2012 UK Championship (snooker)
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]
- Winner: £125,000
- Runner-up: £50,000
- Semi-final: £25,000
- Quarter-final: £17,000
- Last 16: £11,000
- Last 32: £7,500
- Last 48: £5,500
- Last 64: £2,000
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- Non-televised highest break: £500
- Televised highest break: £3,500
- Non-televised maximum break: £2,500[2]
- Televised maximum break: £10,000[4]
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Main draw
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Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.
Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012.[15][17] |
Shaun Murphy (4)
 England |
6–10 |
Mark Selby (2)
England |
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
Qualifying stage centuries
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- 147, 131, 104, 100 Jack Lisowski
- 147 Andy Hicks
- 141, 136 Steve Davis
- 140, 103 Ben Woollaston
- 138 Mark Joyce
- 136, 119, 110, 110, 103 Luca Brecel
- 135, 102 Rod Lawler
- 133 Tom Ford
- 132, 123, 105 Marco Fu
- 130 Dave Harold
- 129 Yu Delu
- 128 Liam Highfield
- 127, 124, 118 David Gilbert
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Televised stage centuries
[22]
- 147, 116 John Higgins
- 134, 101 Ali Carter
- 131, 121 Marco Fu
- 131, 104, 102 Stephen Maguire
- 130, 122, 105 Shaun Murphy
- 129, 127, 112, 105, 100 Neil Robertson
- 121, 106, 105, 103, 101 Mark Selby
- 120 Stuart Bingham
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References
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