2010 UK Championship

The 2010 UK Championship (officially the 2010 12BET.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–12 December 2010 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 8–9 against Mark Allen in the last 16.

John Higgins won the title after defeating Mark Williams in the final frame of the final to clinch his third UK title. Higgins had trailed 5–9 and required a snooker in the seventeenth frame to remain in the match. With this win he regained the number one position in the rankings.

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


 * Winner: £100,000
 * Runner-up: £46,000
 * Semi-finals: £23,250
 * Quarter-finals: £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
 * Total: £625,000

Qualifying
These matches were held between 23 November and 1 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Televised stage centuries

 * 143, 109, 103, 100 – Mark Joyce
 * 142, 106 – Stuart Bingham
 * 142 – Jamie Cope
 * 141, 130, 114, 113, 100 – Mark Allen
 * 138, 100 – Marco Fu
 * 137, 137, 135, 134, 127, 122, 106 – Stephen Maguire
 * 137, 137 – Stephen Lee
 * 137, 136, 126, 125, 120, 113, 105 – Neil Robertson
 * 135, 131, 103, 101 – Ding Junhui
 * 135 – Judd Trump
 * 131, 129, 107, 101, 100 – Shaun Murphy
 * 131 – Patrick Wallace


 * 126 – Tom Ford
 * 125 – Mark Davis
 * 120, 104 – Ken Doherty
 * 115 – Jimmy White
 * 113 – Peter Ebdon
 * 110, 107 – Andrew Higginson
 * 109 – Mark Selby
 * 105, 105, 100, 100 – John Higgins
 * 104 – Stephen Hendry
 * 103 – Matthew Stevens
 * 100 – Graeme Dott