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2012 UK Championship

Snooker tournament

Field	Value
tournament_name	2012 williamhill.com UK Championship
logo	2012 UK Championship (snooker) poster.jpg
dates
venue	Barbican Centre
location	York
country	England
organisation	World Snooker
format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£637,500
winners_share	£125,000
highest_break	John Higgins (147)
Jack Lisowski (147)
Andy Hicks (147)
winner	Mark Selby
runner_up	Shaun Murphy
score	10–6
previous	[2011](2011-uk-championship)
next	[2013](2013-uk-championship)

Jack Lisowski (147) Andy Hicks (147)

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

Main draw

Final

3	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

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

Century breaks

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

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