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.
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| Dates | 15–28 November 2004 |
| Venue | Barbican Centre |
| City | York |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £525,000 |
| Winner's share | £70,000 |
| Highest break |  David Gray (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| Runner-up | David Gray (ENG) |
| Score | 10–1 |
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During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the only break exceeding 147 in professional competition.[1]
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
editDefending 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
editThe breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2]
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Main draw
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Final
edit| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded. Barbican Centre, York, England, 28 November 2004.[4][5] | ||
| David Gray (14) England
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1–10 | Stephen Maguire (24) Scotland
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| Afternoon: 49–81, 84–10, 42–71, 41–86 (85), 21–83, 7–67, 14–84 (57), 1–115 (110) Evening: 0–131 (131), 16–80 (80), 0–122 (122) | ||
| <50 | Highest break | 131 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 0 | 50+ breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
editQualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[5]
Century breaks
editTelevised stage centuries
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Qualifying stage centuries
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Notes
edit- ^ White retired at 0–7 due to illness
References
edit- ^ "Scot Burnett compiles 148 break". BBC Sport. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- ^ "Preisgeld UK Championship 2004". brownball.de. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "UK Championship results". BBC Sport. 28 November 2004. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Travis Perkins UK Championship 2004". Snooker.org. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 March 2006.
- ^ "2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.