The 2010 UK Championship (officially the 2010 12BET.com UK Championship) 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.
John Higgins won the title after defeating Mark Williams in the final frame of the final to clinch his third UK title. 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.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £46,000 Semi-finals: £23,250 Quarter-finals: £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 Total: £625,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore.Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 12 December 2010. John Higgins (4)10–9 Mark Williams (5)Afternoon: 0–88 (83), 78–1, , , , , , Evening: 3–55, 90–0 (90), , , , , , , , , 105 Highest break 851 Century breaks 0 7 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 23 November and 1 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.
Century breaks Televised stage centuries
143, 109, 103, 100 Mark Joyce 142, 106 Stuart Bingham 142 Jamie Cope 141, 130, 114, 113, 100 Mark Allen 138, 100 Marco Fu 137, 137, 135, 134, 127, 122, 106 Stephen Maguire 137, 137 Stephen Lee 137, 136, 126, 125, 120, 113, 105 Neil Robertson 135, 131, 103, 101 Ding Junhui 135 Judd Trump 131, 129, 107, 101, 100 Shaun Murphy 131 Patrick Wallace
126 Tom Ford 125 Mark Davis 120, 104 Ken Doherty 115 Jimmy White 113 Peter Ebdon 110, 107 Andrew Higginson 109 Mark Selby 105, 105, 100, 100 John Higgins 104 Stephen Hendry 103 Matthew Stevens 100 Graeme Dott
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