2007 UK Championship

The 2007 UK Championship (officially the 2007 Maplin UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

2007 Maplin UK Championship

Tournament information
Dates	8–16 December 2007 (2007-12-08 – 2007-12-16)
Venue	Telford International Centre
City	Telford
Country	England
Organisation	WPBSA
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£590,400
Winner's share	£100,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Score	10–2
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Peter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8–9 to Ian McCulloch in the Last 32.

In the final frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, Mark Selby won the longest ever televised frame of snooker, which lasted 77 minutes. This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.^[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.^[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4–1.^[3] This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashed Ken Doherty 10–1 six years earlier.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[4][5]

Winner: £100,000 Runner-up: £46,000 Semi-final: £23,250 Quarter-finalist: £15,800 Last 16: £11,750 Last 32: £8,000 Last 48: £4,500 Last 64: £2,200

Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £5000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000 Total: £590,400

Main draw

^[6][7][8]

	Last 32 Best of 17 frames					Last 16 Best of 17 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 17 frames					Semi-finals Best of 17 frames					Final Best of 19 frames
	1	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	8
		Ian McCulloch (ENG)	9
							Ian McCulloch	5
						10	Stephen Maguire	9
	10	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	9
		Joe Swail (NIR)	3
											10	Stephen Maguire	9
											12	Mark Williams	5
	12	Mark Williams (WAL)	9
		Ricky Walden (ENG)	3
						12	Mark Williams	9
							Mark Allen	5
	8	Stephen Hendry (SCO)	4
		Mark Allen (NIR)	9
																10	Stephen Maguire	9
																4	Shaun Murphy	5
	5	Ken Doherty (IRL)	7
		Nigel Bond (ENG)	9
							Nigel Bond	5
						9	Ding Junhui	9
	9	Ding Junhui (CHN)	9
		Adrian Gunnell (ENG)	3
											9	Ding Junhui	7
											4	Shaun Murphy	9
	15	Steve Davis (ENG)	4
		Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9
							Stuart Bingham	3
						4	Shaun Murphy	9
	4	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	9
		Paul Davies (WAL)	5
																					10	Stephen Maguire	2
																					6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10
	3	Graeme Dott (SCO)	7
		Dave Harold (ENG)	9
							Dave Harold	2
						11	Mark Selby	9
	11	Mark Selby (ENG)	9
		Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	5
											11	Mark Selby	9
												Marco Fu	7
	16	Ryan Day (WAL)	6
		Marco Fu (HKG)	9
							Marco Fu	9
							Joe Perry	2
	7	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6
		Joe Perry (ENG)	9
																11	Mark Selby	8
																6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
	6	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	9
		Michael Holt (ENG)	6
						6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
							Mark King	1
	13	Stephen Lee (ENG)	8
		Mark King (ENG)	9
											6	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
												Jamie Cope	2
	14	Ali Carter (ENG)	8
		Barry Hawkins (ENG)	9
							Barry Hawkins	8
							Jamie Cope	9
	2	John Higgins (SCO)	3
		Jamie Cope (ENG)	9

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 16 December 2007.[6][7]
Stephen Maguire (10)  Scotland	2–10	Ronnie O'Sullivan (6)  England
Afternoon: 4–120 (54, 66), 1–68, 42–78 (78), 29–75 (66), 26–100 (53), 1–78 (78), 24–80 (52), 1–70 Evening: 103–0 (99), 0–126 (126), 75–0 (57), 16–115 (94)
99	Highest break	126
0	Century breaks	1
2	50+ breaks	9

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.^[6][8]

	Round 1 Best of 17 frames				Round 2 Best of 17 frames				Round 3 Best of 17 frames				Round 4 Best of 17 frames
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	9			Rod Lawler (ENG)	5			Rory McLeod (ENG)	6			Ian McCulloch (ENG)	9
	Kevin Van Hove (BEL)	2			Mark Joyce	9			Mark Joyce	9			Mark Joyce	2
	Shailesh Jogia (ENG)	9			Robin Hull (FIN)	w/d			Robert Milkins (ENG)	9			Joe Swail (NIR)	9
	Liu Chuang (CHN)	4			Shailesh Jogia	w/o			Shailesh Jogia	5			Robert Milkins	7
	Leo Fernandez (IRL)	4			Mike Dunn (ENG)	7			Ricky Walden (ENG)	9			Gerard Greene (NIR)	8
	Martin Gould (ENG)	9			Martin Gould	9			Martin Gould	7			Ricky Walden	9
	Lee Spick (ENG)	9			Jimmy White (ENG)	7			Andrew Higginson (ENG)	9			Mark Allen (NIR)	9
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	6			Lee Spick	9			Lee Spick	8			Andrew Higginson	7
	Lee Walker (WAL)	6			Drew Henry (SCO)	5			David Gilbert (ENG)	9			Nigel Bond (ENG)	9
	Patrick Wallace (NIR)	9			Patrick Wallace	9			Patrick Wallace	2			David Gilbert	7
	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	9			David Roe (ENG)	9			Adrian Gunnell (ENG)	9			Matthew Stevens (WAL)	7
	Ashley Wright (ENG)	8			Liang Wenbo	2			David Roe	4			Adrian Gunnell	9
	Liu Song (CHN)	9			Scott MacKenzie (SCO)	6			Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	9			Stuart Bingham (ENG)	9
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	7			Liu Song	9			Liu Song	8			Fergal O'Brien	5
	Kurt Maflin (NOR)	9			Paul Davies (WAL)	9			Mark Davis (ENG)	8			Dominic Dale (WAL)	3
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	8			Kurt Maflin	6			Paul Davies	9			Paul Davies	9
	David Morris (IRL)	9			Stuart Pettman (ENG)	6			Andrew Norman (ENG)	7			Dave Harold (ENG)	9
	Gareth Coppack (WAL)	8			David Morris	9			David Morris	9			David Morris	3
	Tony Drago (MLT)	3			Barry Pinches (ENG)	9			Alan McManus (SCO)	5			Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	9
	Alfie Burden (ENG)	9			Alfie Burden	2			Barry Pinches	9			Barry Pinches	6
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	8			Marcus Campbell (SCO)	9			Michael Judge (IRL)	3			Marco Fu (HKG)	9
	Supoj Saenla (THA)	9			Supoj Saenla	4			Marcus Campbell	9			Marcus Campbell	4
	James McBain (SCO)	9			Jimmy Michie (ENG)	9			Andy Hicks (ENG)	8			Joe Perry (ENG)	9
	Steve Mifsud (AUS)	6			James McBain	7			Jimmy Michie	9			Jimmy Michie	6
	Munraj Pal (ENG)	9			Joe Delaney (IRL)	6			Jamie Burnett (SCO)	9			Michael Holt (ENG)	9
	Issara Kachaiwong (THA)	6			Munraj Pal	9			Munraj Pal	7			Jamie Burnett	5
	Alex Davies (ENG)	7			Judd Trump (ENG)	8			David Gray (ENG)	9			Mark King (ENG)	9
	Rodney Goggins (IRL)	9			Rodney Goggins	9			Rodney Goggins	3			David Gray	7
	Matthew Selt (ENG)	9			Ian Preece (WAL)	9			John Parrott (ENG)	6			Barry Hawkins (ENG)	9
	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	3			Matthew Selt	8			Ian Preece	9			Ian Preece	3
	Jamie O'Neill (ENG)	9			Tom Ford (ENG)	9			James Wattana (THA)	2			Jamie Cope (ENG)	9
	Michael White (WAL)	5			Jamie O'Neill	7			Tom Ford	9			Tom Ford	8

Century breaks

^[6]

Televised stage centuries

147, 137, 126, 119, 117, 112 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 144, 135, – Shaun Murphy 143, 112, 100 – Ding Junhui 139, 132, 111, 102 – Marco Fu 139 – Ali Carter 137, 133, 105 – Jamie Cope 137 – Ryan Day 131 – Nigel Bond 130, 122, 120, 108, 106, 105, 101 – Stephen Maguire

130, 120, 101, 100 – Mark Selby 123, 120 – Ian McCulloch 120 – Graeme Dott 116 – Michael Holt 115, 103 – Mark Allen 111 – Neil Robertson 106 – Barry Hawkins 104 – Stephen Hendry 100 – John Higgins

Qualifying stage centuries

146 – Mark Allen 141 – Dominic Dale 139, 134 – Tian Pengfei 138 – Ben Woollaston 138 – Rory McLeod 137, 133, 121 – David Gray 135 – Michael White 134, 100, 100 – Tom Ford 133, 110, 104, 103, 100 – Barry Pinches 133 – Matthew Stevens 132, 120 – Joe Delaney 129, 127 – Fergal O'Brien 129 – Kurt Maflin 128, 116, 115 – Ricky Walden 123 – James McBain 122 – Dave Harold 119 – Jamie O'Neill 116 – Robert Milkins 115 – Stuart Bingham

115 – Mark Joyce 114 – Alex Davies 114 – Alan McManus 112, 103 – Shailesh Jogia 112 – John Parrott 112 – Mark Davis 111 – Andy Hicks 110 – Andrew Higginson 109, 107 – Mark King 109, 106 – Liu Song 109 – Liang Wenbo 107, 107, 100 – Jamie Burnett 106 – Jimmy White 105 – Jimmy Michie 102 – Adrian Gunnell 102 – Lee Spick 101 – Paul Davies 100 – David Roe 100 – Jamie Cope