UK Championship 2017

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UK Championship 2017
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Barbican Center,
York , England
Opening: November 28, 2017
Endgame: December 10, 2017

Winner: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Finalist: EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy
Highest Break: 142 ( Michael White ) WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
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The Betway UK Championship 2017 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2017/18 season , which took place from November 28 to December 10, 2017 at the Barbican Center in York , Northern England .

The defending champion was world number one Mark Selby .

The winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who drew level with the record winner Steve Davis with his sixth tournament victory . He also won his 18th Triple Crown title , setting Stephen Hendry's record . O'Sullivan defeated fellow countryman Shaun Murphy 10-5 in the final.

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged compared to 2016. The prize of £ 170,000 was the second highest on the tour after the World Cup.

Prize money
winner £ 170,000
finalist £ 75,000
Semi-finalist £ 35,000
Quarter finalist £ 22,500
Round of 16 £ 15,000
Last 32 £ 10,000
Last 64 £ 5,000
Highest break £ 5,000
All in all £ 850,000

The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 15,000

Tournament schedule

128 professional players had registered for the tournament. So no amateurs came into play as substitutes as in previous years, but no pre-qualification was necessary, as in the tournaments earlier this season. The first round was held on the three days of November from Tuesday to Thursday. Friday was free and from Saturday the remaining 64 players continued to play. The television broadcast also began with round 2 on Saturday.

First round to round of 16

There were a few surprise winners in the first round. So the set at No. 2 was Ding Junhui with 6: 5 of Leo Fernandez beaten, who was set to place 127th Another surprise came from the 1992 UK Champion Jimmy White , who was placed in 118th place, beating Ali Carter , who was placed in 11th place, 6-2.

In the second round, last year's winner and reigning world champion Mark Selby was eliminated 3: 6 against Scott Donaldson, who was in 64th place .

The surprise of the third round was Graeme Dott's 6-2 victory over world number three Judd Trump , who had previously won his two matches 6-0. The three best in the world rankings had already been eliminated. In addition, Lü Haotian (ranked 104th) defeated Marco Fu, who was ranked 8th, 6: 4. In addition, 2015 winner Neil Robertson lost 5-6 to Mark Joyce . The Australian fell out of the top 16 of the world rankings for the first time in more than 10 years and can therefore not take part in the Masters .

In the round of 16 there was almost a surprise because Ronnie O'Sullivan (ranked 7th) was only able to prevail against Akani Songsermsawad (ranked 87), who dominated the game at times and took the lead several times.

Upper half 1

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
1 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th                  
128 EgyptEgypt Basem Eltahhan 4th  
1 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 3
  64 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 6th  
64 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 6th
 
65 EnglandEngland John Astley 2  
64 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 1
  32 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 6th  
32 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 6th      
 
97 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 1  
32 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 6th
  33 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 4th  
33 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 6th
 
96 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Zhe 1  
32 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 5
  17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th            
 
113 EnglandEngland Paul Davison 0  
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th
  49 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 2  
49 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 6th
 
80 EnglandEngland Sam Craigie 0  
16 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 5
  17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th  
17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th      
 
112 EnglandEngland Jamie Curtis-Barrett 0  
17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th
  48 ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3  
48 ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6th
 
81 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 5  

Upper half 2

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
41 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 6th                  
88 MalaysiaMalaysia Thor Chuan Leong 3  
41 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 6th
  24 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 4th  
24 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 6th
 
105 EnglandEngland Christopher Keogan 4th  
41 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 6th
  9 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5  
56 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 3      
 
73 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 6th  
73 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 2
  9 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th  
9 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
 
120 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 1  
41 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 6th
  104 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 4th
40 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 6th            
 
89 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 3  
40 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 3
  104 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 6th  
25th EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 1
 
104 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 6th  
104 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 6th
  8th Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 4th  
57 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 5      
 
72 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Xintong 6th  
72 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Xintong 4th
  8th Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th  
8th Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th
 
121 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 2  

Upper half 3

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th                  
124 PakistanPakistan Hamza Akbar 1  
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
  69 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 5  
60 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 4th
 
69 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 6th  
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
  37 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 3  
28 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 6th      
 
101 FinlandFinland Robin Hull 3  
28 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 5
  37 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 6th  
37 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 6th
 
92 MaltaMalta Alex Borg 1  
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
  21st EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 1
12 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th            
 
117 EnglandEngland Sean O'Sullivan 1  
12 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th
  53 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 4th  
53 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 6th
 
76 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ian Preece 2  
12 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 2
  21st EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th  
21st EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th      
 
108 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Duane Jones 1  
21st EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th
  44 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 5  
44 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 6th
 
85 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 3  

Upper half 4

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
45 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 6th                  
84 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Fang Xiongman 2  
45 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 4th
  20th EnglandEngland Mark King 6th  
20th EnglandEngland Mark King 6th
 
109 ThailandThailand Boonyarit Keattikun 0  
20th EnglandEngland Mark King 6th
  13 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 3  
52 EnglandEngland Sam Baird 5      
 
77 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 6th  
77 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 3
  13 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 6th  
13 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 6th
 
116 IranIran Soheil Vahedi 4th  
20th EnglandEngland Mark King 6th
  4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
36 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 6th            
 
93 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Yong 1  
36 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 6th
  29 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 1  
29 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 6th
 
100 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Yuan 2  
36 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 3
  4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th  
61 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei 5      
 
68 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng 6th  
68 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng 4th
  4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th  
4th ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th
 
125 ScotlandScotland Chris Totten 1  

Lower half 1

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th                  
126 AustraliaAustralia Matthew Bolton 0  
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  62 EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin 0  
62 EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin 6th
 
67 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 1  
3 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 2
  30th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th  
30th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th      
 
99 IrelandIreland Josh Boileau 2  
30th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th
  35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 5  
35 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 6th
 
94 EnglandEngland Adam Duffy 0  
30th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 2
  19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
14th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 6th            
 
115 EnglandEngland Sanderson Lam 1  
14th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 6th
  78 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 1  
51 EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 2
 
78 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 6th  
14th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 5
  19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th      
 
110 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yuan Sijun 1  
19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
  83 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones 0  
46 EnglandEngland David Grace 4th
 
83 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones 6th  

Lower half 2

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
43 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 6th                  
86 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Yuchen 4th  
43 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 3
  22nd EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th  
22nd EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th
 
107 EnglandEngland Billy Joe Castle 1  
22nd EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th
  54 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 3  
54 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 6th      
 
75 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 1  
54 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 6th
  118 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2  
11 EnglandEngland Allister Carter 2
 
118 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th  
22nd EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th
38 EnglandEngland Mark Davis 5            
 
91 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xu Si 6th  
91 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xu Si 2
  102 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 6th  
27 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 5
 
102 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 6th  
102 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 4th
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
59 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 6th      
 
70 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Mei Xiwen 3  
59 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 4th
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
 
123 GermanyGermany Lukas Kleckers 2  

Lower half 3

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th                  
A. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jackson Page a 3  
7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  71 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Michael Georgiou 1  
58 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 5
 
71 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Michael Georgiou 6th  
7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  26th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 1  
26th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 6th      
 
103 ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 5  
26th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 6th
  39 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 1  
39 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 6th
 
90 EnglandEngland Ian Burns 2  
7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  87 ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad 5
10 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 6th            
 
119 AustraliaAustralia Kurt Dunham 1  
10 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 6th
  74 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah 2  
55 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 3
 
74 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah 6th  
10 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 0
  87 ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad 6th  
23 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 6th      
 
106 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Niu Zhuang 5  
23 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 4th
  87 ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad 6th  
42 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th
 
87 ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad 6th  
aAccording to a regulation introduced shortly before, Jackson Page got the place of Rhys Clark , who had to cancel his participation, as the best-placed player in the Q-School rankings .

Lower half 4

  First round
best of 11 frames 		  Second round
best of 11 frames 		  Third round
best of 11 frames 		  Round of 16
best of 11 frames
                                     
47 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 6th                  
82 EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 3  
47 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 2
  18th EnglandEngland Martin Gould 6th  
18th EnglandEngland Martin Gould 6th
 
111 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 3  
18th EnglandEngland Martin Gould 6th
  50 IranIran Hossein Vafaei 4th  
50 IranIran Hossein Vafaei 6th      
 
79 ThailandThailand James Wattana 4th  
50 IranIran Hossein Vafaei 6th
  15th ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 5  
15th ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 6th
 
114 EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 2  
18th EnglandEngland Martin Gould 6th
  34 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 4th
34 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 6th            
 
95 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Chen Zifan 0  
34 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 6th
  31 EnglandEngland Tom Ford 1  
31 EnglandEngland Tom Ford 6th
 
98 ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 1  
34 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 6th
  63 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 3  
63 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 6th      
 
66 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 2  
63 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 6th
  127 IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez 0  
2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
 
127 IrelandIreland Leo Fernandez 6th  

A = amateur player (qualified via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

Quarter-finals to finals

After the early elimination of the four best-placed players (with John Higgins 5: 6 in the last sixteen against Mark King ), the higher-placed players were able to prevail until the final. Despite Ronnie O'Sullivan's slightly lower placement , he started as a clear favorite against Shaun Murphy . After Murphy was able to win the first frame with a high century break, the afternoon session ended 4: 4 despite a brief 2-frame lead O'Sullivans and reflected the excellent condition of both opponents. After the evening session started equally evenly, O'Sullivan increasingly managed to take advantage of his opponent's mistakes and won the last 5 frames from 5: 5 to win the trophy for the sixth time 24 years after his first UK Championship victory. Both players finished the game with a hole rate of over 90% and impressed at times with a brilliant safety game and holes even for very long balls.

  Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
                           
  17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th        
41 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 5  
17th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 3
  5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th  
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
20th EnglandEngland Mark King 1  
5 EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5
  7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th    
22nd EnglandEngland Joe Perry 3  
19th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4th
  7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
7th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
  18th EnglandEngland Martin Gould 3  
Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Paul Collier Barbican Center,  York , England , December 10, 2017 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
Shaun Murphy EnglandEngland 5: 10 EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Afternoon games: 124 : 0 (123), 39: 83 (62), 9: 108 (103), 76 : 62 (ROS 62), 18: 72 , 48: 57 , 70 : 27 (69), 60 : 57 ( 52, 52)
Evening games: 1: 75 (75), 84 : 32 (80), 0: 104 (104), 0: 84 (76), 18: 103 (103), 49: 86 (86), 0: 108 (59)
123 Highest break 104
1 Century breaks 3
4th 50+ breaks 10

Century breaks

99 century breaks were achieved.

WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 142, 103
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 138, 128, 122, 111, 110
EnglandEngland Joe Perry 137, 128, 114
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 137
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 135, 134, 127, 119, 104, 101, 100
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 135, 129, 123, 114, 104
EnglandEngland Martin Gould 135, 108, 101
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 134, 120, 108
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yan Bingtao 134, 103
EnglandEngland Mark King 134, 101
EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 132, 121, 117, 111, 107, 106, 105, 104, 103 (2 ×)
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 130, 112, 110
EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 130, 106, 101
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 130
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 129, 128, 126, 124, 118, 105, 102, 101
ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 129, 117
EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin 129
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 129, 128, 127, 117, 116
ThailandThailand Akani Songsermsawad 128
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 128
EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 124
EnglandEngland Martin O'Donnell 123
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 121, 107, 106
EnglandEngland Tom Ford 121
EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 120
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 118, 116
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 117
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xu Si 115
BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 114, 107
EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 113
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 110, 108, 105
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 110
IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 109
ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 109
EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 108, 101
NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 108
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 108
EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 105
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Niu Zhuang 103
EnglandEngland David Gilbert 102, 101
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark J. Williams 102
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 101
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Yuchen 101

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  1. ↑ a b Betway UK Championship 2017 Draw. (PDF; 418 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , November 6, 2017, accessed on November 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 11, 2017, accessed November 21, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Betway UK Championship 2017 - Provisional Format of Play. (PDF; 369 kB) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , November 6, 2017, accessed on November 21, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Betway UK Championship (2017). Snooker.org, accessed November 21, 2016 .
  5. ↑ BBC Sports Retrieved December 10, 2017