2006 UK Championship (snooker)
The 2006 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the 30th edition of the event and was part of the 2006/2007 season.
Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–6 against Stephen Hendry, becoming the ninth man in history to win both the world championship and UK Championship in his career, and the first man to beat Hendry in the final of both tournaments. This was also the last of Hendry's record ten UK Championship finals and the last major ranking final of his career.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[1]
- Winner: £77,000
- Runner-up: £37,000
- Semi-final: £20,300
- Quarter-final: £15,800
- Last 16: £11,750
- Last 32: £8,000
- Last 48: £4,500
- Last 64: £2,200
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- Stage one highest break: £500
- Stage two highest break: £5000
- Stage one maximum break: £1,000
- Stage two maximum break: £25,000
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Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames
Barbican Centre, York, England, 17 December 2006.[3][4] |
Peter Ebdon (8)
 England |
10–6 |
Stephen Hendry (3)
 Scotland |
Afternoon: 0–89 (51), 59–47, 38–59 (59), 48–60, 66–22 (60), 83–0 (83), 135–0 (135), 49–77 (52)
Evening: 68–34, 79–33, 52–7, 72–35 (64), 51–59, 1–116 (116), 75–5, 70–1 (70) |
| 135 |
Highest break |
116 |
| 1 |
Century breaks |
1 |
| 5 |
50+ breaks |
4 |
Qualifying
The qualifying took place between 14 and 19 November at Pontin's, Prestatyn.[4]
Century breaks
[4]
Qualifying stage centuries
- 137, 127, 111, 104, 103 Judd Trump
- 136 Mohammed Shehab
- 136, 131 Peter Lines
- 130 Sean Storey
- 128, 107 Liang Wenbo
- 128 Passakorn Suwannawat
- 127 Joe Jogia
- 126 Marcus Campbell
- 122, 106 Liu Song
- 120 Drew Henry
- 117, 110 Adrian Gunnell
- 117 Mark Davis
- 116, 114, 103 Jamie Burnett
- 116, 112 Ian Preece
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Televised stage centuries
- 146 David Gray
- 146 Mark King
- 135, 132, 125, 124, 124, 121, 110, 104 Peter Ebdon
- 133, 117, 116, 111, 103, 102 Stephen Hendry
- 133, 114 Matthew Stevens
- 131 Barry Pinches
- 130, 101 Ryan Day
- 128, 125, 125, 100 Joe Perry
- 128, 121, 108, 106, 102 John Higgins
- 127, 110, 104 Mark Selby
- 125, 110, 108, 107, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 120, 104 Robin Hull
- 120 Marcus Campbell
- 119, 111, 111, 110, 100 Ding Junhui
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- 116 Gerard Greene
- 115, 115, 111, 105, 102 Dave Harold
- 114, 103 Stuart Bingham
- 113, 112, 107, 100 Graeme Dott
- 113, 105 Stephen Lee
- 113 Joe Swail
- 112, 102 Ricky Walden
- 110, 104 Jamie Burnett
- 109 Robert Milkins
- 109 Scott MacKenzie
- 107 Stephen Maguire
- 105 Rod Lawler
- 102, 100, 100 Ken Doherty
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Notes
- ↑ Ronnie O'Sullivan forfeited his quarterfinal match against Stephen Hendry by walking out when Hendry was ahead 4–1. The match was handed to Hendry as a 9–1 victory as a result of O'Sullivan's default.
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