2010 UK Championship explained

Tournament Name:2010 12BET.com UK Championship
Venue:Telford International Centre
Location:Telford
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£625,000
Winners Share:£100,000
Highest Break: (143)
Score:10–9
Previous:2009
Next:2011

The 2010 UK Championship (officially the 2010 12BET.com UK Championship)[1] was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–12 December 2010 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 8–9 against Mark Allen in the last 16.[2]

John Higgins won the title after defeating Mark Williams in the final frame of the final to clinch his third UK title.[3] [4] Higgins had trailed 5–9 and required a snooker in the seventeenth frame to remain in the match. With this win he regained the number one position in the rankings.[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6] [7]

Main draw

[8] [9] [10]

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.
Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 12 December 2010.
John Higgins (4)
10–9Mark Williams (5)
Afternoon: 0–88 (83), 78–1,,,,,,
Evening: 3–55, 90–0 (90),,,,,,,,,
105Highest break85
1Century breaks0
750+ breaks6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 23 November and 1 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[11] [12] [13]

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12BET.com To Sponsor Snooker’s UK Championship . . 1 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125507/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2208172%2C00.html . 3 June 2012 .
  2. Web site: Higgins Battles into Quarters . . 9 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101230224614/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2241970%2C00.html . 30 December 2010 .
  3. Web site: Hirschowitz . Ivan . Higgins – My Finest Hour . worldsnooker.com . . 13 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101217091612/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2243824%2C00.html . 17 December 2010 .
  4. Web site: John Higgins beats Mark Williams to win UK title . 12 December 2010. BBC Sport. 13 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213045324/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/9279924.stm. 13 December 2010 . live.
  5. Web site: John Higgins proud of UK Championship comeback win . 22 December 2010. BBC Sport. 13 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101214052104/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/9282545.stm. 14 December 2010 . live.
  6. Web site: Prize Money . . 26 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222055452/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/12BETcomUKChampionshipArticle/0%2C%2C13165~2233124%2C00.html . 22 December 2010 .
  7. Web site: Prize Money. Global Snooker. 29 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101226231149/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-uk-championship-2010-main.asp. 26 December 2010 . live.
  8. Web site: Main Event (Draw) . . 14 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222182906/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/Drawspage/0%2C%2C13165~2234246%2C00.html . 22 December 2010 .
  9. Web site: 12BET.com UK Championship. Snooker.org. 23 November 2010.
  10. Web site: 12Bet.com UK Championship 2010 . Global Snooker . 4 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227132415/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-uk-championship-2010-final-stage-results.asp . 27 December 2010 . dead .
  11. Web site: UK Championship Qualifiers Drawsheet . . 14 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019065843/http://www.worldsnooker.com/uk_champs10_qual.htm?tid=171 . 19 October 2010 . dead .
  12. Web site: 12BET.com UK Championship Qualifiers. Snooker.org. 23 November 2010.
  13. Web site: UK Championship 2010 – Qualifying. Global Snooker. 23 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101227123507/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-uk-championship-2010-qualifying-results.asp. 27 December 2010. dead.
  14. Web site: UK Championship 2010 – Highest Breaks. Global Snooker. 6 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101227132342/http://www.global-snooker.com/professional-tournaments-uk-championship-2010-highest-breaks.asp. 27 December 2010 . live.
  15. Web site: UK Championship 2010 – Century Breaks . worldsnooker.com . . 18 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606144432/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/51/65/0%2C%2C13165~157009%2C00.pdf . 6 June 2012 .

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