike Dunn (ENG)	9	Joe Swail (NIR)	2

Jordan Brown (NIR)	9	Jordan Brown	4	Andy Hicks	6	Mike Dunn	9


Lee Page (ENG)	4	Robert Milkins (ENG)	9	Martin Gould (ENG)	5	Stephen Lee (ENG)	9

James Wattana (THA)	9	James Wattana	5	Robert Milkins	9	Robert Milkins	7


Matthew Selt (ENG)	9	David Roe (ENG)	4	Rory McLeod (ENG)	9	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	7

David Gray (ENG)	7	Matthew Selt	9	Matthew Selt	3	Rory McLeod	9


Xiao Guodong (CHN)	9	Peter Lines (ENG)	9	Ian McCulloch (ENG)	6	Nigel Bond (ENG)	6

Zhang Anda (CHN)	5	Xiao Guodong	8	Peter Lines	9	Peter Lines	9


Craig Steadman (ENG)	9	Barry Pinches (ENG)	7	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	8	Graeme Dott (SCO)	9

Andrew Norman (ENG)	5	Craig Steadman	9	Craig Steadman	9	Craig Steadman	5


Ben Woollaston (ENG)	9	Jimmy White (ENG)	w/d	Jimmy Michie (ENG)	9	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9

Ian Preece (WAL)	4	Ben Woollaston	w/o	Ben Woollaston	7	Jimmy Michie	2


Patrick Wallace (NIR)	9	John Parrott (ENG)	9	Dominic Dale (WAL)	9	Michael Holt (ENG)	9

Mark Boyle (SCO)	0	Patrick Wallace	8	John Parrott	6	Dominic Dale	4


Atthasit Mahitthi (THA)	9	Liu Song (CHN)	4	Adrian Gunnell (ENG)	9	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	9

Mei Xiwen (CHN)	3	Atthasit Mahitthi	9	Atthasit Mahitthi	3	Adrian Gunnell	1


Li Hang (CHN)	7	David Gilbert (ENG)	5	Mark Davis (ENG)	9	Judd Trump (ENG)	9

Tony Drago (MLT)	9	Tony Drago	9	Tony Drago	7	Mark Davis	7


Bjorn Haneveer (BEL)	4	Joe Delaney (IRL)	9	Michael Judge (IRL)	9	Steve Davis (ENG)	9

Sam Baird (ENG)	9	Sam Baird	8	Joe Delaney	5	Michael Judge	7


Matthew Couch (ENG)	9	Mark Joyce (ENG)	9	Ken Doherty (IRL)	9	Jamie Cope (ENG)	9

Brendan O'Donoghue (IRL)	7	Matthew Couch	4	Mark Joyce	6	Ken Doherty	6


Daniel Wells (WAL)	8	Jin Long (CHN)	6	Jamie Burnett (SCO)	8	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	9

Michael White (WAL)	9	Michael White	9	Michael White	9	Michael White	4


Stephen Rowlings (ENG)	8	Paul Davies (WAL)	6	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	9	Dave Harold (ENG)	5

Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	9	Jimmy Robertson	9	Jimmy Robertson	4	Anthony Hamilton	9


Noppadol Sangnil (THA)	8	Tom Ford (ENG)	9	Stuart Pettman (ENG)	5	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	5

David Hogan (IRL)	9	David Hogan	7	Tom Ford	9	Tom Ford	9


Simon Bedford (ENG)	9	David Morris (IRL)	3	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	9	Ricky Walden (ENG)	9

Joe Jogia (ENG)	0	Simon Bedford	9	Simon Bedford	6	Andrew Higginson	6

Century breaks

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Televised stage centuries

141, 136, 132, 115, 102, 101 – Mark Selby
141, 103 – Stephen Lee
137, 127, 119, 100 – Neil Robertson
134, 118, 116, 114, 110, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
134, 114, 113 – Ding Junhui
130, 115, 112, 108 – Stephen Hendry
129, 127, 116, 115, 115, 110, 109 – John Higgins
125 – Ryan Day
124, 102 – Ali Carter

124 – Liang Wenbo
121, 112, 104, 100 – Mark Allen
119, 101 – Shaun Murphy
114 – Peter Lines
108, 103 – Stephen Maguire
104 – Marco Fu
101 – Matthew Stevens
100 – Jamie Cope

Qualifying stage centuries

143, 125, 110, 104 – Tom Ford
141 – Stuart Bingham
138, 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
135, 115 – Jimmy Robertson
134 – Brendan O'Donoghue
129, 110 – Stephen Lee
128 – David Gilbert
127, 108 – Simon Bedford
127, 103 – Liang Wenbo
122 – Mark Joyce
120 – Anthony Hamilton
114, 113, 105, 101, 100 – Peter Lines
113, 100 – Tony Drago

111 – Lee Spick
111 – Robert Milkins
111 – Rod Lawler
108 – David Gray
107 – Matthew Stevens
106 – Matthew Couch
104, 102 – Rory McLeod
104, 100 – Craig Steadman
103 – Mark Davis
102 – Xiao Guodong
100 – David Morris
100 – Dominic Dale
100 – Andrew Higginson

References

↑ "Pukka Partnership for UK Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
1 2 "Ding Junhui beats John Higgins in UK Championship final". BBC Sport. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Main Event (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Qualifying (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
↑ "Century Break List". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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[1] "Pukka Partnership for UK Championship". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[:0-2] 1 2 "Ding Junhui beats John Higgins in UK Championship final". BBC Sport. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[3] "Prize Money". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[4] "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[5] "Main Event (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[6] "Qualifying (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[7] "Qualifying (Draw)". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

[8] "Century Break List". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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Tournament information

Dates	5–13 December 2009 (2009-12-05 – 2009-12-13)
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£625,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (141) Stephen Lee (ENG) (141)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	John Higgins (SCO)
Score	10–8
← 2008 2010 →