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2007 UK Snooker Championship

Maplin UK Championship
Tournament information
Dates 8–16 December 2007
Venue Telford International Centre
City Telford
Country England
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £590,400
Winner's share £100,000
Highest break England Ronnie O'Sullivan (147)
Final
Champion England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Runner-up Scotland Stephen Maguire
Score 10–2
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The 2007 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England.

In the final frame of his quarter-final match against Marco Fu, Mark Selby won the longest ever televised frame of snooker, which lasted 77 minutes. This beat the previous record of 74 minutes, which took place between Peter Ebdon and Graeme Dott in the 2006 World Snooker Championship final.

Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eight maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set by Stephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeating Stephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4–1.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Qualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.


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