2009 UK Championship

The 2009 UK Championship (officially the 2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–13 December 2009 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

This was the first time that the UK Championship was sponsored by Pukka Pies. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion but he lost 3–9 to Ding Junhui in the Last 16. Ding won the tournament for his second UK title, beating John Higgins 10–8 in the final .

Prize fund

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

Winner: £100,000
Runner-up: £46,000
Semi-final: £23,250
Quarter-final: £16,450
Last 16: £12,050
Last 32: £8,750
Last 48: £5,500
Last 64: £2,300

Stage one highest break: £500
Stage two highest break: £5,000

Stage one maximum break: £1,000
Stage two maximum break: £25,000

Total: £625,000

Main draw

Source:

* Dott withdrew due to illness.

Final

Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams. Telford International Centre, Telford, England, 13 December 2009.
Ding Junhui (13)	10–8	John Higgins (2)
Afternoon: 93–11 (81), 43–75 (67), 101–27 (69), 32–77 (67), 78–4 (63), 51–62, 65–49, 0–96 (80) Evening: 58–22, 21–67, 78–12 (50), 12–99 (91), 5–68, 75–5 (74), 64–58, 62–49, 18–115 (115), 84–36 (75)
81	Highest break	115
0	Century breaks	1
6	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying

These matches were held between 23 and 30 November 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

• 141, 136, 132, 115, 102, 101 Template:Ndash Mark Selby
• 141, 103 Template:Ndash Stephen Lee
• 137, 127, 119, 100 Template:Ndash Neil Robertson
• 134, 118, 116, 114, 110, 104 Template:Ndash Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 134, 114, 113 Template:Ndash Ding Junhui
• 130, 115, 112, 108 Template:Ndash Stephen Hendry
• 129, 127, 116, 115, 115, 110, 109 Template:Ndash John Higgins
• 125 Template:Ndash Ryan Day
• 124, 102 Template:Ndash Ali Carter

• 124 Template:Ndash Liang Wenbo
• 121, 112, 104, 100 Template:Ndash Mark Allen
• 119, 101 Template:Ndash Shaun Murphy
• 114 Template:Ndash Peter Lines
• 108, 103 Template:Ndash Stephen Maguire
• 104 Template:Ndash Marco Fu
• 101 Template:Ndash Matthew Stevens
• 100 Template:Ndash Jamie Cope

Qualifying stage centuries

• 143, 125, 110, 104 Template:Ndash Tom Ford
• 141 Template:Ndash Stuart Bingham
• 138, 101 Template:Ndash Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 135, 115 Template:Ndash Jimmy Robertson
• 134 Template:Ndash Brendan O'Donoghue
• 129, 110 Template:Ndash Stephen Lee
• 128 Template:Ndash David Gilbert
• 127, 108 Template:Ndash Simon Bedford
• 127, 103 Template:Ndash Liang Wenbo
• 122 Template:Ndash Mark Joyce
• 120 Template:Ndash Anthony Hamilton
• 114, 113, 105, 101, 100 Template:Ndash Peter Lines
• 113, 100 Template:Ndash Tony Drago

• 111 Template:Ndash Lee Spick
• 111 Template:Ndash Robert Milkins
• 111 Template:Ndash Rod Lawler
• 108 Template:Ndash David Gray
• 107 Template:Ndash Matthew Stevens
• 106 Template:Ndash Matthew Couch
• 104, 102 Template:Ndash Rory McLeod
• 104, 100 Template:Ndash Craig Steadman
• 103 Template:Ndash Mark Davis
• 102 Template:Ndash Xiao Guodong
• 100 Template:Ndash David Morris
• 100 Template:Ndash Dominic Dale
• 100 Template:Ndash Andrew Higginson