UK Championship 2004
UK Championship 2004
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 96 |
| Venue: | Barbican Center , York |
| Opening: | November 15, 2004 |
| Endgame: | November 28, 2004
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| Winner: |
 Stephen Maguire
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| Finalist: |
 David Gray
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( David Gray )
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The 2004 UK Championship was a snooker tournament that was held from November 15-28 , 2004 at the Barbican Center in York . Immediately after losing in the British Open final, Stephen Maguire reached the final again. This time he won clearly against the Englishman David Gray with 10: 1.
For David Gray it was not only his first big final - at the Scottish Open he was twice in the final - he also managed the first maximum break of his career in the round of 32 . It was also the 50th official 147 break in snooker history. Strangely enough, it wasn't the highest break of the tournament: Jamie Burnett got 148 points in the second qualifying round thanks to a free ball, the highest break score ever officially achieved in professional snooker. But since there was no television broadcast, the Scot didn't even get a bonus.
Prize money
The prize money again saw a significant cut of £ 90,000 , which fell below the level of 2000. It was only thanks to the bonus bonus for the Maximum Break that the sum remained above £ half a million. The winner's bonus fell to the mid-1990s level of around £ 14,500. The bonus for losers in the quarter-finals and the last sixteen actually increased, but since only the top 64 and not the last 96 were considered, the big savings came about. The last time there was prize money in 1992 was only for the last 64.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 70,000 |
| finalist | £ 35,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 17,500 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 14,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 10,500 |
| Last 32 | 7250 pounds |
| Last 48 | £ 4125 |
| Last 64 | £ 2000 |
| Highest break | TV Phase: £ 6,000 Maximum: + £ 25,000 |
| All in all | £ 525,000 |
qualification
Not only money was saved in this edition of the UK Championship, only 96 instead of 128 players were admitted to the tournament, which is why only three instead of four qualifying rounds were necessary. They took place from October 14th to 19th.
Main tournament
Nothing had changed in the mode of the main tournament. 16 players from the qualification met from November 15 on 16 players seeded for the first round. The winners then played the tournament to the end against the 16 best placed players in the world rankings.
Round 1
| game | Result | game | Result | |||||
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| 1 |
Stephen Maguire
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9 : 2 |
Mark Davis
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9 |
Mark Selby
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9 : 3 |
 Tony Drago
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| 2 |
 Dominic Dale
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9 : 3 |
 Ding Junhui
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10 |
Barry Hawkins
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9 : 4 |
Ian McCulloch
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| 3 |
Jimmy Michie
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9 : 7 |
 Gerard Greene
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11 |
 Neil Robertson
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9 : 7 |
Joe Swail
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| 4th |
Robert Milkins
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9 : 3 |
Sean Storey
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12 |
Andy Hicks
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9 : 5 |
Anthony Hamilton
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| 5 |
Mark King
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9 : 7 |
 Robin Hull
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13 |
Joe Perry
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9 : 7 |
Marcus Campbell
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| 6th |
Ryan Day
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9 : 8 |
Drew Henry
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14th |
Barry Pinches
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9 : 5 |
Nigel Bond
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| 7th |
John Parrott
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9 : 5 |
 James Wattana
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15th |
Ali Carter
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9 : 8 |
Tom Ford
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| 8th |
Ricky Walden
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9 : 4 |
Michael Holt
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16 |
Quinten Hann
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9 : 6 |
 Shokat Ali
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Round 2 to the final
Century breaks
Compared to previous years, 49 century breaks were not a high value for the last 48, but finalist David Gray managed a maximum break . Before the main tournament in the qualification phase, Jamie Burnett even scored a break of 148 points with the help of a free ball . The player with the most breaks of 100 or more points was winner Stephen Maguire , his 10 Centurys was the third-best value since the tournament was founded.
Centurys in the round of the last 48 are shown in italics, they did not count for break bonuses, which were only awarded for the TV phase.
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- ↑ Scot Burnett compiles 148 break. BBC , October 16, 2004, accessed November 11, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d 2004 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed November 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 11, 2015 .
