The 2012 UK Championship (officially the 2012 williamhill.com UK Championship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1âÂÂ9 December 2012 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
For the first time in the history of snooker three maximum breaks were made in a ranking tournament, albeit at different venues. Andy Hicks made the 93rd official maximum break during his round 2 qualifying match against Daniel Wells. This was Hicks' first 147 break. Just one day later Jack Lisowski compiled the 94th official maximum break during his round 3 qualifying match against Chen Zhe. This was Lisowski's first 147 break. John Higgins made the 95th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Mark Davis. This was Higgins' seventh 147 break. It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to seven.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 5âÂÂ6 against Mark Joyce in the last 32.
Mark Selby won his third ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 10âÂÂ6 in the final. This was the tournament's first all-English final since 1992, when Jimmy White defeated John Parrott 16âÂÂ9. By reaching the final Selby also regained number one position in the rankings from Trump.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
These matches were held between 20 and 23 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.