SNOOKER · 2015-12-06 · YORK, ENGLAND

2015 Betway UK Championship snooker prize money

Q: How much did the runner-up get?

Liang Wenbo took £70,000, 47% of the winner's cheque.

Q: How does it compare with other years?

The 2014 Coral UK Championship paid £740,000, and the 2016 Betway UK Championship paid £855,000.

The 2015 Betway UK Championship paid £772,000 to 64 players. Neil Robertson won £150,000. Liang Wenbo took £70,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£772k

WINNER£150k

PLAYERS PAID64

PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2015 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE	PLAYER	NATION	PRIZE MONEY
Winner	Neil Robertson	Australia	£150,000£150k
Runner-up	Liang Wenbo	China	£70,000£70k
Semi-final	David Grace	England	£30,000£30k
Semi-final	Mark Selby	England	£30,000£30k
Quarter-final	John Higgins	Scotland	£20,000£20k
Quarter-final	Marco Fu	Hong Kong	£20,000£20k
Quarter-final	Martin Gould	England	£20,000£20k
Quarter-final	Matthew Selt	England	£20,000£20k
Last 16	Dechawat Poomjaeng	Thailand	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Jamie Burnett	Scotland	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Joe Swail	Northern Ireland	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Luca Brecel	Belgium	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Peter Ebdon	England	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Shaun Murphy	England	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Stephen Maguire	Scotland	£12,000£12k
Last 16	Tom Ford	England	£12,000£12k
Last 32	Ali Carter	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Ben Woollaston	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	David Gilbert	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Jack Lisowski	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Jamie Jones	Wales	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Judd Trump	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Kyren Wilson	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Li Hang	China	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Mark Allen	Northern Ireland	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Mark Davis	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Mark Joyce	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Michael Holt	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Robbie Williams	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Robin Hull	Finland	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Stuart Bingham	England	£9,000£9k
Last 32	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	Thailand	£9,000£9k
Last 64	Adam Duffy	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Aditya Mehta	India	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Alan McManus	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Anthony Hamilton	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Anthony McGill	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Barry Hawkins	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Chris Wakelin	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Daniel Wells	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Dominic Dale	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Fergal O'Brien	Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Gary Wilson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Gerard Greene	Northern Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Graeme Dott	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jamie Cope	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Jimmy Robertson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Joe Perry	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ken Doherty	Ireland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mark Williams	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Michael Georgiou	Cyprus	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Mike Dunn	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Oliver Lines	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ricky Walden	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Robert Milkins	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ross Muir	Scotland	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Ryan Day	Wales	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Sean O'Sullivan	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Stuart Carrington	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Sydney Wilson	England	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Tian Pengfei	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Xiao Guodong	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Yu Delu	China	£4,000£4k
Last 64	Zhou Yuelong	China	£4,000£4k
High break	Neil Robertson	Australia	£44,000£44k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2015 Betway UK Championship.
PLACE	PLAYERS	EACH	BAND TOTAL
Winner	1	£150,000£150k	£150,000£150k
Runner-up	1	£70,000£70k	£70,000£70k
Semi-final	2	£30,000£30k	£60,000£60k
Quarter-final	4	£20,000£20k	£80,000£80k
Last 16	8	£12,000£12k	£96,000£96k
Last 32	16	£9,000£9k	£144,000£144k
Last 64	32	£4,000£4k	£128,000£128k
High break	1	£44,000£44k	£44,000£44k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £150k

Runner-up £70k

Semi-final £60k

Quarter-final £80k

Last 16 £96k

Last 32 £144k

Last 64 £128k

High break £44k

The rest of 2015

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2015

Other snooker tournaments in 2015.
TOURNAMENT	WINNER	PAID
2015 Kreativ Dental European Tour - Event 5	Marco Fu	£97,250£97k
2015 188BET Champion Of Champions	Neil Robertson	£300,000£300k
2015 188BET European Tour - Event 4	Mark Allen	£93,750£94k
2015 International Championship	John Higgins	£661,000£661k
2015 Asian Tour - Event 1	Ding Junhui	£70,000£70k
2015 188BET European Tour - Event 3	Rory McLeod	£93,750£94k
2015 Shanghai Masters	Kyren Wilson	£459,200£459k
2015 Sangsom 6-Reds World Championship	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	£143,992£144k
2015 Kreativ Dental Clinic European Tour - Event 2	Ali Carter	£93,750£94k
2015 Kaspersky Lab European Tour - Event 1	Barry Hawkins	£93,750£94k
2015 Goldfields Australian Open	John Higgins	£265,300£265k
2015 Betfred World Championship	Stuart Bingham	£1,364,000£1.4m
2015 Baic Motor China Open	Mark Selby	£478,000£478k
2015 Players Championship Grand Final	Joe Perry	£348,000£348k
2015 888.com World Grand Prix	Judd Trump	£300,000£300k
2015 Indian Open	Michael White	£296,000£296k
2015 Betway Snooker Shoot Out	Michael White	£130,000£130k
2015 Betway World Seniors Championship	Mark Williams	£50,000£50k
2015 Kreativ Dental Clinic European Tour - Event 6	Neil Robertson	£104,157£104k
2015 BetVictor Welsh Open	John Higgins	£300,000£300k
2015 Championship League	Stuart Bingham	£180,300£180k
2015 Kreativ Dental Clinic German Masters	Mark Selby	£283,844£284k
2015 Asian Tour - Event 3	Joe Perry	£50,000£50k
2015 Dafabet Masters	Shaun Murphy	£600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2015 Betway UK Championship get?

Neil Robertson took £150,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Liang Wenbo took £70,000, 47% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2015 Betway UK Championship?

£772,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2014 Coral UK Championship paid £740,000, and the 2016 Betway UK Championship paid £855,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the UK Championship prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2015. The edition before was the 2014 Coral UK Championship. The one after was the 2016 Betway UK Championship.