UK Championship 2014

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UK Championship 2014
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Tournament type: World ranking tournament
Venue: Barbican Center,
York , England
Opening: November 25, 2014
Endgame: December 7, 2014

Winner: EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan
Highest Break: 147 ( Ronnie O'Sullivan ) EnglandEngland
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The Coral UK Championship 2014 was a snooker tournament as part of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2014/15 season , which was held from November 25th to December 7th 2014 at the Barbican Center in York , Northern England .

Thanks to a special invitation for deserving players, six-time UK champion Steve Davis , who had ended his professional career before the season, also took part.

In the round of 16, Ronnie O'Sullivan managed the 109th maximum break against Matthew Selt in the sixth frame . It was the fourth 147 break of the season and O'Sullivan's 13th.

Defending champion was Neil Robertson , who failed in the round of 16 with 5: 6 to Graeme Dott .

The winner was Ronnie O'Sullivan and it was the fifth time he had won the UK Championship. The final opponent was Judd Trump , against whom O'Sullivan had won the title of Champion of Champions 2014 just under a month earlier .

Prize money

Prize money
winner £ 150,000
finalist £ 70,000
Semi-finalist £ 30,000
Quarter finalist £ 20,000
Round of 16 £ 12,000
Last 32 £ 9,000
Last 64 £ 3,000
Highest break £ 4,000
Maximum break £ 40,000
All in all £ 740,000

Tournament schedule

First round to round of 16

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 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th                  
A. EnglandEngland Joe O'Connor 0  
1 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
  64 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 5  
64 EnglandEngland Kyren Wilson 6th
 
65 EnglandEngland Gary Wilson 5  
1 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 6th
  33 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 2  
32 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 6th      
 
97 EnglandEngland Chris Norbury 1  
32 NorwayNorway Kurt Maflin 1
  33 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 6th  
33 EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 6th
 
96 ScotlandScotland Ross Muir 5  
1 AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 5
  17th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th
16 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 6th            
 
113 ScotlandScotland Michael Leslie 0  
16 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 6th
  49 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell 0  
49 ScotlandScotland Marcus Campbell 6th
 
80 ScotlandScotland Scott Donaldson 4th  
16 EnglandEngland Robert Milkins 0
  17th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th  
17th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th      
 
112 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 2  
17th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 6th
  48 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 4th  
48 EnglandEngland Anthony Hamilton 6th
 
81 EnglandEngland Craig Steadman 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 Tom Ford 6th                  
88 EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 4th  
41 EnglandEngland Tom Ford 3
  105 EnglandEngland Joel Walker 6th  
24 ScotlandScotland Alan McManus 1
 
105 EnglandEngland Joel Walker 6th  
105 EnglandEngland Joel Walker 5
  9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th  
56 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 6th      
 
73 EnglandEngland Chris Wakelin 4th  
56 EnglandEngland Alfie Burden 3
  9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th  
9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th
 
120 ThailandThailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 0  
9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th
  8th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 0
40 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 6th            
 
89 EnglandEngland Mitchell Mann 2  
40 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 6th
  25th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 4th  
25th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Michael White 6th
 
104 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Xinlong 2  
40 IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 1
  8th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th  
57 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 6th      
 
72 EnglandEngland Sam Baird 4th  
57 EnglandEngland Robbie Williams 5
  8th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th  
8th EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 6th
 
ITC EnglandEngland Steve Davis 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 Barry Hawkins 6th                  
A. EnglandEngland Ashley Carty 0  
5 EnglandEngland Barry Hawkins 5
  60 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 6th  
60 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 6th
 
69 EnglandEngland Stuart Carrington 3  
60 EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 5
  37 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 6th  
28 IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 4th      
 
101 BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo 6th  
101 BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo 4th
  37 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 6th  
37 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 6th
 
92 EnglandEngland Michael Georgiou 4th  
37 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 6th
  12 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 5
12 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th            
 
117 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Lee Walker 4th  
12 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th
  53 EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 4th  
53 EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 6th
 
76 EnglandEngland John Astley 2  
12 ScotlandScotland John Higgins 6th
  21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 2  
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 6th      
 
108 EnglandEngland Allan Taylor 2  
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 6th
  44 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 3  
44 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 6th
 
85 AustraliaAustralia Vinnie Calabrese 2  

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 Matthew Selt 6th                  
84 EnglandEngland Hammad Miah 0  
45 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 6th
  20th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 4th  
20th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 6th
 
109 EnglandEngland Ian Glover 1  
45 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 6th
  52 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 4th  
52 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 6th      
 
77 EnglandEngland Ian Burns 2  
52 EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 6th
  116 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 5  
13 EnglandEngland Allister Carter 5
 
116 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 6th  
45 EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 0
  4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
36 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 6th            
 
93 EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 4th  
36 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 6th
  100 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 3  
29 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Dominic Dale 4th
 
100 MaltaMalta Tony Drago 6th  
36 EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 2
  4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
61 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 6th      
 
68 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 4th  
61 EnglandEngland Peter Lines 3
  4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th
 
A. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Daniel Wells 2  

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 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 6th                  
A. IrelandIreland John Sutton 0  
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 6th
  62 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 2  
62 EnglandEngland Jimmy White 6th
 
67 EnglandEngland Dave Harold 2  
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 5
  99 EnglandEngland James Cahill 6th  
30th EnglandEngland Mark King 0      
 
99 EnglandEngland James Cahill 6th  
99 EnglandEngland James Cahill 6th
  35 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 4th  
35 EnglandEngland Andrew Higginson 6th
 
94 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tian Pengfei 3  
99 EnglandEngland James Cahill 2
  19th EnglandEngland Mark Davis 6th
14th EnglandEngland Joe Perry kl.            
 
115 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Chuang -  
14th EnglandEngland Joe Perry 6th
  51 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 1  
51 EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 6th
 
78 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Andrew Pagett 2  
14th EnglandEngland Joe Perry 5
  19th EnglandEngland Mark Davis 6th  
19th EnglandEngland Mark Davis 6th      
 
110 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jak Jones 2  
19th EnglandEngland Mark Davis 6th
  83 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 4th  
46 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Jamie Jones 3
 
83 EnglandEngland Liam Highfield 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 ScotlandScotland Jamie Burnett 4th                  
86 ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick 6th  
86 ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick 6th
  22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 4th  
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 6th
 
107 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Chenwei 1  
86 ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick 3
  11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th  
54 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 6th      
 
75 EnglandEngland Alex Davies 4th  
54 IndiaIndia Aditya Mehta 1
  11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th  
11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump kl.
 
118 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Rouzi Maimaiti -  
11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  38 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 3
38 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 6th            
 
91 MaltaMalta Alex Borg 5  
38 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 6th
  27 EnglandEngland Martin Gould 5  
27 EnglandEngland Martin Gould 6th
 
102 EnglandEngland Lee Page 4th  
38 EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 6th
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 4th  
59 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 6th      
 
70 ThailandThailand Noppon Saengkham 1  
59 BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 0
  6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th  
6th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 6th
 
A. ScotlandScotland Eden Sharav 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 Shaun Murphy 6th                  
ITC ThailandThailand James Wattana 3  
7th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
  71 FinlandFinland Robin Hull 3  
58 ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5
 
71 FinlandFinland Robin Hull 6th  
7th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 6th
  39 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 4th  
26th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 6th      
 
103 EnglandEngland David Grace 3  
26th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 4th
  39 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 6th  
39 EnglandEngland Jack Lisowski 6th
 
90 EnglandEngland Chris Melling 1  
7th EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 5
  10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th
10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th            
 
119 QatarQatar Ahmed Saif 4th  
10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th
  74 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 1  
55 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yupeng 4th
 
74 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lü Haotian 6th  
10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 6th
  42 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 3  
23 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 6th      
 
106 EnglandEngland Zak Surety 1  
23 EnglandEngland Michael Holt 3
  42 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 6th  
42 ThailandThailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 6th
 
87 EnglandEngland Andrew Norman 2  

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 Jimmy Robertson 6th                  
82 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhou Yuelong 1  
47 EnglandEngland Jimmy Robertson 0
  18th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th  
18th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 6th
 
111 EnglandEngland Steven Hallworth 1  
18th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 2
  15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
50 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 6th      
 
79 EnglandEngland Oliver Lines 2  
50 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 4th
  15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
 
114 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Ning 2  
15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th
  63 IrelandIreland David Morris 3
34 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 6th            
 
95 EnglandEngland Elliot Slessor 4th  
34 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 6th
  31 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 2  
31 EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 6th
 
98 ThailandThailand Ratchayothin Yotharuck 2  
34 EnglandEngland David Gilbert 2
  63 IrelandIreland David Morris 6th  
63 IrelandIreland David Morris 6th      
 
66 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Hang 4th  
63 IrelandIreland David Morris 6th
  2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 4th  
2 EnglandEngland Mark Selby 6th
 
A. EnglandEngland Oliver Brown 0  

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2014/15 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
ITC = Invitational Tour Card

Quarter-finals to finals

  Quarterfinals
Best of 11 frames 		Semi-final
best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 19 frames
                           
  17th ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 5        
9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 6th  
9 EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 5
  4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
37 ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 4th
4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 6th  
4th EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 10
  11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 9
19th EnglandEngland Mark Davis 1    
11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th  
11 EnglandEngland Judd Trump 6th
  15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 4th  
10 Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 4th
  15th ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 6th  
Final: Best of 19 Frames
Referee: Terry Camilleri Barbican Center,  York , England , December 7th 2014 MaltaMalta
Ronnie O'Sullivan EnglandEngland 10 : 9 EnglandEngland Judd Trump
Afternoon games: 54 : 44, 32: 87 (50), 103 : 0 (82), 87 : 13, 118 : 1 (81), 77 : 49, 36: 75 , 49: 69
evening games: 67 : 53 (53 ROS ), 67 : 56 (56 Trump), 0: 62 , 133 : 0 (133), 89 : 35 (54), 32: 66 , 0: 120 (120), 0: 127 (127), 8: 86 ( 86), 59: 67 (67), 75 : 14 (51)
133 Highest break 127
1 Century breaks 2
6th 50+ breaks 6th

Century Breaks

92 Centurys were scored during the tournament. The winner Ronnie O'Sullivan scored 6 breaks of 100 or more points, including the 13th maximum break in tournament history, which was also the 13th official 147 break for himself. Most of the Centurys, namely 9 pieces, scored the defeated finalist Judd Trump . The two players eliminated in the semi-finals, Stuart Bingham and Stephen Maguire , each had 5 Century Breaks.

EnglandEngland Ronnie O'Sullivan 147 , 133, 125, 117, 106, 104
EnglandEngland Stuart Bingham 142, 137, 108, 103, 102
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gerard Greene 139
ScotlandScotland Fraser Patrick 139
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Allen 138, 125, 115, 103
EnglandEngland Michael Holt 138
ThailandThailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 137, 117
BrazilBrazil Igor Figueiredo 137
EnglandEngland Shaun Murphy 137
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ding Junhui 134, 105
ScotlandScotland Stephen Maguire 132, 126, 113, 108, 104
EnglandEngland Nigel Bond 132, 116
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Stevens 132
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xiao Guodong 131
EnglandEngland Judd Trump 130, 129, 127, 120, 112, 110, 104, 102, 100
EnglandEngland Ricky Walden 129, 128, 101, 100
ScotlandScotland John Higgins 129, 128
ScotlandScotland Graeme Dott 127, 120, 117
EnglandEngland Mark Joyce 127
EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 127
IrelandIreland David Morris 126
EnglandEngland Mark Selby 124
EnglandEngland Matthew Selt 122
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Ryan Day 115, 105
EnglandEngland Jamie Cope 115, 103
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liang Wenbo 114
EnglandEngland Michael Wasley 113
Hong KongHong Kong Marco Fu 112, 106, 101
IrelandIreland Ken Doherty 110, 109 (2 ×), 102
EnglandEngland Jimmy White 110
EnglandEngland Rod Lawler 110
EnglandEngland Mike Dunn 109
MaltaMalta Tony Drago 109
AustraliaAustralia Neil Robertson 108, 106, 100
EnglandEngland Ben Woollaston 107
ThailandThailand Ratchayothin Yotharuck 107
FinlandFinland Robin Hull 104
BelgiumBelgium Luca Brecel 103
EnglandEngland Rory McLeod 103
ScotlandScotland Anthony McGill 103
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Swail 102, 101
EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 101
WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Mark Williams 101
IrelandIreland Fergal O'Brien 100
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Anda 100
ThailandThailand James Wattana 100
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Yu Delu 100
EnglandEngland David Gilbert 100
EnglandEngland James Cahill 100

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  4. ^ Rolf Kalb : UK Championship - Dott resists Robertson comeback . Yahoo Eurosport . December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 4, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.eurosport.yahoo.com
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