2014 UK Championship explained

Tournament Name:2014 Coral UK Championship
Venue:Barbican Centre
Location:York
Country:England
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£740,000
Winners Share:£150,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:10–9
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 UK Championship (officially the 2014 Coral UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 7 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 5–6 against Graeme Dott in the last 16. This result led to Ding Junhui becoming the first Asian player to reach the world number one ranking.[3]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fifth UK Championship and his 27th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.[4] [5] Trump had trailed 4–9 at one point during the evening session but fought back with 5 consecutive frames to level at 9–9 before O’Sullivan won the deciding frame.

Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 109th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Matthew Selt. This was O'Sullivan's 13th official 147 break and also the fourth maximum break in the 2014/2015 season[6] and the third time in a row that a maximum was made in a UK Championship.

Judd Trump made his 300th career century during his last-64 match against Fraser Patrick.[7]

Starting in this year the Semi-finals were reduced from the best of 17 frames to the best of 11 frames. This meant that all rounds up to the Semi-finals were played using the best of 11 frames format. The final was still played over the best of 19 frames. This is the format that is still being used to the current day.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8] [9]

Main draw

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Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri.
Alexandra Palace, England, 7 December 2014.[14]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4)
10–9Judd Trump (11)
Afternoon: 54–44, 32–87 (50),,,,,,
Evening:,,,,,,,,,,
133Highest break127
1Century breaks2
650+ breaks6

Century breaks

[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calendar 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 25 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Neil Robertson captures snooker's triple crown. The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 2013. 9 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Gritty Dott Ends Robertson Reign. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 December 2014. 3 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Shamoon. Hafez. UK Championship final: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Judd Trump. BBC Sport. 7 December 2014. 7 December 2014.
  5. Web site: O'Sullivan Wins UK Classic . worldsnooker.com . . 7 December 2014 . 7 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214194446/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~4352524%2C00.html . 14 December 2014 .
  6. Web site: Rocket Flies To Magical Maximum . worldsnooker.com . . 4 December 2014 . 5 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141208111600/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~4346839%2C00.html . 8 December 2014 .
  7. Web site: UK Championship 2014: Murphy, Walden, Trump & Higgins through . Shamoon . Hafez . . 1 December 2014 . 8 December 2020.
  8. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season . worldsnooker.com . . PDF . 12 May 2014 . 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517140043/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a5/c1/0,,13165~180645,00.pdf . 17 May 2014 . dead .
  9. Web site: UK Championship - Turnierinfo: Sieger, Preisgeld & Distanzen . . de . 25 November 2014 . 25 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129122052/https://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/uk-championship-turnierinfo-sieger-preisgeld-distanzen-095307920--spt.html . 29 November 2014 .
  10. Web site: UK Championship 2014 draw & results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 7 December 2014. 8 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208111445/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/e913bc9f-d510-4123-a1bb-f4f275e47aed.pdf. 2014-12-08. dead.
  11. Web site: UK Championship 2014 Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 25 November 2014.
  12. Web site: UK Championship 2014 results. BBC Sport. 8 December 2014.
  13. Web site: Coral UK Championship (2014) . Snooker.org . 7 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141207165428/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=353 . 7 December 2014 .
  14. Web site: UK Championship: Final - Match 127: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208111431/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13780?matchId=372938. 2014-12-08. dead.
  15. Web site: UK Championship: century breaks. worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2014.

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