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Wikipedia / 2004 UK Championship

The 2004 UK Championship (officially the 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 28 November 2004 at the Barbican Centre in York, England.

During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the first break exceeding 147 in professional competition. It was also the second in a professional tournament.

Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost his first round match to Barry Pinches.

Stephen Maguire won his first UK Championship, beating David Gray 10–1 in the final. During the tournament Gray compiled his first maximum break, the 50th ever made in professional play.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Matthew Stevens was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

  • Winner: £70,000

  • Runner-up: £35,000

  • Semi-final: £17,500

  • Quarter-final: £14,000

  • Last 16: £10,500

  • Last 32: £7,200

  • Last 48: £4,125

  • Last 64: £2,000

  • Stage two highest break: £6,000

  • Stage two maximum break: £25,000

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.

Main draw

Final

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Notes

References