2014 UK Championship

2014 Coral UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates	25 November – 7 December 2014
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£740,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Judd Trump (ENG)
Score	10–9
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 UK Championship (officially the 2014 Coral UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 7 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.^[1]

Neil Robertson was the defending champion,^[2] but he lost 5–6 against Graeme Dott in the last 16. This result led to Ding Junhui becoming the first Asian player to reach the world number one ranking.^[3]

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fifth UK Championship and his 27th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.^[4]^[5] Trump had trailed 4–9 at one point during the evening session but fought back with 5 consecutive frames to level at 9–9 before O’Sullivan won the deciding frame.

Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 109th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Matthew Selt. This was O'Sullivan's 13th official 147 break and also the fourth maximum break in the 2014/2015 season^[6] and the third time in a row that a maximum was made in a UK Championship.

Judd Trump made his 300th career century during his last-64 match against Fraser Patrick.^[7]

Starting in this year the Semi-finals were reduced from the best of 17 frames to the best of 11 frames. This meant that all rounds up to the Semi-finals were played using the best of 11 frames format. The final was still played over the best of 19 frames. This is the format that is still being used to the current day.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[8]^[9]

Winner: £150,000
Runner-up: £70,000
Semi-final: £30,000
Quarter-final: £20,000
Last 16: £12,000
Last 32: £9,000
Last 64: £3,000

Highest break: £4,000
Maximum break: £40,000^[6]
Total: £740,000

Main draw

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Top half

Section 1

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

1	Neil Robertson (AUS)	6

A	Joe O'Connor (ENG)	0
			1	Neil Robertson	6

			64	Kyren Wilson	5
64	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	6

65	Gary Wilson (ENG)	5
						1	Neil Robertson	6

						33	Peter Ebdon	2
32	Kurt Maflin (NOR)	6

97	Chris Norbury (ENG)	1
			32	Kurt Maflin	1

			33	Peter Ebdon	6
33	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	6

96	Ross Muir (SCO)	5
									1	Neil Robertson	5

									17	Graeme Dott	6
16	Robert Milkins (ENG)	6

113	Michael Leslie (SCO)	0
			16	Robert Milkins	6

			49	Marcus Campbell	0
49	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	6

80	Scott Donaldson (SCO)	4
						16	Robert Milkins	0

						17	Graeme Dott	6
17	Graeme Dott (SCO)	6

112	Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)	2
			17	Graeme Dott	6

			48	Anthony Hamilton	4
48	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	6

81	Craig Steadman (ENG)	5

Section 2

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

41	Tom Ford (ENG)	6

88	Barry Pinches (ENG)	4
			41	Tom Ford	3

			105	Joel Walker	6
24	Alan McManus (SCO)	1

105	Joel Walker (ENG)	6
						105	Joel Walker	5

						9	Stuart Bingham	6
56	Alfie Burden (ENG)	6

73	Chris Wakelin (ENG)	4
			56	Alfie Burden	3

			9	Stuart Bingham	6
9	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	6

120	Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)	0
									9	Stuart Bingham	6

									8	Ricky Walden	0
40	Ken Doherty (IRL)	6

89	Mitchell Mann (ENG)	2
			40	Ken Doherty	6

			25	Michael White	4
25	Michael White (WAL)	6

104	Cao Xinlong (CHN)	2
						40	Ken Doherty	1

						8	Ricky Walden	6
57	Robbie Williams (ENG)	6

72	Sam Baird (ENG)	4
			57	Robbie Williams	5

			8	Ricky Walden	6
8	Ricky Walden (ENG)	6

121	Steve Davis (ENG)	2

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

5	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	6

A	Ashley Carty (ENG)	1
			5	Barry Hawkins	5

			60	Nigel Bond	6
60	Nigel Bond (ENG)	6

69	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	3
						60	Nigel Bond	5

						37	Anthony McGill	6
28	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	4

101	Igor Figueiredo (BRA)	6
			101	Igor Figueiredo	4

			37	Anthony McGill	6
37	Anthony McGill (SCO)	6

92	Michael Georgiou (ENG)	4
									37	Anthony McGill	6

									12	John Higgins	5
12	John Higgins (SCO)	6

117	Lee Walker (WAL)	2
			12	John Higgins	6

			53	Jamie Cope	4
53	Jamie Cope (ENG)	6

76	John Astley (ENG)	2
						12	John Higgins	6

						21	Matthew Stevens	2
21	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	6

108	Allan Taylor (ENG)	2
			21	Matthew Stevens	6

			44	Gerard Greene	3
44	Gerard Greene (NIR)	6

85	Vinnie Calabrese (AUS)	2

Section 4

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

45	Matthew Selt (ENG)	6

84	Hammad Miah (ENG)	0
			45	Matthew Selt	6

			20	Xiao Guodong	4
20	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	6

109	Ian Glover (ENG)	1
						45	Matthew Selt	6

						52	Rory McLeod	4
52	Rory McLeod (ENG)	6

77	Ian Burns (ENG)	2
			52	Rory McLeod	6

			116	Zhang Anda	5
13	Ali Carter (ENG)	5

116	Zhang Anda (CHN)	6
									45	Matthew Selt	0

									4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
36	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	6

93	Michael Wasley (ENG)	4
			36	Ben Woollaston	6

			100	Tony Drago	3
29	Dominic Dale (WAL)	4

100	Tony Drago (MLT)	6
						36	Ben Woollaston	2

						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
61	Peter Lines (ENG)	6

68	Joe Swail (NIR)	4
			61	Peter Lines	3

			4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
4	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	6

A	Daniel Wells (WAL)	2

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

3	Ding Junhui (CHN)	6

A	John Sutton (IRL)	0
			3	Ding Junhui	6

			62	Jimmy White	2
62	Jimmy White (ENG)	6

67	Dave Harold (ENG)	2
						3	Ding Junhui	5

						99	James Cahill	6
30	Mark King (ENG)	0

99	James Cahill (ENG)	6
			99	James Cahill	6

			35	Andrew Higginson	4
35	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	6

94	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	3
									99	James Cahill	2

									19	Mark Davis	6
14	Joe Perry (ENG)	w/o

115	Liu Chuang (CHN)	w/d
			14	Joe Perry	6

			51	Mike Dunn	1
51	Mike Dunn (ENG)	6

78	Andrew Pagett (WAL)	2
						14	Joe Perry	5

						19	Mark Davis	6
19	Mark Davis (ENG)	6

110	Jak Jones (WAL)	2
			19	Mark Davis	6

			83	Liam Highfield	4
46	Jamie Jones (WAL)	3

83	Liam Highfield (ENG)	6

Section 6

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

43	Jamie Burnett (SCO)	4

86	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	6
			86	Fraser Patrick	6

			22	Ryan Day	4
22	Ryan Day (WAL)	6

107	Lu Chenwei (CHN)	1
						86	Fraser Patrick	3

						11	Judd Trump	6
54	Aditya Mehta (IND)	6

75	Alex Davies (ENG)	4
			54	Aditya Mehta	1

			11	Judd Trump	6
11	Judd Trump (ENG)	w/o

118	Rouzi Maimaiti (CHN)	w/d
									11	Judd Trump	6

									38	Rod Lawler	3
38	Rod Lawler (ENG)	6

91	Alex Borg (MLT)	5
			38	Rod Lawler	6

			27	Martin Gould	5
27	Martin Gould (ENG)	6

102	Lee Page (ENG)	4
						38	Rod Lawler	6

						6	Mark Allen	4
59	Luca Brecel (BEL)	6

70	Noppon Saengkham (THA)	1
			59	Luca Brecel	0

			6	Mark Allen	6
6	Mark Allen (NIR)	6

A	Eden Sharav (SCO)	2

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

7	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	6

122	James Wattana (THA)	3
			7	Shaun Murphy	6

			71	Robin Hull	3
58	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)	5

71	Robin Hull (FIN)	6
						7	Shaun Murphy	6

						39	Jack Lisowski	4
26	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6

103	David Grace (ENG)	3
			26	Liang Wenbo	4

			39	Jack Lisowski	6
39	Jack Lisowski (ENG)	6

90	Chris Melling (ENG)	1
									7	Shaun Murphy	5

									10	Marco Fu	6
10	Marco Fu (HKG)	6

119	Ahmed Saif (QAT)	4
			10	Marco Fu	6

			74	Lyu Haotian	1
55	Cao Yupeng (CHN)	4

74	Lyu Haotian (CHN)	6
						10	Marco Fu	6

						42	Dechawat Poomjaeng	3
23	Michael Holt (ENG)	6

106	Zak Surety (ENG)	1
			23	Michael Holt	3

			42	Dechawat Poomjaeng	6
42	Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)	6

87	Andrew Norman (ENG)	2

Section 8

Last 128 Best of 11 frames			Last 64 Best of 11 frames			Last 32 Best of 11 frames			Last 16 Best of 11 frames

47	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	6

82	Zhou Yuelong (CHN)	1
			47	Jimmy Robertson	0

			18	Mark Williams	6
18	Mark Williams (WAL)	6

111	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	1
						18	Mark Williams	2

						15	Stephen Maguire	6
50	Yu Delu (CHN)	6

79	Oliver Lines (ENG)	2
			50	Yu Delu	4

			15	Stephen Maguire	6
15	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	6

114	Lu Ning (CHN)	2
									15	Stephen Maguire	6

									63	David Morris	3
34	David Gilbert (ENG)	6

95	Elliot Slessor (ENG)	4
			34	David Gilbert	6

			31	Mark Joyce	2
31	Mark Joyce (ENG)	6

98	Ratchayothin Yotharuck (THA)	2
						34	David Gilbert	2

						63	David Morris	6
63	David Morris (IRL)	6

66	Li Hang (CHN)	4
			63	David Morris	6

			2	Mark Selby	4
2	Mark Selby (ENG)	6

A	Oliver Brown (ENG)	0

Finals

Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames			Semi-finals Best of 11 frames			Final Best of 19 frames

17	Graeme Dott	5

9	Stuart Bingham	6
			9	Stuart Bingham	5

			4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
37	Anthony McGill	4

4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
						4	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10

						11	Judd Trump	9
19	Mark Davis	1

11	Judd Trump	6
			11	Judd Trump	6

			15	Stephen Maguire	4
10	Marco Fu	4

15	Stephen Maguire	6

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Terry Camilleri. Alexandra Palace, England, 7 December 2014.^[13]^[14]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (4) England	10–9	Judd Trump (11) England
Afternoon: 54–44, 32–87 (50), 103–0 (82), 87–13, 118–1 (81), 77–49, 36–75, 49–69 Evening: 67–53 (O'Sullivan 53), 67–56 (Trump 56), 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
6	50+ breaks	6

Century breaks

^[15]

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

References

^ "Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "Neil Robertson captures snooker's triple crown". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "Gritty Dott Ends Robertson Reign". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ Shamoon, Hafez (7 December 2014). "UK Championship final: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Judd Trump". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "O'Sullivan Wins UK Classic". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Rocket Flies To Magical Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Hafez, Shamoon (1 December 2014). "UK Championship 2014: Murphy, Walden, Trump & Higgins through". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "UK Championship - Turnierinfo: Sieger, Preisgeld & Distanzen" (in German). Yahoo Eurosport. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "UK Championship 2014 draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
^ "UK Championship 2014 Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ "UK Championship 2014 results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Coral UK Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
^ "UK Championship: Final - Match 127: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
^ "UK Championship: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

External links

[1] "Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[2] "Neil Robertson captures snooker's triple crown". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[3] "Gritty Dott Ends Robertson Reign". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[4] Shamoon, Hafez (7 December 2014). "UK Championship final: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Judd Trump". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[5] "O'Sullivan Wins UK Classic". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[maximum-6] "Rocket Flies To Magical Maximum". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[7] Hafez, Shamoon (1 December 2014). "UK Championship 2014: Murphy, Walden, Trump & Higgins through". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2020.

[8] "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[9] "UK Championship - Turnierinfo: Sieger, Preisgeld & Distanzen" (in German). Yahoo Eurosport. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[10] "UK Championship 2014 draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[11] "UK Championship 2014 Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[12] "UK Championship 2014 results". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[Snooker.org-13] "Coral UK Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

[14] "UK Championship: Final - Match 127: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

[15] "UK Championship: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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Tournament information
Dates	25 November – 7 December 2014 (2014-11-25 – 2014-12-07)
Venue	Barbican Centre
City	York
Country	England
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£740,000
Winner's share	£150,000
Highest break	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Judd Trump (ENG)
Score	10–9
← 2013 2015 →