2009 UK Championship

2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	5–13 December 2009 (2009-12-05 – 2009-12-13)
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£625,000
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (141)  Stephen Lee (ENG) (141)
Final
Champion	Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up	John Higgins (SCO)
Score	10–8
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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.[1] 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 .[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[3]

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: £5,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000 Total: £625,000

Main draw

Source:[2]

	Last 32 Best of 17 frames					Last 16 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	9
		Gerard Greene (NIR)	5
						1	Shaun Murphy	3
						13	Ding Junhui	9
	13	Ding Junhui (CHN)	9
		Mike Dunn (ENG)	5
											13	Ding Junhui	9
											5	Ali Carter	8
	11	Mark Allen (NIR)	8
		Stephen Lee (ENG)	9
							Stephen Lee	5
						5	Ali Carter	9
	5	Ali Carter (ENG)	9
		Rory McLeod (ENG)	7
																13	Ding Junhui	9
																4	Stephen Maguire	5
	8	Marco Fu (HKG)	3
		Peter Lines (ENG)	9
							Peter Lines	9
						15	Mark Williams	8
	15	Mark Williams (WAL)	9*
		Graeme Dott (SCO)	2
												Peter Lines	5
											4	Stephen Maguire	9
	12	Joe Perry (ENG)	4
		Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9
							Stuart Bingham	3
						4	Stephen Maguire	9
	4	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	9
		Michael Holt (ENG)	6
																					13	Ding Junhui	10
																					2	John Higgins	8
	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9
		Matthew Stevens (WAL)	3
						3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
						14	Peter Ebdon	3
	14	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	9
		Judd Trump (ENG)	4
											3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
											7	Mark Selby	3
	10	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	9
		Steve Davis (ENG)	6
						10	Stephen Hendry	5
						7	Mark Selby	9
	7	Mark Selby (ENG)	9
		Jamie Cope (ENG)	8
																3	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8
																2	John Higgins	9
	6	Ryan Day (WAL)	3
		Liang Wenbo (CHN)	9
							Liang Wenbo	9
						16	Mark King	2
	16	Mark King (ENG)	9
		Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	2
												Liang Wenbo	2
											2	John Higgins	9
	9	Neil Robertson (AUS)	9
		Tom Ford (ENG)	3
						9	Neil Robertson	8
						2	John Higgins	9
	2	John Higgins (SCO)	9
		Ricky Walden (ENG)	7

* Dott withdrew due to illness.

[4][5]

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.[6][7]

	Round 1 Best of 17 frames				Round 2 Best of 17 frames				Round 3 Best of 17 frames				Round 4 Best of 17 frames
	Chris Norbury (ENG)	3			Rod Lawler (ENG)	7			Alan McManus (SCO)	6			Gerard Greene (NIR)	9
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	9			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	9			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	9			Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	5
	Lee Spick (ENG)	5			Andy Hicks (ENG)	9			Mike Dunn (ENG)	9			Joe Swail (NIR)	2
	Jordan Brown (NIR)	9			Jordan Brown	4			Andy Hicks	6			Mike Dunn	9
	Lee Page (ENG)	4			Robert Milkins (ENG)	9			Martin Gould (ENG)	5			Stephen Lee (ENG)	9
	James Wattana (THA)	9			James Wattana	5			Robert Milkins	9			Robert Milkins	7
	Matthew Selt (ENG)	9			David Roe (ENG)	4			Rory McLeod (ENG)	9			Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	7
	David Gray (ENG)	7			Matthew Selt	9			Matthew Selt	3			Rory McLeod	9
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	9			Peter Lines (ENG)	9			Ian McCulloch (ENG)	6			Nigel Bond (ENG)	6
	Zhang Anda (CHN)	5			Xiao Guodong	8			Peter Lines	9			Peter Lines	9
	Craig Steadman (ENG)	9			Barry Pinches (ENG)	7			Marcus Campbell (SCO)	8			Graeme Dott (SCO)	9
	Andrew Norman (ENG)	5			Craig Steadman	9			Craig Steadman	9			Craig Steadman	5
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	9			Jimmy White (ENG)	w/d			Jimmy Michie (ENG)	9			Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9
	Ian Preece (WAL)	4			Ben Woollaston	w/o			Ben Woollaston	7			Jimmy Michie	2
	Patrick Wallace (NIR)	9			John Parrott (ENG)	9			Dominic Dale (WAL)	9			Michael Holt (ENG)	9
	Mark Boyle (SCO)	0			Patrick Wallace	8			John Parrott	6			Dominic Dale	4
	Atthasit Mahitthi (THA)	9			Liu Song (CHN)	4			Adrian Gunnell (ENG)	9			Matthew Stevens (WAL)	9
	Mei Xiwen (CHN)	3			Atthasit Mahitthi	9			Atthasit Mahitthi	3			Adrian Gunnell	1
	Li Hang (CHN)	7			David Gilbert (ENG)	5			Mark Davis (ENG)	9			Judd Trump (ENG)	9
	Tony Drago (MLT)	9			Tony Drago	9			Tony Drago	7			Mark Davis	7
	Bjorn Haneveer (BEL)	4			Joe Delaney (IRL)	9			Michael Judge (IRL)	9			Steve Davis (ENG)	9
	Sam Baird (ENG)	9			Sam Baird	8			Joe Delaney	5			Michael Judge	7
	Matthew Couch (ENG)	9			Mark Joyce (ENG)	9			Ken Doherty (IRL)	9			Jamie Cope (ENG)	9
	Brendan O'Donoghue (IRL)	7			Matthew Couch	4			Mark Joyce	6			Ken Doherty	6
	Daniel Wells (WAL)	8			Jin Long (CHN)	6			Jamie Burnett (SCO)	8			Liang Wenbo (CHN)	9
	Michael White (WAL)	9			Michael White	9			Michael White	9			Michael White	4
	Stephen Rowlings (ENG)	8			Paul Davies (WAL)	6			Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	9			Dave Harold (ENG)	5
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	9			Jimmy Robertson	9			Jimmy Robertson	4			Anthony Hamilton	9
	Noppadol Sangnil (THA)	8			Tom Ford (ENG)	9			Stuart Pettman (ENG)	5			Barry Hawkins (ENG)	5
	David Hogan (IRL)	9			David Hogan	7			Tom Ford	9			Tom Ford	9
	Simon Bedford (ENG)	9			David Morris (IRL)	3			Andrew Higginson (ENG)	9			Ricky Walden (ENG)	9
	Joe Jogia (ENG)	0			Simon Bedford	9			Simon Bedford	6			Andrew Higginson	6

Century breaks

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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

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