| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 8–16 December 2007 (2007-12-08 –2007-12-16) |
| Venue | Telford International Centre |
| City | Telford |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £590,400 |
| Winner's share | £100,000 |
| Highest break |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) |
| Score | 10–2 |
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The2007 UK Championship (officially the2007 Maplin UK Championship) was a professionalrankingsnooker tournament that took place between 8 and 16 December 2007 at theTelford International Centre inTelford,England.
Peter Ebdon was the defending champion but he lost 8–9 toIan McCulloch in the Last 32.
In the final frame of his quarter-final match againstMarco 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 Ebdon andGraeme Dott in the2006 World Snooker Championship final.[1]
Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled amaximum break in the deciding frame of his semi-final match against Mark Selby, his eighth maximum, equalling the official record of tournament 147 breaks first set byStephen Hendry. This was the second consecutive ranking tournament where he made a 147.[2]
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fourth UK Championship title by defeatingStephen Maguire 10–2 in the final. This came one year after O'Sullivan forfeited his quarter-final against Hendry while trailing 4–1.[3] This was the biggest winning margin in a UK final since O'Sullivan himself thrashedKen Doherty 10–1six years earlier.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5]
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| Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee:Eirian Williams. Telford International Centre,Telford, England, 16 December 2007.[6][7] | ||
| Stephen Maguire (10) Scotland | 2–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (6) England |
| Afternoon: 4–120 (54, 66),1–68,42–78 (78),29–75 (66),26–100 (53),1–78 (78),24–80 (52),1–70 Evening:103–0 (99),0–126 (126),75–0 (57),16–115 (94) | ||
| 99 | Highest break | 126 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 2 | 50+ breaks | 9 |
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 23 and 30 November 2007 atPontin's inPrestatyn,Wales.[6][8]
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