2017 UK Seniors Championship

UK Seniors Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–26 October 2017 (2017-10-24 – 2017-10-26)
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
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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]

The Championship was won by Jimmy White who beat Ken Doherty 4–2 in the final.^[3]

Prize fund[]

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[]

	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[]

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[]