2004 UK Championship
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 only break exceeding 147 in professional competition.
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 after earlier defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan. During the tournament Gray compiled his first maximum break, the 50th ever made in professional play.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
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.Century breaks
- 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