The 2004 UK Championship (officially the 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 28 November 2004 at the Barbican Centre in York, England.
During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the first break exceeding 147 in professional competition. It was also the second in a professional tournament.
Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost his first round match to Barry Pinches.
Stephen Maguire won his first UK Championship, beating David Gray 10–1 in the final. During the tournament Gray compiled his first maximum break, the 50th ever made in professional play.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Matthew Stevens was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £70,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £17,500 Quarter-final: £14,000 Last 16: £10,500 Last 32: £7,200 Last 48: £4,125 Last 64: £2,000
Stage two highest break: £6,000 Stage two maximum break: £25,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Colin Brinded.Barbican Centre, York, England, 28 November 2004. David Gray (14) 1–10 Stephen Maguire (24) Afternoon: 49–81, 84–10, , , , , , Evening: 0–131 (131), , <50 Highest break 131 0 Century breaks 3 0 50+ breaks 6
Qualifying Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
147, 139, 118, 105 David Gray 141, 131, 122, 118, 110, 106, 104, 102, 100 Stephen Maguire 141 Stephen Hendry 140, 116 Ricky Walden 136, 136, 111 Peter Ebdon 130, 128 Mark King 130, 107 Ryan Day 128 Chris Small 120 Robert Milkins 118, 113, 102 Ronnie O'Sullivan
117 Alan McManus 114, 102 Joe Perry 114 John Higgins 113, 104 Stephen Lee 112, 100 Barry Hawkins 107 Ali Carter 105 Jimmy Michie 101 John Parrott 101 Graeme Dott
Qualifying stage centuries
148, 115, 113, 104, 103 Jamie Burnett 143, 133 Shaun Murphy 134, 132, 106 Robin Hull 133, 101 Andy Hicks 132, 130, 101 David McDonnell 132, 108 Rory McLeod 131, 118 James Wattana 131 Gary Wilson 130, 121, 101 Stuart Bingham 129, 124, 14, 102 Ding Junhui 129 Nigel Bond 128, 125, 112 Ricky Walden 126 Bjorn Haneveer 126 Ryan Day 124, 113 John Parrott 121, 116, 111, 109 Neil Robertson
120 Simon Bedford 120 Gerard Greene 120 Joe Jogia 119 Steve James 117 Alfie Burden 115, 100 Paul Davies 113 Shokat Ali 111 Leo Fernandez 109, 104 Michael Judge 108 Anthony Davies 106 Stephen Maguire 102 Fergal O'Brien 101 Dominic Dale 101 Adam Davies 101 Barry Pinches 100 Nick Dyson
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