2004 UK Championship
Snooker tournament
The 2004 UK Championship (officially the 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 28 November 2004 at the Barbican Centre in York , England .
During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the only break exceeding 147 in professional competition.[ 1]
Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost his first round match to Barry Pinches .
Stephen Maguire won his first UK Championship, beating David Gray 10–1 in the final. During the tournament Gray compiled his first maximum break , the 50th ever made in professional play.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Matthew Stevens was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings .
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[ 2]
Winner: £ 70,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £17,500
Quarter-final: £14,000
Last 16: £10,500
Last 32: £7,200
Last 48: £4,125
Last 64: £2,000
Stage two highest break: £6,000
Stage two maximum break: £25,000
Main draw
[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded .Barbican Centre , York , England , 28 November 2004.[ 4] [ 5]
David Gray (14) England
1–10
Stephen Maguire (24) Scotland
Afternoon: 49–81 , 84 –10, 42–71 , 41–86 (85) , 21–83 , 7–67 , 14–84 (57) , 1–115 (110) Evening: 0–131 (131), 16–80 (80) , 0–122 (122)
<50
Highest break
131
0
Century breaks
3
0
50+ breaks
6
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn , Wales .[ 5]
Century breaks
[ 5]
Televised stage centuries
147 , 139, 118, 105 – David Gray
141, 131, 122, 118, 110, 106, 104, 102, 100 – Stephen Maguire
141 – Stephen Hendry
140, 116 – Ricky Walden
136, 136, 111 – Peter Ebdon
130, 128 – Mark King
130, 107 – Ryan Day
128 – Chris Small
120 – Robert Milkins
118, 113, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
Qualifying stage centuries
148 , 115, 113, 104, 103 – Jamie Burnett
143, 133 – Shaun Murphy
134, 132, 106 – Robin Hull
133, 101 – Andy Hicks
132, 130, 101 – David McDonnell
132, 108 – Rory McLeod
131, 118 – James Wattana
131 – Gary Wilson
130, 121, 101 – Stuart Bingham
129, 124, 14, 102 – Ding Junhui
129 – Nigel Bond
128, 125, 112 – Ricky Walden
126 – Bjorn Haneveer
126 – Ryan Day
124, 113 – John Parrott
121, 116, 111, 109 – Neil Robertson
Notes
^ White retired at 0–7 due to illness
References
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