2010 UK Championship

2010 12BET.com UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	4–12 December 2010 (2010-12-04 – 2010-12-12)
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£625,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Joyce  (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	John Higgins  (SCO)
Runner-up	Mark Williams  (WAL)
Score	10–9
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The 2010 UK Championship (officially the 2010 12BET.com UK Championship) ^[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–12 December 2010 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 8–9 against Mark Allen in the last 16. ^[2]

John Higgins won the title after defeating Mark Williams in the final frame of the final to clinch his third UK title. ^{[3] [4]} Higgins had trailed 5–9 and required a snooker in the seventeenth frame to remain in the match. With this win he regained the number one position in the rankings. ^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^{[6] [7]}

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £46,000 Semi-finals: £23,250 Quarter-finals: £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 Total: £625,000

Main draw

	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	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	9
		Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	4
						1	Ding Junhui	8
						12	Mark Allen	9
	12	Mark Allen  (NIR)	9
		Tom Ford  (ENG)	5
											12	Mark Allen	9
												Stuart Bingham	7
	16	Marco Fu  (HKG)	9
		Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	7
						16	Marco Fu	2
							Stuart Bingham	9
	7	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	6
		Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	9
																12	Mark Allen	5
																4	John Higgins	9
	6	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	9
		Ken Doherty  (IRL)	6
						6	Stephen Maguire	9
						9	Mark Selby	7
	9	Mark Selby  (ENG)	9
		Ricky Walden  (ENG)	6
											6	Stephen Maguire	7
											4	John Higgins	9
	11	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	9
		Martin Gould  (ENG)	5
						11	Graeme Dott	8
						4	John Higgins	9
	4	John Higgins  (SCO)	9
		Stephen Lee  (ENG)	6
																					4	John Higgins	10
																					5	Mark Williams	9
	3	Ali Carter  (ENG)	6
		Mark Joyce  (ENG)	9
							Mark Joyce	9
							Judd Trump	7
	14	Jamie Cope  (ENG)	6
		Judd Trump  (ENG)	9
												Mark Joyce	7
											5	Mark Williams	9
	10	Stephen Hendry  (SCO)	9
		Jimmy White  (ENG)	8
						10	Stephen Hendry	6
						5	Mark Williams	9
	5	Mark Williams  (WAL)	9
		Mark Davis  (ENG)	3
																5	Mark Williams	9
																8	Shaun Murphy	8
	8	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	9
		Patrick Wallace  (NIR)	5
						8	Shaun Murphy	9
							Ryan Day	8
	15	Mark King  (ENG)	8
		Ryan Day  (WAL)	9
											8	Shaun Murphy	9
											2	Neil Robertson	7
	13	Peter Ebdon  (ENG)	7
		Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	9
							Andrew Higginson	5
						2	Neil Robertson	9
	2	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	9
		Rory McLeod  (ENG)	1

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Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 12 December 2010. [9] [10]
John Higgins (4)   Scotland	10–9	Mark Williams (5)   Wales
Afternoon: 0–88 (83), 78–1, 26–67, 45–65 (65), 66–60 (66, 55), 34–76, 17–66, 0–85 (85) Evening: 3–55, 90–0 (90), 94–43 (94), 45–85 (70), 135–0 (105), 16–63, 68–31, 110–0 (76), 71–69 (Williams 61), 64–28 (52), 81–46 (66)
105	Highest break	85
1	Century breaks	0
7	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 23 November and 1 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

	Round 1 Best of 17 frames				Round 2 Best of 17 frames				Round 3 Best of 17 frames				Round 4 Best of 17 frames
	Paul Davies  (WAL)	9			Matthew Couch  (ENG)	9			Robert Milkins  (ENG)	9			Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	9
	Patrick Einsle  (GER)	7			Paul Davies	8			Matthew Couch	4			Robert Milkins	5
	Liam Highfield  (ENG)	9			Tony Drago  (MLT)	9			Tom Ford  (ENG)	9			Gerard Greene  (NIR)	2
	Kuldesh Johal  (ENG)	7			Liam Highfield	4			Tony Drago	6			Tom Ford	9
	Jamie Jones  (WAL)	9			Joe Jogia  (ENG)	6			Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	9			Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	9
	Dermot McGlinchey (NIR)	4			Jamie Jones	9			Jamie Jones	4			Fergal O'Brien	3
	Andrew Pagett  (WAL)	9			Peter Lines  (ENG)	9			Nigel Bond  (ENG)	7			Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	9
	Noppon Saengkham  (THA)	2			Andrew Pagett	8			Peter Lines	9			Peter Lines	4
	Ben Woollaston  (ENG)	9			Rod Lawler  (ENG)	9			Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)	3			Ken Doherty  (IRL)	9
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  (THA)	2			Ben Woollaston	3			Rod Lawler	9			Rod Lawler	7
	Igor Figueiredo  (BRA)	4			Jimmy Michie  (ENG)	5			Alan McManus  (SCO)	5			Ricky Walden  (ENG)	9
	Liu Chuang  (CHN)	9			Liu Chuang	9			Liu Chuang	9			Liu Chuang	8
	James Wattana  (THA)	9			Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	6			Dave Harold  (ENG)	4			Martin Gould  (ENG)	9
	Kurt Maflin  (NOR)	4			James Wattana	9			James Wattana	9			James Wattana	8
	David Gilbert  (ENG)	9			Andy Hicks  (ENG)	8			Barry Pinches  (ENG)	4			Stephen Lee  (ENG)	9
	Issara Kachaiwong  (THA)	3			David Gilbert	9			David Gilbert	9			David Gilbert	4
	Mark Joyce  (ENG)	9			Alfie Burden  (ENG)	7			Marcus Campbell  (SCO)	8			Steve Davis  (ENG)	2
	Jak Jones  (WAL)	7			Mark Joyce	9			Mark Joyce	9			Mark Joyce	9
	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	9			Michael Judge  (IRL)	1			Stuart Pettman  (ENG)	5			Judd Trump  (ENG)	9
	Reanne Evans  (ENG)	1			Xiao Guodong	9			Xiao Guodong	9			Xiao Guodong	7
	Joe Delaney  (IRL)	3			Jimmy White  (ENG)	9			Adrian Gunnell  (ENG)	4			Joe Perry  (ENG)	6
	Adam Wicheard  (ENG)	9			Adam Wicheard	1			Jimmy White	9			Jimmy White	9
	James McBain  (SCO)	8			Bjorn Haneveer  (BEL)	4			Joe Swail  (NIR)	9			Mark Davis  (ENG)	9
	Simon Bedford  (ENG)	9			Simon Bedford	9			Simon Bedford	2			Joe Swail	7
	Patrick Wallace  (NIR)	9			Anthony McGill  (SCO)	4			Michael Holt  (ENG)	4			Mike Dunn  (ENG)	1
	Jamie O'Neill  (ENG)	4			Patrick Wallace	9			Patrick Wallace	9			Patrick Wallace	9
	Michael White  (WAL)	9			David Morris  (IRL)	3			Jamie Burnett  (SCO)	9			Ryan Day  (WAL)	9
	Justin Astley  (ENG)	6			Michael White	9			Michael White	6			Jamie Burnett	5
	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	9			Matthew Selt  (ENG)	9			Dominic Dale  (WAL)	9			Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	9
	Zhang Anda  (CHN)	4			Jack Lisowski	8			Matthew Selt	6			Dominic Dale	6
	Kyren Wilson  (ENG)	9			Ian McCulloch  (ENG)	8			Rory McLeod  (ENG)	9			Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	6
	Paul Davison  (ENG)	6			Kyren Wilson	9			Kyren Wilson	4			Rory McLeod	9

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

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143, 109, 103, 100 – Mark Joyce 142, 106 – Stuart Bingham 142 – Jamie Cope 141, 130, 114, 113, 100 – Mark Allen 138, 100 – Marco Fu 137, 137, 135, 134, 127, 122, 106 – Stephen Maguire 137, 137 – Stephen Lee 137, 136, 126, 125, 120, 113, 105 – Neil Robertson 135, 131, 103, 101 – Ding Junhui 135 – Judd Trump 131, 129, 107, 101, 100 – Shaun Murphy 131 – Patrick Wallace

126 – Tom Ford 125 – Mark Davis 120, 104 – Ken Doherty 115 – Jimmy White 113 – Peter Ebdon 110, 107 – Andrew Higginson 109 – Mark Selby 105, 105, 100, 100 – John Higgins 104 – Stephen Hendry 103 – Matthew Stevens 100 – Graeme Dott

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