UK Championship 2021 - Date, schedule, order of play and prize money with Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump in action

ByEurosport

Published 10/11/2021 at 16:50 GMT

Neil Robertson is the defending champion at the UK Championship following a dramatic 10-9 win over Judd Trump at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The event is back at its regular home of the Barbican Centre in York, and the players will be delighted that crowds will be allowed, with the venue likely set to be full for many sessions.

Neil Robertson

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The snooker season steps up a gear with the UK Championship from the Barbican in York.

The event is one of snooker’s big-three tournaments, alongside the World Championship and the Masters.

Neil Robertson, fresh from his win in the English Open, will head to York as the defending champion - having beaten Judd Trump in dramatic fashion 12 months ago.

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When is it?

The 2021 UK Championship runs from November 23 to December 5.

How to Watch

All the action from the Barbican is live on Eurosport and discovery+, while it can also be screened on Eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app.

UK Championship Format

November 23-25 - Round 1 (Best of 11 frames)
November 27-28 - Round 2 (Best of 11 frames)
November 29-30 - Round 3 (Best of 11 frames)
December 1-2 - Last 16 (Best of 11 frames)
December 3 - Quarter-finals (Best of 11 frames)
December 4 - Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames)
December 5 - Final (Best of 19 frames)

Prize Money

Whoever follows Robertson in lifting the trophy will pick up £200,000 from a total prize fund of £1,009,000.

Winner: £200,000
Runner-up: £80,000
Semi-final: £40,000
Quarter-final: £24,500
Last 16: £17,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 64: £6,500
Highest break: £15,000

First Round Draw

Neil Robertson v John Astley
Andrew Higginson v Mark Joyce
Scott Donaldson v Farakh Ajaib
Jordan Brown v Duane Jones
Anthony McGill v Iulian Boiko
David Grace v Peter Devlin
Zhou Yuelong v Chen Zifan
Mark Davis v Ashley Hugill
Li Hang v Mitchell Mann
Ricky Walden v Craig Steadman
Anthony Hamilton v Allan Taylor
Mark Williams v Lei Peifan
Luca Brecel v Xu Si
Tom Ford v Andrew Pagett
Tian Pengfei v Simon Lichtenberg
Stephen Maguire v Sanderson Lam
Kyren Wilson v Soheil Vahedi
Jak Jones v Oliver Lines
Lu Ning v Wu Yize
Matthew Stevens v Hammad Miah
Yan Bingtao v Ng On Yee
Ben Woollaston v Rory McLeod
Gary Wilson v Ian Burns
Liam Highfield v Jamie Wilson
Noppon Saengkham v Aaron Hill
Ali Carter v Jimmy White
Stuart Carrington v Zhao Jianbo
Stuart Bingham v Dean Young
Mark King v Jackson Page
Kurt Maflin v Gerard Green
Nigel Bond v Robbie Williams
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Michael White
Judd Trump v David Lilley
Chris Wakelin v Jamie Clarke
Joe Perry v Fraser Patrick
Matthew Selt v Chang Bingyu
Barry Hawkins v Reanne Evans
Lyu Haotian v Gao Yang
Martin Gould v Barry Pinches
Jamie Jones v Cao Yupeng
Alexander Ursenbacher v Ben Hancorn
David Gilbert v Alfie Burden
Joe O'Connor v Fergal O'Brien
Mark Allen v Michael Judge
Michael Holt v Zak Surety
Liang Wenbo v Andy Hicks
Dominic Dale v Ashley Carty
Shaun Murphy v Si Jiahu
John Higgins v Michael Georgiou
Sunny Akani v Steven Hallworth
Zhao Xintong v Yuan Sijun
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Stephen Hendry
Ding Junhui v Zhang Anda
Sam Craigie v Ken Doherty
Ryan Day v Peter Lines
Elliot Slessor v Fan Zhengy
Jimmy Robertson v Lee Walker
Graeme Dott v Jamie O'Neill
Martin O'Donnell v Lukas Kleckers
Jack Lisowski v Sean Maddocks
Robert Milkins v Louis Heathcote
Xiao Guodong v Zhang Jiankang
Hossein Vafaei v Pang Junxu
Mark Selby v Ross Muir

Tournament History

The UK Championship is one of the biggest events on the calendar and dates back to 1977, when Patsy Fagan beat Doug Mountjoy at the Tower Circus in Blackpool. The Guild Hall in Preston has played host to the event, as have Telford and Bournemouth. It has been held in York since 2010 - aside from 12 months ago when it was played at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Ronnie O’Sullivan is the winning-most player - having scooped the prize on seven occasions.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Host City
1977	Patsy Fagan	Doug Mountjoy	12-9	Blackpool
1978	Doug Mountjoy	David Taylor	15-9	Preston
1979	John Virgo	Terry Griffiths	14-3	Preston
1980	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	16-6	Preston
1981	Steve Davis	Terry Griffiths	16-3	Preston
1982	Terry Griffiths	Alex Higgins	16-15	Preston
1983	Alex Higgins	Steve Davis	16-15	Preston
1984	Steve Davis	Alex Higgins	16-8	Preston
1985	Steve Davis	Willie Thorne	16-14	Preston
1986	Steve Davis	Neal Foulds	16-7	Preston
1987	Steve Davis	Jimmy White	16-14	Preston
1988	Doug Mountjoy	Stephen Hendry	16-12	Preston
1989	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	16-12	Preston
1990	Stephen Hendry	Steve Davis	16-15	Preston
1991	John Parrott	Jimmy White	16-13	Preston
1992	Jimmy White	John Parrott	16-9	Preston
1993	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	10-6	Preston
1994	Stephen Hendry	Ken Doherty	10-5	Preston
1995	Stephen Hendry	Peter Ebdon	10-3	Preston
1996	Stephen Hendry	John Higgins	10-9	Preston
1997	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Hendry	10-6	Preston
1998	John Higgins	Matthew Stevens	10-6	Bournemouth
1999	Mark Williams	Matthew Stevens	10-8	Bournemouth
2000	John Higgins	Mark Williams	10-4	Bournemouth
2001	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Ken Doherty	10-1	York
2002	Mark Williams	Ken Doherty	10-9	York
2003	Matthew Stevens	Stephen Hendry	10-8	York
2004	Stephen Maguire	David Gray	10-1	York
2005	Ding Junhui	Steve Davis	10-6	York
2006	Peter Ebdon	Stephen Hendry	10-6	York
2007	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Stephen Maguire	10-2	Telford
2008	Shaun Murphy	Marco Fu	10-9	Telford
2009	Ding Junhui	John Higgins	10-8	Telford
2010	John Higgins	Mark Williams	10-9	York
2011	Judd Trump	Mark Allen	10-8	York
2012	Mark Selby	Shaun Murphy	10-6	York
2013	Neil Robertson	Mark Selby	10-7	York
2014	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Judd Trump	10-9	York
2015	Neil Robertson	Liang Wenbo	10-5	York
2016	Mark Selby	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10-7	York
2017	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Shaun Murphy	10-5	York
2018	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Mark Allen	10-6	York
2019	Ding Junhui	Stephen Maguire	10-6	York
2020	Neil Robertson	Judd Trump	10-9	York

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