The 2004 UK Championship (officially the 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional

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tournament that took place between 15 and 28 November 2004 at the

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. During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the only break exceeding 147 in professional competition. Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost his first round match to Barry Pinches.

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won his first UK Championship, beating David Gray 10–1 in the final. During the tournament Gray compiled his first

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, the 50th ever made in professional play.

Tournament summary

Defending champion Matthew Stevens was the number 1 seed with World Champion

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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

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in

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Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

* 147, 139, 118, 105 David Gray * 141, 131, 122, 118, 110, 106, 104, 102, 100

* 141

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* 140, 116 Ricky Walden * 136, 136, 111 Peter Ebdon * 130, 128 Mark King * 130, 107 Ryan Day * 128 Chris Small * 120

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* 118, 113, 102

* 117 Alan McManus * 114, 102 Joe Perry * 114

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* 113, 104 Stephen Lee * 112, 100

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* 107 Ali Carter * 105 Jimmy Michie * 101

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* 101 Graeme Dott

Qualifying stage centuries

* 148, 115, 113, 104, 103 Jamie Burnett * 143, 133

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* 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

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* 129, 124, 14, 102

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* 129 Nigel Bond * 128, 125, 112 Ricky Walden * 126 Bjorn Haneveer * 126 Ryan Day * 124, 113

* 121, 116, 111, 109

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* 120 Simon Bedford * 120 Gerard Greene * 120 Joe Jogia * 119 Steve James * 117 Alfie Burden * 115, 100

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* 113 Shokat Ali * 111 Leo Fernandez * 109, 104 Michael Judge * 108 Anthony Davies * 106

* 102

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* 101 Dominic Dale * 101 Adam Davies * 101 Barry Pinches * 100 Nick Dyson

Notes

References

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