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), , , , , , , Evening: 58–22, 21–67, , , , , , , , 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 Mark Selby 141, 103 Stephen Lee 137, 127, 119, 100 Neil Robertson 134, 118, 116, 114, 110, 104 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134, 114, 113 Ding Junhui 130, 115, 112, 108 Stephen Hendry 129, 127, 116, 115, 115, 110, 109 John Higgins 125 Ryan Day 124, 102 Ali Carter

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

Qualifying stage centuries

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

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

References