2007 UK Championship

The 2007 UK Championship (officially the 2007 Maplin UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

Peter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8–9 to Ian McCulloch in the Last 32.

In the final frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, Mark Selby won the longest ever televised frame of snooker, which lasted 77 minutes. This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.

Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4–1. This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashed Ken Doherty 10–1 six years earlier.

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-finalist: £15,800
 * Last 16: £11,750
 * Last 32: £8,000
 * Last 48: £4,500
 * Last 64: £2,200


 * Stage one highest break: £500
 * Stage two highest break: £5000
 * Stage one maximum break: £1,000
 * Stage two maximum break: £25,000
 * Total: £590,400

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 137, 126, 119, 117, 112 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 144, 135, – Shaun Murphy
 * 143, 112, 100 – Ding Junhui
 * 139, 132, 111, 102 – Marco Fu
 * 139 – Ali Carter
 * 137, 133, 105 – Jamie Cope
 * 137 – Ryan Day
 * 131 – Nigel Bond
 * 130, 122, 120, 108, 106, 105, 101 – Stephen Maguire


 * 130, 120, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
 * 123, 120 – Ian McCulloch
 * 120 – Graeme Dott
 * 116 – Michael Holt
 * 115, 103 – Mark Allen
 * 111 – Neil Robertson
 * 106 – Barry Hawkins
 * 104 – Stephen Hendry
 * 100 – John Higgins

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 146 – Mark Allen
 * 141 – Dominic Dale
 * 139, 134 – Tian Pengfei
 * 138 – Ben Woollaston
 * 138 – Rory McLeod
 * 137, 133, 121 – David Gray
 * 135 – Michael White
 * 134, 100, 100 – Tom Ford
 * 133, 110, 104, 103, 100 – Barry Pinches
 * 133 – Matthew Stevens
 * 132, 120 – Joe Delaney
 * 129, 127 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 129 – Kurt Maflin
 * 128, 116, 115 – Ricky Walden
 * 123 – James McBain
 * 122 – Dave Harold
 * 119 – Jamie O'Neill
 * 116 – Robert Milkins
 * 115 – Stuart Bingham


 * 115 – Mark Joyce
 * 114 – Alex Davies
 * 114 – Alan McManus
 * 112, 103 – Shailesh Jogia
 * 112 – John Parrott
 * 112 – Mark Davis
 * 111 – Andy Hicks
 * 110 – Andrew Higginson
 * 109, 107 – Mark King
 * 109, 106 – Liu Song
 * 109 – Liang Wenbo
 * 107, 107, 100 – Jamie Burnett
 * 106 – Jimmy White
 * 105 – Jimmy Michie
 * 102 – Adrian Gunnell
 * 102 – Lee Spick
 * 101 – Paul Davies
 * 100 – David Roe
 * 100 – Jamie Cope