The 2017 UK Seniors Championship was a senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, England, from 24 to 26 October 2017. It was a first stage of the newly created World Seniors Tour.[1][2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24–26 October 2017 |
| Venue | Harlequin Theatre |
| City | Redhill |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | Snooker Legends |
| Format | Seniors event |
| Total prize fund | £14,500 |
| Winner's share | £7,500 |
| Highest break |  Ken Doherty (137) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Jimmy White |
| Runner-up | Ken Doherty |
| Score | 4–2 |
2018 → | |
The Championship was won by Jimmy White who beat Ken Doherty 4–2 in the final.[3]
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money is shown below:[4]
- Winner: £7,500
- Runner-up: £2,500
- Semi-finals: £1,000
- Quarter-finals: £500
- Highest break: £500
- Total: £14,500
Main draw edit
| Round 1 Best of 5 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames | Semi-finals Best of 5 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||
 Stephen Hendry (1)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (8)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Filtness
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Knowles (8)
| 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Hendry (1)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (4)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (4)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Patrick Wallace
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick Wallace
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson (6)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty (4)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (3)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (3)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Dodd
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Dodd
| 3* | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor (5)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy White (3)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnathan Bagley
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Parrott (2)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnathan Bagley
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnathan Bagley
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Cliff Thorburn (7)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
- All matches had a 30-second shot clock with players having two 30 second time-outs per match.
- * A re-spotted black ball shootout replaced final frame deciders at 2–2.
Final edit
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, England, 26 October 2017. | ||
| Ken Doherty (4) Ireland
|
2–4 | Jimmy White (3) England
|
| 96–4, 19–73, 29–88, 69–6 (61), 12–76, 0–79 | ||
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
References edit
- ^ "UK Seniors (2017) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "Stephen Hendry Returns in UK Seniors Championship". SnookerHQ. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ "Jimmy White Wins UK Seniors Championship". Snookerhq.com. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Terms And Conditions - 2017/2018 World Seniors Tour" (PDF). Snooker Legends. Retrieved 26 October 2017.