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 only break exceeding 147 in professional competition.

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.

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 139, 118, 105 – David Gray
 * 141, 131, 122, 118, 110, 106, 104, 102, 100 – Stephen Maguire
 * 141 – Stephen Hendry
 * 140, 116 – Ricky Walden
 * 136, 136, 111 – Peter Ebdon
 * 130, 128 – Mark King
 * 130, 107 – Ryan Day
 * 128 – Chris Small
 * 120 – Robert Milkins
 * 118, 113, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan


 * 117 – Alan McManus
 * 114, 102 – Joe Perry
 * 114 – John Higgins
 * 113, 104 – Stephen Lee
 * 112, 100 – Barry Hawkins
 * 107 – Ali Carter
 * 105 – Jimmy Michie
 * 101 – John Parrott
 * 101 – Graeme Dott

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 148, 115, 113, 104, 103 – Jamie Burnett
 * 143, 133 – Shaun Murphy
 * 134, 132, 106 – Robin Hull
 * 133, 101 – Andy Hicks
 * 132, 130, 101 – David McDonnell
 * 132, 108 – Rory McLeod
 * 131, 118 – James Wattana
 * 131 – Gary Wilson
 * 130, 121, 101 – Stuart Bingham
 * 129, 124, 14, 102 – Ding Junhui
 * 129 – Nigel Bond
 * 128, 125, 112 – Ricky Walden
 * 126 – Bjorn Haneveer
 * 126 – Ryan Day
 * 124, 113 – John Parrott
 * 121, 116, 111, 109 – Neil Robertson


 * 120 – Simon Bedford
 * 120 – Gerard Greene
 * 120 – Joe Jogia
 * 119 – Steve James
 * 117 – Alfie Burden
 * 115, 100 – Paul Davies
 * 113 – Shokat Ali
 * 111 – Leo Fernandez
 * 109, 104 – Michael Judge
 * 108 – Anthony Davies
 * 106 – Stephen Maguire
 * 102 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 101 – Dominic Dale
 * 101 – Adam Davies
 * 101 – Barry Pinches
 * 100 – Nick Dyson