World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format
Ranking event
Total prize fund
£495,875
Winner's share
£70,000
Highest break
Steve Davis (ENG)
John Higgins (SCO)
Michael Holt (ENG)
(145)
Final
Champion
Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up
Steve Davis (ENG)
Score
10–6
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The 2005 UK Championship (officially the 2005 Travis Perkins UK Championship) was a professional snooker tournament and the 2005 edition of the UK Championship. It was held at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire, England from 5 to 18 December 2005. The competition was the second of six World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ranking events in the 2005–06 snooker season, the first of the three Triple Crown events, and the tournament's 29th edition. It preceded the Malta Cup and followed the Grand Prix. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.
The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, who had won the previous year's event with a 10–1 win over David Gray in the final. Maguire reached the third round where he was defeated 8–9 by six-time world champion Steve Davis. Davis in turn was defeated 10–6 in the final by Ding Junhui, who won his second career ranking title. Ding was the first player from outside the British Isles to win the UK Championship, and the second youngest player to win it since Ronnie O'Sullivan triumphed in the 1993 competition. In the semi-finals Ding beat Joe Perry 9–4 and Davis defeated seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 9–6. The tournament's highest break of 145 was shared by Davis, John Higgins and Michael Holt.
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