2012 UK Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 1–9 December 2012 |
| 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]
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion. Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012.[15][17] | ||
| Shaun Murphy (4) England
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6–10 | Mark Selby (2) England
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| 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]
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Handy Andy Makes UK Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Kalb, Rolf. "UK Championship – Auch Lisowski gelingt ein Maximum-Break" (in German). Eurosport DE. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ a b "John Higgins racks up maximum break at UK Championship". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Higgins Fires UK Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ Fazackerley, Karen. "UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Carroll, Steve. "Defending champion Judd Trump crashes out of williamhill.com UK Championship". The Press. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Trump dumped out of UK Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Selby secures York spoils". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Hafez, Shamoon. "UK Snooker Championship 2012: Mark Selby beats Mark Davis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "UK Championship 2012 draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b "williamhill.com UK Championship (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship scores and schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "Final – Match 31 – Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "UK Championship 2012 qualifiers draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "UK Championship centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "UK Championship qualifiers centuries". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.