2009 UK Championship
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The 2009 UK Championship (officially the 2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 December 2009 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.
This was the first time that the UK Championship was sponsored by Pukka Pies. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion but he lost 3–9 to Ding Junhui in the Last 16. Ding won the tournament for his second UK title, beating John Higgins 10–8 in the final .
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
| 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: £500 Stage two highest break: £5,000Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000Total: £625,000 |
Main draw
Source:
* Dott withdrew due to illness.
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 13 December 2009. | ||
| Ding Junhui (13) China | 10–8 | John Higgins (2) Scotland |
| Afternoon: 93–11 (81), 43–75 (67), 101–27 (69), 32–77 (67), 78–4 (63), 51–62, 65–49, 0–96 (80) Evening: 58–22, 21–67, 78–12 (50), 12–99 (91), 5–68, 75–5 (74), 64–58, 62–49, 18–115 (115), 84–36 (75) | ||
| 81 | Highest break | 115 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 5 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 23 and 30 November 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
| 141, 136, 132, 115, 102, 101 – Mark Selby 141, 103 – Stephen Lee 137, 127, 119, 100 – Neil Robertson 134, 118, 116, 114, 110, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 114, 113 – Ding Junhui 130, 115, 112, 108 – Stephen Hendry 129, 127, 116, 115, 115, 110, 109 – John Higgins 125 – Ryan Day 124, 102 – Ali Carter | 124 – Liang Wenbo 121, 112, 104, 100 – Mark Allen 119, 101 – Shaun Murphy 114 – Peter Lines 108, 103 – Stephen Maguire 104 – Marco Fu 101 – Matthew Stevens 100 – Jamie Cope |
Qualifying stage centuries
| 143, 125, 110, 104 – Tom Ford 141 – Stuart Bingham 138, 101 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 135, 115 – Jimmy Robertson 134 – Brendan O'Donoghue 129, 110 – Stephen Lee 128 – David Gilbert 127, 108 – Simon Bedford 127, 103 – Liang Wenbo 122 – Mark Joyce 120 – Anthony Hamilton 114, 113, 105, 101, 100 – Peter Lines 113, 100 – Tony Drago | 111 – Lee Spick 111 – Robert Milkins 111 – Rod Lawler 108 – David Gray 107 – Matthew Stevens 106 – Matthew Couch 104, 102 – Rory McLeod 104, 100 – Craig Steadman 103 – Mark Davis 102 – Xiao Guodong 100 – David Morris 100 – Dominic Dale 100 – Andrew Higginson |