2012 UK Championship

2012 williamhill.com UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	1–9 December 2012 (2012-12-01 – 2012-12-09)
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£637,500
Winner's share	£125,000
Highest break	John Higgins  (SCO) (147)   Jack Lisowski  (ENG) (147)   Andy Hicks  (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby  (ENG)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)
Score	10–6
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The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season. ^[1]

For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. ^[2] Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. ^[3] John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. ^[4] It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven. ^[5]

Judd Trump was the defending champion, ^[6] but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32. ^{[7] [8]}

Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. ^[9] This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump. ^{[10] [11]}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^[12]

Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £25,000 Quarter-final: £17,000 Last 16: £11,000 Last 32: £7,500 Last 48: £5,500 Last 64: £2,000

Non-televised highest break: £500 Televised highest break: £3,500 Non-televised maximum break: £2,500 [2] Televised maximum break: £10,000 [4] Total: £637,500

Main draw

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	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	Judd Trump  (ENG)	5
		Mark Joyce  (ENG)	6
							Mark Joyce	2
						14	Ali Carter	6
	14	Ali Carter  (ENG)	6
		Steve Davis  (ENG)	2
											14	Ali Carter	6
											9	Stuart Bingham	4
	9	Stuart Bingham  (ENG)	6
		Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	2
						9	Stuart Bingham	6
						7	Stephen Maguire	4
	7	Stephen Maguire  (SCO)	6
		Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	2
																14	Ali Carter	8
																4	Shaun Murphy	9
	6	Mark Williams  (WAL)	3
		Mark King  (ENG)	6
							Mark King	4
							Luca Brecel	6
	11	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	5
		Luca Brecel  (BEL)	6
												Luca Brecel	5
											4	Shaun Murphy	6
	12	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	6
		Martin Gould  (ENG)	5
						12	Graeme Dott	2
						4	Shaun Murphy	6
	4	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	6
		Robert Milkins  (ENG)	3
																					4	Shaun Murphy	6
																					2	Mark Selby	10
	3	John Higgins  (SCO)	6
		Michael Holt  (ENG)	3
						3	John Higgins	5
						16	Mark Davis	6
	16	Mark Davis  (ENG)	6
		Cao Yupeng  (CHN)	1
											16	Mark Davis	6
											13	Matthew Stevens	4
	13	Matthew Stevens  (WAL)	6
		Dominic Dale  (WAL)	1
						13	Matthew Stevens	6
							Marco Fu	4
	8	Mark Allen  (NIR)	3
		Marco Fu  (HKG)	6
																16	Mark Davis	4
																2	Mark Selby	9
	5	Neil Robertson  (AUS)	6
		Tom Ford  (ENG)	1
						5	Neil Robertson	6
						15	Barry Hawkins	2
	15	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	6
		Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	4
											5	Neil Robertson	4
											2	Mark Selby	6
	10	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	4
		Ryan Day  (WAL)	6
							Ryan Day	4
						2	Mark Selby	6
	2	Mark Selby  (ENG)	6
		Michael White  (WAL)	3

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012. [15] [17]
Shaun Murphy (4)   England	6–10	Mark Selby (2)   England
Afternoon:64–11, 49–58 (54), 0–82 (66), 83–0 (83), 98–35 (98), 67–39, 0–81 (70) Evening: 1–77, 72–67 (Murphy 65, Selby 58), 38–70, 53–63, 78–8, 34–79 (51), 0–107 (98), 31–64, 37–69
98	Highest break	98
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. ^{[18] [19] [20]}

	Round 1 Best of 11 frames				Round 2 Best of 11 frames				Round 3 Best of 11 frames				Round 4 Best of 11 frames
	David Grace  (ENG)	4			Andy Hicks  (ENG)	6			Mark Joyce  (ENG)	6			Jamie Cope  (ENG)	4
	Daniel Wells  (WAL)	6			Daniel Wells	2			Andy Hicks	4			Mark Joyce	6
	Pankaj Advani  (IND)	6			Jimmy White  (ENG)	5			Steve Davis  (ENG)	6			Jamie Burnett  (SCO)	2
	Sam Baird  (ENG)	2			Pankaj Advani	6			Pankaj Advani	5			Steve Davis	6
	Chen Zhe  (CHN)	6			Aditya Mehta  (IND)	4			Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	6			Joe Perry  (ENG)	4
	Sean O'Sullivan  (ENG)	1			Chen Zhe	6			Chen Zhe	2			Jack Lisowski	6
	Tian Pengfei  (CHN)	6			Alan McManus  (SCO)	2			David Gilbert  (ENG)	6			Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	6
	Joel Walker  (ENG)	4			Tian Pengfei	6			Tian Pengfei	3			David Gilbert	2
	Li Yan  (CHN)	4			Adam Duffy  (ENG)	6			Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	6			Mark King  (ENG)	6
	Fraser Patrick  (SCO)	6			Fraser Patrick	2			Adam Duffy	4			Xiao Guodong	0
	Luca Brecel  (BEL)	6			Peter Lines  (ENG)	4			Liu Chuang  (CHN)	3			Peter Ebdon  (ENG)	1
	Scott Donaldson  (SCO)	5			Luca Brecel	6			Luca Brecel	6			Luca Brecel	6
	Robbie Williams  (ENG)	2			James Wattana  (THA)	6			Ben Woollaston  (ENG)	6			Martin Gould  (ENG)	6
	Jamie O'Neill  (ENG)	6			Jamie O'Neill	4			James Wattana	5			Ben Woollaston	3
	Michael Wasley  (ENG)	w/o			Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	6			Rory McLeod  (ENG)	6			Robert Milkins  (ENG)	6
	Hossein Vafaei  (IRI)	w/d			Michael Wasley	5			Jimmy Robertson	3			Rory McLeod	5
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)	6			Barry Pinches  (ENG)	1			Jamie Jones  (WAL)	3			Michael Holt  (ENG)	6
	Passakorn Suwannawat  (THA)	5			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	6			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	6			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	1
	Liam Highfield  (ENG)	6			Cao Yupeng  (CHN)	6			Dave Harold  (ENG)	4			Marcus Campbell  (SCO)	4
	Ben Judge  (AUS)	1			Liam Highfield	3			Cao Yupeng	6			Cao Yupeng	6
	Ian Burns  (ENG)	6			Kurt Maflin  (NOR)	3			Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)	2			Dominic Dale  (WAL)	6
	Michael Leslie  (SCO)	1			Ian Burns	6			Ian Burns	6			Ian Burns	2
	Dechawat Poomjaeng  (THA)	6			Rod Lawler  (ENG)	6			Gerard Greene  (NIR)	4			Marco Fu  (HKG)	6
	Simon Bedford  (ENG)	3			Dechawat Poomjaeng	5			Rod Lawler	6			Rod Lawler	2
	Paul Davison  (ENG)	6			Yu Delu  (CHN)	6			Nigel Bond  (ENG)	5			Tom Ford  (ENG)	6
	Gareth Allen  (WAL)	2			Paul Davison	4			Yu Delu	6			Yu Delu	1
	Zhang Anda  (CHN)	w/o			Anthony McGill  (SCO)	6			Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	6			Andrew Higginson  (ENG)	0
	Duane Jones  (WAL)	w/d			Zhang Anda	2			Anthony McGill	5			Liang Wenbo	6
	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  (THA)	6			Alfie Burden  (ENG)	5			Matthew Selt  (ENG)	6			Ryan Day  (WAL)	6
	Martin O'Donnell  (ENG)	5			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	6			Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon	4			Matthew Selt	3
	Tony Drago  (MLT)	3			Mike Dunn  (ENG)	4			Michael White  (WAL)	6			Ken Doherty  (IRL)	3
	Craig Steadman  (ENG)	6			Craig Steadman	6			Craig Steadman	3			Michael White	6

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

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147, 116 – John Higgins 134, 101 – Ali Carter 131, 121 – Marco Fu 131, 104, 102 – Stephen Maguire 130, 122, 105 – Shaun Murphy 129, 127, 112, 105, 100 – Neil Robertson 121, 106, 105, 103, 101 – Mark Selby 120 – Stuart Bingham

106, 103, 101 – Mark Davis 106 – Ding Junhui 105 – Mark Williams 104 – Judd Trump 103 – Mark King 102 – Liang Wenbo 101 – Barry Hawkins 100 – Ryan Day

Qualifying stage centuries

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147, 131, 104, 100 – Jack Lisowski 147 – Andy Hicks 141, 136 – Steve Davis 140, 103 – Ben Woollaston 138 – Mark Joyce 136, 119, 110, 110, 103 – Luca Brecel 135, 102 – Rod Lawler 133 – Tom Ford 132, 123, 105 – Marco Fu 130 – Dave Harold 129 – Yu Delu 128 – Liam Highfield 127, 124, 118 – David Gilbert

120, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 120 – Ryan Day 115, 111 – Sam Baird 113, 105 – Liang Wenbo 113 – Kurt Maflin 111 – Marcus Campbell 104 – Mark King 103, 102 – Pankaj Advani 102, 101 – Daniel Wells 102 – Xiao Guodong 101 – Jamie O'Neill 101 – Joe Perry

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External links

• UKC2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket
• John Higgins 147 Maximum vs Mark Davis – 2012 UK Championship (BBC HD) on YouTube