2004 UK Championship
The 2004 Travis Perkins UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 and 28 November 2004 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. During the qualification Jamie Burnett compiled a 148 break, the only break exceeding 147 in professional competition. Matthew Stevens was the defending champion, but lost his first round match to Barry Pinches. Stephen Maguire won his first UK Championship, beating David Gray 10–1 in the final. During the tournament Gray compiled his first maximum break, the 50th ever made in professional play. Tournament summary. Defending champion Matthew Stevens was  the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings. Prize fund. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Qualifying. Qualifying for the tournament took place between 14 and 19 October 2004 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.