The 2007 UK Championship (officially the 2007 Maplin UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.
Peter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8–9 to Ian McCulloch in the Last 32.
In the final frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, Mark Selby won the longest ever televised frame of snooker, which lasted 77 minutes. This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.
Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4–1. This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashed Ken Doherty 10–1 six years earlier.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £46,000 Semi-final: £23,250 Quarter-finalist: £15,800 Last 16: £11,750 Last 32: £8,000 Last 48: £4,500 Last 64: £2,200
Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £5000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000 Total: £590,400
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 16 December 2007. Stephen Maguire (10) 2–10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) Afternoon: 4–120 (54, 66), , , , , , , Evening: 103–0 (99), , , 99 Highest break 126 0 Century breaks 1 2 50+ breaks 9
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
147, 137, 126, 119, 117, 112 Ronnie O'Sullivan 144, 135, Shaun Murphy 143, 112, 100 Ding Junhui 139, 132, 111, 102 Marco Fu 139 Ali Carter 137, 133, 105 Jamie Cope 137 Ryan Day 131 Nigel Bond 130, 122, 120, 108, 106, 105, 101 Stephen Maguire
130, 120, 101, 100 Mark Selby 123, 120 Ian McCulloch 120 Graeme Dott 116 Michael Holt 115, 103 Mark Allen 111 Neil Robertson 106 Barry Hawkins 104 Stephen Hendry 100 John Higgins
Qualifying stage centuries
146 Mark Allen 141 Dominic Dale 139, 134 Tian Pengfei 138 Ben Woollaston 138 Rory McLeod 137, 133, 121 David Gray 135 Michael White 134, 100, 100 Tom Ford 133, 110, 104, 103, 100 Barry Pinches 133 Matthew Stevens 132, 120 Joe Delaney 129, 127 Fergal O'Brien 129 Kurt Maflin 128, 116, 115 Ricky Walden 123 James McBain 122 Dave Harold 119 Jamie O'Neill 116 Robert Milkins 115 Stuart Bingham
115 Mark Joyce 114 Alex Davies 114 Alan McManus 112, 103 Shailesh Jogia 112 John Parrott 112 Mark Davis 111 Andy Hicks 110 Andrew Higginson 109, 107 Mark King 109, 106 Liu Song 109 Liang Wenbo 107, 107, 100 Jamie Burnett 106 Jimmy White 105 Jimmy Michie 102 Adrian Gunnell 102 Lee Spick 101 Paul Davies 100 David Roe 100 Jamie Cope
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