2011 UK Championship

Snooker tournament 2011 williamhill.com UK Championship 2011 UK Championship (snooker) poster.jpg 2011 12 3 2011 12 11 y Barbican Centre York England World Snooker Ranking event £625,000 £100,000 Stephen Maguire SCO (144) Judd Trump ENG Mark Allen NIR 10–8 2010 2012 The 2011 UK Championship (officially the 2011 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–11 December 2011 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. This was the first time that William Hill sponsored the event.williamhill.com To Sponsor UK http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2533164,00.html World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 30 November 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111202065222/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2533164%2C00.html 2 December 2011 John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 4–6 against Stephen Maguire.UK Championship: Defending champ John Higgins bows out in York http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/snooker/uk-championship-defending-champ-john-1088842 Daily Record 20 September 2012 Judd Trump won his second ranking title by defeating Mark Allen 10–8 in the final.Fazackerley Karen UK Snooker Championship: Judd Trump beats Mark Allen to win title https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16131999 BBC Sport 11 December 2011 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Prize Money http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2504100,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 6 November 2011 70% 50% 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 50% Stage one highest break: £5,000 Stage two highest break: £500 Total: £625,000 Controversy The format of the 2011 UK Championship was changed from previous editions. All rounds up to the quarter-finals were played as best of 11 frames instead of best of 17 frames. The semi-finals and the final were played as best of 17 and best of 19 frames respectively. The changes allowed for every match in the early rounds to be played in front of television cameras and avoided the need to use two extra tables.New Format For UK Championship http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2377912,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 31 March 2012 However, the changes angered some players including John Higgins,UK Snooker Championship: John Higgins unhappy with format https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/15990602 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 and Mark Williams, while Mark Allen called for Barry Hearn to resign as head of World Snooker, after Hearn had promised not to alter the championship when he had become the chairman in 2010.UK Snooker Championship: Allen says Hearn should resign https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16039752 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 During the same interview Allen aimed a four lettered expletive at Hearn.Mark Allen blasts Snooker chairman Barry Hearn over format changes https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/8936684/Mark-Allen-blasts-Snooker-chairman-Barry-Hearn-over-format-changes.html The Daily Telegraph 31 March 2012 London 5 December 2011 Allen was later charged by World Snooker for bringing the game into disrepute.UK Snooker Championship: Mark Allen faces charge over swearing https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16054218 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 Hearn, following the original comments by Allen, called him a "silly little boy",Barry Hearn hits back at 'silly' Mark Allen's UK Championship criticism https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16071133 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 to which Allen responded by gagging himself at a press conference.Allen stages 'silent protest' after Hearn jibe http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08122011/58/allen-stages-silent-protest-hearn-jibe.html Eurosport UK 31 March 2012 Allen and Hearn later sat down and had a discussion, which resolved their differences,Barry Hearn & Mark Allen hold positive talks over differences https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16478481 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 while Allen was fined £250 for swearing in a press conference.Mark Allen fined £250 for press conference swearing https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16749792 BBC Sport 31 March 2012 Main draw UK Championship draw http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/Drawspage/0,,13165~2533894,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 16 December 2011UK Championship Results http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionshipArticle/0,,13165~2547297,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 16 December 2011UK Snooker Championship final: Trump v Allen frame scores https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/9649788.stm BBC Sport 19 February 2014 11 December 2011williamhill.com UK Championship (2011) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=98 Snooker.org 12 October 2011 200 Last 32Best of 11 frames Last 16Best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 17 frames FinalBest of 19 frames 1 John Higgins SCO 6 Rory McLeod ENG 5 9 Stephen Maguire SCO 6 Stephen Hendry SCO 3 14 Ronnie O'Sullivan ENG 6 Steve Davis ENG 1 8 Judd Trump ENG 6 Dominic Dale WAL 4 5 Ding Junhui CHN 6 Mark Davis ENG 5 15 Matthew Stevens WAL 6 Marcus Campbell SCO 2 10 Graeme Dott SCO 6 Matthew Selt ENG 1 4 Neil Robertson AUS 6 Tom Ford ENG 1 3 Mark Williams WAL 6 Joe Jogia ENG 4 13 Stephen Lee ENG 3 Ricky Walden ENG 6 16 Martin Gould ENG 6 Peter Lines ENG 2 6 Shaun Murphy ENG 6 Li Yan CHN 3 7 Ali Carter ENG 6 Robert Milkins ENG 4 12 Mark Allen NIR 6 Adrian Gunnell ENG 3 11 Stuart Bingham ENG 4 Marco Fu HKG 6 2 Mark Selby ENG 6 Ryan Day WAL 0 1 SCO John Higgins 4 9 SCO Stephen Maguire 6 14 ENG Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 8 ENG Judd Trump 6 5 CHN Ding Junhui 6 15 WAL Matthew Stevens 5 10 SCO Graeme Dott 3 4 AUS Neil Robertson 6 3 WAL Mark Williams 3 ENG Ricky Walden 6 16 ENG Martin Gould 4 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 6 7 ENG Ali Carter 2 12 NIR Mark Allen 6 HKG Marco Fu 6 2 ENG Mark Selby 3 9 SCO Stephen Maguire 3 8 ENG Judd Trump 6 5 CHN Ding Junhui 2 4 AUS Neil Robertson 6 ENG Ricky Walden 6 6 ENG Shaun Murphy 3 12 NIR Mark Allen 6 HKG Marco Fu 5 8 ENG Judd Trump 9 4 AUS Neil Robertson 7 ENG Ricky Walden 7 12 NIR Mark Allen 9 8 ENG Judd Trump 10 12 NIR Mark Allen 8 Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Eirian Williams.Barbican Centre, York, England, 11 December 2011.williamhill.com UK Championship: Final - Match 31: Judd Trump v Mark Allen http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/960?matchId=145268 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 9 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215122918/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/960?matchId=145268 2013-12-15 dead Judd Trump (8) 10–8 Mark Allen (12) Afternoon: 92–4 (70), 23–58 (56), 0–149 (141), 48–69, 86–49 (52), 62–30, 75–33 (75), 73–31 (61) Evening: 109–7 (109), 78–46 (78), 82–14 (74), 0–139 (139), 0–133 (129), 76–1 (76), 8–125 (125), 35–75, 32–95 (95), 91–0 (91) 109 Highest break 141 1 Century breaks 4 9 50+ breaks 6 Qualifying These matches were held between 5 and 9 November 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England.UK Championship Qualifiers Draw and Format http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/19/90/0,,13165~167961,00.pdf worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 12 October 2011UK Championship Qualifiers Results http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2507245,00.html worldsnooker.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 7 November 2011williamhill.com UK Championship Qualifiers (2011) http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=91 Snooker.org 12 October 2011 Preliminary round Best of 11 frames Daniel Wells WAL 6–0 Kacper Filipiak POL Lucky Vatnani IND 4–6 Robin Hull FIN Round 1–4 no 200 Round 1Best of 11 frames Round 2Best of 11 frames Round 3Best of 11 frames Round 4Best of 11 frames Adam Duffy ENG 6 Dechawat Poomjaeng THA 3 Kurt Maflin NOR 6 David Hogan IRL 4 Ian McCulloch ENG 6 Luca Brecel BEL 5 Bjorn Haneveer BEL 4 Tian Pengfei CHN 6 Michael White WAL 6 Daniel Wells WAL 4 Andrew Pagett WAL 5 Sam Craigie ENG 6 Matthew Couch ENG 2 Cao Yupeng CHN 6 Paul Davison ENG 2 Adam Wicheard ENG 6 Liam Highfield ENG 3 Sam Baird ENG 6 Passakorn Suwannawat THA 6 Joe Meara NIR 0 Yu Delu CHN 1 Robin Hull FIN 6 Li Yan CHN 6 Stuart Carrington ENG 4 David Gilbert ENG 6 Aditya Mehta IND 5 David Morris IRL 3 David Grace ENG 6 Rod Lawler ENG 6 Simon Bedford ENG 2 Andrew Norman ENG 6 Scott MacKenzie SCO 5 Alfie Burden ENG 3 ENG Adam Duffy 6 Jimmy Robertson ENG 6 NOR Kurt Maflin 5 James Wattana THA 5 ENG Ian McCulloch 6 Liu Chuang CHN 0 CHN Tian Pengfei 6 Barry Pinches ENG 4 WAL Michael White 6 Ben Woollaston ENG 6 ENG Sam Craigie 5 Liu Song CHN 3 CHN Cao Yupeng 6 Xiao Guodong CHN 6 ENG Adam Wicheard 5 Anthony McGill SCO 6 ENG Sam Baird 2 Jimmy White ENG 6 THA Passakorn Suwannawat 2 Peter Lines ENG 6 FIN Robin Hull 4 Andy Hicks ENG 5 CHN Li Yan 6 Joe Swail NIR 1 ENG David Gilbert 6 Adrian Gunnell ENG 6 ENG David Grace 4 Mark Joyce ENG 6 ENG Rod Lawler 5 Tony Drago MLT 6 ENG Andrew Norman 3 Rory McLeod ENG 6 ENG Adam Duffy 4 Gerard Greene NIR 6 ENG Jimmy Robertson 2 Steve Davis ENG 6 ENG Ian McCulloch 2 Nigel Bond ENG 6 CHN Tian Pengfei 4 Liang Wenbo CHN 2 WAL Michael White 6 Michael Holt ENG 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 6 Matthew Selt ENG 6 CHN Cao Yupeng 3 Mike Dunn ENG 0 CHN Xiao Guodong 6 Joe Jogia ENG 6 SCO Anthony McGill 5 Jamie Jones WAL 6 ENG Jimmy White 5 Alan McManus SCO 4 ENG Peter Lines 6 Jack Lisowski ENG 2 CHN Li Yan 6 Robert Milkins ENG 6 ENG David Gilbert 5 Dave Harold ENG 3 ENG Adrian Gunnell 6 Anthony Hamilton ENG 6 ENG Mark Joyce 4 Jamie Burnett SCO 6 MLT Tony Drago 3 Barry Hawkins ENG 2 ENG Rory McLeod 6 Stephen Hendry SCO 6 NIR Gerard Greene 2 Andrew Higginson ENG 2 ENG Steve Davis 6 Dominic Dale WAL 6 ENG Nigel Bond 2 Mark Davis ENG 6 WAL Michael White 2 Marcus Campbell SCO 6 ENG Ben Woollaston 3 Mark King ENG 4 ENG Matthew Selt 6 Tom Ford ENG 6 CHN Xiao Guodong 0 Jamie Cope ENG 3 ENG Joe Jogia 6 Ricky Walden ENG 6 WAL Jamie Jones 2 Ken Doherty IRL 5 ENG Peter Lines 6 Fergal O'Brien IRL 2 CHN Li Yan 6 Peter Ebdon ENG 3 ENG Robert Milkins 6 Joe Perry ENG 4 ENG Adrian Gunnell 6 Marco Fu HKG 6 ENG Anthony Hamilton 5 Ryan Day WAL 6 SCO Jamie Burnett 0 Century breaks Televised stage centuries Century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=960 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 11 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111206225918/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=960 2011-12-06 dead 144, 134, 122 Stephen Maguire 141, 139, 129, 125, 101 Mark Allen 140, 136 Matthew Stevens 133, 123, 101 Martin Gould 133, 103 Ding Junhui 131 Marco Fu 128 Stuart Bingham 127, 124 Ricky Walden 123, 114 Ronnie O'Sullivan 120, 109, 106, 106 Judd Trump 118 Dominic Dale 117 Graeme Dott 111, 102 Mark Selby 105, 101 Neil Robertson 103 Stephen Lee 102 Matthew Selt 102 Shaun Murphy 101 Marcus Campbell 101 John Higgins Qualifying stage centuries Qualifying century breaks http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=959 worldsnookerdata.com World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 9 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111109191727/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=959 9 November 2011 live 139 David Hogan 134, 100 Sam Baird 130 Jamie Jones 127 Ian McCulloch 127 Ryan Day 126 Robin Hull 124 Mark Joyce 123 Fergal O'Brien 122 Mark Davis 121 Li Yan 118 Ben Woollaston 117 Adam Wicheard 117 David Grace 111 Lucky Vatnani 110 Rory McLeod 110 Robert Milkins 109 Daniel Wells 109 Jamie Cope 109 Peter Lines 108 Anthony McGill 108 Ricky Walden 106 Luca Brecel 106 Jimmy Robertson 104 Gerard Greene 103 Aditya Mehta 103 Jimmy White 102 Sam Craigie 102 David Gilbert 100 Tian Pengfei References External links http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/UKChampionship 2011 Category:2011 in snooker Category:2011 in English sport Category:December 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom 2011