page_title: 2006 UK Championship
section_title: Tournament summary
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 UK Championship / Tournament summary
caption_attribution_description: English: The Barbican Centre
context_page_description: The 2006 UK Championship was the 2006 edition of the UK Championship, a professional snooker tournament that is one of the sport's three Triple Crown events. It was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. The competition was the third of seven World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ranking events in the 2006/2007 season and the 30th edition of the tournament. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom and Europe on the BBC and Eurosport.
  Peter Ebdon won the tournament, defeating his opponent, the five-time UK champion Stephen Hendry ten frames to six in the final. It was Ebdon's first UK Championship win and his seventh career ranking title. He also became the ninth player in history to win both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship. In the semi-finals Ebdon beat John Higgins 9–7 and Hendry defeated fellow Scot Graeme Dott by the same scoreline. David Gray and Mark King both achieved the tournament's highest break with individual breaks of 146. The tournament followed the Grand Prix and preceded the Malta Cup.
context_section_description: The tournament was created as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship in 1977 and was open to residents in the United Kingdom and holders of British passports. Seven years later all professional players were allowed to enter and snooker's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), granted the tournament ranking status. It is considered to be snooker's second most important ranking tournament behind the World Snooker Championship and is one of three of the sport's Triple Crown events. The 2006 tournament was held from 4 to 17 December 2006 at the Barbican Centre in York, North Yorkshire. It was the third of seven WPBSA ranking events in the 2006/2007 season, following the Grand Prix and preceding the Malta Cup. Held in October, the Grand Prix was won by Neil Robertson, who defeated Jamie Cope nine frames to five (9–5) in the final. The defending UK champion was Ding Junhui, who beat Steve Davis 10–6 in last year's final. Sponsored by the electronics retailer Maplin for the first time, it had a total prize fund of £548,000, and was broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom and Eurosport in Europe.
caption: The Barbican Centre, where the tournament was held
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