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Dates | 23 November – 6 December 2020 |
Venue | Marshall Arena |
City | Milton Keynes |
Country | England |
Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | £1,009,000 |
Winner's share | £200,000 |
Highest break | ![]() ![]() (147) |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 10–9 |
← 2019 2021 → |
The 2020 UK Championship (officially the 2020 Betway UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 23 November to 6 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena, in Milton Keynes, England. The event was the first Triple Crown and fifth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. The tournament was played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions. The event was broadcast by the BBC and Eurosport and featured a prize fund of £1,009,000 with the winner receiving £200,000.
The defending champion was Ding Junhui, who defeated Stephen Maguire 10–6 in the 2019 final. However, Ding lost 5–6 to David Grace in the second round.
Both Kyren Wilson and Stuart Bingham made maximum breaks in the first round of the event. [1] [2] On 28 November, Trump became the fourth player to make 750 career centuries, during his last-64 match against Dominic Dale. [3] Later in the tournament, on 4 December, Robertson also completed his 750th century break in his quarter-final defeat of Mark Selby. [4]
Neil Robertson won the title beating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final. At 9–9 Trump missed a simple final pink when only needing the pink and black to win the title, Robertson then potted the pink to win his third UK Championship.
The 2020 UK Championship took place between 23 November and 6 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. [5] It was the fifth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season, and the first of three Triple Crown events. [5] There were 128 players from the World Snooker Tour taking part in the championship. All matches until the final were played over a maximum of 11 frames , with the final played as a best-of-19-frames match, held over two sessions. [5] The first round of the competition started on 23 November, with players seeded according to their world rankings. [5]
The defending champion was Ding Junhui, who defeated Stephen Maguire 10–6 in the 2019 final to win his third UK title. [6] As defending champion, Ding was seeded first, with world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded second. [5]
The total prize fund for the event was £1,009,000 with the winner receiving £200,000. [7] The breakdown of prize money is shown below: [5] [7]
The results of the event are shown below. The winners of each match are indicated in bold. [8]
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Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 6 December 2020. | ||
Neil Robertson (4)![]() | 10–9 | Judd Trump (3)![]() |
Afternoon:55–31, 36–78, 74–4, 14–84, 103–8 (103), 0–89, 110–22 (110), 0–128 (128) Evening: 60–71, 129–9, 12–75, 65–28, 78–37, 59–83, 15–63, 115–0 (115), 0–95, 72–48, 53–43 | ||
115 | Highest break | 128 |
3 | Century breaks | 1 |
A total of 136 century breaks were made by 60 players during the tournament. [9] Neil Robertson scored 13 total centuries, setting a record for the UK Championship – the previous record of 12 centuries was shared by Stephen Hendry (1994) and Ronnie O'Sullivan (2003). [10]
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