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2006 UK Championship
The 2006 UK Championship (officially the 2006 Maplin UK Championship) was the 2006 edition of the UK Championship, a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport's three Triple Crown events. It was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. The competition was the third of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2006/2007 season and the 30th edition of the tournament. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.
Peter Ebdon won the tournament, defeating the five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry 10 frames to 6 in the final. It was Ebdon's first UK Championship win and his seventh career ranking title. He was the ninth player in history to win both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship. In the semi-finals Ebdon beat John Higgins 9–7 and Hendry defeated fellow Scot Graeme Dott by the same scoreline. David Gray and Mark King both achieved the tournament's highest breaks with individual breaks of 146. The tournament followed the Grand Prix and preceded the Malta Cup.
The tournament was created as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship in 1977 and was open to residents in the United Kingdom and holders of British passports. Seven years later all professional players were allowed to enter and snooker's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), granted the tournament ranking status. It is considered to be snooker's second most important ranking tournament behind the World Snooker Championship and is one of three of the sport's Triple Crown events.
The 2006 tournament was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. It was the third of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, following the Grand Prix and preceding the Malta Cup. The defending UK champion was Ding Junhui, who beat Steve Davis 10–6 in the previous year's final. Sponsored by the electronics retailer Maplin for the first time, the 2006 tournament was the 30th time it had been held. The competition had a total prize fund of £552,500, and was broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom and Eurosport in Europe. All matches held between 4 and 16 December were the best-of-17-frames until the final on 17 December.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The qualifying rounds were played between players on the main tour ranked 33 and lower for one of 32 places in the final stage at Pontin's in Prestatyn, from 14 to 19 November. John Parrott, the 1991 world champion, beat David Gilbert 9–8 after coming from 8–5 behind to earn a spot in the first round. The other successful qualifiers included Barry Pinches, Michael Judge, Jamie Burnett and Robin Hull.
The 16 first-round matches were between players ranked 17–32 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage from 4 to 5 December. Ryan Day came from 3–0 down to beat Liu Song 9–5 with a match-winning break of 130. 2004 runner up David Gray was helped by breaks of 131, 81 and 68 to defeat Pinches 9–2, while Stuart Bingham emerged a 9–8 winner over Rory McLeod from 7–5 and 8–7 down. Mark Selby defeated Parrott 9–1 with breaks of 110, 104, 59 and 57 to lead 7–1 entering the evening session and Selby took less than half an hour in the second to give Parrott his biggest career defeat since his 18–3 loss to Davis in the final of the 1989 World Snooker Championship. Of the other first day matches Mark King beat Adrian Gunnell 9–4, and Joe Perry led Judge 7–1 overnight with breaks of 125, 93, 75, 66 and 60. Perry took 26 minutes the next day to claim two straight frames and win 9–1. Rod Lawler prevailed 9–7 over Anthony Hamilton in a match lasting more than 81⁄2 hours, and world number 35 Dave Harold defeated Robert Milkins 9–7 with a match-winning break of 102.
Mike Dunn took five out of six final frames to defeat James Wattana 9–5 and claim a place in the second round. Gerard Greene received a walkover to the next round after his opponent, world number 27 Marco Fu, withdrew from the tournament to represent Hong Kong at the 2006 Asia Games in Qatar at his country's behest. Joe Swail tied 4–4 with Joe Delaney overnight and both players shared six frames before Swail won the last two for a 9–7 win. Ricky Walden led Ian McCulloch 5–4 before McCulloch took two consecutive frames. Walden then achieved breaks of 68, 112, 45 and 70 to secure a 9–6 win and his second over McCulloch. In the game between Alan McManus and Marcus Campbell, McManus led 4–0 before coming back from Campbell's challenge to win 9–5. Of the other first round matches, Burnett compiled breaks of 110 and 104 in his 9–3 victory over Andy Hicks, while Hull produced breaks of 104 and 120 in a 9–5 win against Nigel Bond, and Scott MacKenzie whitewashed Michael Holt 9–0 after breaks of 65 and 109.
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2006 UK Championship
The 2006 UK Championship (officially the 2006 Maplin UK Championship) was the 2006 edition of the UK Championship, a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport's three Triple Crown events. It was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. The competition was the third of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) ranking events in the 2006/2007 season and the 30th edition of the tournament. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.
Peter Ebdon won the tournament, defeating the five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry 10 frames to 6 in the final. It was Ebdon's first UK Championship win and his seventh career ranking title. He was the ninth player in history to win both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship. In the semi-finals Ebdon beat John Higgins 9–7 and Hendry defeated fellow Scot Graeme Dott by the same scoreline. David Gray and Mark King both achieved the tournament's highest breaks with individual breaks of 146. The tournament followed the Grand Prix and preceded the Malta Cup.
The tournament was created as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship in 1977 and was open to residents in the United Kingdom and holders of British passports. Seven years later all professional players were allowed to enter and snooker's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), granted the tournament ranking status. It is considered to be snooker's second most important ranking tournament behind the World Snooker Championship and is one of three of the sport's Triple Crown events.
The 2006 tournament was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. It was the third of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, following the Grand Prix and preceding the Malta Cup. The defending UK champion was Ding Junhui, who beat Steve Davis 10–6 in the previous year's final. Sponsored by the electronics retailer Maplin for the first time, the 2006 tournament was the 30th time it had been held. The competition had a total prize fund of £552,500, and was broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom and Eurosport in Europe. All matches held between 4 and 16 December were the best-of-17-frames until the final on 17 December.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The qualifying rounds were played between players on the main tour ranked 33 and lower for one of 32 places in the final stage at Pontin's in Prestatyn, from 14 to 19 November. John Parrott, the 1991 world champion, beat David Gilbert 9–8 after coming from 8–5 behind to earn a spot in the first round. The other successful qualifiers included Barry Pinches, Michael Judge, Jamie Burnett and Robin Hull.
The 16 first-round matches were between players ranked 17–32 and those who had made it through the qualifying stage from 4 to 5 December. Ryan Day came from 3–0 down to beat Liu Song 9–5 with a match-winning break of 130. 2004 runner up David Gray was helped by breaks of 131, 81 and 68 to defeat Pinches 9–2, while Stuart Bingham emerged a 9–8 winner over Rory McLeod from 7–5 and 8–7 down. Mark Selby defeated Parrott 9–1 with breaks of 110, 104, 59 and 57 to lead 7–1 entering the evening session and Selby took less than half an hour in the second to give Parrott his biggest career defeat since his 18–3 loss to Davis in the final of the 1989 World Snooker Championship. Of the other first day matches Mark King beat Adrian Gunnell 9–4, and Joe Perry led Judge 7–1 overnight with breaks of 125, 93, 75, 66 and 60. Perry took 26 minutes the next day to claim two straight frames and win 9–1. Rod Lawler prevailed 9–7 over Anthony Hamilton in a match lasting more than 81⁄2 hours, and world number 35 Dave Harold defeated Robert Milkins 9–7 with a match-winning break of 102.
Mike Dunn took five out of six final frames to defeat James Wattana 9–5 and claim a place in the second round. Gerard Greene received a walkover to the next round after his opponent, world number 27 Marco Fu, withdrew from the tournament to represent Hong Kong at the 2006 Asia Games in Qatar at his country's behest. Joe Swail tied 4–4 with Joe Delaney overnight and both players shared six frames before Swail won the last two for a 9–7 win. Ricky Walden led Ian McCulloch 5–4 before McCulloch took two consecutive frames. Walden then achieved breaks of 68, 112, 45 and 70 to secure a 9–6 win and his second over McCulloch. In the game between Alan McManus and Marcus Campbell, McManus led 4–0 before coming back from Campbell's challenge to win 9–5. Of the other first round matches, Burnett compiled breaks of 110 and 104 in his 9–3 victory over Andy Hicks, while Hull produced breaks of 104 and 120 in a 9–5 win against Nigel Bond, and Scott MacKenzie whitewashed Michael Holt 9–0 after breaks of 65 and 109.