Wikipedia - 2019 UK Championship
The 2019 UK Championship (officially the 2019 Betway UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 26 November to 8 December 2019 in the Barbican Centre, York, England. The 43rd edition of the UK Championship, it was the seventh ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2019–20 season. The event was broadcast on BBC Sport in the United Kingdom and on Eurosport throughout Europe. The tournament was sponsored by betting company Betway.
The defending champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan, had won the previous two championships, defeating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the 2017 final, and Mark Allen 10–6 in the 2018 final. O'Sullivan was eliminated in the last 16 by Ding Junhui, who won the match 6–4 and proceeded to reach the final of the event, defeating compatriots Liang Wenbo and Yan Bingtao, both 6–2, in the two intervening rounds. Ding's opponent in the final was Stephen Maguire, who had won his semi-final 6–0 against Mark Allen. Ding defeated Maguire 10–6 to win his third UK championship.
Barry Hawkins compiled a maximum break in the fourth frame of his first round match with Gerard Greene. It was the first maximum break to be made at the UK Championship since 2016, and the third of Hawkins' career. There were a total of 139 century breaks in the event.
Obhájcem titulu je Ronnie O'Sullivan, který ve finále loňské události porazil Marka Allena 10:6. O'Sullivan vstoupí do turnaje jako druhý nasazený, přičemž světová jednička Judd Trump je nasazena jako první.
Celkem 128 hráčů se zúčastní turnaje, včetně 112 nejlepších hráčů světového žebříčku, 12 hráčů, kteří postoupili z kvalifikačních kol a čtyř hráčů, kteří dostali divokou kartu.
Turnaj se bude hrát na 128 hráčů vyřazovacím způsobem, přičemž každé kolo se bude hrát na jiný počet framů. Finále, které se bude hrát na 19 framů, se uskuteční 8. prosince 2019.
Celková finanční odměna pro turnaj je 1 003 000 liber, přičemž vítěz obdrží 200 000 liber.