2004 UK Championship
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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 first break exceeding 147 in professional competition. It was also the second 16-red clearance in a professional tournament.
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:
| 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
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 28 November 2004. | ||
| 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.
Century breaks
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 | 117 – Alan McManus 114, 102 – Joe Perry 114 – John Higgins 113, 104 – Stephen Lee 112, 100 – Barry Hawkins 107 – Ali Carter 105 – Jimmy Michie 101 – John Parrott 101 – Graeme Dott |
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 | 120 – Simon Bedford 120 – Gerard Greene 120 – Joe Jogia 119 – Steve James 117 – Alfie Burden 115, 100 – Paul Davies 113 – Shokat Ali 111 – Leo Fernandez 109, 104 – Michael Judge 108 – Anthony Davies 106 – Stephen Maguire 102 – Fergal O'Brien 101 – Dominic Dale 101 – Adam Davies 101 – Barry Pinches 100 – Nick Dyson |