2012 UK Championship

The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.

For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.

Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.

Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10–6 in the final. This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16–9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.

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


 * Winner: £125,000
 * Runner-up: £50,000
 * Semi-final: £25,000
 * Quarter-final: £17,000
 * Last 16: £11,000
 * Last 32: £7,500
 * Last 48: £5,500
 * Last 64: £2,000


 * Non-televised highest break: £500
 * Televised highest break: £3,500
 * Non-televised maximum break: £2,500
 * Televised maximum break: £10,000
 * Total: £637,500

Qualifying
These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.

Televised stage centuries

 * 147, 116 – John Higgins
 * 134, 101 – Ali Carter
 * 131, 121 – Marco Fu
 * 131, 104, 102 – Stephen Maguire
 * 130, 122, 105 – Shaun Murphy
 * 129, 127, 112, 105, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 121, 106, 105, 103, 101 – Mark Selby
 * 120 – Stuart Bingham


 * 106, 103, 101 – Mark Davis
 * 106 – Ding Junhui
 * 105 – Mark Williams
 * 104 – Judd Trump
 * 103 – Mark King
 * 102 – Liang Wenbo
 * 101 – Barry Hawkins
 * 100 – Ryan Day

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 147, 131, 104, 100 – Jack Lisowski
 * 147 – Andy Hicks
 * 141, 136 – Steve Davis
 * 140, 103 – Ben Woollaston
 * 138 – Mark Joyce
 * 136, 119, 110, 110, 103 – Luca Brecel
 * 135, 102 – Rod Lawler
 * 133 – Tom Ford
 * 132, 123, 105 – Marco Fu
 * 130 – Dave Harold
 * 129 – Yu Delu
 * 128 – Liam Highfield
 * 127, 124, 118 – David Gilbert


 * 120, 104 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 120 – Ryan Day
 * 115, 111 – Sam Baird
 * 113, 105 – Liang Wenbo
 * 113 – Kurt Maflin
 * 111 – Marcus Campbell
 * 104 – Mark King
 * 103, 102 – Pankaj Advani
 * 102, 101 – Daniel Wells
 * 102 – Xiao Guodong
 * 101 – Jamie O'Neill
 * 101 – Joe Perry