2011 UK Championship

2011 williamhill.com UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	3–11 December 2011 (2011-12-03 – 2011-12-11)
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£625,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire  (SCO) (144)
Final
Champion	Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-up	Mark Allen  (NIR)
Score	10–8
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 UK Championship (officially the 2011 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–11 December 2011 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. This was the first time that William Hill sponsored the event. ^[1]

John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 4–6 against Stephen Maguire. ^[2]

Judd Trump won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–8 in the final. ^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[4]

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: £5,000 Stage two highest break: £500 Total: £625,000

Controversy

The format of the 2011 UK Championship was changed from previous editions. All rounds up to the quarter-finals were played as best of 11 frames instead of best of 17 frames. The semi-finals and the final were played as best of 17 and best of 19 frames respectively. The changes allowed for every match in the early rounds to be played in front of television cameras and avoided the need to use two extra tables. ^[5] However, the changes angered some players including John Higgins, ^[6] and Mark Williams, while Mark Allen called for Barry Hearn to resign as head of World Snooker, after Hearn had promised not to alter the championship when he had become the chairman in 2010. ^[7] During the same interview Allen aimed a four lettered expletive at Hearn. ^[8] Allen was later charged by World Snooker for bringing the game into disrepute. ^[9] Hearn, following the original comments by Allen, called him a "silly little boy", ^[10] to which Allen responded by gagging himself at a press conference. ^[11] Allen and Hearn later sat down and had a discussion, which resolved their differences, ^[12] while Allen was fined £250 for swearing in a press conference. ^[13]

Main draw

^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

	Last 32 Best of 11 frames					Last 16 Best of 11 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	John Higgins  (SCO)	6
		Rory McLeod  (ENG)	5
						1	John Higgins	4
						9	Stephen Maguire	6
	9	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	6
		Stephen Hendry  (SCO)	3
											9	Stephen Maguire	3
											8	Judd Trump	6
	14	Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)	6
		Steve Davis  (ENG)	1
						14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
						8	Judd Trump	6
	8	Judd Trump  (ENG)	6
		Dominic Dale  (WAL)	4
																8	Judd Trump	9
																4	Neil Robertson	7
	5	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	6
		Mark Davis  (ENG)	5
						5	Ding Junhui	6
						15	Matthew Stevens	5
	15	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	6
		Marcus Campbell  (SCO)	2
											5	Ding Junhui	2
											4	Neil Robertson	6
	10	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	6
		Matthew Selt  (ENG)	1
						10	Graeme Dott	3
						4	Neil Robertson	6
	4	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	6
		Tom Ford  (ENG)	1
																					8	Judd Trump	10
																					12	Mark Allen	8
	3	Mark Williams  (WAL)	6
		Joe Jogia  (ENG)	4
						3	Mark Williams	3
							Ricky Walden	6
	13	Stephen Lee  (ENG)	3
		Ricky Walden  (ENG)	6
												Ricky Walden	6
											6	Shaun Murphy	3
	16	Martin Gould  (ENG)	6
		Peter Lines  (ENG)	2
						16	Martin Gould	4
						6	Shaun Murphy	6
	6	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	6
		Li Yan  (CHN)	3
																	Ricky Walden	7
																12	Mark Allen	9
	7	Ali Carter  (ENG)	6
		Robert Milkins  (ENG)	4
						7	Ali Carter	2
						12	Mark Allen	6
	12	Mark Allen  (NIR)	6
		Adrian Gunnell  (ENG)	3
											12	Mark Allen	6
												Marco Fu	5
	11	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	4
		Marco Fu  (HKG)	6
							Marco Fu	6
						2	Mark Selby	3
	2	Mark Selby  (ENG)	6
		Ryan Day  (WAL)	0

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Barbican Centre, York, England, 11 December 2011. [17] [18]
Judd Trump (8)   England	10–8	Mark Allen (12)   Northern Ireland
Afternoon:92–4 (70), 23–58 (56), 0–149 (141), 48–69, 86–49 (52), 62–30, 75–33 (75), 73–31 (61) Evening:109–7 (109), 78–46 (78), 82–14 (74), 0–139 (139), 0–133 (129), 76–1 (76), 8–125 (125), 35–75, 32–95 (95), 91–0 (91)
109	Highest break	141
1	Century breaks	4
9	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 5 and 9 November 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

Preliminary round

Best of 11 frames

Daniel Wells  (WAL)	6–0	Kacper Filipiak  (POL)
Lucky Vatnani  (IND)	4–6	Robin Hull  (FIN)

Round 1–4

	Round 1 Best of 11 frames				Round 2 Best of 11 frames				Round 3 Best of 11 frames				Round 4 Best of 11 frames
	Adam Duffy  (ENG)	6			Alfie Burden  (ENG)	3			Rory McLeod  (ENG)	6			Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	2
	Dechawat Poomjaeng  (THA)	3			Adam Duffy	6			Adam Duffy	4			Rory McLeod	6
	Kurt Maflin  (NOR)	6			Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	6			Gerard Greene  (NIR)	6			Stephen Hendry  (SCO)	6
	David Hogan  (IRL)	4			Kurt Maflin	5			Jimmy Robertson	2			Gerard Greene	2
	Ian McCulloch  (ENG)	6			James Wattana  (THA)	5			Steve Davis  (ENG)	6			Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	2
	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	5			Ian McCulloch	6			Ian McCulloch	2			Steve Davis	6
	Bjorn Haneveer  (BEL)	4			Liu Chuang  (CHN)	0			Nigel Bond  (ENG)	6			Dominic Dale  (WAL)	6
	Tian Pengfei  (CHN)	6			Tian Pengfei	6			Tian Pengfei	4			Nigel Bond	2
	Michael White  (WAL)	6			Barry Pinches  (ENG)	4			Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	2			Mark Davis  (ENG)	6
	Daniel Wells  (WAL)	4			Michael White	6			Michael White	6			Michael White	2
	Andrew Pagett  (WAL)	5			Ben Woollaston  (ENG)	6			Michael Holt  (ENG)	3			Marcus Campbell  (SCO)	6
	Sam Craigie  (ENG)	6			Sam Craigie	5			Ben Woollaston	6			Ben Woollaston	3
	Matthew Couch  (ENG)	2			Liu Song  (CHN)	3			Matthew Selt  (ENG)	6			Mark King  (ENG)	4
	Cao Yupeng  (CHN)	6			Cao Yupeng	6			Cao Yupeng	3			Matthew Selt	6
	Paul Davison  (ENG)	2			Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	6			Mike Dunn  (ENG)	0			Tom Ford  (ENG)	6
	Adam Wicheard  (ENG)	6			Adam Wicheard	5			Xiao Guodong	6			Xiao Guodong	0
	Liam Highfield  (ENG)	3			Anthony McGill  (SCO)	6			Joe Jogia  (ENG)	6			Jamie Cope  (ENG)	3
	Sam Baird  (ENG)	6			Sam Baird	2			Anthony McGill	5			Joe Jogia	6
	Passakorn Suwannawat  (THA)	6			Jimmy White  (ENG)	6			Jamie Jones  (WAL)	6			Ricky Walden  (ENG)	6
	Joe Meara (NIR)	0			Passakorn Suwannawat	2			Jimmy White	5			Jamie Jones	2
	Yu Delu  (CHN)	1			Peter Lines  (ENG)	6			Alan McManus  (SCO)	4			Ken Doherty  (IRL)	5
	Robin Hull  (FIN)	6			Robin Hull	4			Peter Lines	6			Peter Lines	6
	Li Yan  (CHN)	6			Andy Hicks  (ENG)	5			Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	2			Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	2
	Stuart Carrington  (ENG)	4			Li Yan	6			Li Yan	6			Li Yan	6
	David Gilbert  (ENG)	6			Joe Swail  (NIR)	1			Robert Milkins  (ENG)	6			Peter Ebdon  (ENG)	3
	Aditya Mehta  (IND)	5			David Gilbert	6			David Gilbert	5			Robert Milkins	6
	David Morris  (IRL)	3			Adrian Gunnell  (ENG)	6			Dave Harold  (ENG)	3			Joe Perry  (ENG)	4
	David Grace  (ENG)	6			David Grace	4			Adrian Gunnell	6			Adrian Gunnell	6
	Rod Lawler  (ENG)	6			Mark Joyce  (ENG)	6			Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)	6			Marco Fu  (HKG)	6
	Simon Bedford  (ENG)	2			Rod Lawler	5			Mark Joyce	4			Anthony Hamilton	5
	Andrew Norman  (ENG)	6			Tony Drago  (MLT)	6			Jamie Burnett  (SCO)	6			Ryan Day  (WAL)	6
	Scott MacKenzie  (SCO)	5			Andrew Norman	3			Tony Drago	3			Jamie Burnett	0

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

^[22]

144, 134, 122 – Stephen Maguire 141, 139, 129, 125, 101 – Mark Allen 140, 136 – Matthew Stevens 133, 123, 101 – Martin Gould 133, 103 – Ding Junhui 131 – Marco Fu 128 – Stuart Bingham 127, 124 – Ricky Walden 123, 114 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 120, 109, 106, 106 – Judd Trump

118 – Dominic Dale 117 – Graeme Dott 111, 102 – Mark Selby 105, 101 – Neil Robertson 103 – Stephen Lee 102 – Matthew Selt 102 – Shaun Murphy 101 – Marcus Campbell 101 – John Higgins

Qualifying stage centuries

^[23]

139 – David Hogan 134, 100 – Sam Baird 130 – Jamie Jones 127 – Ian McCulloch 127 – Ryan Day 126 – Robin Hull 124 – Mark Joyce 123 – Fergal O'Brien 122 – Mark Davis 121 – Li Yan 118 – Ben Woollaston 117 – Adam Wicheard 117 – David Grace 111 – Lucky Vatnani 110 – Rory McLeod

110 – Robert Milkins 109 – Daniel Wells 109 – Jamie Cope 109 – Peter Lines 108 – Anthony McGill 108 – Ricky Walden 106 – Luca Brecel 106 – Jimmy Robertson 104 – Gerard Greene 103 – Aditya Mehta 103 – Jimmy White 102 – Sam Craigie 102 – David Gilbert 100 – Tian Pengfei

References

1. "williamhill.com To Sponsor UK". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
2. "UK Championship: Defending champ John Higgins bows out in York". Daily Record . Retrieved 20 September 2012.
3. Fazackerley, Karen. "UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title". BBC Sport . Retrieved 11 December 2011.
4. "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 6 November 2011.
5. "New Format For UK Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
6. "UK Snooker Championship: John Higgins unhappy with format". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
7. "UK Snooker Championship: Allen says Hearn should resign". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
8. "Mark Allen blasts Snooker chairman Barry Hearn over format changes". London: The Daily Telegraph. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
9. "UK Snooker Championship: Mark Allen faces charge over swearing". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
10. "Barry Hearn hits back at 'silly' Mark Allen's UK Championship criticism". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
11. "Allen stages 'silent protest' after Hearn jibe". Eurosport UK . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
12. "Barry Hearn & Mark Allen hold positive talks over differences". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
13. "Mark Allen fined £250 for press conference swearing". BBC Sport . Retrieved 31 March 2012.
14. "UK Championship draw". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 16 December 2011.
15. "UK Championship Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 16 December 2011.
16. "UK Snooker Championship final: Trump v Allen frame scores". BBC Sport. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
17. "williamhill.com UK Championship (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
18. "williamhill.com UK Championship: Final - Match 31: Judd Trump v Mark Allen". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
19. "UK Championship Qualifiers Draw and Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 12 October 2011.
20. "UK Championship Qualifiers Results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 7 November 2011.
21. "williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
22. "Century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
23. "Qualifying century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

External links

• Official website