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.

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

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