The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.
Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £125,000 Runner-up: £50,000 Semi-final: £25,000 Quarter-final: £17,000 Last 16: £11,000 Last 32: £7,500 Last 48: £5,500 Last 64: £2,000
Non-televised highest break: £500 Televised highest break: £3,500 Non-televised maximum break: £2,500 Televised maximum break: £10,000 Total: £637,500
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Leo Scullion.Barbican Centre, York, England, 9 December 2012. Shaun Murphy (4) 6–10 Mark Selby (2) Afternoon: 64–11, , , , , , Evening: 1–77, , , , , , , , 98 Highest break 98 0 Century breaks 0 3 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
147, 116 John Higgins 134, 101 Ali Carter 131, 121 Marco Fu 131, 104, 102 Stephen Maguire 130, 122, 105 Shaun Murphy 129, 127, 112, 105, 100 Neil Robertson 121, 106, 105, 103, 101 Mark Selby 120 Stuart Bingham
106, 103, 101 Mark Davis 106 Ding Junhui 105 Mark Williams 104 Judd Trump 103 Mark King 102 Liang Wenbo 101 Barry Hawkins 100 Ryan Day
Qualifying stage centuries
147, 131, 104, 100 Jack Lisowski 147 Andy Hicks 141, 136 Steve Davis 140, 103 Ben Woollaston 138 Mark Joyce 136, 119, 110, 110, 103 Luca Brecel 135, 102 Rod Lawler 133 Tom Ford 132, 123, 105 Marco Fu 130 Dave Harold 129 Yu Delu 128 Liam Highfield 127, 124, 118 David Gilbert
120, 104 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 120 Ryan Day 115, 111 Sam Baird 113, 105 Liang Wenbo 113 Kurt Maflin 111 Marcus Campbell 104 Mark King 103, 102 Pankaj Advani 102, 101 Daniel Wells 102 Xiao Guodong 101 Jamie O'Neill 101 Joe Perry
References
External links UKC2012 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Photobucket