UK Championship 2007
UK Championship 2007
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | International Center, Telford |
| Opening: | December 8, 2007 |
| Endgame: | December 16, 2007
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| Winner: |
 Ronnie O'Sullivan
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| Finalist: |
 Stephen Maguire
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| Highest Break: |
147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan )
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The 2007 UK Championship was a snooker tournament that was held from December 8th to 16th, 2007. After 6 years the tournament had moved from York to Telford to the International Center . The winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan , who defeated Stephen Maguire 10-2 in the final. For O'Sullivan it was the fourth UK Champion title.
In the semifinals against Mark Selby , "The Rocket" also achieved the seventh maximum break in tournament history. Only in the snooker world championship had there been seven maximums up to then. It was also the first time ever that a 147 break had been played in a decisive frame of a ranked tournament. For O'Sullivan personally it was the eighth 147 break of his career. Only 37 days earlier he had scored his last maximum break at the Northern Ireland Trophy .
Prize money
After falling below £ 600,000 for three years, the prize went well above it this year. Thanks to the £ 25,000 bonus for the Maximum Break , it was the second highest amount since 2001 ever to be paid out at this tournament. Almost only the top 4 benefited from this, the winner alone got £ 23,000 more. The minimum bonus for third qualifying round losers has been increased from £ 2000 to £ 2200.
| Prize money | |
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| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 46,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 23,250 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 15,800 |
| Round of 16 | £ 11,750 |
| Last 32 | £ 8,000 |
| Last 48 | £ 4,500 |
| Last 64 | £ 2,200 |
| Highest break | Main Tournament: £ 5000 Qualification: £ 500 Maximum Break: £ 25,000 |
| All in all | £ 615,400 |
qualification
With the new venue, the tournament has also been shortened by five days. It no longer started with the round of the last 48, but only 32 players competed in the main tournament. 16 seeded players met the 16 players who had survived the four qualifying rounds from November 23rd to 30th.
Main tournament
From December 8th, 32 players competed in the main tournament at the Telford International Center .
Century Breaks
42 Century Breaks were achieved in the main tournament, an average value. The two finalists Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Maguire alone achieved 13 breaks of 100 or more points. O'Sullivan played at least one Century in every game, including a Maximum Break . Maguire missed a 100 break in the final by just one point, but with seven Centurys he was still the most successful scorer.
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- ↑ Ford Makes 147 To Beat Murphy. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , October 17, 2019, accessed October 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d 2007 UK Championship. CueTracker, accessed November 18, 2015 .
- ↑ Results. Snooker Database, accessed November 18, 2015 .
